All welders work for beersies :thumbsup:
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 09:04 PM
Blisters The 20mm Mild plate will easily last for hundreds of rounds It will crater, but you won't shoot holes in it. The down side is if you want to move them then it will be heavy I'd...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 09:03 PM
PS the frames don't look that pretty now :)
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:32 PM
There is this thread mate. http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f32/gong-play-13813/ I use a steel frame with a vertical pin that the chain loop just drops onto. I move mine around every time so...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:32 PM
I went for 200mm discfor portability . A lighter plate moves more on impact So abs0rbs less energy for craterng. As said its not so good When I miss! A big piece of paper on plastic corfUte is best...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:31 PM
If you are just using mild steel, you are pretty much wasting your time mate, no matter the thickness. With mild steel you will destroy the gong first session. Do yourself a big favor and get hold...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:31 PM
What type of plate? I use two warrahtahs and high tensile wire but 20mm might be a bit heavy for that
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:30 PM
What grade of steel plate have you managed to get your hands on? Just asking as this will determine how long it will last. My gong is a 250mm square with holes at the top corners. Chain attached...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:30 PM
Mild steel no matter how thick will be cratered by most centrefires out to around 300 m, and close bits can come back at the shooter, so at a minimum bis 80 hardness is recommended (wear steel is a...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 01:30 PM
Ok sounds like crickets could be the problem....pretty sure they have all but gone into hibernation down here in north otago...there are usually a shitload of the bloody things around where the birds...
Liked On: 26-06-2017, 08:43 AM
That's pretty much my take on it. The guy's a newbie, shooting deer when you first start out means everything, and shooting at longer ranges is probably an achievement too, well done 7mm rm! ...
Liked On: 25-06-2017, 09:30 PM
This has been done to death. The guide about months with an R in them comes from the US. Opposite seasons, opposite saying. I understand they ONLY take them in a month with an R in it, since...
Liked On: 25-06-2017, 01:50 PM
I can assure you he fronts the fuel bill and doesn't ask for anything.... Not even diesel to get down there..... Usually supply's the sammys aswell.... Although sometimes forgets the fillings...........
Liked On: 24-06-2017, 11:18 PM
Some years ago Dad and his mate where heading home in the boat , close to midnight and no moon. Mate had some chocolate rasins he was munching on but an inopportune wave made him drop the box. He...
Liked On: 24-06-2017, 10:27 PM
Going by the ring prints and dribbling look,I'd say nick smiths been there.
Liked On: 24-06-2017, 10:27 PM