With good weather forecast a quick overnight mission to the tops was in order. Being Easter weekend I thought heading somewhere a bit harder to get to would be a good idea and was hoping the stags...
Liked On: 01-04-2024, 08:58 PM
It's really not that big a deal. Just shoot them with muzzle in a plastic bottle. Or press the muzzle into some polystyrene and shoot them. Very uncomplicated thing to solve. Or just press them...
Liked On: 31-03-2024, 09:22 AM
Have to agree with you about the uncomplicated thing to solve. A classic example of why it takes so long to get things done in NZ.
Liked On: 31-03-2024, 09:22 AM
Hopefully I am Replying to "turtleSO' , new to forum. I have shot hundreds of deer with my .222 shooting 55gn HORNADY SPs . Everything up to sambar. Never neck shots on roaring stags. I used to cull...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 09:03 PM
Shot placement is a key part of ethical hunting irrespective of calibre ...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 09:02 PM
There's something wrong if he taking 3 shot from a .223 to kill a wallaby. The 55grn Hornady is a great pill for them cheap and hits them bloody hard Sent from my CPH2145 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 09:02 PM
I could be wrong but bloody sure they HAVE done a rusa episode...got to lookout point and sat and watched for 2 days type deal...real sit n snipe type set up.....awesome if thats your cuppa tea and...
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 12:16 PM
wisdom Chur Bay wisdom
Liked On: 25-03-2024, 10:06 PM
I've used both and the win 150 power point is awesome as a bush hunting load. Buy three packets, sight your rifle to be bang in st 50 meters and go hunting and shoot stuff in the bush until you run...
Liked On: 25-03-2024, 09:59 PM
First post eh
Liked On: 24-03-2024, 10:45 AM
as you will have noticed most of the loads shown in last few posts are still well above subsonic levels... you are getting down to a stupidly light charge of powder to keep it below speed of sound.
Liked On: 17-03-2024, 05:21 PM
John, load them and go and shoot deer. Have shot >200 reds with the Speer BTSP between 10 - 500m including some sizable red stags close up. 308 Win, 2,560 ft./sec. Dozens of photos of them on...
Liked On: 17-03-2024, 03:33 PM
Couple pointers just to clarify.... The vx3 HD is 4.5-14 not 18 And a 30mm tube does not allow more light in it allows for more adjustment, a bigger objective let's more light in :thumbsup: Agree...
Liked On: 11-03-2024, 06:55 AM
To belatedly answer the question posed in the OP, a case head separation is usually no big drama. The shooter is often unaware that there is a problem until they pull the bolt back and only part of...
Liked On: 10-03-2024, 08:56 PM
Greetings , A bit more detail. The headspace dimensions of some of the rifles and dies and chambers I have encountered may be of interest. Cases FL sized in recent Redding dies move the shoulder...
Liked On: 10-03-2024, 08:56 PM