272461272460272459 Cheetah 1-12 twist Kahles Helia3 3-18x50 4dot reticle Jamieson bottom metal from Kiwi Greg.Trigger modified to 1lb and single stage.
Liked On: 13-04-2025, 09:14 PM
the short awnser is likely not as much as you think - very wind dependant and distance - deer hear loud noises thunder branches coming down etc - I do know mettalic noises like a bolt opening ...
Liked On: 13-04-2025, 12:03 AM
So dragging this one up again. I began this thread, and at that time I was convinced that I’d finally ‘nailed it’ and reached the end of my search for the ultimate medium game hunting rifle for...
Liked On: 12-04-2025, 10:36 PM
272398 Had to wait for this one to get off the bridge dont have to go far in the costal waiarapa, coming home about 9 from a unsucessful hunt , came round a corner & had to wait for 2 big hinds to...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 11:26 PM
A mate and I decided to go for a sika mission into some new country for us the, famed Clement’s mill Rd! Put a big shift in on Tuesday avo in appalling weather walking about 4 hours into an area I...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 11:24 PM
It's a lot of fun. A step up from the .223 but not sure it's really necessary. The whole set up cost me $2,200 from scratch including base .243 rifle so it's not a cheap path, and then you add dies,...
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 11:24 PM
After poring over maps for a fair whack of time and hoping my preferred area of the Northern Ruahines wouldn’t get 1080’d I found out the drop was postponed. I had looked at a series of faces from...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 11:10 PM
I was going to participate in the Deerstalkers chopper hunt. However after being told it was $400 p/p, only to shoot hinds and no stag antlers would be flown out. All your own gear and ammo. I...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 10:14 PM
Just had a week in the Longview/Daphne area - saw over 100 deer for the week. Shot 20+, was shooting to waste by the end of the week. If it was brown it was down. There was heaps of deer on the...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 10:10 PM
Back in the days of the old Mountain Safety Council Firearms Instructorate there were some 400-500 skilled volunteers who conducted the safety lectures and administered the written test to license...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 10:01 PM
Hang on a tick...going by thir previous expentiture...they usually pay for the golden nugget but end up with the turd and still somehow think it is good value....
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 10:00 PM
I dont sorry but suspect the usual no fly zone south of the Tamkaki in dannevirke will still apply. I wrote a trip report a year ago about a tops trips were the feedback on the shoot and scoot that...
Liked On: 08-04-2025, 09:44 PM
thanks guys! I know my backpack is to heavy but my gear aren't meant for NZ trip my backpack(4.5kg), rifle(5.5kg), bullet, tripod and spotting scope alone are over 15 kg the spotting scope surely...
Liked On: 07-04-2025, 09:18 PM
Knuckle draggers is a bit harsh, but from what I've seen police and others (DIA) are significantly underfunded for IT. So even things that are easy to do/fix get left.
Liked On: 07-04-2025, 09:11 PM
Plenty of primers around I have Fed 205, 205M, AR205M, 210, 215, CCI 35, 450, 250, WRE LR & LRM availible I was surprised with Cals data that no one uses AR205M, certainly have proved a better...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 09:53 PM