The model has long been known for feeding problems, however there are some reasonably easy fixes. If the round is sitting too high and contacting the top of the chamber then either the magazine feed...
Liked On: 28-12-2023, 01:50 PM
Took the young fella out last week. He was keen on a decent sized boar but in the end settled for a juicy wee Fallow, a Sow and some smaller pigs, and a dozen or so goats Looking forward to 2024 ...
Liked On: 26-12-2023, 06:43 PM
Determination drove me back to NZ, I just knew a bull was achievable, so the first thing I did after setting up camp was to start the process from the beginning. Put my felt blanked up, used a field...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 05:36 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 06:51 PM
I don't take the shot if I'm not 100% sure of a hit. I bang on about ethical shooting so I don't do unethical shooting . Use the right caliber for the right animal and stick to placing your shots...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 06:47 PM
I think too some extent, a high quality shotgun, and maybe a similar grade of rifle are wasted on the inexperienced. Purely because they dont have the experience to recognise the small things or...
Liked On: 22-12-2023, 06:55 PM
Cheers mate & yeah got shit tidied up today, will however start 2024 two weeks behind schedule as didn't get everything finished, but as with anyone thats self employed = never complain about being...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:48 PM
Quite a few years ago I had, what was at the time, quite an expensive Mt bike. People would say to me "You could buy a car for that". Will that was true, but I didnt want a f#%king car, I wanted a...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:45 PM
Tentman You make fair points in both of your posts, Worthwhile discussion points that should not get anyone butt hurt. I mean its the same through any outdoors recreation. How many top quality tents...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:41 PM
When the processor is paying good money for goats it’s up to $5/kg for head/ upper neck shot and $2 maybe $2:50/kg body shot so you soon learn to take head/neck shots. Same rules for venison just...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:32 PM
Some years back a mate and I both had .270s, I used to swear by a centre of shoulder shot that broke bone and put animals straight down. He hated that shot and aimed o put a bullet in behind the...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:31 PM
Yep so many factors. What type of animal? am I killing it for meat or trophy? How far from road end is it? How hard do I think it will be to kill, and how badly do I want to kill it? Also how much...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:30 PM
330m on a young goat a couple of weekends ago. I have been following this thread, unsure if I wanted to weigh in on the conversation, but now I think I will. I think that testing ones ability to...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:22 PM
Your agenda is obvious MD. You may be happy with a slightly accurate rifle and yes most times that will 'do the trick' and yes most hunt/kill deer inside 200 but there is absolutely nothing wrong...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 06:12 PM
Greetings, There are two 6.5x55 rifles in my cupboard, a M38 and a T3. I have used AR2209 in both. Current production AR2209 is a little faster than that used in the ADI data so 42 grain should get...
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 06:06 PM