About grandpamac

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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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  1. Makros
    Makros 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: 29-03-2024, 10:02 AM
  2. Barry the hunter
    Barry the hunter 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: 29-03-2024, 10:01 AM
  3. techno retard
    techno retard liked post by grandpamac On thread : found some "equivalent powder "commentary ( les you didn,t know )
    Greetings All, Another vote for using only pressure tested published load data preferably from the powder manufacturer (in this case ADI) or the wholesaler (in this case Hodgdon). Even then there...
    Liked On: 29-03-2024, 09:38 AM
  4. Woody
    Woody liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    Well said Micky Duck, From reading your posts including the above you are not the type of person to work up from max. You start low and work up to a medium level that works for you (and would work...
    Liked On: 29-03-2024, 08:42 AM
  5. Lauries Hut
    Lauries Hut liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    Greetings Lauries Hut, The relationship between velocity and pressure is quite linear as it is between powder charge (for the same powder) and velocity. This can be demonstrated with the Hodgdon...
    Liked On: 29-03-2024, 08:02 AM
  6. T.FOYE
    T.FOYE liked post by grandpamac On thread : What could cause this?
    Greetings, I suggest you repeat the test with a better aiming mark. A hollow square or circle that you can quarter with your cross hairs will work a lot better. Also consider zeroing at 200 metres....
    Liked On: 28-03-2024, 06:13 AM
  7. makka
    makka liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    No problem. Sometimes my brain gets ahead of my fingers so my meaning is not clear. I had not watched the vid so went back and watched most of it, something I likely should have done first. I have...
    Liked On: 27-03-2024, 11:33 PM
  8. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    Greetings, It was introduced as the 6.8 or .270 Fury as a military and later commercial cartridge. About the size of a 7mm-08 but with .270 Win or better performance. The steel head cases came out...
    Liked On: 27-03-2024, 06:25 PM
  9. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    Well said Micky Duck, From reading your posts including the above you are not the type of person to work up from max. You start low and work up to a medium level that works for you (and would work...
    Liked On: 27-03-2024, 05:25 PM
  10. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by grandpamac On thread : Pushing 308 to 300WM speeds.
    Greetings dannyb, I did note on the video that they were using velocity to validate or correct pressure same as I do. The difference is that I use pressure tested data for the cartridge rather than...
    Liked On: 27-03-2024, 03:33 PM
  11. AdamAnt
    AdamAnt liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tikka Bush Hunter 2.0
    Four is even betterer. Had to add that word to spell check. GPM.
    Liked On: 26-03-2024, 10:02 PM
  12. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : speer hot cores 145 GRN 7mm
    Greetings Blackfern, I have been using the 145 grain flat base Hot-Cor for 600 yard F-Class shooting and they shoot very well. I am loading 41 grains of AR2206H (Hodgdon book max) in Lapua cases...
    Liked On: 26-03-2024, 06:02 PM
  13. TimC
    TimC liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tikka Bush Hunter 2.0
    Four is even betterer. Had to add that word to spell check. GPM.
    Liked On: 26-03-2024, 12:14 AM
  14. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tikka Bush Hunter 2.0
    Four is even betterer. Had to add that word to spell check. GPM.
    Liked On: 25-03-2024, 11:33 PM
  15. Hunter_Nick
    Hunter_Nick liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice about an 1892 Winchester
    Greetings Hunter_Nick, I don't have a .44 WCF but have read enough to understand that they are a whole new worm hole to go down. I suggest that you try and find someone who loads for them to help as...
    Liked On: 24-03-2024, 06:56 PM

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