Whoa kiwiaviator ,l bet your grandad was a great Old School character, can you share any more details or photos etc ie how/why/when did he start collecting,did he have a particular favorite type he...
Liked On: 14-01-2021, 09:45 PM
I shot my first deer with a Lee Enfield .303 Still have it. It has the long range sights on the side. I also had access to some aged ammo courtesy of my grandfather who was a gun collector and...
Liked On: 14-01-2021, 06:34 AM
Headed out Saturday morning (earlyish after doing my work rounds) to a local DOC block I haunt/frequent. Wanted to blood my new Henry single shot in 45/70 and try out a new pack idea I had...
Liked On: 12-01-2021, 06:47 AM
In the interim if you like I can put an 8000 grit mirror finish on the Simon Gault knife you already have, it will then slice like a dream, and if you are not happy you don’t need to pay me, I would...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 09:56 AM
Yep I have one of those to. People ask me about them and I tell the best thing they can do is smash them with a hammer till you cant use them. I have tried shooting my straightest and most crooked...
Liked On: 09-01-2021, 09:23 PM
Put the ball in the palm of your hand,pour enough powder over the ball to just cover it. That's your starting load. Crude but it works.
Liked On: 08-01-2021, 11:09 AM
And here's where the humble .223 comes into its own. If you have access to plentiful bunny hunting areas, then once you are happy tipping over bunnies @ 200- 250m then Deer become big big targets....
Liked On: 07-01-2021, 01:27 PM
Got home last night from 9 nights up at French Pass. Main goal was to target kingfish around the pass from the 3.1 RIB. Had heaps of success jigging despite having to use my lighter gear (Saltiga...
Liked On: 07-01-2021, 07:16 AM
gun,ammo,SHARP knife....bag to carry lunch in and meat out....binos are good.....patience and perseverance
Liked On: 07-01-2021, 07:13 AM
This'll be my beater truck drilling. ;) I have a much lighter Kreighoff Trumpf Dural in 16/16/7X65R with a 1.5-6 Zeiss in the Kerighoff light weight three claw mount system that I carry in our...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:18 PM
I have no idea sorry. This one is ancient though, it's a German pole Axe .The eye has been lap welded instead of formed with a Mandrel. This could be 14th/15th century according to the bloke that...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:16 PM
I'm old, fat, broken up, and increasingly poorer. I have on hand a drilling for every day of the week but Sunday and a dozen other varied combination guns, so what did I do? Yep... :drool: I...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 05:55 PM
From memory about 8 grains of trail boss (don't quote me on that) behind a 150gn Sierra .311 prohunter. Testing on a rotten tree stump showed zero expansion however, if I tried again I'd use cast...
Liked On: 01-01-2021, 04:09 PM
People are your easiest moveable ballast ..us them to get your nose down then move them back once on the plane..same with dive gear ..easy to stack at the start of the day ..but remember to put...
Liked On: 01-01-2021, 09:34 AM
If you can corner them with three of you in a gulley and when in season you can have a ball with them. Best record was 30 in half an hour between three of us. That slowed em down a lot. they seemed...
Liked On: 31-12-2020, 09:31 AM