Shot a chamois front on, ( 308, 165grn Lapua) at about 15 yards. Chamois merely hunched up, turned right and started to trot off. A second shot (bless the speed of a lever action!) sideways...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 05:00 PM
In September I shot a red spiker front on from about 15-20m, it turned and ran. No blood that I could see, though it was raining at the time, which also made it hard to see which tracks were fresh....
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 05:00 PM
I believe the problem with a front on chest shot is not hitting bone. This means 2 things. less energy transferred into the animal and less damage from bone fragments. In that situation it's better...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:17 PM
I find just putting the longline on makes my dog act much more settled
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:11 PM
I've tried the line but in the bush, Its a PITA as it tangled up all the time. She will get in behind on hand signal so I was just doing that. Keeping her in behind for a bit. She hates it but will...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:11 PM
Cool. Having Bea trail a long lead of thin rope that you can stand on or grab might help with the ranging issue. Have a command that goes with the tug like "steady". I used "steady" and clicked my...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:11 PM
DS 242 Done by Steve Barclay 214911 214912
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:09 PM
Something is better than 'less than nothing".
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:09 PM
Take the positives where you can, and it's not the only good news today.
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:09 PM
The other option is that the shot was not actually fully front on and the projectile has gone between the front leg and ribcage and has not actually entered the chest cavity at all.
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:08 PM
Photos should be self-explanatory. Material for sleeve holding front pole was ‘reusing’ the original bag for the pole from memory. The second pole was an aluminium KIWI CAMPING REPLACEMENT TENT POLE...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 01:29 PM
Found my info. 49gr with 140 BT gave great accuracy and around 2900fps in a Viscount belonging to a mate. I've yet to load for mine & check it's liking. Sent from my SM-S906E using Tapatalk
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 01:24 PM
Ryan_Songhurst. I owned and loaded for a Hunter, similar if not same as Viscount. Longtime ago now. No problems that I recall. Don't have any data noted but from memory was always close to max from...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 01:24 PM
Just listened to Luxon from Napier. When asked about the Hunting & Fishing portfolio he replied the well being of NZers is paramount and healthy recreation leads to that end. Plenty of opportunity to...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 01:04 PM
McClay has presented trophies at CNIGC service rifle shoots, but then also voted to take them away. His local branch head is on the NZSRA national committee, and McClay is a lot less PC in person...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 01:03 PM