About grandpamac

Basic Information


Age
75
About grandpamac
Location:
Okawa Hawkes Bay
Interests:
Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
Occupation:
Retired

Statistics


Total Posts
Total Posts
2,791
Posts Per Day
1.70
General Information
Last Activity
Yesterday 07:50 PM
Join Date
06-12-2019
Referrals
0

5 Friends

  1. bumblefoot bumblefoot is offline

    Member

    bumblefoot
  2. Kiwi Sapper Kiwi Sapper is offline

    Member

    Kiwi Sapper
  3. Micky Duck Micky Duck is offline

    Member

    Micky Duck
  4. Sanctuary Sanctuary is offline

    Member

    Sanctuary
  5. Sideshow Sideshow is offline

    Member

    Sideshow
Showing Friends 1 to 5 of 5

4158 Likes

  1. RugerM77
    RugerM77 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Incremental load test anomalies
    Greetings Jhon, shooternz, I had read about velocity decreasing with increasing powder charge before but it is nice to hear from someone who has actually tested it. From what I remember pressure...
    Liked On: 07-06-2022, 11:54 AM
  2. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings bumblefoot, I am going to scope my latest .303 but I am dithering about mounts. The rifle has bee drilled for a Parker Hale base and I have both some low and high rings that I could use...
    Liked On: 06-06-2022, 07:22 PM
  3. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : calibre for short barrel(18-20")longer range(-600m) rifle
    Greetings Yesmate, My apologies for thoroghly hijacking your thread. In penance I offer my thoughts on the matter. As you will have spotted that the range of candidates is broad. For ease of load...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 03:49 PM
  4. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    akaroa1, You are a very bad man. Fancy posting pic's of a rifle like that without prior warning. I fired a Remington rolling block in 50-90 IIRC and a Remington Hepburn in 38-55 many years ago which...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 12:15 AM
  5. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetins All, I think I have part of the answer to that question. My No4 with a near new two groove barrel often shoots MoA groups with the 174 grain Round Nose Hornady and light loads. It is...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 12:12 AM
  6. Jake77
    Jake77 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Greetings All, There have been a number of new or prospective handloaders asking for tips on starting out and much helpful advice has been forthcoming. There have also been a number of threads...
    Liked On: 02-06-2022, 11:27 PM
  7. Jake77
    Jake77 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings. Post 6 Record Keeping, Load Management and What's Next. Record Keeping. Early on I kept no records. There was one rifle in the cupboard, a No 1 .303 and one load, 180 grain Norma...
    Liked On: 02-06-2022, 11:19 PM
  8. 300Shortmag
    300Shortmag liked post by grandpamac On thread : Black birch bivvy
    Greetings 300Shortmag, On my list for a visit in the spring. Grandpamac.
    Liked On: 01-06-2022, 06:50 PM
  9. akaroa1
    akaroa1 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    akaroa1, You are a very bad man. Fancy posting pic's of a rifle like that without prior warning. I fired a Remington rolling block in 50-90 IIRC and a Remington Hepburn in 38-55 many years ago which...
    Liked On: 31-05-2022, 06:52 PM
  10. john m
    john m liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    akaroa1, You are a very bad man. Fancy posting pic's of a rifle like that without prior warning. I fired a Remington rolling block in 50-90 IIRC and a Remington Hepburn in 38-55 many years ago which...
    Liked On: 31-05-2022, 06:44 PM
  11. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetins All, I think I have part of the answer to that question. My No4 with a near new two groove barrel often shoots MoA groups with the 174 grain Round Nose Hornady and light loads. It is...
    Liked On: 31-05-2022, 12:01 AM
  12. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data. Loads for a .30-40 Krag Old Soldier.
    Greetings All, After mentioning the .30-40 Krag cartridge in a post yesterday I was reminded that I really should do some load development for my Martini Krag. What data that is available had...
    Liked On: 29-05-2022, 09:48 PM
  13. akaroa1
    akaroa1 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data. Loads for a .30-40 Krag Old Soldier.
    Greetings All, After mentioning the .30-40 Krag cartridge in a post yesterday I was reminded that I really should do some load development for my Martini Krag. What data that is available had...
    Liked On: 29-05-2022, 08:54 PM
  14. Danny
    Danny liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7saum vs 280ai vs 7blaser vs?
    Greetings All, To someone who purchased his first centre fire rifle in the 1960's that cartridge looks weird. Still it is performance that counts not what some old fudd thinks looks cool. Please...
    Liked On: 29-05-2022, 10:31 AM
  15. akaroa1
    akaroa1 liked post by grandpamac On thread : calibre for short barrel(18-20")longer range(-600m) rifle
    Greetings Yesmate, My apologies for thoroghly hijacking your thread. In penance I offer my thoughts on the matter. As you will have spotted that the range of candidates is broad. For ease of load...
    Liked On: 29-05-2022, 09:08 AM

11-04-2020


05-04-2020


04-04-2020


03-04-2020


31-03-2020


28-03-2020


23-03-2020


19-03-2020


17-03-2020


02-03-2020


26-02-2020


25-02-2020


17-02-2020


21-01-2020


22-12-2019



No results to display...
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!