Key point from that being if the animal is likely to tumbel a lot and you want all the meat perhaps best to neck shoot at the atlas joint.
Liked On: 22-03-2022, 04:49 PM
Large mature doe over 250 y,clean crease shot collected off side leg. Rolled 100plus y down very steep face before coming to rest at the bottom. In 193129 193130 Out 193131 193130
Liked On: 22-03-2022, 04:48 PM
65gr game king launched at 3100fps vs young fallow doe at 217y. Animal ran 10m downhill then tumbeled In 193120 193121 Out 193122
Liked On: 22-03-2022, 04:48 PM
Monday morning turned out a lot better than being at work :thumbsup: 193097
Liked On: 22-03-2022, 11:09 AM
I thought I better add to this thread. Keep the stoke going! 193022
Liked On: 22-03-2022, 11:08 AM
My Savage lightweight is having a makeover. Out with the old 1/9 well worn skinny barrel and in with a 20" Trueflight 1/8 Tikka profile with flutes. Gun Smith (a member here) sent me a pic of the...
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 09:26 PM
Ok I couldn't take it any longer so had to get in on the act. I picked this up today, sighting in tomorrow then an evening hunt. Tikka 223 1.8 twist 192825 192826
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 10:50 AM
I have got a M7 in 1:9 twist and it loves the Hornady 55 SP which is handy as I have got heaps. I am looking at getting another 223 and the Tikka T3x is the current favourite, Nathan F love your one...
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 10:48 AM
Must be something in the air... I have a 1:8 ordered going in a carbon stock and z5 on top.
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 10:47 AM
From my uncle who was a culler : "I shot probably four thousand with a 222. We used Norma 55 grain handloads. All other projectiles were too soft. Shot hard in behind the front leg into the lungs and...
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 08:30 AM
just returned from a couple of days up behind Rangi hut in Ruahines, plenty of deer seen, mostly hinds and yearlings but managed to get within 50 yards of an 8pt stag probably 3 or 4 years old , he...
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 08:01 AM
Sure does out 400m on steel with this rifle and 600m on my 16” 308win. Warne QR and SPUHR for the red dot
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 07:08 AM
Hi all, Had a few missions destinations planed on different weather forecasts and wind was from the south much of the trip and the spot x plan 2 was chosen with 5 headwaters. It a fairly popular...
Liked On: 21-03-2022, 07:08 AM
Hey, havnt done much stories laterly, prob because only been on 2 hunts all year(more fishing and resting lol). But its that time of the year again and i always give it a good crack to secure a stag...
Liked On: 20-03-2022, 09:31 PM
Yep it’s another 1st deer story but we all like them especially when it’s your boy so thanks for tolerating it. :) Arlo not long turned 9 has been asking when he’ll get his 1st deer for a while now,...
Liked On: 19-03-2022, 09:56 PM