Out past 150M wind will be your biggest challenge, the 223 recommendation is a good one unless you like hunting in the wind, then a really honking .224 like a 22-250 or really upping the game to a...
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 12:51 AM
I used them (140gn) in my 270win for a while and they worked really well. I developed a load for them simply using 140gn projectile data and didn't have any issues or notice anything unusual about...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 11:47 PM
First beefie calf born a fortnight early to a heifer with no milk (yet). Absolutely tipping down and blowing a gale all night. Had put waterproof and insulated rug on the calf and tubed. Its bouncing...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 11:37 PM
It seems to have been 80-100mls every Tuesday for the last three weeks for us !!! Cant go anywhere in the paddocks without a bloody mess !! Hoping the winds stay down or trees will be falling...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 11:36 PM
Has been raining quietly, steadily in Chch for 24 hours now - wet as hell. No snow in the city yet this year, but it is certainly a very wet winter. We had plans for winter shooting in...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 11:35 PM
Been on Banks Peninsula for 30 years It's been a lot wetter than this at times But the whole month of July has been wet and three storms thrown in So it's 100% saturated and now causing real...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 11:33 PM
Ozzy rifle powder is made using cellulose from trees so I am returning the powder to its roots. Chuckle. Small quantities of rifle powder burnt in the open is not that impressive. Very large...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 09:06 AM
i have a tin of that stuff its a bit wiffy so its out also really glad i read this post cheers
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 09:05 AM
Annealing brass does help. Happy to do for you.
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 08:44 AM
Does the seating stem match the projectiles? Unannealed brass, different neck tensions and projectiles slip in stem. Will normally see a ring on projectiles tho
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 08:38 AM
Went for a wander round 3 gunshops in Chch this afternoon and very few 22LRs under $5-600. Found a brand new Marlin XT-22 which would be $599 with new Nikko 3-9x. Accurate, but not as reliable as...
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 08:31 AM
This is my old boy which we lost a few months back. RIP Zak. He was an awesome dog. 200512
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 07:50 PM
201619 Meg bailed this rabbit in the garden this morning, where it got its head stuck in the netting fence. Very proud of herself!
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 07:49 PM
Had Bo and my sons black lab with me while we went for a look for the swamp hen (pukeko) My dog was to busy having a shit on the cops lawn as we got to the creek. Ace got the retrieve today....
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 07:48 PM
Yeah right...stress and heart attack. I always thought rats were so tough it would be them plus cockroaches that would survive as species till the end. But they are mammals after all....so...
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 06:14 PM