Yep sure is 284win is also chambered for single shot pistols. Or 270 pistols with 12" barrels like the the remington XR100 series. We use em here for Metallic silhouette shooting but...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 10:59 PM
Yeah if i were to go again i would buy a factory 6.5x55 (or maybe a 7mm08) chopped and threaded at 20". Cheaper, easier and would do everything i needed it to while having the larger supply of...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 10:45 PM
I've been shooting a tikka 18" 6.5 PRC for the last 18months. Farm, Public Bush and Tops hunting. Bloody loving it! Its the all-round rifle i was hoping it to be. 3.7kg with vortex viper pst 4-16x50...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 10:43 PM
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/doc-survey-shows-what-new-zealanders-really-think-about-nature-and-the-outdoors/YECU6RCK6372TZV7R3ZQ4J7BY4/ Or at the very least skewed due to the locations and...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 10:18 PM
keen man even weighed your undies was that with or without skids :D
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 03:33 PM
And when it all goes wrong and you're sitting in the bush nursing a broken leg you can't eat your thermal scope...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 03:28 PM
A dog is a much nicer friend to have around you than a thermal scope sitting in the cupboard.But they both make hunting easier.
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 03:28 PM
Success in hunting or bringing home the bacon is really down to access to good grounds Although today is so so different to the 80's - and really only up till prob last 5 or so years Had someone...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 03:27 PM
Played with a thermal on private property recently and didn’t really enjoy it. I didn’t get the same buzz when I spotted an animal with it like I do when I spot an animal through binoculars. Awesome...
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 03:26 PM
If you're getting lovely little groups and a 3fps spread with Federal, what have you got to gain?
Liked On: 21-07-2021, 10:14 AM
I don't have a thermal, and never used one for hunting. I still get enough deer. There will always be some that use them, even on doc land illegal or not, but I would rather that than choppers...
Liked On: 20-07-2021, 10:22 PM
As for safety, identifing yr target at 300yds.In low light man dressed in brownish greenish camo standing on the edge the bush and a deer standing on the edge of the bush in low ligth.A thermal hand...
Liked On: 20-07-2021, 10:21 PM
A hand held thermal only provides an indicator than an animal may be in the area similar to an indicating hunting dog. Unless the animal is standing out like dogs bollocks in front of you binoculars...
Liked On: 20-07-2021, 03:32 PM
I’m all for using thermal scope in the right place and time, I would buy a set tomorrow if I didn’t have a dog or if I had a job that required one. But there are some guys that are going to f##k...
Liked On: 20-07-2021, 03:19 PM
I care if people use them on public land because it’s a safety issue, like spotlighting. DOC don’t care if it gives you an advantage over the animals, the potential for someone to get killed because...
Liked On: 20-07-2021, 03:18 PM