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

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  1. Hugh Shields
    Hugh Shields liked post by grandpamac On thread : Otorohanga rifle range closed
    Greetings, The short answer is that a few friends can have a casual sighting in area ,Not a range as such, subject to a number of conditions and this is allowed in the Range Rules. A club however...
    Liked On: 26-08-2024, 08:40 PM
  2. Hugh Shields
    Hugh Shields liked post by grandpamac On thread : Otorohanga rifle range closed
    Greetings, The ranges that I know of are still all open. These are ranges that have been set up properly in the first place. There may be some that were casual ranges on a farmers paddock used by...
    Liked On: 26-08-2024, 05:29 PM
  3. woods223
    woods223 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Otorohanga rifle range closed
    Greetings, The ranges that I know of are still all open. These are ranges that have been set up properly in the first place. There may be some that were casual ranges on a farmers paddock used by...
    Liked On: 26-08-2024, 05:07 PM
  4. Hugh Shields
    Hugh Shields liked post by grandpamac On thread : Otorohanga rifle range closed
    Greetings At this stage we have only had some preliminary consultation on rifle range certification and not even that on other changes to the Arms Act. I doubt if we will see any change to the Act...
    Liked On: 26-08-2024, 11:11 AM
  5. Nakihunter
    Nakihunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : gonna make some ammo to suit my 7mm-08
    Greetings LJPRMC, I recently chronographed 42.5 grains of AR2208 with the Remington Corelokt in a 19 inch barrelled 7mm-08 at 2,710 fps. This is 1 grain below Hodgdon/ADI max and should shoot well...
    Liked On: 26-08-2024, 10:35 AM
  6. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : First Rifle Choice for the Novice Hunter. Some more Notes From an Old Fudd
    Greetings all, Some useful stuff here. To be honest the 7.62x39 and it's descendent the 6.5 Grendel had not crossed my mind but either would be great and light recoil especially when suppressed. The...
    Liked On: 25-08-2024, 05:45 PM
  7. 25/08 IMP
    25/08 IMP liked post by grandpamac On thread : First Rifle Choice for the Novice Hunter. Some more Notes From an Old Fudd
    Greetings all, With the vast array of choice for a new rifle these days I started thinking about how a new hunter would choose a rifle. They will be surrounded with opinions good, bad and...
    Liked On: 24-08-2024, 06:00 PM
  8. Billbob
    Billbob liked post by grandpamac On thread : First Rifle Choice for the Novice Hunter. Some more Notes From an Old Fudd
    Greetings all, With the vast array of choice for a new rifle these days I started thinking about how a new hunter would choose a rifle. They will be surrounded with opinions good, bad and...
    Liked On: 24-08-2024, 04:18 PM
  9. mikee
    mikee liked post by grandpamac On thread : First Rifle Choice for the Novice Hunter. Some more Notes From an Old Fudd
    Greetings all, With the vast array of choice for a new rifle these days I started thinking about how a new hunter would choose a rifle. They will be surrounded with opinions good, bad and...
    Liked On: 24-08-2024, 02:50 PM
  10. BSA270
    BSA270 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for Old Codgers
    Greetings All, Nice to see the old tread pop up again. It is 19 degrees here at the moment and 22 degrees max is forecast tomorrow. No doubt this will all turn to custard soon enough but it does...
    Liked On: 23-08-2024, 05:42 PM
  11. Kobra
    Kobra liked post by grandpamac On thread : The “you can’t go wrong” .223 load
    Greetings Sakoswarosorted, After many years of loading the .223 I have settled on 25.5 grains of AR2206H behind the 55 grain Hornady in US cases. This produces 3,130 fps in my T3X and excellent...
    Liked On: 21-08-2024, 05:16 PM
  12. Ruger7mm
    Ruger7mm liked post by grandpamac On thread : Fire forming 270 to 280ai
    The .280 and AI cases have longer headspace than the .270 so the correct way is to neck the cases up to .30-06 and then set the shoulder back to a hard close in the .280 AI die. You have missed that...
    Liked On: 21-08-2024, 01:37 PM
  13. Eat Meater
    Eat Meater liked post by grandpamac On thread : Knives and side by side rifle mounts
    Where does the rear gunner sit? GPM.
    Liked On: 20-08-2024, 08:44 AM
  14. 338MAN mk2
    338MAN mk2 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for Old Codgers
    Greetings All, Today is the 61st anniversary of my first ever trip into the Kawekas on which I fired a rifle (at a rock) and saw my first deer in the wild. I have posted about this previously....
    Liked On: 19-08-2024, 09:46 PM
  15. 308
    308 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for Old Codgers
    Greetings All, Nice to see the old tread pop up again. It is 19 degrees here at the moment and 22 degrees max is forecast tomorrow. No doubt this will all turn to custard soon enough but it does...
    Liked On: 17-08-2024, 07:26 PM

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