I had an interesting experience last weekend, whilst visiting Chch. Granny and grandson were heading to Orana Park leaving me at a loose end. So I headed back down the road to where I'd seen some...
Liked On: 03-11-2024, 02:14 PM
I once destroyed some Hornady 25/06 dies with a stuck case - the spindle expander totally stripped all of its threads! I wrecked another when I got the case out but still on the expander, so had the...
Liked On: 01-11-2024, 02:27 PM
Greetings, Apparently dwang is a Scottish term used there an NZ. Nogging is used in England and Australia and blocking in the US. Back to shooting and handloading. Regards Grandpamac.
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 09:44 AM
Greetings, This had me interested so I fished out my copy of NZS3604:1984 and it uses the word dwang so nogging, not to be confused with noggin, seems to have dropped out of use by then. I do...
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 09:43 AM
Greetings All, It was range day today for a little 110 metre rifle range I frequent. I had been fiddling with my Remington VSSF in .223 and had used it recently in a 300 yard shoot. Regrettably the...
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 09:31 AM
The hard years of the 80s left thier mark on me... And besides GPM...55s are just good to use for just about everything anyway lol
Liked On: 21-10-2024, 06:54 PM
Welcome aboard. There isn’t any artificial intelligence here but a high proportion of artificial hips and knees in some very intelligent firearms enthusiasts.
Liked On: 21-10-2024, 06:39 PM
I had a look at them, like dannyb prefer the precision buttstock instead of the thumbhole. But it was a struggle to see any real advantage of the S20 over an T3x Aspire, CTR, Tac A1 or similar....
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 07:20 PM
Mine shoots the 68gr HPBT Hornadies real good, but does not like the 69gr Sierras much.
Liked On: 08-10-2024, 10:07 PM
If the “they” you refer to are the NZ Police and the “foul up” refers to having issued a firearms license without having determined that the referees should nominated by Tarrant should not have been...
Liked On: 08-10-2024, 08:37 PM
Today I had perfect prone rest,both bipod and back pack. Two deer in matagouri less than 150 yards away,rifle sighted in properly( checked 20mi utes earlier harvesting goose breasts off a Canada in...
Liked On: 26-09-2024, 11:38 PM
Anything that will fight a leopard gets my respect. I mean, I wouldn't let one marry my sister, but I'd phrase the refusal carefully so as to not offend.
Liked On: 20-09-2024, 12:06 PM
How often has this happened? A .22 centrefire not pentrating a shoulder bone that is. This tread is full of success stories, a lot of which appear to be shoulder shots. To be fair, I would be...
Liked On: 19-09-2024, 08:17 PM
In my teens I first got to shoot a swede when my mate bought an old ex-army Carl Gustav package which back then were being bought in by the hundreds and sold for bugger all, you could get then with...
Liked On: 18-09-2024, 06:45 PM
thats not entirely correct judges have a guide but in the court room they do have some discretion the judge in this case could have imposed a custodial sentence
Liked On: 18-09-2024, 03:33 PM