I was all booked in to hunt Sika last Thursday - Friday and then along came the big snow dump and messed up my plans. After re evaluating the forecast it was hard to say no to what the weekend had...
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 02:53 PM
It's a Monarch as per the bolt shroud, barrel profile and shape of the forend white line spacer. Got one in the safe here.
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 08:44 AM
7X57 with a Plastic Giraffe as a bipod. 7mm with longer legs. Thank you,you are welcome.
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 12:53 AM
The white strip between the two timbers on the forend is pointed on the cf2 I'm pretty sure the straight line was only on monarch and majestic
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 10:35 PM
Boroscopes are great but they can sometimes give you more things to worry about. You're correct about the first mark, that's definitely tooling. The other two... mmmmm... needs more investigation....
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 10:25 PM
jeez...Rumpys a poet,would never have known it.
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 10:22 PM
That's right folks you heard it right here, I've been off the hills for half a year. With knee surgery and rehab done, Today was the day I went out with my gun. Leaving the car with a...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 10:21 PM
I finally got a chance to head out into the hills and grabbed the opportunity with both hands. I headed to a local spot that had a nice loop track to follow. Following the sage advice of one of the...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:54 PM
with 50s cac fmj i can get around 1.5 moa and sometimes 1moa on a good day. It ain't no target rifle. Total rifle weight would be around 11lb, but feels like 20lb at the end of a long day on the hill!
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:50 PM
Took the 284 for a South Island walk last week. We 4WD into a big block surrounded by DOC land and saw quite a few animals driving in including a decent boar that disappeared into a tunnel in the...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:45 PM
Still, hunters need to be hunting areas where longer range shots are on. Just because rifles, optics,ammo have got better doesnt me people are going to increase the ranges of animals shot unless...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:42 PM
its a heck of a lot easier to saw animal in half like that if you can spread the hocks apart...the further the better...two hooks on separate ropes is the easiest of all. skinning job looks ok to...
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:39 PM
That would have to be the best skinning job using a machete I have ever seen.
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:38 PM
After a crappy start to the day, which resulted in tracking a wounded stag for over 700m with the dog and not recovering, I finished the day with this fella. 171829
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:36 PM
170740here’s a couple I got
Liked On: 04-07-2021, 03:35 PM