Yes, the GMX's had plastic tips, the CX is their replacement, looking forward to giving them a whirl
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 08:28 PM
From a few years back now, entry 120 GMX out of a 6.5 WSM under 100m impact ...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 07:37 PM
Another one for the Tikka with the 77gr Sierra. Dog indicated it was over a small rise, popped over and it was standing 40 meters away in some native...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 09:31 AM
Here’s mine. Nearly enough for a deer. 214300
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 09:28 AM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 09:21 AM
Young cousine,saved every cent he earned.Worked his school holidays,left school at 15.Worked the freezing works in the summers and did possums skins down south in the winters.Never owned a car,lived...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 09:41 PM
Great how people could shoot deer back then without wearing camo clothing.:)
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 08:55 PM
The old leather leggings were good for protecting the legs.These bloody tight baling twines on the early morning baled lucerne or pea straw were a bitch on the fingers.
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 07:48 PM
Ah this is a great thread. My great grandfather was a culler Sid kershaw, from a young age I loved reading his old diaries and seeing the photos, definately pass all you history down! ...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 07:48 PM
Greetings @ Tahr, In the very early 1990's a friend and I were chronographing some 6.5x55 loads on my new 35P. One load was the Norma 140 grain load. This chronographed 2,750 fps. a little faster...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 04:43 PM
Just spent 4 days wandering around in the clagg on the tops of the Kaweka's. Couldn't see from one snow pole to the next ........ and vowed on my way down to stay low for the next trip 2 days later....
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 03:17 PM
Make sure you pre-book an extra bag prior to turning up at the airport otherwise you will get gouged at the counter
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 09:54 AM
Great thread, i grew up, a touch late for the meat hunting, but Dad was a culler, bridge builder and hut builder for NZFS, so lots intresting yarns when his work mates were about, I too, carted...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 09:49 AM
Very interesting Bruce, I meat hunted the Whirinaki area for a while in the mid 70s after culling for the NZFS. Have to say those were some of the best years of my life. We didn’t make heaps but...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 09:49 AM
Yes they punch well above their weight for such a small calibre. I even notice a difference over the .222 i was using the other year . More shock and knock down power. Still have to find the right...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 08:29 AM