:thumbsup: I bought 300 of the 75gn eldm yesterday after Tahr responded to my post . It will be interesting to see how they work and also how long I can load them in my 1-8 twist Howa 1500 , not...
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 01:53 PM
All went through, 1 head, 2 neck, 1 high shoulder and another shoulder I think....? Actually I think we may have got some of the jacket back on the shoulder. I can hardly remember last week let...
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 01:42 PM
I've shot something like 20 odd deer including red stags and a few other species with the 80gr ELDM and they work great for performance on animals and accuracy, no reason the 75s wouldn't be...
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 01:42 PM
Thats a short life,could not have been any good.
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 01:27 PM
It depends on the type of country you are shooting on, if shooting on rolling farm land, where there is no issues with backstops, then 204, 223 etc is ideal. However if on flat ground thats semi...
Liked On: 27-07-2022, 01:26 PM
Sako Vixen 222 and VX3 3-10 BC reticle, plan to shoot most of the game animals in the South Island as a wee bucket list challenge 202314
Liked On: 26-07-2022, 03:07 PM
Thanks fellas , the 223 tikka sounds the way to go , kinda what I was thinking as well , plus can shoot some bigger critters with it , going to be my summer project .
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 09:49 PM
I have also been in contact with FMC and the executive committee member I've emailed has a meeting booked with one of the local Kaumatua next week to have a quiet chat about access on these roads. ...
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 06:20 PM
I received this from FMC (Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ) today. Kia ora. Your query has been passed onto me. I actually only found out about this on Friday. These roads sit on private...
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 01:46 PM
hmm so pretty much in line with barnes projectiles then..... I really rate the wee 50 grainers ,but I wont use .223 on anything big past 150 yards.
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 10:08 AM
maybe they are a shorter range/higher velocity type load....bugga they didnt work so well,but now at least you know...
Liked On: 25-07-2022, 10:08 AM
That’s way to hot mate dangerously fast for the combo my 6.5 saum did 3080fps with the 156 with rl26 and that was hot backed down to 3000 the saum has greater case capacity and rl26 is faster for...
Liked On: 24-07-2022, 09:47 PM
And here is me in the local today...spotted a nice looking .308..... When really what I need to contribute to this thread is a .223 [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 24-07-2022, 07:47 PM
Shot him in a tree block, but hes living in the native and has winter crop paddocks a stones throw away. Was in very good condition Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 24-07-2022, 12:02 PM
I walked with a rifle up the Te Iringa track this month, and shared it with a number of mountain bikers - lots of conversation, no problems. Be the change you want to see.
Liked On: 24-07-2022, 01:11 AM