Thread: NZHS Varmint Postal Shoot

Originally Posted by Gillie

Yep, max 6.5mm. Set based on being a varmint shoot. It was expected most people wouldn't be using a .270 caliber or larger for small game. When R93 gets his long range postal shoot up and going or we do a large game shoot the caliber restriction will be removed.

Fair enough. I'll wait for the long range postal shoot... but based on my current performance I might as well send those targets in now, i.e. targets with no holes

I guess a 308 would make the competion unfair as it would kill the paper target more that a 6.5 would... or maybe people are secretly scared of the phenomenal accuracy of the legendary 308

Originally Posted by Lurcher

Fair enough. I'll wait for the long range postal shoot... but based on my current performance I might as well send those targets in now, i.e. targets with no holes I guess a 308 would make the competion unfair as it would kill the paper target more that a 6.5 would... or maybe people are secretly scared of the phenomenal accuracy of the legendary 308

Can I have a picture of a barn door instead . Would suit my shooting ability .

Originally Posted by Lurcher

I guess a 308 would make the competion unfair as it would kill the paper target more that a 6.5 would... or maybe people are secretly scared of the phenomenal accuracy of the legendary 308

I could mention the no gauging applied to the scoring I suppose and the advantage a .308 would have over a .222 but i suppose it is only a couple of mm worth of improvement for each shot. I was shooting on Sunday at 200m with a howling wind coming in from nine o'clock. One of the guys was shooting a .222 and he was holding off more than 3 times what i was using my .375.

I suppose when i think varmint rifle i think .22hornet, 222rem, 223, 22-250 up to about 6mm caliber. I view 6.5mm as an all rounder with any bigger getting into a big game rifle.

The large game postal shoot should be a bit of fun if we get one going.