I was in the local gun shop and spotted a poor old neglected parker hale (so the tag said)chambered in .308 built on a Mauser 98 action propped in the corner the bluing was non existent, the tip...
Liked On: 09-08-2022, 10:01 AM
Put plenty of hinu inside case neck and on outside of case. I use imperial wax. Straight through 7 08 die and boom!
Liked On: 08-08-2022, 05:01 PM
Finally cracked getting a deer with rudi. Was my spotting and shooting to get the stag down then we headed down to the area it was laying. Rudi got the scent a way off and lead me straight to him....
Liked On: 08-08-2022, 09:39 AM
Similarly I've only heard good things in general about UTAS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91oM89qZ5Qs&ab_channel=Iraqveteran8888). I can't see what could go wrong with the exception of twisting...
Liked On: 08-08-2022, 09:21 AM
Dads old side be side. The intention was to get it sorted for our sons 30th. The stock was cracked through the grip and the barrels needed sweating together. No one was interested. Mid-Canterbury...
Liked On: 07-08-2022, 07:30 AM
Who's the boss? 202960
Liked On: 03-08-2022, 09:16 PM
Living and hunting a lot on Rakiura Stewart Is brings out the worst in rifle corrosion problems. The marine atmosphere gets em all. My Sako 75 ss rifle has with stood most of it but having Camo tape...
Liked On: 03-08-2022, 07:26 PM
Better to neck down .308 brass if you have it, shoulder taper on the .243 sometimes means brass is weak in this area.
Liked On: 03-08-2022, 08:41 AM
I have necked up a couple of hundred .243 win cases to 7mm08 without any drama Remington Winchester Horandy all with one pass through a Redding FL die it does have a nice tapered expander button...
Liked On: 03-08-2022, 08:41 AM
It would be nicer on the brass to use an intermediate 6.5 expander mandrel before the 7. Anneal it beforehand to be extra nice.
Liked On: 03-08-2022, 12:28 AM
I've shot quite a few fallow with my 243 now and it's very quickly growing on me after only a short period of ownership. 85gr Barnes TSX does the business, 44.7gn superformance gives over 3200fps in...
Liked On: 02-08-2022, 09:58 AM
Took Bo on a 50 km road trip this morning to some acess point on the Manawatu River to hunt pheasants but we got beaten by the ewes lambing,so home again with nothing in the bag and river still to...
Liked On: 01-08-2022, 09:31 PM
I have 2 Howa's; Stainless 308 Varminter Supreme w Boyds Pepper Thumbhole stock - added Timney ( pre HACT trigger days) DPT Suppressed Blued .223 Short action with standard rubber stock ( Boyds...
Liked On: 01-08-2022, 10:24 AM
202574 Mini in 7.62x39 chopped to 16" DPT added plus a red dot appx 2.9 kg- took it to range only to find battery flat on red dot LOL - got 4 spare batteries now.
Liked On: 01-08-2022, 10:23 AM
Massive fan of howa have been for many years I believe that they are as good as anything tikka or sako can offer for a 900 price point instead of a $1700-3k one The hact trigger is awesome and can...
Liked On: 01-08-2022, 10:22 AM