About Hermitage

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About Hermitage
Biography:
I've been interested in rifles and shooting since my teenage years (now 40). Mostly into long range target or rabbit shooting using a laser range finder and dialable scope.
Location:
Whakatane
Interests:
Rifles and writing
Occupation:
English teacher at B.O.P High School

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A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.

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22-11-2020
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  1. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by dvk-kp On thread : Short fatties vs long slender ones...
    Long and thin goes too far in, short and thick does the trick...
    Liked On: 06-03-2021, 08:30 PM
  2. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by grandpamac On thread : Short fatties vs long slender ones...
    Greetings Hermitage, There was an excellent test of this in Handloader. A .30 calibre barrel was chambered for .300 H&H, loads worked up and then set back and rechambered for .300 WSM. A short...
    Liked On: 06-03-2021, 07:54 PM
  3. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by jknavara On thread : Ok so you can shorten a 270 what about
    Dpt mk11 magnum suppressor, it’s fairly hard on the baffles too
    Liked On: 05-03-2021, 11:54 AM
  4. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Ultimitsu On thread : scope suggestions for 22 mag
    https://riflescope-review.com/where-are-bushnell-scopes-made-or-manufactured/ Surprisingly high proportion of Bushnell's line up is now made in Korea. Also surprisingly, Bushnell Forge line is...
    Liked On: 04-03-2021, 09:02 PM
  5. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by canuck hunter On thread : Dope for CCI subs
    looks like I got it wrong too, I thought he wanted to trade..........sorry.
    Liked On: 22-02-2021, 08:41 PM
  6. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by hotbarrels On thread : .17HMR Set up for rabbit culling.
    Having shot several thousand rounds of .17HMR and .22WMR in the past couple of years in fairly open country I would conclude the following based on the goal of one shot humane kills: .22LR I now...
    Liked On: 20-02-2021, 09:07 PM
  7. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Mooseman On thread : .22 Subs too loud, CCI Quiets sold out, what about .22 shorts?
    I have used Winchester Rapid Fire Pistol Shorts and they are very quite, and do 800 fps. Problem is they are solids but you could drill them to make them more effective. I use Winchester 40 gr subs...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 08:21 PM
  8. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Beetroot On thread : .22 Subs too loud, CCI Quiets sold out, what about .22 shorts?
    Have you tried cleaning your suppressor? I've found with both my DPT and ASE cans that when they get filled up with crap it can cause some shots to go fast enough to start breaking the sound...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 08:21 PM
  9. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by rugerman On thread : .22 Subs too loud, CCI Quiets sold out, what about .22 shorts?
    Yeah I bought a shitton of CCI subsonics a while ago and they go with a fair crack. Enough to put the shits up the armed police who were a couple of properties over at midnight one night when I shot...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 06:43 PM
  10. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Danger Mouse On thread : .22 Subs too loud, CCI Quiets sold out, what about .22 shorts?
    Try eley subsonic hollow points. Ammo direct might still have them. I don't use them as they struggle to cycle a 10/22. They are a bit slow but accurate and quiet. Correction, they dont have...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 06:21 PM
  11. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by csmiffy On thread : .22 Subs too loud, CCI Quiets sold out, what about .22 shorts?
    Did some testing with Moa Hunter a while back. He had some CCI subs that were a bit load in his rifle he generously let me try. Had quite a crack and put it across his chronograph. Supersonic about...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 06:01 PM
  12. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by john worthington On thread : First rifle for daughter
    160694 you can have this one if you can get it to you. its a diana model 16 air rifle small and light large foot for scale cheers john
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 04:48 PM
  13. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by StrikerNZ On thread : bino repair
    Different shop to that one. Don’t think he did much in the way of repairs, more in the camera and telescope retail business.
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 11:16 AM
  14. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Ftx325 On thread : First rifle for daughter
    we use the air rifle inside occasionally for fly swatting.....just for a laugh. tear some small squares out of a handy towel kitchen roll around 20mm square and throw em in your mouth and chew em up...
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 11:07 AM
  15. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Bill999 On thread : bino repair
    Wilhelms scopes and optics is the only person I know of in NZ that does that sort of thing be polite when you talk to him, he is a bit easy to piss off fixes my binos every time I get fogging issues
    Liked On: 17-02-2021, 09:52 AM
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