I must say thats a very sad report that Tahr posted....
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 09:19 PM
HG man....where in central king country??? kaitieke was my home for my teen years and my findings are very similar to yours... but the buffer thing...when we were all out shooting trapping possums...
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 09:06 PM
I grew up on a farm in the middle of the King Country, surrounded by bush, it would be nothing to shoot 100 possums in a night spot lighting driving down the road. And every farm was TB positive. A...
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 09:06 PM
OSPRI are not far off (still a few years though) from having 'possum populations at the level where TB will not be able to be sustained in the remaining population. That will lead to NZ actually...
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 09:01 PM
Hi all Just a very simple wondering I’ve had for a while and haven’t been able to answer for myself with some admittedly fairly shallow diving in the internet. I loathe 1080 as most of us do and...
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 09:01 PM
6.5cm ? must kick like a mule :P
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 08:45 PM
Hunting mate has “donut of death” on his redfield. With two holdover dots below the donut. Best of both worlds for he who prefers to keep it simple. Seems very effective judging by his results.
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 02:04 PM
The first one is 5 years I believe then after that it's 10
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 08:54 AM
It's a bit of a bugger if your work means you have to shut a site down for a day to get the interview done taking out five others from working. Got another mate in that position, he's only been...
Liked On: 10-09-2022, 08:54 AM
Hunters have quite different requirements from a scope than target shooters and typical differences are light gathering and reticle thickness for hunting along with weight. It is a bit of a...
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 05:21 PM
Good work. My experience: NF NSX - sturdy, reliable dialling, far to heavy for hill hunting. Swarovski Z6i - my main scope for over 10 years, great glass, light, relatively fragile, very...
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 05:16 PM
Really good point, about what we tend to look for. In a bush hunting rifle, I would add slimness and minimum projections off the scope and also cheapness as at the moment it is such a pain in the...
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 05:15 PM
Yes. I should have mentioned that; zero at around 200-225m and for 300 just hold on top of shoulder. Job done.
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 04:09 PM
Firedot reticles are exceptionally good for bush, low light and bush edge hunting. I have several Leupold scopes (VXr, VX5 and VX6) with firedot and really rate them. I find the firedot also helps...
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 03:08 PM
I have one with elevation and windage marks and fine cross hairs and simply dont rate it for bush hunting -its simply to hard to see in dim light and confusing on quick shots -I rate the euro 4A...
Liked On: 09-09-2022, 12:14 PM