Having had a 243 for 40yrs in various rifles I'd suggest 18" as your shortage. Reasoning is you can shoot 100grn partition at good speeds for big deer and tahr without having to much speed loss.
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 08:06 PM
Quad sticks will be far more stable than a bipod or tripod and are easy to make unless you are determined to spend money. There's a few threads already on the subject if you do a search. ...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 12:15 PM
But why are shops selling shit rings when they know they are shit. There is some good economical rings that arnt absolutely garbage
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 05:01 AM
My good mood came back, got my 1st fishing trip in 2023 on an ice lake (an reservoir, size like lake Taupo) for Japanese anchovy which was introduced. This fish is more active in winter, not like...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 11:21 PM
Shooters have way too much trust in the extruded chink alloy rings than they should, buy once cry once its one of the most importat components on a relative scoped rifle. spuhr, NF, tier one,...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 11:17 PM
If you get stuck without ammo, let me know. Happy to pass on the factory ammo for what it cost me.
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 09:06 AM
Had to take a drive to national park on Thursday to look at a caravan so decided on doing a round trip and take a quick look at Clements mill rd considering how much rain there had been and the fact...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 04:51 AM
'Caberslash' has it right - it's the bullet that does the damage and that's the way it's always been. The round lead ball was used from the 1400's to kill men on the battlefield, then to kill...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 11:55 AM
I use Hodgdon superproformance in both the .260 and 6.5 Creedmoor with 143 eldx and have never had any issues with it. Velocity is very good with low SD in single digits, it seems easy to find at...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:28 AM
My opinion is that if people want to buy them at that price, then that's their business. What I have an issue with is when people gouge the fuck out of others who have no choice but to buy what...
Liked On: 13-01-2023, 02:01 AM
In this thread https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/threads/a-pair-of-bsa-308-viscounts.143329/ it is briefly mentioned that the BSA viscount was produced with a fiberglass stock and only 5 were...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 10:58 PM
Great how people could shoot deer back then without wearing camo clothing.:)
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 05:38 AM
Great thread, i grew up, a touch late for the meat hunting, but Dad was a culler, bridge builder and hut builder for NZFS, so lots intresting yarns when his work mates were about, I too, carted...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 05:37 AM
Very interesting Bruce, I meat hunted the Whirinaki area for a while in the mid 70s after culling for the NZFS. Have to say those were some of the best years of my life. We didn’t make heaps but...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 05:37 AM
More old pics from the meat days... Puketois 214148 Tararua head 214149
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 05:36 AM