It's not that uncommon as some would have you believe. I've been through the blowing up of a T bolt and it only pushed the projectile half way down the barrel. In the last few weeks, I've been...
Liked On: 05-01-2024, 09:57 AM
None of the powders had an acrid smell but none had an acetone smell either that you get with fresh powder. Checking some new powder did not smell that strong either so perhaps that is me. I have run...
Liked On: 04-01-2024, 03:37 PM
Greetings All, I have been sorting out some handloading stuff for a friend who is shifting house. Among the packets of old cases, some loaded there were about 8 cans of powder, some unopened. There...
Liked On: 04-01-2024, 03:36 PM
Might be the best pest control round ever invented - there are other ways to kill pests that don't carry such a high level of risk IMO. Having seen the aftereffects of one of these .17 rimfire...
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 08:26 PM
stop right there - after years of culling another 40 years of bush stalking my rifle is ready to shoot when bush stalking - no fuck around - no remove scope covers - no take rifle of shoulder - ...
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 06:53 PM
its possibly not such a bad thing...Willie was half retriever and it took 3 years almost to the day before he decided working was a good idea,before that it just didnt seem to click. sounds like...
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 03:10 PM
Sunday I went to the Timaru Antique Arms Auction to pick up a couple of purchases from a guy coming up from Southland. There was also an item in the auction that I was interested in bidding on if I...
Liked On: 01-01-2024, 04:31 PM
Interesting questions. I have found front line police staff, sworn and unsworn, to be okay, approachable and polite. Not always as knowledgeable as one might expect, but competent. I...
Liked On: 01-01-2024, 11:33 AM
Hi everybody, I'm new here (this is actually my first post), and I was wondering if anybody had any advice. I'm currently in the US, and I am going to visit the South Island in late May to do...
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 09:43 AM
Determination drove me back to NZ, I just knew a bull was achievable, so the first thing I did after setting up camp was to start the process from the beginning. Put my felt blanked up, used a field...
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 09:21 AM
Took the young fella out last week. He was keen on a decent sized boar but in the end settled for a juicy wee Fallow, a Sow and some smaller pigs, and a dozen or so goats Looking forward to 2024 ...
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 09:17 AM
forestock only....you holding it firmly..not squeazing it to death...the trigger hand is far more relaxed or will twist things. breathing SHOULD take Xhairs up and down through bulls eye...time it...
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 10:10 PM
Not being an arse, but why would one hold the scope?
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 04:21 PM
Some of them can't (or couldn't) be used for firearms or ammunition purchases. There is also a variation in expiry dates, ranging from 1 to 5 years. Depends if the vouchers came direct from H&F or...
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 01:27 PM
Maybe I do use it as a start on getting into reloading…
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 01:27 PM