What part of the animal are you targeting with a "5-10" cm shot placement with .243 vs "15-20" cm with .270? Why is it different? What bullet are you basing this performance off and why? "small"...
Liked On: 09-07-2024, 09:47 AM
Faaark,,,,,, I don't half feel sorry for the original poster :huh:
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 07:35 PM
To be clear I wouldn't recommend that this bloke get a .223 because it is difficult to get good factory ammunition for it that uses decent bullets. I would strongly recommend a .243, 6mm or 6.5...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 05:06 PM
Yeah I was lead to beleive the nanny control was on a "You tell us how many you shot." trust style basis. No actual checking on compliance carried out.
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 05:02 PM
Ftlbs of energy as a metric does not tell you anything about how a bullet will perform to kill an animal. What kills animals is holes in vital organs. The bigger hole, the more efficiently the...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 02:48 PM
Went to the Dunedin event. Good turnout and informative presentations. My interpretation of the take-home messages, for those unable to attend or considering attendance: - Success (or otherwise)...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 02:30 PM
Why not go see this guy in Darfield https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f13/howa-stainless-sa-6-5cm-105389/ It's modern, quality, a modern cartridge with all the benefits that comes with...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 12:05 PM
dead right woods 223 plenty of good quality second hand - be someone on here handy to you with more knowledge who for a few beers would take a look at it for you - both my two regular rifles are...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 12:02 PM
I did a horse back moose hunt in 2015. I did a lot of research and ended up in northern BC just on the Yukon border. If you book in the Yukon your will pay considerably more. On the BC border you...
Liked On: 08-07-2024, 08:24 AM
I got back into bow hunting in 2020 and managed to get a boar just after Christmas that year. Since then it has been crickets, shot at a deer in March 2021, then no shots at animals since. I’ve been...
Liked On: 07-07-2024, 10:30 PM
Tikka Rugar American is the Kia hatch back of the gun world.
Liked On: 06-07-2024, 10:06 PM
For accurate shooting at closer ranges (rimfires and airguns ) it's a whole lot more important, and as Husky1600#2 said, it really becomes important with higher magnification. For the vast majority...
Liked On: 05-07-2024, 01:14 PM
She is doing better than me this week then.
Liked On: 03-07-2024, 07:29 PM
could see the bottom of freezer which is never good. so went for a walk to a spot that normally has a critter or two . after dragging my self out of bed slightly before the sparrows were farting i...
Liked On: 30-06-2024, 07:25 PM
Thanks everybody who helped with this. I have been the winner in this with a fantastic trip recently to Puhi Peaks with Murray as the guide as suggested. Little bugger of a son stitched me into this...
Liked On: 29-06-2024, 08:56 PM