one of those cartridges that made sense back in the day for varminting before rangefinders, and common dialing of scopes . . . now we have high BC heavier longer bullets that take critters at what...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:21 PM
I'm shooting a 22-250 Improved. The performance is pretty much identical to the Swift. Both gain a little bit of extra speed over 22-250. This isn't better or worse... It's just different. The...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:20 PM
Its time to hunt some snapper again !! Fully loaded and pretty excited [emoji106] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220218/c5c060f2076e48a3edd756ea617e3da7.jpg Sent from my SM-G950F using...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:19 PM
Interested in these valleys, maybe next year for me. In Christchurch/ Oxford towards Kaikoura in a couple of weeks so hoping to have a catch up with a couple of forum members. Sent from my...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:16 PM
I think you are about right with 15 m3 flow. I was up the Branch a few weeks back and the river was very low (about 5 m3 from memory) and that was shin deep. There is one creek crossing about half...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:16 PM
Greetings Sideshow, Thankyou for pointing that out. Total age of rifle and rifleman is currently 152 years increasing to 153 years in April. This is just a pup compared to my Martini Krag which...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:30 PM
Greetings everyone, Thanks for all your likes and replies. The closest to control by the manufacturer were the proprietary cartridges of the English gun makers. The cartridges for your rifle were...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:28 PM
no offence but your a manufactures nightmare ( and people like me ) we buy something and nurse it along . . . for decades or longer.
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:27 PM
I love shooting my 1900 Oberndorf, 1916 m96 and my ‘41 Husqvarna m38; all in unmolested state. They are quality rifles. Having just read Beevor’s ‘Arnhem, the Battle for the Bridges, 1944’ I noted...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:27 PM
Planned obsolesence is all too common in this 'consumable' era. Not only are perfectly good items that have been in production for a couple of years (in China) suddenly phased out in favour of the...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:27 PM
Greetings All, I have been having trouble updating my computer to Windows 11 and have just been told that my it is too old to be updated. My phone is the same. Last month I took my M38 Swedish...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:26 PM
I went bush for the day for my 59th birthday. I took 2 goats with the trusty old 1944 Lee Enfield SMLE #1 mk3 .303. Saw another half a dozen goats, but only took what I needed. Filmed it all. Tried...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:06 PM
I just thought it was time to bump the 303 thread buck up to the top In the process of sorting out a Stevens 44 1/2 in the wildcat caliber 38-303 I was looking for decent 303 brass Turned up what...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:04 PM
I was offered a 30 06 double rifle and would have bought it but it would not keep barrels shooting remotely together,but I bought the two u/o versions they make as regulation can be adjusted. Unless...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 09:03 PM
They make me feel very lazy watching them from the couch...... i am also hanging out for the next episode. Im always thinking about buying new gear watching. then i go hunting and wonder why i want...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 08:53 PM