7.62x51 and .308 Winchester may be used interchangeably in correctly headspaced rifles with perfect safety. While there is a minute difference in the drawing specifications of both, those differences...
Liked On: 26-09-2023, 08:32 PM
Kamchatka is a logistical nightmare right now. Only way to get there through Japan , Istanbul or Serbia which means more paperwork to take your own rifle.... I not from Russia but Serbia but its the...
Liked On: 14-09-2023, 06:02 PM
Rang Malcolm a few yrs back and asked a price to fly straight up over the Sinclair into ck behind, stone hut? Anyway he wanted 2k, I'm still walking for my hunts.
Liked On: 10-09-2023, 03:47 PM
The biggest Moose are in Kamchatka and very good Maral in Mongolia
Liked On: 10-09-2023, 03:26 PM
For a first rifle I would go with the .308. It really is the do everything calibre for New Zealand with the added benefit there is plenty of ammo available for it. As to recoil, when your hanging off...
Liked On: 25-08-2023, 08:22 PM
$34,000 spent on ground shooting..over 2 million on survelance...... and the numbers shot in canterbury.....the Timaru deerstalkers branch used to achive close to that on thier own each year....add...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 10:49 PM
'Half Cock' is NZ Fudd Lore. The saying 'don't go off half-cocked' is there for a reason. None of the modern cock on open actions (Howa, Tikka, Sako, Rem700 and clones) recieve any benefit from...
Liked On: 30-07-2023, 07:33 PM
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Liked On: 27-07-2023, 06:03 PM
Mickey sorry you're incorrect but I do admit we are arguing semantics around the definition of cocked. You are referring to a hammer gun being held in the half cock position by the sear. A bolt out...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 11:25 PM
I use both (Howa 1500). I haven't lost a round (yet) but have had the bolt knocked upwards out of half cock position. I would rather have a bolt lock integrated in the safety for half cock,...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 11:08 PM
I whent yesterday to black birch creek. One of the streams before havelock. From where I was Looked easy access. Rangitata don't have a lot of water atm. Heavy rain last night when I left but...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:14 PM
Yep was up the Lawrence last Friday , rivers were dry , and the dump of snow on Sunday won’t last long , I think the front country copped most of the rain in the weekend
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:59 AM
Rangitata is at like 50 cumecs at the gauge, I'd say it'll be as easy to get there as it ever gets. Was up Curtis Memorial a few weeks back and the track as far as the Growler wasn't any worse than...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:59 AM
The headwaters of most of the rivers are low at present, the rain didnt get back far enough to affect the upper reaches. No problems to drive to Growler, always a track somewhere. Can get all the way...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:58 AM
A family friend some years ago found the skeleton of a horse in the Urewera's that was still tethered to a tree by halter and lead rope, we have always wondered what the story behind that was.
Liked On: 16-07-2023, 09:37 PM