Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by Kamel

A couple of shots from last nights effort. Chalked up the first kills for the new 17/222, 20gn Nosler shots FBHP sure make a mess.

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Kamel are the cats really big or are the foxes small?
Good work

Good shooting kamel.

possummatti, the fox is only a pup mate, two or three months old, pretty dumb and stupid when they are that age, makes em easy to get. But the cats are quite large, some of them are not much smaller than a full grown fox. That one isn't that big, but still big enough to do a lot of damage to the birds and other small mamals, also big enough to stick a hole in.

Originally Posted by oneshot

I was out the door this morning at 4am, brilliant weather but it started packing in and raining at around 11am, saw this fella, notice the head shot. Do these still count as little pesties?
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Saweeeet looking weapon mate


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Kamel, love the rifle, is it built on a zastava 85 action by any chance and have you done anything to the trigger?. I've picked up one in 223 with a lightly pitted barrel, it shoots ok but am thinking of having it rebarrelled it but the trigger is crappy soft and with lots of travel.

Wow Kamel that 17/222 makes a hell of a mess.

I bet My .17 17grain'ers are going a lot slower but still do a nice job. The only thing is that the 17hmr is a messy little bugger. requires lots of cleaning. The second photo is what happens if Mr Hawk gets there first!

Shoot the fknn hawks

that would be the last time shooting on this property. The land owner loves the Hawks. They do do a nice job on the ones I don't want ie the ones too messed up for cooking. Its amazing how much meat damage a 17gain V-Max can do out of such a small cartridge.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Kamel, love the rifle, is it built on a zastava 85 action by any chance and have you done anything to the trigger?. I've picked up one in 223 with a lightly pitted barrel, it shoots ok but am thinking of having it rebarrelled it but the trigger is crappy soft and with lots of travel.

Yeah mate M85 action. Ive got three of them now, 17/222, 20/222 and 22PPC, for the price of them they offer a lot. I set my triggers at around 1lb which suits my type of shooting. Ill find some instructions on how to adjust the trigger for you, may take me a little while as Im not real puter savvy. Ill get back to you.

An hour out in the lucerne. Got four for the time, this one at 119m popped his head up when I gave a couple of squeaks. The 42gr sub entered back of the head and out his nose. His buddy had one exit through the eye at 65m. The JW loves 42gr win subs.

great shooting scottrods

Jw15a? I run the 42 grains as well, great gun I reckon for a quiet 22

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Mine likes it too, actually it likes the 40gr power point too.

Got these in one paddock Saturday morning. Marlin 925 with winchester 42g subs. Longest shot was out to about 60m. That thud!!

Went to the location tonight where the deer jumped the track the other night. http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...d-ghost-17789/

River dirty again so I didn't have rod. Must have had a heap of rain in the headwaters at Norsewood.

Wasn't hopeful of seeing the deer so armed with my .22 bolt action stirling and at exactly the same spot the deer ran past me the other night bugsies boy friend turned up.

Didn't have the range finder but I guesstimate 100 metres and he was sitting just infront of the brown grass.



By the look of his eyes I think the .22 http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...bullets-15815/ has fired another good shot