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Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

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    Nah Im not that sensitive.. besides all the birds are falling over it









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    @Wingman.

    Mate it has to be said you are one very clever dude.

    Good on you keep it up. Your work and POSTS are awesome.

    Especially for us mere mortals

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    Right @Wingman consider yourself and that fugly little wonder gun of yours booked for a day - starlings, magpies, miners and eastern rosellas - bloody things drive me nuts here. Spent an hour this evening genning up on this tech, bugger now there’s another thing I want. Interestingly this kind of thing is something the wife is quite keen on as she hates the pest birds as much as I do. The more native we plant the more starlings etc we seem to get.

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    Now’s the perfect time of year for magpies. They throw caution into the wind as teach their young to forage. Got this youngster but mum will be back.
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    More meplat, more better.

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    Mum, dad and the kid making a racket the other night. Hopefully a bit quieter tonight, I'm just about out of subs.

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    Went out this afternoon and evening to tidy up some wild sheep in a local QE2 trust reserve.
    Got 13 and 8 of them were lambs.
    After 6 long trips back to the truck got all the lambs out whole and some of the ewes back legs out for dog tucker.
    Managed to get 10 with head shots so the lambs weren't damaged.
    Knackered now.

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    First outing for the season with. As usual the first one evaded my rifle, but a tally of 31 between us for the night. More than we expected to see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    First outing for the season with. As usual the first one evaded my rifle, but a tally of 31 between us for the night. More than we expected to see.
    First what @gadgetman ???? There's no picture ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
    First what @gadgetman ???? There's no picture ?
    The picture imust be of the first one which he missed. Ha ha ha ha
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
    First what @gadgetman ???? There's no picture ?
    It's bunny season, far too excited to muck around taking a photo, there could be a gazillion awaiting around the next bend. Way too many hares had the first shot kick up dust in the dirt I could see between their ears. Need to get back to judging distance better.
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    last few days shooting this week . . . first day with the .22 Quad

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    2nd day with the .22 VarTarg Turbo with a scope change . . now a 6.5-20x50 Leupold side focus

    longest hit of the day 409 yards down this gully . . . one of my favourite spots on the station, the wind is usually funnelled down at close to head-on at 12 o'clock which makes life easier using 50grain bullets at 3075fps which are wind sensitive at times.

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    and for those that dont know the VarTarg here is a comparison with my other CF varmint cartridges.
    n short its a Improved .222 Rem with 30 degree shoulder

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    without a picture . .. it never happened !

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    Whats the numbers on the 223 ackley compared to the std version, or a 204 ruger. Im considering something a little better for longer distance and cant quite convince myself to go back to a 22 250.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    Whats the numbers on the 223 ackley compared to the std version, or a 204 ruger. Im considering something a little better for longer distance and cant quite convince myself to go back to a 22 250.
    its tuff @Marty Henry when you start looking around for another cartridge . . . so many to choose from but so little money / time to try them all.

    you can get another +100fps more from the Ackley over the standard .223 but feeding is not so smooth or reliable with that blunt 40 degree shoulder, at least in mine from MDT 10 shot & AI 5 shot mags . . push hard & fast on the bolt when reloading & sometimes the case will jam . . . slow it down & things work as they should . . . i wouldnt recommend the AI but its a cheap conversion & easy enough compared to other wildcats.

    the .204Ruger i really like . . . 4010fps in my rifle with superb accuracy, tame recoil, easy to reload . . . mine is in a Ruger No.1 Varmint which is nice for a change from the usual bolt guns . . highly recommend but not sure you would want to trade down in horsepower from a .22/250 they dont call them the Varminter for nothing.

    .6 at 200yrds & 1.5 inches at 400yrds and no shot more than .5 inch low last time i checked before going for a walk with the .204R . . . it shoots

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    without a picture . .. it never happened !

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    Its funny how the 222 magnum bombed only to come back in a tighter top and be everyones darling.
    I think a 1:9 or 8 twist 22 250 will be where I go, thanks of for the info @rossi.45
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    Whats the numbers on the 223 ackley compared to the std version, or a 204 ruger. Im considering something a little better for longer distance and cant quite convince myself to go back to a 22 250.
    Why not a 220 swift?

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