Was in a hut late last year with another couple of hunters. All 3 of us pull out Back Country meals for dinner. I commented they taste passable after a day walking around the hills, but you'd...
Liked On: 16-09-2020, 07:46 PM
This is one of those subjects that gets people a bit uppity. You have to look at the different classes of shooting to get your head around what best practice is with a .224 cal bullet. Obviously...
Liked On: 16-09-2020, 06:33 AM
Go the "Mighty Mouse" as i love the .223! I won't shoot deer over 250 with the .223 but most of my deer have all been bush hunting but my son who was 12 yrs at the time dropped a nice Fallow stag...
Liked On: 16-09-2020, 06:31 AM
Basics have been covered on this thread already but just thought I would reiterate the fact that a .223 for red deer is not really a 300 to 400 yard cartridge. Virtually no energy at that range and...
Liked On: 16-09-2020, 06:31 AM
I'll put the details together in the next few days and post them here. I thought I had a good diagram of it on my computer but when I looked, it was a previous design which didn't work quite so well,...
Liked On: 14-09-2020, 11:34 PM
July saw us packing up home in Dunedin and making the the move to Rotorua. The prospect of getting my head round some new hunting opportunities both excited me and filled me with trepidation. I...
Liked On: 14-09-2020, 06:47 AM
Photo attached of a combined carry/shooting sling I designed and made myself. Easy enough to make, using off-the-shelf components, and works very well in the field. I can supply more details if...
Liked On: 13-09-2020, 09:49 PM
caberslash All great points. Bipods definitely have their place. I'm using the magpul RLS sling and really like it. It works great as a carry strap and to stabilize the rifle but it can slip a bit...
Liked On: 13-09-2020, 07:42 PM
Silly boy strutting his stuff in front of the girls... 138m with Sako .222 + 50gr HDY SP 148860
Liked On: 13-09-2020, 09:16 AM
I found a free ebook that gives a pretty good run down on using a sling for shooting. Slings are far from perfect but offer some advantages over a bipod or rest and can serve as more than just a...
Liked On: 12-09-2020, 03:31 PM
I could make one but it wouldn't look or function anywhere near as nice as this and would cost 3thousand dollars at least:D Yea it could be done locally CNC d and plastic moulded but our market is...
Liked On: 12-09-2020, 03:57 AM
Factory mag 59mm replacement 63mm (approximately)
Liked On: 12-09-2020, 03:57 AM
But he ended up with a low power variable 1.5-6x swaro 30 mm tube on his open country rifle.
Liked On: 12-09-2020, 03:49 AM
Graham Henry wrote great article years back spouting the virtues of a basic fixed power scope of low magnification......less to go wrong..smaller...lighter yip still agree 100% with that.
Liked On: 12-09-2020, 03:49 AM
I can hardly wait to get home and fit it.:) 148381 148382
Liked On: 11-09-2020, 08:24 PM