About Swanny

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About Swanny
Location:
New Plymouth
Interests:
Hunting, shooting, photography, red wine and single malt
Occupation:
Nurseryman

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Yesterday 08:17 PM
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01-01-2018
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  1. Swanny
    Swanny liked post by jakewire On thread : Kahawai
    Hard to catch fish with a Vac pac Vc:) I got kahawai at the Waitaki the other day filleted, rubbed with brown sugar and sea salt/garlic, marinated in the fridge untill tea time then wiped off...
    Liked On: 21-01-2023, 08:00 PM
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    Swanny liked post by veitnamcam On thread : Kahawai
    Smoke then vac pac and freeze. Annyone into hunting and fishing should have a vac packer. Really it is more important than bullets or lures. GET ONE. Sent from my SM-G800Y using Tapatalk
    Liked On: 21-01-2023, 07:59 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Tahr On thread : He is home!
    DS 242 Done by Steve Barclay 214911 214912
    Liked On: 19-01-2023, 05:43 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Fssprecision On thread : When you can't get the parts
    Well sometimes you can't get old parts so you just have to make it from stock. This old Tikka had the bolt release missing and no parts were available so a few hours milling later and all working...
    Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:39 PM
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    Swanny liked post by camenzie On thread : NY Excursion
    With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
    Liked On: 15-01-2023, 07:34 AM
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    Swanny liked post by EmpireSafaris On thread : Shame New Zealand didn’t get these.
    Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer would have done well in New Zealand. https://i.postimg.cc/pV5KNt8Z/6-BBA7989-B007-4729-8-F8-B-CDA035705726.jpg (https://postimg.cc/LhRJfwxY)...
    Liked On: 12-01-2023, 08:05 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Makros On thread : Walnut and blued steel,
    To revive this thread. Uberti 1873 in 44-40. Decided to go with style this afternoon for a little wander through a local DOC block. Who needs a scope when it's three shots resulting in three head...
    Liked On: 11-01-2023, 05:21 PM
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    Swanny liked post by PerazziSC3 On thread : The dinner plate challenge
    209120 Top left and top right 100m checking zero after putting suppressor on (surprisingly zero point of impact change) Back to 430m for the group in centre 6.5 creed
    Liked On: 04-01-2023, 08:46 PM
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    Swanny liked post by PipIstrelle On thread : Eyup from North Yorkshire /England
    Hi All, My name is Mark and as the title suggests , I hail from North Yorkshire in England . I'm a huge admirer of the Kiwi approach and love of the great outdoors and hope to , one day , hunt...
    Liked On: 03-01-2023, 02:28 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Tahr On thread : Good speed for 257R?
    Hanging around home so reviving this thread. Finally got the Kimber Hunter sorted. Shooting nice .5" 3 shot groups at full mag length of 2.810" with 115 grn Nosler BT. Jaco Goosen (a wonderful...
    Liked On: 02-01-2023, 05:17 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Tahr On thread : Bought new bino's...good move or bad?
    They will be fine. An experienced eye with average bino's will do better than an inexperienced eye with the best. Its no sort of blunder. Compared to your old ones looking through them will...
    Liked On: 01-01-2023, 10:11 AM
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    Swanny liked post by norsk On thread : surrender your FAL
    Shit. I know a person who lives abroad and holds a NZ Firearms licence as well as a NZ drivers licence. Will he/she need to surrender both as they do not own a car or a gun in New Zealand? Such...
    Liked On: 31-12-2022, 04:10 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Tentman On thread : Hunting with Sam
    Sam's mum was a colleague of mine in a previous life (for the both of us), she went off to bring up Sam, and for 13 years has been doing a damm fine job of it - he's a great kid. But there's only...
    Liked On: 11-12-2022, 10:17 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Beetroot On thread : Dream rifle scope
    To go along with the dream rifle thread, what is everyone's dream rifle scope (either currently available or what you wish were available). I've found myself being pretty happy with existing rifles...
    Liked On: 06-12-2022, 04:59 PM
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    Swanny liked post by Ranger 888 On thread : A Poor Man's Rangefinder
    Well done grandpamac.....moral of the story? We old fullas might know a thing or two..
    Liked On: 26-11-2022, 08:31 PM

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