Have still got a real mint BSA Hunter .222 all original. Shot many Fallow and reds back when meat shooting with BRNO Fox .222 with twin triggers. Very accurate. Did the job provided I did my part...
Liked On: 13-10-2020, 04:15 PM
Just get out at walk the bush, lots of practice makes for a good hunter and shooter, sus out where the animals are and learn off you mistakes. Here’s a old barren hind shot the other day at 1000m...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 09:16 PM
I had dinner up on the tops last night, if was freakin cold at 1500m! No deer seen above the leatherwood, but got eyes on a stag in velvet a long way away. Was feeding on a slip down in the head of a...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 09:16 PM
Good as gold. Follow the growth - it starts low and on the northerly faces and creeps up. Ive seen plenty on the lower Ruahine tops in October - especially in sheltered hollows, benches and...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 09:15 PM
Old military style steel 3 piece rods, especially when bent, aren't great.
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 09:13 PM
I just looked in my comeinhandy box, Chain saw bar!!!. :thumbsup: 150951
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 09:08 PM
What CLP/gun oil are you using? That brownish colour on your patch might actually be copper. Being that a lightly oiled patch has been put thru the bore, it can 'soak' up the copper fouling. It won't...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:59 PM
It's not cleaning that ruins barrels... it is cleaning in stupid ways. Fullbore target shooters and benchrest guys must be the most OCD rifle cleaners I have ever encountered, and I don't see...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:58 PM
I’ve been guilty in the past of using Autosol on a patch to ‘derust’ a barrel - as its abrasive (in a very mild way) caution would be advised if you use it.
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:58 PM
Result after a gentle Hoppes #9. Havnt cleaned the 308 T3X for a few months and had a few rounds thru it.Theres a bit of hunting to do in the next 6 months.Went to the range,group was a bit spread...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:57 PM
The local reserve is proving a great resource for pests. After 6 weeks I'm still getting 2-3 rats a week. I have just taken delivery of 4 Timms traps. The possums are hammering the Totara. One 6m...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:23 PM
Mice can definitely eat the peanut butter off a trap without triggering it. You should really use cotton to force them to apply more pressure when attempting to negotiate the cotton.
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:20 PM
Yes the neck shot is a classic for the 222 /223. I remember back when culling in the Rangitoto range we wanted some venison for Xmas. We went off for a hunt in our chosen areas. I was hunting a...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:11 PM
Depends on how they present themselves, but generally more towards the shoulder than the head. Head shots are pretty risky.
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:10 PM
When the deer and the thar became thin on the ground.. And the rather thin looking cullers,wrinkled and brown.. Took time off and were city bound.. Back in the valleys lay old spent brass.. In...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 08:10 PM