Hey guys, Thought I'd do a little write up / may be something to look back on in the years to come. Hatched a plan with my brother to have a wee little mission into the Ruahines to try another...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 07:04 PM
Have been out hunting a grand total of one time since moving back to Oamaru last June so I decided bugger it I'm going for a nosey no matter what last Thursday. The weather was forecast to be bloody...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 07:01 PM
You have to be very careful with borescopes, they will show you a whole lot of magnified "issues" that aren't All that matters is what the rifle (and driver) will do on the target I have seen...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 09:58 PM
That would be nice and eliminate hardware which I prefer.
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:46 PM
Here are today's results from "experiments". 241353 The CZ 6.8 SPC is wearing one of the el-cheapo surplus slings (I think American, about $5), because it's 32mm wide I had to splash out and...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:21 PM
https://www.sparrowhawk.co.nz/ For long range stuff. Pretty much anywhere in Doc land in Canterbury will have deer. Sit down watching a big area of bushline about 2 hrs before dark until it gets...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 05:31 PM
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/firearm-registration-laws-not-hitting-system%E2%80%99s-intended-targets
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 12:47 PM
Good article by Chaz in today’s Otago Daily Times. I just wish law makers would read it and take notice.
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 12:47 PM
I wont be hunting dangerous game and if so id just use what the guide provides.I wont be spending hours discussing projectiles till the sun rises.
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:42 AM
I like Hornady Superformance ssts 308 -150gr or 165gr.The 150gr has the highist velocity and energy out put of all off the SHOP SHELF ammo in NZ.For a 300yd point n shoot,most deer just fall...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:42 AM
Inreresting comment,its disintergraded and stopped the deer,good.Being too soft really,to me thats good,better than penciling straight thru.its traveled thru two sholders and smashed them and stopped...
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 07:30 AM
Interesting comment, i generally dont take the sholders after a sst been thru them.Theres bugger all meat on them anyhow.Iv been using ssts for 20yrs now.They stop deer and i havnt tasted lead yet....
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 07:13 AM
At what stage of successfully killing the deer would you consider that the bullet failed?
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 07:03 AM
I recently had a crack at fixing up an old head for a friend, not sure where it got shot or who shot it. It's has a lot of points and palms across a small amount of spread. The skull was quite...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 09:09 PM
There are 2 types of Hunters: Those that see their rifles as status symbols, and their egos can not handle the notion that their caliber might not be the best for any particular application. ...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 10:01 AM