I remember back when we were culling the Rangitoto Range inland from Otrohonga, at the time there was a fencer working on the farm we had our base camp at. Any deer we shot that we didn't use were...
Liked On: 28-02-2021, 09:17 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, 10:01 PM
Hi all , Just after some ideas really - Since October ive shot 15 red deer . All bar one were inside 150 m . The closest being about 10m . To be honest ive really enjoyed just going back to basics...
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 09:46 PM
hi mate I have some advice for you,use your nose like a dog,I almost always smell the deer before shooting them,once you know what a deer smells like it is unmistakable and you need to back your...
Liked On: 02-02-2021, 09:47 PM
Can happen if he dropped it onto something. Do not, Do NOT let your mate try and fix it for you. He is obviously not that careful with your stuff. In the first instance, all that may have...
Liked On: 31-01-2021, 09:03 PM
Went out for a hunt last Friday; 4 days after my last hunt. The goal was to help a friend get her first goat. She eats meat and wanted to be able to harvest her own. She has shot rats and a rabbit...
Liked On: 29-01-2021, 06:17 PM
Well got put for my first hunt yesterday since breaking the ankle in late July. A decent pair of boots this time; no 4x4 gummies! It was just a practice run to see how it held up while I went out to...
Liked On: 29-01-2021, 06:16 PM
Greetings All, After seeing all those photo's of pristine Lee Enfields a few pages back I thought I would share a couple of my scoped .303.141088141089 Almost every major component has been altered...
Liked On: 18-01-2021, 06:14 PM
I shot my first deer with a Lee Enfield .303 Still have it. It has the long range sights on the side. I also had access to some aged ammo courtesy of my grandfather who was a gun collector and...
Liked On: 18-01-2021, 06:12 PM
The last couple of mornings,been cutting and packing up venison into about 500gram packs.Sick of standing in the one spot thats for sure.Gota keep the knife sharp,Keep the flys out,keep the meat...
Liked On: 20-12-2020, 03:14 PM
Greetings Doinit, An important piece of information would be the chronographed velocity. This would give you more information than 24 hours of gazing at primers. 26 grains of BM2 is a bit over max...
Liked On: 04-11-2020, 07:22 PM
If there are no other pressure signs like a shiny ejector mark on the rim, tight extraction or suchlike I wouldn't worry too much about it. If they cratered at start load its a pretty good sign its...
Liked On: 03-11-2020, 10:11 PM
Suggest you post a clear, in focus, close up photo of a typical primer so we can see. There’s cratered primers to worry (a bit) about, and cratered primers to take note off, and carry on...
Liked On: 03-11-2020, 10:09 PM
Do you get cratered primers with factory loads in that rifle? My 300 Rum craters primers with any load I have tried so it could be the firing pin or something else along those lines. So long as your...
Liked On: 03-11-2020, 10:08 PM
I had a model 7 Remmy that did that, oversized firing pin hole. Cratered everything from mild hand loads to factory. I just used it.
Liked On: 03-11-2020, 10:08 PM