In March last year Don Yearbury a long time NZDA Whangarei member passed away peacefully at his home in Kamo. His Partner Dawn had the hard job of sorting through his arsenal and I was lucky enough...
Liked On: 17-04-2024, 10:24 PM
I started the kids on a savage rascal .22, ideal. I have a tikka youth in .223, the stock from memory has a length of pull at 12” compared to 14”. Barrel is short has comes threaded. Everything...
Liked On: 17-04-2024, 08:47 AM
theres a market out there I wonder why manufacturers have not got more onto it lol Remington used to - business there for a kiwi stock maker ???
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 03:57 PM
I have a rossi 223 ...third shot always seems to be a flyer using 55gr. Yet to try other weights
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 03:57 PM
Agree with Barry. Likely weight and ergonomics for their little hands and reach. Try and find a rascal to look at and handle. You’ll see how narrow and paired down they are dimensionally. Rasp...
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 03:57 PM
having taught my 3 to shoot - definitely a stock to suit is a must - I had a youth pump Remington .22 mod 12 ( now passed on ) and that was great open sights- airrifle was a difficult one - the...
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 09:55 AM
Yep agree. Try get 2nd hand mini howa or the cz 223 is very light as well and small action , cut stock to suit, chuck a limbsaver on it. Then in 5 yrs time just buy a stock.for new size. She'll...
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 09:52 AM
Another vote for the mini howa as there appears to be many after market stocks available now. Another option is to grab a factory stock from someone who has changed it out for an after market one...
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 09:28 AM
Depends on what you want to spend. But a howa mini, cut the stock to suit, and heaps of cheap second hand stocks to bring it to size again later. Also use old jandels of various thicknesses for...
Liked On: 16-04-2024, 09:23 AM
I think with duck shooting its fun to participate but boring to watch for me.
Liked On: 27-03-2024, 12:09 PM
Compass a must or it's modern equivalent.
Liked On: 25-03-2024, 06:39 AM
With the way the Climate/Weather is, Has anyone found Sika Roaring later? Is early May a good time now? Thoughts
Liked On: 24-03-2024, 09:20 PM
Amen to that, I find the hilux's pigs of things for in cab comfort. The back seat is an avoid at all costs if possible sort of deal too... Unsure why they hold their value so well, as we've had...
Liked On: 15-03-2024, 09:05 AM
Exactly. Not what I would have expected on a show-piece for hunters and hunting. Sits near to, but worse, than the biting the heart thing that people do. Of all their excellent TV episodes (and...
Liked On: 12-03-2024, 08:30 PM
I’ve been meaning to answer a couple of the questions, finally found time sitting on the ferry to do it! Firstly, Mountaineering, as Dalts says, you generally don’t rope up unless you are in...
Liked On: 11-03-2024, 07:50 AM