About grandpamac

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

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  1. Ruger7mm
    Ruger7mm liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260
    Greetings Steelisreal, It is overcast and rainy here in HB today so have been keeping away from open spaces and hill tops. I new a couple of chaps who were skin hunters after the war for a decade or...
    Liked On: 12-02-2022, 03:23 PM
  2. Steelisreal
    Steelisreal liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260
    Greetings Steelisreal, It is overcast and rainy here in HB today so have been keeping away from open spaces and hill tops. I new a couple of chaps who were skin hunters after the war for a decade or...
    Liked On: 12-02-2022, 11:08 AM
  3. Steelisreal
    Steelisreal liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260
    Greetings All, I have been having a bit of a chuckle over some of the posts in this thread. Yes I do realise that not all posts should be taken at face value but I offer the following regardless....
    Liked On: 12-02-2022, 08:39 AM
  4. Danny
    Danny liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260
    Greetings All, I have been having a bit of a chuckle over some of the posts in this thread. Yes I do realise that not all posts should be taken at face value but I offer the following regardless....
    Liked On: 12-02-2022, 08:29 AM
  5. 25/08IMP
    25/08IMP liked post by grandpamac On thread : tight closing the bolt
    Greetings Bill999, Making .280 Rem brass out of .270 or .30-06 cases is not as simple as making 7mm-08 cases out of .308 cases. The .280 Rem is over 1mm (0.050") longer to the shoulder than .270 or...
    Liked On: 08-02-2022, 05:30 PM
  6. johnd
    johnd liked post by grandpamac On thread : .303 British Load Data Variations
    Greetings all, It has been raining in HB for the last two days and I have been thinking about the widely different load data observed for the .303. Generally the data shot in actual .303 rifles...
    Liked On: 07-02-2022, 09:52 PM
  7. FatLabrador
    FatLabrador liked post by grandpamac On thread : .303 British Load Data Variations
    Greetings all, It has been raining in HB for the last two days and I have been thinking about the widely different load data observed for the .303. Generally the data shot in actual .303 rifles...
    Liked On: 07-02-2022, 07:50 PM
  8. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : .303 British Load Data Variations
    Greetings all, It has been raining in HB for the last two days and I have been thinking about the widely different load data observed for the .303. Generally the data shot in actual .303 rifles...
    Liked On: 07-02-2022, 07:23 PM
  9. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : "1873 Winchester 44-40 rifle shooting at 400y - Recreating the Lonesome Dove shot"
    Greetings bumblefoot and all, Thanks for that. I had seen pictures of the old Ideal tools but never seen one used. I was impressed that he tried to use period equipment, melting the lead in a ladle...
    Liked On: 07-02-2022, 12:12 PM
  10. CBH Australia
    CBH Australia liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notched case - should I use it?
    Greetings @ mopheadrob, I wouldn't use it, just to be safe. The notch results in one point on the case head that is slightly weaker. This likely has little effect at normal pressures but could cause...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 08:07 PM
  11. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notched case - should I use it?
    Greetings @ mopheadrob, I wouldn't use it, just to be safe. The notch results in one point on the case head that is slightly weaker. This likely has little effect at normal pressures but could cause...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 07:51 PM
  12. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : What will the hunting rifles of the future look like ?
    Greetings All, At the risk of hijacking Moa Hunters thread even further we should not be to hard on the younger generation. We are all products og the generations we grew up in. For those of us...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 06:24 PM
  13. 300CALMAN
    300CALMAN liked post by grandpamac On thread : What will the hunting rifles of the future look like ?
    Greeting to all of you a little bewildered by the endless procession of new must have cartridges, rifles, optics etc etc etc, I was born in 1949 and by the time I started to take any notice of...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 05:59 PM
  14. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : What will the hunting rifles of the future look like ?
    Greetings All, At the risk of hijacking Moa Hunters thread even further we should not be to hard on the younger generation. We are all products og the generations we grew up in. For those of us...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 05:16 PM
  15. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : What will the hunting rifles of the future look like ?
    Greeting to all of you a little bewildered by the endless procession of new must have cartridges, rifles, optics etc etc etc, I was born in 1949 and by the time I started to take any notice of...
    Liked On: 06-02-2022, 03:17 PM

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