162 grain Hornady ELDM and Hybrid100V powder (R26 too if you can get it). I couldn't get decent velocity with 2217 or 2213. Another very good game projectile(s) is the 160grn Federal Fusion and TBT....
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 07:48 PM
A bit more involved than just buying a lathe... You need a lathe that has a large enough spindle bore to take a barrel. Then you need a shitload of general machining tooling and measuring...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 07:38 PM
Brings back memories of my teenage years when I shot a few thousand rabbits on Lands and Survey farms around Taupo. There were just so many rabbits that niceties didn't need to come into it and of...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:42 PM
Some great feed back and probably shows it's horses for courses. I personally think a rimfire scope should focus well below 50mtrs and be parallex free at 25. I shoot around 600 rabbits a month...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:41 PM
Something different , a Kephart design knife. Horace Kephart was a trained librarian and writer from the turn of last century in America. When he went on his extended trips into the wilderness he...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:36 PM
Another tale of a modified knife. It started out as a Spyderco Junction. The blade was exactly what I wanted, but it needed a new handle - in blue G10 so I don't lose it! 131831 131832 ...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:34 PM
Just finished hunting knife with damascus blade, walnut scales, green micarta liners and brass pins. Just needs some oil and a leather sheath and it's ready for some action. Thanks to gonetropo for...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:34 PM
131675 Some pretty and practical Micarta handles with double liners for an interesting build currently underway.
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 06:34 PM
I did similar with my .22 but used hot glue and lead shot in the fore end,stopped the dreaded wobble when the scope was would up to 7 power and was better for running bunnies with the extra weight...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 05:24 PM
I found a ss lever action a few years back it had been left on a log by a locked forest gate so I dropped it off to the local station the bloke behind the counter said if no one claims it I could...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 05:23 PM
Yep I have two pair of his, a summer and winter. I find the winter a more comfortable fit. Very pleasantly surprised with the quality and feel. I have worn the summer pair for about 7 hunts...
Liked On: 03-03-2020, 05:11 PM
OK thats an interesting take on it Certainly another way of looking at things Counter intuative I would like to know what its doing before I make a new front sight
Liked On: 02-03-2020, 09:37 PM
Well done and thanks for posting:thumbsup: I would trim the silver skin off that steak before cooking tho ;)
Liked On: 02-03-2020, 08:28 PM
Since I've come back to hunting in my forties, I've reminisced a lot about my early adventures. I really got interested in hunting when my family moved to a rural area to run the local country...
Liked On: 02-03-2020, 08:28 PM
norsk I just put the first card wad in to let me compress the powder down a little with a 1/2" drift punch And the top card was just because I was having some fun. Yes I know I could rip into...
Liked On: 01-03-2020, 08:16 PM