Consider looking south of the waikato river mouth, there were heaps there years ago Klondike road in particular springs to mind. It's a question of door knocking.
Liked On: 30-07-2021, 07:16 PM
tangihua forest but it is pretty crap bush, nice old goat cullers hut which is free at the northern end. lions club for access at the southern end. Dennis Deeming is the farmer for access through the...
Liked On: 30-07-2021, 07:16 PM
Midway through last year I was at a bit of a crossroads with hunting. I wasn’t sure why, but I needed to do something different. I’m not much of a long range hunter, and I was doing well enough bush...
Liked On: 13-07-2021, 05:31 PM
That's right folks you heard it right here, I've been off the hills for half a year. With knee surgery and rehab done, Today was the day I went out with my gun. Leaving the car with a...
Liked On: 05-07-2021, 10:04 AM
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Liked On: 03-07-2021, 04:33 PM
Hey dave this is how we pop them off, 171614 we stun them with a well placed blow between the ears with a solid stick ( possum donger ). Then remove them from the trap before another well placed blow...
Liked On: 03-07-2021, 04:33 PM
berg243 have you ever seen the wee lollie bags stapled to trees with oddfellow lollies in them?????
Liked On: 01-07-2021, 10:20 AM
After chasing dead ends with my mates Remington 270 that definitely has something wrong with it (he has now bought a Tikka 7mm RM, woohoo) I had the joy of loading for a Tikka again this weekend. I...
Liked On: 30-06-2021, 05:34 PM
4 bore IS quater pounder..... 8 bore will be 8th pounder and a 12ga is a 12th of a pounder.........4 bore = 4 pure lead balls of BORE diameter =1 LB WHEN MEN WERE MEN.....
Liked On: 30-06-2021, 10:35 AM
Greetings Again, I believe that Bell tried the heavy hitters but found it almost impossible to shoot accurately with them. Bell used several calibres including the 7x57 (.276 Rigby), 6.5x54 (.256...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 03:37 PM
Greetings, The way I have always used the scoops is to part fill a cup or similar with powder and press the back of the scoop down into the powder until the powder flows into it to just overflow....
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 12:58 PM
Greetings All, Additional to What Micky Duck has said above I think that the scoop that comes with the Lee Loader is 2.8cc. My older set has one in cubic inches that translates to 2.74 cc. Based on...
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 11:32 AM
Greetings All, Lots of good stuff in this thread. A minimum kit for someone loading a few rounds per year, for one calibre, mostly bush hunting and willing to accept a little less velocity could be...
Liked On: 28-06-2021, 08:19 PM
Lyman 50th is the best all rounder I reckon. It's largely brand agnostic. The most important bit, if you don't have a mentor (and even then if they're just going to teach you their bad habits), is...
Liked On: 28-06-2021, 12:21 PM
Old manuals from the 60s and 70s are a treasure trove of infomation on all aspects of reloading and troubleshooting techniques and I would highly recommend owning several. The principle of reloading...
Liked On: 28-06-2021, 10:26 AM