Good choice, and nice to you've put good glass on it. Look forward to further updates and pic's of the animals you've shot.
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:33 PM
Well done. Great choice. The cheapest rifle you ever buy is the one you never sell:thumbsup:
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
270
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Exactly what I shoot.:)
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
You cannot overkill a deer. The 300 will be fine if that's what you want to shoot. Just choose the correct projectile for the game and distance you are hunting.
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Great decision
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Well done , you probably brought the perfect rifle combo right there , do your ears a favour a get a suppressor when you can , now get into it , go hunting and knock some animals over with it .
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Greetings, I bought my first new rifle in the late 1970's. It was a Rem 700 .308. It is still here and it is not going anywhere. QED. Grandpamac. For these not familiar with QED, roughly...
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Correct. IF you have a lot of money And are fit as fuck And are built like a brick shithouse to soak up the recoil:thumbs: Otherwise do what the plebs do and get yourself an accurate as...
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
Just a Tikka superlite in 308. Does everything in NZ
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
300prc is bloody awesum full stop. don't want to wreck all the meat? don't shoot it in the meaty bit, pretty simple. neck shots all day long! i use mine for shooting anything and everything, best...
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:31 PM
id agree with the rest of these as well 270 for the south island and 308 for the north anything similar to either would be fine but a magnum will be very expensive to shoot and boot like a mule
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:31 PM
I'd do what lots of folks here are suggesting and start with something more common and not as large. It'll be cheaper and easier to improve your shooting with. Instead of .308, I'd get something...
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:31 PM
Or 30 06 Ackley Improved :yaeh am not durnk: ;)
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:31 PM
3006 or 308 would be far better choices for all round hunting rifle in 30cal
Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:31 PM