About grandpamac

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

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  1. csmiffy
    csmiffy liked post by grandpamac On thread : P14 extractor issues
    Greetings again csmiffy, Fished the bolt out of the safe and compared the extractor with the photographs of the M17 and P14 bolt faces in the de Hass book on bolt action rifles. My extractor is not...
    Liked On: 27-06-2022, 10:33 AM
  2. csmiffy
    csmiffy liked post by grandpamac On thread : P14 extractor issues
    Greetings csmiffy, There is a P14 modified for target shooting in my safe that sounds similar to yours. I will fish it out later this morning and have a hard look at it and report especially on how...
    Liked On: 27-06-2022, 08:58 AM
  3. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    All that and with iron sights too. GPM. PS. The dog looks so happy I have to ask. Did you shoot the deer or was it the dog?
    Liked On: 26-06-2022, 01:27 PM
  4. timattalon
    timattalon liked post by grandpamac On thread : The dinner plate challenge
    Greetings 2post, Not many takers then. Plenty of smoke and some heat but only one target. I find prone really difficult so no bipod for me. I can shoot sitting with crossed sticks which would be my...
    Liked On: 26-06-2022, 04:09 AM
  5. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : The dinner plate challenge
    Greetings 2post, Not many takers then. Plenty of smoke and some heat but only one target. I find prone really difficult so no bipod for me. I can shoot sitting with crossed sticks which would be my...
    Liked On: 25-06-2022, 08:19 PM
  6. 2post
    2post liked post by grandpamac On thread : The dinner plate challenge
    Greetings 2post, Not many takers then. Plenty of smoke and some heat but only one target. I find prone really difficult so no bipod for me. I can shoot sitting with crossed sticks which would be my...
    Liked On: 25-06-2022, 05:51 PM
  7. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Light Primer Strikes
    Greetings to you both Moa Hunter and Micky Duck, Thank you both for your kind words and advice. I suspect that you both handload out of neccesity and for you the handloading is the prelude to the...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 11:32 PM
  8. 7mm Rem Mag
    7mm Rem Mag liked post by grandpamac On thread : 73gr ELDM in 223
    Greetings Adam, I am loading 69 grain match kings ahead of 25 grains of AR2206H which chronographs 2,960 fps and gives excellent accuracy. The LOA is 57.5mm in my 1 in 8"" twist T3x. More important...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 09:46 PM
  9. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Light Primer Strikes
    Greetings to you both Moa Hunter and Micky Duck, Thank you both for your kind words and advice. I suspect that you both handload out of neccesity and for you the handloading is the prelude to the...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 06:41 PM
  10. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Light Primer Strikes
    Greetings Moa Hunter, The dies are likely cut to US SAAMI spec but this is out of line with the spec being used in Finland. Unfired and fired Lapua cases from the T3 measure almost the same, both...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 01:16 PM
  11. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : Light Primer Strikes
    Greetings All, As mentioned previously in this thread light firing pin strike and missfires can be different to a lot of different things but it can be due to a combination of things. One thing that...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 11:45 AM
  12. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Baikal single shot rebarrel - Anyone done this?
    Greeting Micky Duck. A lot of continental rifles have a 12mm approx dovetail including some of the early Brno .22 rifles. I have heard of some making up an adaptor to take an aperture sight intended...
    Liked On: 24-06-2022, 10:15 AM
  13. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7 prc Sammi
    Greetings All, I bought a Remington Sendero in 7mm SAUM in 2004 with ideas of using it on the Kaweka tops especially around Kiwi Saddle. The following year a Remington VSSF in .223 cuddled up next...
    Liked On: 23-06-2022, 11:40 PM
  14. Muttonguts
    Muttonguts liked post by grandpamac On thread : Zeroing for Stalking
    Thanks for your kind words sheep, Those of us who started our hunting when a laser rangefinder was science fiction and scopes were 4 power assumimg you had one were very keen on what we called point...
    Liked On: 22-06-2022, 11:17 PM
  15. Muttonguts
    Muttonguts liked post by grandpamac On thread : Zeroing for Stalking
    Greetings sheep, My .308 is sighted in at 172 metres. A handy spot from my bench. Close to dead on from 25 to 50 metres and within 40mm out to 200 metres. I can't think of any reason for sighting in...
    Liked On: 22-06-2022, 11:13 PM

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