Hunting (even on my own) I do the 1/2 open bolt trick. See an animal and it's easy to quietly close the bolt the rest of the way. Never carry that way until I'm in the actual hunting area though....
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 09:17 PM
you would hope......... i had a zastava (modern m98 clone ) with a trigger safety and one day i was showing the missus how to cycle rounds and how different safetys work on different actions ,...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 01:23 PM
That would give me the shits. Either 1/2 closed bolt or Loaded and safety on both ONLY when "action" is imminent. Neither of those if walking behind someone or otherwise not in the front them. ...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 01:10 PM
The reason for not doing this stems from the old 303 where you could very easily drop the butt firmly and the round would go off. Personally, all my rounds sit in the mag until I'm in position to...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 01:07 PM
had a south african mechanic turn up to do the first 100 hr service on tractor, month or so back. Used to hunt over there but hadnt even fired a gun since being in nz. Said he used air rifles to...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 12:01 PM
When I lived in the US I had access to a 1000 acre property with a nice cleared ride for an electricity line. I shot my .300WM twice there at 500 yards, once in warm weather (about 26C from memory),...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 09:08 AM
It is equipment failure without a doubt A 300 yard shot on a deer shoulder is a chip shot. If it helps I have an unopened bottle of RL 26 that I will trade for a Bentley Turbo R, so long as the...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 09:07 AM
Bit of shit stuck under the barrel from last hunt? pull it down & give it a clean. While you are at it, decarbon the barrel with some CLR as 7Saum & RL26 a great ring maker according to other users. ...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 09:06 AM
I use an air rifle, and the pellets notice wind. So i got a cheap hand held wind meter. Went out on windy days mesured the wind and started to take notice of how it felt on my face, how much it blew...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:50 AM
Wind will destroy your shooting confidence and if your not using your cant level even worse. It boils down to observation of conditions direction and a kestrel can take care of some of those...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:49 AM
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Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:48 AM
Not dinner but....I have had my first crack at making jerky [emoji106] Veni cut into 5mm thick strips. Marinated in the fridge for 30odd hrs with cracked pepper, garlic and salt. Into the...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:48 AM
I get fed pretty bloody well at work but it's good to get home to some fresh bluecod and gurnard. 206619 And some yearling red steaks. 206620
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:47 AM
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220924/d1293024f962eef5dfb2d1c3bf94206a.jpg Fallow shoulder tonight, tendons and sinews rendered down nicely, meat falling apart. Sent from my iPhone using...
Liked On: 02-10-2022, 08:47 AM
I have put a lot of very big lumps of PC lead down range last week Finally found what my 500 3" BPE likes Nitro for black load 450 grain PC bullets sized .510 Made a new front globe sight for...
Liked On: 01-10-2022, 11:00 PM