We just park the 1000L pod baskets next to the splitter and fill them. each hold a cube, and last two weeks in winter. They stay out in the paddock for 6 months in the sun and wind, then we round...
Liked On: 09-05-2024, 10:44 AM
When I used to load 45-70 with smokeless I had very low case fill and never used fillers. I did crimp and use magnum primers to try to ensure complete burn though. Velocity variation was terrible...
Liked On: 08-05-2024, 10:19 AM
Met Darren this morning as he kindly offered to have a look at a suppressor bush and remove some material for me. He didn't charge a penny! Good bloke with a nicely setup workshop. We're not blessed...
Liked On: 07-05-2024, 01:16 PM
At sub-200yds, you can get away with a lot. Very anaemic loads might be up to two inches lower than factory ammo and on a 6" boiler room, it probably doesn't matter. 300+yds would be a different...
Liked On: 07-05-2024, 10:00 AM
Lead 3-4-5 for bunnies hares possums. #2 for wallabies,geese,peacocks. You already sussed the small sizes but have skipped #6-7-8 all of which see use on pigeons n quail and do work well on bunnies...
Liked On: 07-05-2024, 09:54 AM
The ideal scope would be something like a 2.5 to 10. Or something like the March 1.5 to 15 but with a 30 mm tube in first focal plane instead of 34mm tube. Also if Swarovski could have done their old...
Liked On: 06-05-2024, 08:51 AM
Greetings bigbear, My Jimny is almost 5 years old and averages 5.8 litres per hundred k. It is the later model with the 1,500 cc engine which may help. I don't flog it so that may help as well and...
Liked On: 05-05-2024, 08:13 PM
With just three days left before the private block gets sold, I had been requested by the current landowner to bomb them up, and so out I went on a solo night mission armed with my 7mm rem mag, night...
Liked On: 05-05-2024, 06:11 PM
Hi all, thought this would be of interest to those still using irons. Done some digging around and found this type of dual setting front sight, allowing the use of either a standard post for...
Liked On: 04-05-2024, 08:48 AM
Yip taking the barrel off definitely will make it lighter
Liked On: 03-05-2024, 11:42 AM
Great piece of news By the way, Hugh Shields - when you say there is too much scratching involved with wild pussy! All I can do is note that some guys love the drama..
Liked On: 02-05-2024, 01:54 PM
True - forgot about Interarms. The stock isn't bedded but is rather tight. Not a match rifle, but a very pleasant shooter. The fore-end did tend to pull to the right a bit, so a bit of free-floating...
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 07:31 PM
I know where brother csmiffy is coming from..it was an issue 25-28 years ago with falcon loads..the cheddite brass loads then were different to the fiochhi brass as in the shoulders were sloped not...
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 03:51 PM
Sako M-28 in 7.62X53R. You can't polish a turd but Sako can rebarrel one.
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 03:49 PM
grandpamac Thank you :) The NW boss is ringing this afternoon with hours etc. Looking like 3 days a week, which is fine
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 03:34 PM