17 Hornet comes to mind.I accept its not everyone's cup of tea but if you are into re-loading and noise is of no concern try 17H. Its cheaper to shoot than the HMR & pretty devastating on Varmints at...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 08:43 AM
Or if you've got a few old LP records, and a lot of patience.....240960240962
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 07:37 AM
Hi team, Sorry not sure if this is the right subforum. As a side gig I do a bit of oil painting - in the past I've done quite a few fish but now that I'm getting into hunting, I thought I'd...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 07:36 AM
I caught this stag in the open at dawn. I sneaked in to where I could get a good shot of him. Turns out I didnt have my camera! But I did have a bit of paper and a stub of pencil so I did a lightning...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 07:33 AM
We went away for a short family farm trip the other day. We had permission to camp on a farm and shoot whatever pesties we encountered. This was an experiment to see whether a longer trip in the...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 10:34 PM
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