I still use the shotgun I learnt to hunt using fourty years ago.its still as good today as was then. My howa is as good as my model70 lightweight was. They actually very similar
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 09:21 PM
Mmmm, IIRC I paid $128 new somewhere between 1971 and 1973. Memory might be out a tad. Just b4 the change to decimal currency I paid 59 pounds 17/6 for a Sako Forester in 308W.
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 09:04 PM
My 2 cents - I have a tikka LSA55 and a new Howa superlite sitting side by side. Tikka action is smoother, far superior trigger that has no creep like the howa and breaks crisper. Fit and finish on...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 08:39 PM
I was excited about getting out to collect another red deer for the fridge for a number of reasons. A freind had just made me a beautiful knife and I was keen to get blood on it. I had done a fresh...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 02:39 PM
Hi Shearer I'm away until December so don't worry about me if it's wanted elsewhere as I can wait not in a hurry
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 11:13 AM
The neighbour has a rabbit infestation, and controlling it is problematic. The young ones have started to come over our way but they don’t last long… they get caught by two Staffordshire Bull...
Liked On: 08-11-2023, 07:32 PM
The .308s being busy the past two weekends talking 4 red deer and one good size fallow absolute joy to use and being back to basics shorting off the shoulder at the shoulder with no rangefinders has...
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 06:37 PM
Did a quick mission up to Canterbury in the weekend to look for a spring bull tahr before we all get too busy as the year winds down! A pretty goood leg stretch in the morning stomping our way in,...
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 06:34 PM
I love them raw, nice and firm flesh, I am guilty of using them for bait when targeting XL snapper though ;)
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 04:35 PM
Solid specimen!
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 08:03 AM
Yeah, fight like demons on light gear and my household is happy to see them on the dinner plate. Usually raw or cooked in lemon juice. Pan fried when fresh is good too. I would rather catch trevally...
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 08:03 AM
Nice one Shearer. I've been getting a few from the rocks with ultralight lure fishing gear. https://i.ibb.co/wMtTPyz/Fishing-Trevally1.jpg
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 07:35 AM
Well done Shearer, fresh trevs are bloody good eating. Dusted in flour and fried in butter. Go the micro jigs Sent from my SM-A546E using Tapatalk
Liked On: 07-11-2023, 07:10 AM
A couple of Sika in the weekend for the Howa mini and the 75gr eldm., with the help of the little dog of course.... 237018 237019
Liked On: 06-11-2023, 09:41 PM
tell me about it, such is life
Liked On: 06-11-2023, 08:29 PM