Greetings Micky Duck, I am with you on this one. I don't bother with a lot of the steps that others may feel are essential. Projectiles vary in their shape slightly over the years of production and...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 04:40 PM
Thank you Micky Duck, I had all good intentions for the 270, I ran out of money and time, I lost a house and a partner over covid, I am busily resurrecting a commercial diving career that nearly...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 04:33 PM
I had an issuea while back with my shots going high on animals. I always used los range and an angle given by the range finder in my calc but somehow it got changed to tbr so trying to calc the...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 04:15 PM
Also the difference between hunting and shooting id suspect
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 04:10 PM
Emails? What are they? When did they come into use? Seriously, I'm of a generation that is bemused by a younger generation that relies on technology rather than skill developed from experience and...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 03:03 PM
Those temps would keep me cooler, I'm not blaming the saws at all. Brrrrrr... Not enjoying the cold at the moment - it's an official 'I'm getting old' moment. Only run into the premix fuel once,...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:38 PM
Around 6 feet I reckon. What I found interesting, was that I wasn’t wearing any fancy Camo clothing. Just a dark green jacket and pants. Really put it into perspective, get the wind right and sit...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:18 PM
Cheers man. So glad I put the gun down and took my phone out of my pocket.
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:18 PM
Its all changed ... I can remember using the old protractor and paper clip to work out the angle on clearings
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:12 PM
Goodness, how did the deercullers of the 1950s and 1960s cope without all the high tech gadgetry...? They realised that the actual distance on a steep angle shot (up or down) was less than the line...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:12 PM
Second this. Me and Kelton shot multiple animals on our tahr trip a couple weeks ago. All shots were steeper than 30 deg and 4 - 500 metres from creek floor up into the vertical bluffs. TBR worked...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:11 PM
I use a protractor that I have drilled and made a pointer so when I look along the back of the protractor it tells me the angle. Then I range target and put the numbers into a trigonometry app and It...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:10 PM
Greetings again, I had fished out Bruce Grants book (1972) in which he had figures out to 400 yards for angles of 30 and 40 degrees and the mark VII .303 ammo. It seemed from that it was unlikely...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:09 PM
Did you ask beacons NZ to de-register the beacon or just keep your record of loss on file? If it was activated, RCCNZ will contact your emergency contacts if still registered in your name . Might be...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 12:57 PM
My first centrefire was 223 used in scubland/bush settings, a deadly accurate rifle within 100m, could put bullet hole through bullet hole. Ultimately it wasnt a hard hitter but it didnt need to be...
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 11:12 AM