No doubt the 7mm08 is effective well past 400 yards and goes past the 270 once you get well out there because of the slippery162 projectiles. The 08 is much easier to shoot both at paper and on...
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 08:48 PM
A 7-08 or 6.5 is all you need at those close ranges. Sent from my CPH2145 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 12:04 PM
Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 12:04 PM
$395, yeh, bloody dear. I would buy or swap 8x57 brass and one pass through the FLS die. Sell or swap your 270 brass.
Liked On: 19-03-2024, 04:36 PM
I’d just run 8x57, 6mm rem or .257 Rob. Brass through a FL die if I couldn’t get new brass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 18-03-2024, 09:27 AM
Just looks like copper fouling on the lands of your rifling. I’ve had good results from Collings No90 for removing fouling.
Liked On: 18-03-2024, 07:42 AM
Greetings, Fear not, it is a .308. 2,500 to 2,600 fps is right in the middle of the Goldilocks zone where standard projectiles neither fail to expand or fly to pieces at their first contact with...
Liked On: 17-03-2024, 11:35 AM
John Thompson at Vulcan Barrels is making them. I am going with 29 inches to best utilise the case capacity. John is based at Akaroa outside Christchurch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 14-03-2024, 08:11 PM
Greetings all, Mere mention of a wildcat .25 calibre rifle and my brain was off to the races. Next minute I am surrounded by books all open at different pages where something of interest resides. In...
Liked On: 10-03-2024, 01:20 PM
I bloody love hunting the Kaimais. I'm a bit far away these days, but I get in deep to setup camp, leave the boots behind and cruise around in dive booties with nothing but a small waist pack. ...
Liked On: 06-03-2024, 03:37 PM
yes I believe some Mini 14.s were okay the two we had nah - some of the Armalite,s we had aerial shooting were not that accurate either - much much better were the Heckler and Koch and Valmets...
Liked On: 05-03-2024, 06:30 PM
Winchester 30/30s have held value well.in today's market they still worth more than many others new price.
Liked On: 05-03-2024, 06:23 PM
Considering you want to shoot animals out to 800, and there's approximately a 70% corilation between precision and the muzzle energy/rifle weight ratio. It might be counter productive.
Liked On: 01-03-2024, 10:21 AM
Your lucky it didn't go in an inch deeper and allow you to chamber 2nd round
Liked On: 29-02-2024, 07:49 PM
That's funny as fook....no wonder you had issues ...
Liked On: 28-02-2024, 07:47 AM