It doesn't really matter about using a carbine extension - I would look at running a 9mm or H3 buffer with a midlength gas system and you may, like me, get away with running a can with no adjustable...
Liked On: 06-09-2017, 08:45 AM
I have put getting close to 100,000 rounds throught di ar15's with cans fitted for most of them, have never had the system get blocked up. if you want to reduce gas blowback ( the ONLY thing a piston...
Liked On: 06-09-2017, 08:43 AM
I agree totally with you guys. Learning firearms safety at a young age will ensure that they won't turn into 'desensitised purveyors of domestic violence'. I taught my kids safe handling of...
Liked On: 25-08-2017, 10:08 AM
Well...I'll starve for about 6 months, but I had to get this Reeb DR from a friend. He's had it for 62 years and has lately taunted me with it, so I bought it. It's in 8X57J (rimless .318), and...
Liked On: 11-08-2017, 02:37 AM
Actually the 7mm08 is going really well. I'm gobsmacked at how much performance you can get with a long throat. I built that on a Remington model 7. To be fair that was only going to be a 500yd light...
Liked On: 09-08-2017, 10:21 PM
I use a 7mm08 to shoot gongs well beyond 1000 yds... With good ammo, a scope with enough dial range and LOTS of practice, it is a very capable caliber. Many of the gong comps now have a non-magnum...
Liked On: 09-08-2017, 09:12 PM
With leave in for a long weekend, the truck was packed and I was on the road by lunchtime Thursday. The Zook’s 1.6L engine singing for its supper as it strained to haul half a ton of hunting gear,...
Liked On: 13-07-2017, 07:45 AM
Thanks man, I don't do too bad on the leave passes I guess (for having a couple of little kids). Wife still has a moan but deep down I think she does realise it's my happy place and I need it for my...
Liked On: 22-06-2017, 10:57 PM
Yes, around the margins the differences are very subtle and not worth doing our heads in over. But more substantial increases in velocity and bullet weights make more than a marginal difference and...
Liked On: 22-06-2017, 09:40 PM
This one's a short one - went for a quick trip to find a deer, found one, shot it. ELD-M worked. Cameraman (me) is useless. http://youtu.be/w6KosLqhN88
Liked On: 18-06-2017, 09:44 PM
After moving to the south Island nearly a year ago I was finally off on my first Tahr hunting trip. I managed to fluke on a ballot block. Big thanks to Ryan_Songhurst on that one and Pengy for the...
Liked On: 10-06-2017, 08:24 PM
With my last trip really wetting my appetite for chasing the tahr pretty hard again and also getting over missing out on another ballot... I headed out to one of the local spots I hadn't visted for a...
Liked On: 09-06-2017, 11:22 PM
Right'o heres a quick story & some pics of last week, enjoy So I drew "Edison River" for the fifth week of the Tahr ballot & to be honest I knew nothing about the place, The txt's went out to...
Liked On: 07-06-2017, 09:46 PM
Willie try Nathan Foster book on reloading it gives a wide choice of items and how to set up what to buy what you need and don't. Been very helpful for me:thumbsup:
Liked On: 07-06-2017, 09:11 PM
A bit of an ADD film showing the initial results of my ELD-M handloads with the new 147gr in the Sako .260 http://youtu.be/xBg7rO9gWi0
Liked On: 05-06-2017, 02:54 PM