Thought I'd post this here. I think it was grandpamac mentioned them recently. I've been using light loads for years in my 223 and 30.06. If you look for it there is plenty of load data out...
Liked On: 26-04-2025, 04:41 PM
Was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were getting along. As the majority of the renovations are coming to a close here, the cleanup in the sheds have started. Need to get my...
Liked On: 25-04-2025, 04:22 PM
We need somewhere on here for post 70 yo farts still clawing their way up hill's and sliding on bums back down again.
Liked On: 16-04-2025, 07:11 PM
I feel so young turning 71 at Easter,my health been good compared to others.2 knee replacements,buggered left shoulder,buggered right thumb,pills keep the heart purring along nicely.I enjoy shooting...
Liked On: 16-04-2025, 07:10 PM
Rest up for the winter,let the body do the healing.Watch some good rugby with yr good dogy mate for company.
Liked On: 16-04-2025, 07:10 PM
Us 1948 models take a bit of maintenance. Ive had a bless'd run really. A new valve and clean pipes will see me pull out and pass Nimrod going up the dirtiest spur. Thanks for the best wishes folks.
Liked On: 16-04-2025, 07:09 PM
I hear you Grandpamac, and I'm pacing around like a caged lion thanks to the Tropical Cyclone forecast. But disregard all the young fellas that are claiming success in foul weather. Who the hell...
Liked On: 16-04-2025, 07:09 PM
Just come hunting with me again. Then it's irrelevant how your ammunition performs - or even if you take any at all :)
Liked On: 10-11-2024, 11:21 AM
grandpamac i'm still about. I've just been a bit AWOL after starting the new job.... :)
Liked On: 26-10-2024, 03:59 PM
I left CHCH in 1983 for the north island and it would have after I headed north I heard them called nogs for the first time. Ran a commercial construction business 2009-14 in Wellington and am sure...
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 07:07 AM
A wise man once said to me he picked a load between middle n hot in manual,loaded up rounds and went hunting...not a hell of a lot different to back when we just bought box of whatever was on...
Liked On: 17-10-2024, 08:43 PM
This is precisely the reason to do it as efficiently as possible! To understand "what is actually useful" It turns out much of what we've done for a long time - isn't useful - and can be done...
Liked On: 17-10-2024, 08:51 AM
Ive mucked around with neck sizing but for hunting the security of knowing every round will fit the chamber is reassuring. My load development has always been random and unsophisticated. Work...
Liked On: 17-10-2024, 08:50 AM
I had bookmarked a thread on AccurateShooter years ago just for reference and it's relevant to this discussion as it contains the best quote on "nodes" I have seen "A node is a mythical place,...
Liked On: 17-10-2024, 08:49 AM
To be a top shooter you have to have a lot of "belief" in your abilities, probably 90%+ of what they do is in the top 2" (of their brain) and 10% equipment. If you look at the books written by the...
Liked On: 17-10-2024, 07:28 AM