I have an older Redfield 3-9x40 I would be prepared to do you a straight swap :thumbsup:
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:16 PM
I actually like the idea of it being "all american" since it is an iconic American rifle. If i was looking at it purely as a hunting tool I wouldn't care because yes, it works very well as is.
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:16 PM
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Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:10 PM
doinit I agree with you that the NZFS were in another league - I guess 'cos there was a selection process and the unsuccessful hunters went down the road. I was 27 when I finished with meat in '76...
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:10 PM
Let this one walk once ,until tonight came in on UE Boom with croaking going.Shot in neck with 55 gr Hornady Sp on 25 gr of 748 Sent from my Nokia X20 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:09 PM
Thats how it ought to be, the reality was that the dollars dictated when the trigger got squeezed.
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:09 PM
Remember the context. The head/neck shooting only became really necessary when the whole deer and offal thing came in, and by then we were mainly shooting farm land and more accessible areas. The...
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 04:09 PM
273794 A little fine tuning for Dash - we're ready.
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:48 PM
5 Tahr cleaned for MontanaHunter glad you got some success after enduring a week of bad weather in our mountains. 10.5" 9½ year old Bull 273801
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:47 PM
Sorry we were having too much fun to remember coffee haha have to come back!
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:47 PM
That's a given
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:47 PM
... Yi got that right eh..although those barrels did quite often become stretched on many occasions..
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:00 AM
Yep very experienced hunters that could hunt shoot and knew their rifles and that a long shot was 200m. Sent from my SM-A556E using Tapatalk
Liked On: 27-04-2025, 12:00 AM
I use AP70 and 22mag projectiles in my Hornet and it works a treat. Was talking to Richard Wilhelm the other day and he still has some 22mag projectiles left for sale.
Liked On: 26-04-2025, 11:59 PM
I use AP70N for low powered rabbit loads in the .223, with 55 grain bullet going 2000fps -turning it into a .22 Magnum. I also have low powered load for the .308 too, 14 grains with a 147 grain FMJ...
Liked On: 26-04-2025, 11:59 PM