Hi all, Found this article which I thought best to reproduce here, original was scanned from an NZ Cartridge Collectors (found here: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.or...hester/5468/11) hope you...
Liked On: 02-04-2023, 10:58 AM
15gr of AS50n in my 30.06 180gr cast gives about 1500fps. I tried Dacron once. Never again, very dirty result in barrel. It's bloody plastic!! I always worry about double charges. Not only do I...
Liked On: 01-04-2023, 12:24 PM
My bad. This was with 150 grain Hornady Interlock projectiles. With 125 grain Speer TNT velocities for BM8208 and AR2206 were very similar with 47 grains of each. around 2,940 fps.
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 01:59 PM
Greetings again, A few years back I did some comparative chronographing with AR2206 and AR2206H. The loads used new Winchester cases and Federal F210 primers with 44 grains of AR2206 or AR2206H...
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 01:59 PM
At the moment I have over 600 rounds of .223 loaded. I have a wallaby/bunny culling trip coming up. I weigh every charge using a scoop, trickler and scales. All of my loads are on the warm end ...
Liked On: 27-03-2023, 10:12 AM
finally got my howa mini 223 to shoot. The new rifle (match barrel) arrived shooting 3-4 inches whatever the projectiles I have tried. I then chopped the 1/2-20 UNF thread and replaced it with 18x1...
Liked On: 26-03-2023, 10:04 PM
So I headed into the hills on Monday avo, with the intent to camp overnight. . Weather forecast wasn’t great, but I thought I would go for a walk at least and scout out the area. I pulled into the...
Liked On: 22-03-2023, 01:04 PM
Mexican goat, perfect for tacos, burritos etc Not sure if the photos will work, I'll soon find out. I went out on saturday for a goat hunt in a forest, between dad and little bro we dropped...
Liked On: 22-03-2023, 12:55 PM
I carry a can of this..... https://nzsafetyblackwoods.co.nz/en/mac-slay-dry-spray-insecticide-500ml-each--173967 After gutting the deer I spray the outside of the carcase ( skin on) and give a quick...
Liked On: 22-03-2023, 12:39 PM
As I previously noted, I wonder if this has been bent on purpose. The grip is also not symmetrical, just by a few mm but still obvious. I started with a heat lamp, but only got to 35c, so went to a...
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 04:45 PM
Something a few of you may find quite interesting, Take from it what you will. Bit of back story - my partner who i have got into hunting/shooting & recently just shot her first deer, and being the...
Liked On: 06-03-2023, 06:08 PM
Longrun 218095 218096 218097 That 223 was going to have a jefferson aswell but after seeing mine and trying the cutdown mag (4 shot) He decided that it wasn’t worth the money The jefferson...
Liked On: 06-03-2023, 01:08 AM
Agreed. Ruger a nice wee carbine 22, but later models have dropped off in production quality over the years. We had about 6 and while ok, they were limited by consistent poor accuracy. The best of...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 03:03 PM
Yeah difficult job to do on a stock. I haven’t done it (haven’t needed to) but I’m a stock maker and have experience bending wood when making self bows. When adding recurves or untwisting the limbs...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 02:57 PM
I had exactly these symptoms in 6.5PRC when I changed to a resizing lube which was more greasy and my normal wiping on a cloth didn't clean it off properly. I would recommend cleaning the brass...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 02:51 PM