Checked my zero yesterday for a Tahr trip. It got me thinking. As I fired my first, and intended only shot, I felt my right elbow move just a fraction on the tarpaulin I was laying on. I said to my...
Liked On: 18-05-2024, 11:03 AM
Thanks for the nice compliment mate that warms my heart
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 09:30 PM
Clean cold bore 30m proof of concept shot this evening First shot ever at an animal so happy with the entire project Reload all the cases from todays range session and hunting and go look for...
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 08:21 PM
Me thinks it so bloody refreshing to see a bloke using an old Husky in an old, but oh so legendary calibre, with wooden stock of a shape I recognise as a stock, with a non dailing, no fiddley twiddly...
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 11:48 AM
I Use A Hammond Works well.
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 07:54 PM
I use a cupped wing white head ..seems good.gsve it a slight reed shuffle though .
Liked On: 14-05-2024, 01:33 PM
We all get caught up with Magnification but quality Glass trumps Magnification. Better glass gives you better resolution, think of it as being able to see the bullet holes on paper at 100 mtr. Yes...
Liked On: 14-05-2024, 11:40 AM
have a look thru a Kahles and you will be hooked
Liked On: 14-05-2024, 11:39 AM
The 3006 is a pretty unfussy cartridge loaded short, long, fast or slow with heavy or light projectiles it seems quite happy.
Liked On: 14-05-2024, 11:37 AM
I have had three of them, and still have another one now. The following load they all shot very well: 180 Sierra SP or a Hornady 180 round nose bullet, with 57.5 grains of 2209, any brass any...
Liked On: 14-05-2024, 12:36 AM
30-06s seem to shoot well. Years ago I loaded for 3 or 4 of us using 30-06s. Rational was to save money and all used the same load, so on a trip all carried the same load but not packets. I used...
Liked On: 13-05-2024, 10:03 PM
We had an eventful evening together yesterday. Shot some deer and enjoyed each others' company. I shot a doe standing on the scrub edge at 100 yards. She looked hard hit by the .223 but bolted...
Liked On: 13-05-2024, 07:09 PM
so sounds like ive got to get a spotting scope :D. i haven't seen him with any other thar so will wait till after the rut and see if he turns back up . if its like last 2 years he must go for a...
Liked On: 13-05-2024, 07:05 PM
I sorta kinda maybe thought I'd give away the knifemaking for a while, but then decided I wanted a couple of knives which had edges that curved quite gradually up to the point, and without a...
Liked On: 13-05-2024, 02:45 PM
hamishg I got a pair of varipower Binos (8-24x50 ) for the reason you listed in the OP however, they sit in the lounge and I take the 10x with me. I find the heavier pair simply did not get used. At...
Liked On: 13-05-2024, 02:38 PM