Ive always used a .222 or .223 and over the last 12 months have shot 18 deer with my .223's. I have 3 .223's - more by accident than design - but at least it means that I can have certain loads for...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 08:34 PM
Managed to get a kiddie free weekend thanks to the grandparents, and also managed to convince the wifey that a hunting trip to the tops would be a good way to spend it. Hit up a reasonably popular...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 08:30 PM
Not sure......found the minutes from a meeting tho. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19040606.2.22.17?query=acclimatisation%20society%20beasts
Liked On: 07-03-2021, 08:59 PM
Another 222 oldie from the roar. Both shot roaring at under 30 yards. https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Cottrill/.highres/00740017.jpg...
Liked On: 01-03-2021, 06:55 PM
This incredible “bramble” appeared on a Red Band gumboot this morning. I thought it was stuck on the boot and damn nearly grabbed it to pull it off. Check out the astonishing replication of a bramble...
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 08:24 AM
Well last night will be one to remember for me. Having arranged a hunt after work with my mate Ben we hit the hills late in the afternoon after work. It was dry as a bone and hot as hell and we could...
Liked On: 25-02-2021, 08:15 AM
I should have mentioned that it was a proof load, the projectile was 1" of 1/4" Whit bolt wrapped in a a layer of toilet paper and the full Ballistite charges from 2x .303 blanks. Instead of running...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 08:12 PM
I made a small naval cannon (1/4" bore) at high school and shot a hole completely through 3 walls and a door in our outside toilet and wash house. The olds thought it was a great lark until they saw...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 08:11 PM
Hi , With so many topics and subjects on here why wouldn't I join. Seems such an interesting diverse group. I shoot ducks , Tahr , deer etc , race and rally cars , ride motor bikes and an RZR , have...
Liked On: 19-02-2021, 08:22 PM
I'm 5 months into the renewal process and have not yet been interviewed or vetted - numerous enquiries with arms office give no indication of timing, only that it will be some month's away. My...
Liked On: 18-02-2021, 08:55 PM
Season 7, starts tonight on TVNZ's Duke, 8.30pm, channel 13 freeview and Sky 23. https://fb.watch/3H-vFTyQnA/
Liked On: 17-02-2021, 08:37 PM
Yup... nothing like the "good ol' days" to remind us how simpler life used to be. I still have my original little red Firearms License book stashed away in the attic from about 1982/83. Unfortunately...
Liked On: 15-02-2021, 09:00 PM
How hard is it to isolate an isolated country.... The useless fools do it again.
Liked On: 15-02-2021, 08:23 PM
grandpamac has inspired me to jot down a bit about what he has said about his Kaweka revival and what its like for us "mature" old farts. Nathan F is correct - it really is a mind thing. ...
Liked On: 13-02-2021, 08:10 PM
Funny thing is mate I feel the same as you. 30 years ago I had the body to claim the world my own...just not the where with all. Now I have the means...I don't have the ability Fuck it all.......
Liked On: 12-02-2021, 08:31 PM