I was looking back through my diary and I saw that I shot my first two deer this year in the Ruahines off Topgrass Road, so thought it would be a good idea to finish the year the same way. I...
Liked On: 29-12-2024, 01:09 PM
Goats, not deer, so maybe different, but I often get in to the bush too early to find animals and often bump in to them on the way out. Animals have to be somewhere and in the middle of the day, the...
Liked On: 25-11-2024, 11:55 AM
Thanks Hamish! Hopefully the next one will be easier, I need to go scope out some new spots now that Pureora is getting 1080'd shortly
Liked On: 10-10-2024, 03:45 PM
So this morning I finally accomplished a goal I set 4 years ago, to get a deer with the bow. I got back into bowhunting in late 2020, and managed to get a pig in Dec 2020. A nice big boar. In March...
Liked On: 25-09-2024, 04:39 PM
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Liked On: 17-08-2024, 07:25 AM
I'd expect to be around 3k with 160gr projectiles with a 26" barrel if you use rl26.
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 10:07 PM
26” bbl I’d imagine a lot of powders will get it their it’s a very impressive very efficient often over looked cartridge
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 10:07 PM
Mine is at 18.5". I get 2700 comfortably with 162gr ELD-Ms and 54.4gr of RL16 or around 55.5gr 2209 with a bit higher pressure. I have pushed it up to 2800 but was getting ejector swipes and hard...
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 10:07 PM
Also 100gr hollowpoints at 3450 over AR2206H just to make wallabies die spectacularly.
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 01:39 PM
20in TF barrel with DPT can. Current load is 150nbt 2209 at 2850fps. Playing with 150 eldx rl17 at 2980 and 162 eldm rl17 at 2840fps.
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 01:27 PM
26" barrel. 180's at 2800. 168's at 2900. 160's at 2950. 150's at 3050. AR2209, AR2213SC, Re16, Re26, and N160.
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 01:27 PM
One correction to my numbers above - the 150 ELDx RL17 load at 3000 fps is the 22in bbl Tikka. The same load in 20in bbl Mk5 is doing 2910fps
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 11:56 AM
Love the 284….. Down to one 284 rifle now - 20inch Tikka and it’s the perfect balance. Running 162ELDX with Belmont 760 at 2770fps or RE16 does 2800 and fills the case nicely. These are seated...
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 10:23 AM
19inch tikka barrel, 150gr eldx 2800fps with 2209
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 01:24 AM
You’re getting more out of your 284 than I was out of my 21” rem mag and the 162s at 2965fps. I had a 18” 284 chopped down from 22” and regretted it, I think 20” is a good all rounder launching a...
Liked On: 27-07-2024, 09:25 PM