For pest control (goats, rabbits, pigs etc) the semi is unbeatable, particularly with large mobs of goats. Having to work the bolt breaks the cheek weld and also pulls the rifle off target which...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 12:45 PM
Interesting if that was the original intention, if so, why are they banned when B cat is not? I got E cat entirely for pest control, no affiliation to any sport shooting club. I was actually a...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 12:44 PM
I preferred them because: *Quick second shot *Easier to use when prone *With a bolt action, I find that working the bolt breaks my cheek weld to the rifle My friend who had a 30/06 semi...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 11:06 AM
well over 10k bunnies shot so fat and 99% were with a semi 22 or semi 12. best guns for the job, the amount of times i shoot a bunny and one i didnt see at first moves next to it is very common....
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 10:55 AM
-Usually ambidextrous in the case of Ar type platforms -Ergonomically better for various firing positions -Faster follow up shots and target transition's -Reduced recoil -Higher capacity...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 10:55 AM
I think you pretty much covered it. Also probably with some of the more available clip mag models, the mag capacity was a bit more although now anything more than 10 shots is now evil, that is out...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 10:55 AM
Out spotlighting a week or so ago, if I'd had a semi rather than my bolt 22, the tally would have been 20-30% higher.
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 10:53 AM
Greetings Marty Henry, Your rifle cupboard must look a lot like mine. The difference is that mine has a T3 6.5 x 55 and it is everything that you suggest. Creedmoor ballistics are easily matched and...
Liked On: 12-08-2020, 09:57 AM
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f10/defective-winchester-lr-primers-23288/ and links embedded there leading to more detail including batch numbers.
Liked On: 11-08-2020, 08:40 AM
Greetings Luke 566, If any of the cartridges you fired were CAC or other WW2 you need to clean the barrel with boiling water. Military primers up to about 1950 deposit potassium chloride, a salt, in...
Liked On: 10-08-2020, 07:36 PM
I owned a Rossi briefly and it was a lemon. had a 50% strike rate igniting the primers. but it was surprisingly accurate. I wont be giving up my savage .17 HMR bolt action for their semi but then I...
Liked On: 09-08-2020, 08:34 AM
I've been meaning to write something about this for a while now, so here goes. Used to hunt a bit and a fair bit of fishing back in varsity days. And a bit here and there afterwards but with little...
Liked On: 08-08-2020, 09:02 AM
375 2 1/2" nitro express flanged
Liked On: 04-08-2020, 09:57 PM
The 3 most important factors affecting accuracy in any rifle: 1) the shooter 2) the shooter 3) the shooter
Liked On: 04-08-2020, 07:03 PM
Bought a 7mmrm a while ago and was having trouble getting nice groups out of anything factory. I ideally wanted between 3/4 -1/2 moa to make the most of having a magnum calibers range, and was...
Liked On: 03-08-2020, 07:49 PM