From a gunsmith's perspective (design, build quality, performance) there are 3 standout choices, Tikka, Howa, and Ruger American. I rate them in the order shown but all are good value for money and...
Liked On: 27-02-2025, 06:29 PM
Are you left or right handed. My wife has the following, t3 223, savage 7 08, ph 243 and a krico 22h and wingmaster 12g plus a couple of 22lr
Liked On: 27-02-2025, 06:26 PM
The mushroom myth. Found under the off side skin from a lung shot. 80 grn Targex. 90 yards. These mythical mushrooms are meant to be the holy grail. Nah. My experience is that bullets perform best...
Liked On: 26-02-2025, 06:08 PM
I bought a Tikka T3x Superlite Aspite about 8 weeks ago. I just couldn't resist the rifle when I saw it in Whakatane Hunting & fishing. Alan did a package deal with a basic Burris 3-9X scope. I...
Liked On: 22-02-2025, 03:13 PM
Safe to say accuracy has been restored, here's a couple of 4 round groups I'm pretty happy with. I definitely pulled the outlier in the first group, flinched hard no excuses it still a fantastic...
Liked On: 19-02-2025, 06:04 PM
340 yards, with 74 Targex again. The tip over was a bit slow from a central shoulder shot so it got another one from steep down hill between the shoulders. That did it. I spend way too much time...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:48 PM
My one loves hunting too, but it sure does cut into napping hours. Here's him waking briefly while we're glassing. 268481
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:46 PM
69gn Targex. 130m hind quartering slightly away, entry via onside crease, through major vessels of the heart, out via the offside should joint. Offside lung was jelly, hear wasn't attached to...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:46 PM
charliehorse I took a pic of the entry through the ribs with the shoulder peeled back. You can see a bit of lung through the rib entry by my finger. That shoulder was broken and ruined. It didn't...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:42 PM
390 yards. 74 grn Targex. Bella was so tired you can see that she fell asleep. 268370
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:41 PM
Anyone ever seen one in 280 Rem before? Apparently they are super rare as Sako only did a small production run. Bought it in the States (live in Texas now) from an old fella who said it’s never been...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:26 PM
1986 carneys bivvy in the havelock...timber blued .308 win..first ever solo thar / chamois trip268771
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 06:36 PM
I'm a bit of a dinosaur and would go with a single shot stapler 268837
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 06:34 PM
Please only proceed if you have an interest in indicating dogs, as I promise much related nerdery in this tale. I’d been on a bit of a flat run to be honest on the hunting front over the last...
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 06:27 PM
WTF, it's a fat old ewe in a deer skin ....
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 06:22 PM