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    rupert liked post by akaroa1 On thread : Carry your PLB in your Pack - Hunter separated from his bag.
    Do not carry them on your belt When you fall 140m down a cliff anything on your belt will be broken Carry it around your neck and down your front Qhen ypu have an accident you will curl up and it...
    Liked On: 30-04-2023, 08:36 PM
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    rupert liked post by thejavelin On thread : Lowa boots waterproofing
    Also had issues with this on couple of pairs of boots. Found key to this is doing the edge of the rand with some windscreen sealant - does nothing for the appearance and needs to be reapplied every...
    Liked On: 23-04-2023, 12:13 PM
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    rupert liked post by Forestry On thread : Arthur’s Pass hard hunting
    Arthur’s Pass hard hunt The tikka 284 was complaining in the gun safe and I needed a South Island mission. I’d always wanted to hunt the Savannah range after looking across too it many years...
    Liked On: 22-04-2023, 10:49 PM
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    rupert liked post by Makros On thread : Lowa boots waterproofing
    I'm just constantly disappointed by boots to be honest. I'm yet to be convinced there is such thing as a waterproof boot. I'm also left wondering why I'd bother. It's one stream crossing away from...
    Liked On: 20-04-2023, 03:21 PM
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    rupert liked post by dannyb On thread : Annealing after sizing?
    Whilst I agree amp is the gold standard, I wouldn't go as far as to say anything else is ineffective, I have been hot salt annealing for a while now and like everything in reloading consistency is...
    Liked On: 18-04-2023, 11:52 AM
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    rupert liked post by Jaco Goosen On thread : Resized Cartridges Won't Chamber
    There's a ton of things that could cause the problems. Lets start by measuring a the headspace length on a case fired in the Savage and compare it to that of a case fired in the Howa and them to...
    Liked On: 17-04-2023, 08:31 PM
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    rupert liked post by No.3 On thread : Calibre, Rifle & Scope Sugestions For Longer Range Hunting
    Buy a .223 with a dialing scope fitted - much cheaper to feed to get the practice in dialing and reading wind etc. Then get something longer legged that fits the same operating profile as the .223...
    Liked On: 13-04-2023, 12:21 PM
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    rupert liked post by caberslash On thread : NZFS ammunition article by Lynn Harris
    Hi all, Found this article which I thought best to reproduce here, original was scanned from an NZ Cartridge Collectors (found here: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.or...hester/5468/11) hope you...
    Liked On: 02-04-2023, 10:58 AM
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    rupert liked post by Oldbloke On thread : 308 Subsonic powder alternative to Trailboss
    15gr of AS50n in my 30.06 180gr cast gives about 1500fps. I tried Dacron once. Never again, very dirty result in barrel. It's bloody plastic!! I always worry about double charges. Not only do I...
    Liked On: 01-04-2023, 12:24 PM
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    rupert liked post by grandpamac On thread : Wanted to buy AR2206
    My bad. This was with 150 grain Hornady Interlock projectiles. With 125 grain Speer TNT velocities for BM8208 and AR2206 were very similar with 47 grains of each. around 2,940 fps.
    Liked On: 29-03-2023, 01:59 PM
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    rupert liked post by grandpamac On thread : Wanted to buy AR2206
    Greetings again, A few years back I did some comparative chronographing with AR2206 and AR2206H. The loads used new Winchester cases and Federal F210 primers with 44 grains of AR2206 or AR2206H...
    Liked On: 29-03-2023, 01:59 PM
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    rupert liked post by Tahr On thread : 223 on deer
    At the moment I have over 600 rounds of .223 loaded. I have a wallaby/bunny culling trip coming up. I weigh every charge using a scoop, trickler and scales. All of my loads are on the warm end ...
    Liked On: 27-03-2023, 10:12 AM
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    rupert liked post by hey On thread : Howa Mini Match Barrel 1:8 load
    finally got my howa mini 223 to shoot. The new rifle (match barrel) arrived shooting 3-4 inches whatever the projectiles I have tried. I then chopped the 1/2-20 UNF thread and replaced it with 18x1...
    Liked On: 26-03-2023, 10:04 PM
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    rupert liked post by Delphus On thread : Kirkliston (Sth Canty) or Oteake (North Otago) blocks
    So I headed into the hills on Monday avo, with the intent to camp overnight. . Weather forecast wasn’t great, but I thought I would go for a walk at least and scout out the area. I pulled into the...
    Liked On: 22-03-2023, 01:04 PM
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    rupert liked post by slk12 On thread : Mexican goat
    Mexican goat, perfect for tacos, burritos etc Not sure if the photos will work, I'll soon find out. I went out on saturday for a goat hunt in a forest, between dad and little bro we dropped...
    Liked On: 22-03-2023, 12:55 PM
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