My stout load for 74 grn Targex is 25 grns 2206H so around 23.5-24.0 grns might be a good place to start for a hunting load.
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 09:50 PM
What hasn't been defined in this thread is what actually is lightweight? There is a hell of a range here. Maybe anything under 8lb (3.6 kg) with scope and suppressor is "lightweight"?
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 05:53 PM
What a wonderful experience for the lad. Go you Dad! That stag has had a few years of shagging. Just because he has been shot doesn't mean his genetics have been extinguished. Nothing has been...
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 11:01 AM
Good shooting to get the 2nd shot in. Thats an advantage of the .223 - being able to stay on target to get a second shot in if needed while they do the .223 lung shot stagger.
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 09:32 PM
The NZDA initiatives of working with DOC to take group hunts into special landing zones in high population areas is great. It can cream off good numbers of animals. The branches that do it often...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 09:00 PM
Interesting anecdote. I reported to a farmer after last evening "I saw 6 in x pdk but left them because they were all mature hinds and does". [I was thinking about the fawns]. His reply "don't worry...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 05:01 PM
Yeah. My ammo is sort of an invisible cost because of stocks of reloading components which even at high volume I don't notice so much. But Diesel at $2.15 a litre is a real ouch. I don't have any...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 03:46 PM
Interesting anecdote. I reported to a farmer after last evening "I saw 6 in x pdk but left them because they were all mature hinds and does". [I was thinking about the fawns]. His reply "don't worry...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 03:40 PM
Interesting anecdote. I reported to a farmer after last evening "I saw 6 in x pdk but left them because they were all mature hinds and does". [I was thinking about the fawns]. His reply "don't worry...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 03:19 PM
Yeah. My ammo is sort of an invisible cost because of stocks of reloading components which even at high volume I don't notice so much. But Diesel at $2.15 a litre is a real ouch. I don't have any...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 01:35 PM
Lentle knows a lot of stuff but not all of the stuff. Treat his books as guidelines rather than rules. The deer will still be on the very best feed areas scoffing up large in mainly discrete sex...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 12:30 PM
Exactly
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 11:50 AM
Yeah. My ammo is sort of an invisible cost because of stocks of reloading components which even at high volume I don't notice so much. But Diesel at $2.15 a litre is a real ouch. I don't have any...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 11:49 AM
PM about where you live
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 09:13 AM
The NZDA initiatives of working with DOC to take group hunts into special landing zones in high population areas is great. It can cream off good numbers of animals. The branches that do it often...
Liked On: 09-02-2024, 08:52 AM