Its good having a rumage around in some of the out of the way shops. I recently came across a few hundred rounds of 223 fmj pushed ro the back of the shelf at $15 a box so bought the lot, pulled the...
Liked On: 16-06-2023, 05:59 PM
Be silly to buy anything other than a 6.5CM in a factory rifle for general purpose hunting these days 140-147gr 6.5mm bullets of the right construction at 2600-2700 fps kill things extremely well...
Liked On: 15-06-2023, 09:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtkDI79izQ As a long time .308 fan I found their results surprising. It looks like the 6.5 is maturing into a pretty decent round. Although I still think .308...
Liked On: 15-06-2023, 09:48 PM
Its always the wrong question... The questions to ask are.. Specific projectile choice and weight Desired speed at which pushed Utility that the cartridge brings...
Liked On: 15-06-2023, 09:35 PM
My mate was introduced to deer via my old Browning A Bolt. He shot 2 deer on his first outing. He bought an X bolt and unfortunately for big stgs up the coast he slays them with 55gr Barnes. He...
Liked On: 14-06-2023, 02:07 PM
Cheers for all the info. Ended up with a Ms311 due to budget and recommendation from the dealer. Looking forward to using it later in the week
Liked On: 13-06-2023, 09:31 PM
My dad and I assessing a Macro on our farm a few years ago 226298
Liked On: 13-06-2023, 08:01 PM
Seeing as this thread has a couple 361/362/400 users, heres a tip if anyone is looking to comfortably run bigger bars on these saws (the stock oiler is stingy as). You can buy the internals of the...
Liked On: 13-06-2023, 07:54 PM
I have 25.2gr of 2206h behind a 69gr targex in mine. I went up to 25.5gr and had no pressure signs but the 25.2gr group was slightly better and I just wanted to play it safe. Is still leaving a...
Liked On: 31-05-2023, 03:16 PM
Greetings NathanSBR, I have been working with the 69 grain SMK and the 60 grain Hornady V-MAX lately which are the two projectiles that Hodgdon lists in their data. shooternz is right on the money...
Liked On: 29-05-2023, 01:24 PM
I have a Model 7 that only tolerates loads .5 grain less than my Tikka at the same 2.3" length. It seems to have a tight chamber. I think that its unlikely that you could get enough 2206H into a...
Liked On: 29-05-2023, 01:24 PM
Finally blooded my howa mini 223 on a quick south island hunt to one of my favorite old haunts in the Blue mtns. Definitely a cull buck with one very weak side with no guard tines. 75gr ELD-M did...
Liked On: 25-05-2023, 06:32 PM
OK folks here it is, 2 years later.... The Tuatahi Trapper. It's not on their website yet, but they have the axes in stock and ready to go. I did ask about a group buy, but they said they can't...
Liked On: 23-05-2023, 07:31 PM
Sorry for the de -rail just telling it from a different point of view. Love 223 a very capable round in the right hands, my vote goes to 65g game king at as near as 3000fps you can get it to, at...
Liked On: 23-05-2023, 07:21 PM
csmiffy Here's a 55 grn Hornady. MV 3,100fps. Belmont ammo. About 200 yards. You can see the projectile sitting in the off side hole before I picked it out. The deer didn't go anywhere. Fallow doe....
Liked On: 22-05-2023, 09:42 PM