Definitely plenty of animals on the landscape these days if you keep your eyes peeled getting about the place. School bus hit a fallow buck behind our farm when we were down south, went straight...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 09:02 AM
It's a lot of fun. A step up from the .223 but not sure it's really necessary. The whole set up cost me $2,200 from scratch including base .243 rifle so it's not a cheap path, and then you add dies,...
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 09:17 PM
80 ELDX entry under shoulder and into below spine. Only a small exit on other side so a lot of havoc dumped inside the animal. 272353
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 02:59 PM
Using this this morning. It’s an old Blackjack made by Bark River. 1095 steel. A bit thick and heavy, and ugly too. But handles and cuts like a demon. It has a good high and thin edged convex grind....
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 08:25 AM
First deer to the rifle. 335 yards. 1.5 Moa of elevation off the 200 yd zero. Dropped on spot. High shoulder shot. Will look at the damage tomorrow. 80 ELDX, circa 3200 fps. 272337 272338
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 08:23 AM
Just going back to your original post and re-reading it, I've a couple of things to say. You say you have budget for only one rifle, but I'd recommend you buy yourself an inexpensive 22LR if you...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 09:57 PM
Couple of bush deer. 80 ELDM. Good effective kills on shoulder shots, hind ran 20m, spiker stumbled over on the spot. Exited hind with a good blood trail, bullet under the skin on the off side of...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 09:51 PM
You're nearly 3 full grains under Hodgdon's maximum load for a 77gr SMK and Varget (same powder). No wonder it is underwhelming :)
Liked On: 07-04-2025, 08:37 PM
Growing up reading Phillip Holden books, always wanted a Vixen https://i.postimg.cc/pLVBMPhC/IMG_0671.jpg (https://postimg.cc/D8DGqkc4) https://i.postimg.cc/XY2kVt9b/IMG_0670.jpg...
Liked On: 07-04-2025, 08:36 PM
With brass cases if you buy commercial card or felt wads make sure they're for brass cases as wads designed for plastic or paper hulls are too small they're for thicker walked plastic or paper....
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 10:55 PM
25 of those are all you will need Best not to load BP and store them for ever anyway. Get the correct engineers punch for wool felt wads and cards It you use the brass hulls and BP you will never...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 10:54 PM
Catherine Stewart at Gorge river makes them to order. https://www.wildkiwiadventurer.com/my-store/?v=86333951643b
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 09:49 PM
I mostly use necked down 6.5 CM brass. Mostly LR, it just works and my Criterion barrel is plenty accurate, well sub MOA. It produces 3040 fps with Hornardy 103 ELDXs at 22". Currently its in a...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 08:20 PM
Certainly like what you have done Makka very nice you could always add other calibres if required I had the 12g plus .22 rimfire all it took was simple offset barrel holder and a bit of...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 01:44 PM
I can't comment on accuracy as yet, but now the rifle is "complete" I managed to get a couple of test shots off to make sure it held together. 251324 Load was 44gn of 2213sc behind a 75gn eldm,...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 01:38 PM