Don’t use the .223 on deer if you are flustered or rushed. It’s a caliber for cool heads and steady hands. But on the other hand it can teach you to shoot well and make correct bullet placement...
Liked On: 16-04-2022, 06:18 PM
I see you are in Otago, I recommend shooting rabbits with your 223. You get plenty of shots in and will be putting plenty of trigger time in. I was running a 223 for rabbits and it really gets you...
Liked On: 16-04-2022, 04:23 PM
I'm in roughly the same boat, new to .223 as a hunting round. In addition to the wisdom above, there's some great info here: https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f12/223-deer-64884/ and also found...
Liked On: 16-04-2022, 07:46 AM
Pics cause who doesn't love a little gun porn :pacman: 194753 194754 5 shot group with my current load 194751
Liked On: 15-04-2022, 09:25 PM
That's a wrap on the red roar for me. Time for some bucks and some spearfishing up north194160
Liked On: 07-04-2022, 07:31 PM
Shot this one at 400 yards on first light. First time I have needed an illuminated reticle and it paid off194159
Liked On: 07-04-2022, 07:31 PM
A couple of Ruahine stags, both shot sub 15 metres. Certainly aren't trophies but still fun all the same. 194097 194098
Liked On: 07-04-2022, 07:30 PM
Was in the sout ruahines overnight and was very quiet,got lucky and heard a moan and had nice 10 pointer pop up only a few metres in front of me an the dog a few minutes later as we came out of a...
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 05:30 PM
194003Got some Timber in the tarauas over the weekend they were going pretty good on Saturday day time, not so much on Sunday but there is some strange shit going on with this years roar, def not a...
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 05:29 PM
25/08IMP - do you have any 69 or 77 grain TMKs to do a nice bullet lineup picture please? I'm also curious about the base-to-ogive measurement of that 80 grain relative to any/all the others.
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 12:38 PM
Got my first solo roar stag. Pretty happy with this fella!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220405/58916a24cc793f890e479c01b1279adc.jpg...
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 12:38 PM
Six days of perfect weather, stags roaring well, worked bloody hard - averaging 11km per day and after passing up several stags during the week, I caught this guy out sneaking across the clearing...
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 12:37 PM
Overnighter in ruahines nice fat 10194010
Liked On: 06-04-2022, 12:36 PM
It all started with me scoring a ballot block in the Molesworth for the 2022 Roar. Being a newish hunter yet to shoot a deer I pondered the best plan of action and decided to open an offer to join...
Liked On: 05-04-2022, 03:52 PM
I competed for years with Bryns bullets. They hold many NZDA nation records.
Liked On: 04-04-2022, 07:24 PM