Had a strong SW wind here today. The fallow were in a North facing gully with a bit of dappled sunlight in the bush but not far from the bushline. Missus got this fella. 222069 For those of you...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:57 PM
A mate just dropped his standard howa into his alpine stock with zero issues he couldn’t tell if there is any difference between the two Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:53 PM
.243 will be perfect. I use one as my night culling rifle. Went with .243 as I have far less chance of losing sight picture when I shoot. Mine is 18.5" and mostly use 105gr targex and reloder 26....
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:53 PM
I would have rather had a zap and bagged the stag lol. Happy to have found the divits tho, shame to waste a nice animal
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:52 PM
Strangely enough I discussed just this with the gunsmith and he did not recommend it as 30-06 cases are more tapered than 308 cases. I have a set of lee 30-06 dies but after talking to the smith I...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:48 PM
What an egg. I wasn’t even thinking. Nice 10 point stag and 18hinds out just before dawn, we got in shooting range and they all headed towards the boundary so I thought they had winded us so I...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:46 PM
Well at least it wasn’t an electric fence LOL. :thumbsup:
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 07:46 PM
I believe the newer ones are made in a factory in Kochi Japan and made miroku. I have had 2 Mirokus rifle and Winchester shotgun. I rate their engineering.. Both were great shooters. Interested to...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 06:18 PM
Boring bullets can be beautiful too apparently :ORLY: Prepped some brass using the new rcbs small base dies and loaded up a ladder using the 150gn speer hotcore....shit i love beautiful bullets...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 06:15 PM
Crikey I found these loaded rounds in the cupboard, only from 3 years ago[emoji16] Tried them tonight at the range. 2500fps neat for 5 round average. 105gr Speer 6mm with CFE223. They shot ok...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:17 PM
Shot this stag recently with 6x45 using a 75 gr sierra to the neck. The photo doesn't do the animal justice as it weighed around 130 kg + gutted. https://i.ibb.co/tPYwXcY/IMG-8125.jpg
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:16 PM
Haha just farm casties mainly
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:16 PM
When got our bach to save some money I purchased a cheapo 3.1kVA inverter generator for ocassional vacuum cleaner, power tools, top up batteries if solar is poor, etc. Thought it'd be fine a surge...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:13 PM
A 2400w heater off a 3k geny will probably struggle due to the draw. 3 k is peak. If its a variable heater try turning down temp and see if it works. Sent from my SM-N970F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:13 PM
He did come back into the Gunsmithing for a short time back around 2018. He was producing small takedown centerfire rifles that weighed about 2kg. I got to have a look at one and kick myself a bit...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:12 PM