Context matters here Micky, a lot. All well and good when you're shooting modern cartridges in the 2500-3000 FPS range with small slippery projectiles at
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 09:51 AM
Rather than stay at a hut Brian and I decided to sleep amongst them to try for a decent head. So Brian went one way and I went another with our packs a bit heavier than usual 'cos we had our PJ's,...
Liked On: 19-03-2024, 06:52 PM
They are a good bullet. My load is 25.5 grns 2206H and its very accurate. Start under that and work up. In my 22" barrel it gives me 3,150 fps so you should get around 3K fps.
Liked On: 17-03-2024, 10:01 AM
Went to mow the lawns at the maimai and noticed some pig rooting around, had my new .308 with me to show my mate but she sure came in handy 245939
Liked On: 16-03-2024, 04:26 PM
Ha! Got timed out before finished adding photos of Processed hares 246036 246037 246038 246039 246040 246041
Liked On: 16-03-2024, 03:45 PM
Might still get a cheap cleaver from the asian supermarket, with only one bevelled edge. The only issue is that you end up eating half the batch as you cut it, and nearly all of it if there's beer...
Liked On: 16-03-2024, 02:27 PM
Waikato was originally brought to the gods in Olympus by doves. It was ambrosia depicted as conferring longevity and immortality upon whomever consumed it. Zeus and Apollo were big fans and so am I.
Liked On: 16-03-2024, 09:44 AM
Enter the reticle adjustment menu, Take the shot, click the menu button to freeze the image while holding the reticle on your point of aim. move the crosshair to the point of impact using the x and y...
Liked On: 15-03-2024, 09:51 AM
Fold some tinfoil in to a cross and tape it on a box is all i do, works quite well and is easy as.
Liked On: 15-03-2024, 07:20 AM
double group = bedding USUALLY what happens is the barrel /action is sitting in stock,here for couple of shots,then it moves to its "other happy place" and shots go to other place oversimplified...
Liked On: 14-03-2024, 07:31 AM
the 6.8/06 is much more common and with modern powders and sleak projectiles is doing rather well for itself....should really be called the 7mm-o6 as .277 is closer to 7mm than anything else afterall.
Liked On: 13-03-2024, 06:35 PM
Marty Henry kind of... He is also saying that new cartridge designs are SAMI spec'd for faster twists and the correct throat depth to make the most of modern bullets and powders. these are off the...
Liked On: 13-03-2024, 10:19 AM
Actual image of Marty Henry when he visited last All dressed up for wallaby shooting Showing us South Islanders how it's done up his way 245785
Liked On: 12-03-2024, 08:21 PM
[ATTACH]245775[/ATTACH/] Had a go at loading some 1895 Nagant rounds. a mashup of M1 carbine, 32S&WL and 7.62 tokarev dies and we have potentially viable results
Liked On: 12-03-2024, 05:45 PM
That's harsh Tahr, That would make Brian 109 years old this year. I was leafing through a stack of Handloaders the other day and in 2018 Layne Simpson reported on a cartridge he had had since...
Liked On: 12-03-2024, 05:43 PM