NZ Topo 50 offline by Right Place resources, pay for the offline map to download to your phone, then use in flight mode in the bush to save battery. Very useful and probably more use than my Garmin...
Liked On: 07-12-2022, 09:56 PM
iPhones are shit, overpriced, shit battery life, shit reception, fragile, pretty mediocre features for the money you spend. Have a Oppo Reno 8 thats been awesome so far, great camera, fast, been...
Liked On: 28-11-2022, 08:23 AM
Thanks guys for advice, comments. I know someone with a SS pin tumbler so will beg a favour. johnd - agreed :thumbsup: I have several hundred needing cleaning so the economics may be worthwhile. I...
Liked On: 24-11-2022, 10:32 AM
Cheers for that, I hadn't heard of them before. I bought one this morning :thumbsup:
Liked On: 19-11-2022, 12:03 PM
Jeeze that looks old,scarred and pretty brittle with age.... And the bullet looks pretty old too....:o
Liked On: 12-11-2022, 08:27 PM
Greetings johnd, I find it useful to have a log of the loads for each rifle as below. Development notes including downloaded load data, chrongraphed velocities velocities and targets are in the...
Liked On: 11-11-2022, 04:18 PM
I wrote my load records in a little Winstones pocket dairy from the 1980's - starting with 223 then 25-06 then 7mm 08 to 7mm Rem Mag now 7mm Saum - and then we got a pup and she got hold of it and...
Liked On: 11-11-2022, 04:18 PM
got a panicked TXT today..some of my .25/06 loads have .270w headstamp???? whats going on???? LOL...I knew answer to that as I put them together,the reloads came from mutual friend who had...
Liked On: 11-11-2022, 04:18 PM
“current tactical training “ NZ Police and NZDF, still have semi autos so above comment is irrelevant.
Liked On: 11-11-2022, 10:37 AM
I was very impressed with Craigs hunting ability, having never been on the hill with him before. Where I took him is public land that gets pressure and a very steep climb in. Craig got up the hill...
Liked On: 11-11-2022, 10:28 AM
Brings back a memory.25 years ago I was milling the head log of a Rimu Id cut down and flown out of the bush. Big tree, some 35cube of log, and the mill cut through a lead ball embedded in the wood.
Liked On: 09-11-2022, 10:23 AM
Good point. I don't think it'd be too hard to use another range members gear at the end of a shoot and see if I get an improvement. Getting used to adjustment might be an issue with unfamiliar gear...
Liked On: 01-11-2022, 04:14 PM
The X ring is about 0.5 MOA so would be 5 inches at 1000 yards (near enough). As johnd said that accuracy would get you a 60.10 (perfect score) at 1000 yards. Probably good enough for FTR,...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 10:53 AM
Ive build several TR or FTR guns for several shooters, including several members of the current NZ National team. Most are shooting 7SAUM, some are shooting 284 and some in 6mm Creedmoor. Some...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 05:37 PM
Just got my first NZ gun!! Tikka T3X Lite .223 Now all I gotta do is get approved for a work visa, get job(s), move across the world, wait 2 years, apply for residency, apply for firearms license,...
Liked On: 23-10-2022, 10:42 AM