Yeah, enjoy hunting both places but lately easier to draw USA tags than Wapiti blocks! Missed out on a Wapiti block and head back to Wyoming in 2024.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 06:07 PM
I lost my virginity, deep west auckland.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 06:03 PM
Yep, will do them in a Dutch oven over fire next time
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 06:02 PM
Back to the hut 11.15pm last night. Fire on and dinner at midnight. Crumbed fish out of a pkt. 237618
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 06:02 PM
I grew up around Santoft forest and seen a few shot, if unaware they are not hard to kill, but once spooked or alarmed can be, they seam to have a tenacious will to live, i once seen a small stag,...
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:57 PM
Just load your 6.5 with some nosler partitions and go hunt.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:56 PM
I have been lucky to run into a few good Sambar stags while carrying different calibre rifles. I have shot them with 243( neck shot 85 gr Barnes ) 270 using 130 gr Nosler solid base, and 150 gr...
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:56 PM
its the projectile that needs to be of standard, not the Calibre.......... period.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:55 PM
my two cents worth spot a sambar stag the trophy for Kiwi hunter's of a life time - smack him with something really solid - 7mm rem mag 300 win mag big stuff dont fuck around wirh 308 243 7mm08...
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:54 PM
Nip over the Kaimais to my place and you can hammer away to your hearts content, wander around after dark and bang a few possums or there is a modern clay thrower, bring your own clays.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:49 PM
Any clay target club will welcome you, and far as I know they aren't frowned upon like some say. You might even enjoy it, nzcta rules do say the mag should be made incapable of holding more than 1...
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:49 PM
Barrel wall thickness 2.3mm so a lot less than you would expect Very different process boring, reaming and cut rifling an existing barrel
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:47 PM
If you are thinking seriously about chopping it ….then you really do need “help”. Restore it by all means, just don’t bastardise it. It’s an heirloom
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:45 PM
Greetings, You speak of your Grandad in the present tense which leads me to believe that you are in the younger ages group. I suggest that you make minimal changes to the rifle other than what you...
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:45 PM
Thanks Micky Duck but at this stage I'd much rather go with the red dot.
Liked On: 16-11-2023, 05:45 PM