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    whanahuia liked post by Tentman On thread : Super light thinking
    Haha Roarless20 My two current 6CMs both run 103s, I ve sucessfully shot the Eric Cortina "Ethical Hunter challenge" with the Bighorn/criterion combo and the $750 Ruger Predator shoots just as well,...
    Liked On: 06-01-2025, 05:10 AM
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    whanahuia liked post by John Duxbury On thread : 96 Years of Progress
    Several very famous stalkers used them in the great golden trophy period (Including Newton McConnachie). The Ross rifle was highly regarded as a sporting rifle in New Zealand after WW1. The...
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 06:57 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by Dama dama On thread : Super light thinking
    Sounds, well, sophisticated....AF!
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 06:34 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by akaroa1 On thread : Super light thinking
    Ooh. I feel a boot camp with akaroa1 coming on. I once guided a German guy for a week tahr hunting in South Westland and he lost 8kgs More than 1 kg per day. Well fed Just 15 hours a day of...
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 06:33 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by Tentman On thread : Super light thinking
    And that is another very important consideration that had slipped my mind, does the rifle carry nicely? Too many of the current batch bottom metals don't, AICS being noteworthy.
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 06:32 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by NIMROD On thread : Snow on the Kawekas
    Yep..... been there, done that, Boxing day in the Ruahines on a 4 day summer loop Not as bad as last nights dump though, but just as cold and unexpected 266333 266334 266335
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 05:17 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by 7mmwsm On thread : Sight in rifle in exchange for fishing
    After watching people beach launching, Kawhia is a piece of cake.
    Liked On: 05-01-2025, 11:48 AM
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    whanahuia liked post by Nathan F On thread : Finishing 24 and starting 25 right!
    With the family away for new year I was free to head to the hill's. I had been keen on exploring some new country for a while. Packing light and taking the better behaved hound for company I set off...
    Liked On: 04-01-2025, 05:39 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by Shearer On thread : The Nelson Alpine route
    One of my favorite deer spots in the North Island was a very popular and well used tramping track. As the trampers disappeared and the light faded the deer would come out. I was up Starveall way a...
    Liked On: 04-01-2025, 05:12 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by stug On thread : First rifle advice
    I grew up shooting in the Waikato. I used a 30/06 one mate used a 270 the other used a 308. We all killed lots of animals. No real difference between any of them. But this was the late ‘80’s early...
    Liked On: 03-01-2025, 01:48 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by Mooseman On thread : Good start to 2025
    Went out with me mate that has access to a good local property for a morning hunt. We checked all the normal spots but come up empty handed. On the way out we checked a spot close to a Swede paddock...
    Liked On: 01-01-2025, 08:41 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by grandpamac On thread : The new cartridge that makes the most sense to me.
    Greetings again, I looked up the article on the 250 Savage Improved. It was written by Layne Simpson and he had a barrel made for a switch barrel Varmint master action in 1981. Comparing Layne's...
    Liked On: 01-01-2025, 12:34 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by 308 On thread : First rifle advice
    One thing in your favour if you buy secondhand is that for no good reason that I can ascertain, 270 is slightly out of fashion Great cartridge but marketing bollocks has deemed other things newer...
    Liked On: 01-01-2025, 08:30 AM
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    whanahuia liked post by Pommy On thread : The new cartridge that makes the most sense to me.
    Yeah but the pressure limit is part of the SAAMI/CIP spec and so you can't give a 270 Win a steel case head and ramp it up to 80,000PSI without re-submitting it and calling it something new like "277...
    Liked On: 31-12-2024, 08:40 PM
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    whanahuia liked post by ANTSMAN On thread : New 7mm offering by federal
    FMAFC- fuck me another fucken calibre?
    Liked On: 31-12-2024, 07:14 PM
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