Saturday, dawn oclock finds me sitting in a saddle glassing a mob of red deer 650m up the hill from me, no possible approach, lots of heavy cover close by and they were paying attention...... So, off...
Liked On: 06-03-2019, 07:30 AM
Well well well.. a 7mm putting a pinhole in something.. unbelievable, that sort of carry on is only for 270s, I read it in a book from 1972 and everyone on the internet has experienced it so it must...
Liked On: 22-02-2019, 10:49 AM
I rekin wreck one then replace that one they are only 45 for a replacement so compared to ammunition cost is fek all
Liked On: 19-02-2019, 11:05 AM
The word Rainbow is already taken to describe 308 ballistics
Liked On: 14-02-2019, 09:04 AM
Thats an open ended question... Ive taken lots of photos .. Photo of what? Most hunting photos I have document various bullet tests and bullet effectiveness v/s shot placement. I could also tell...
Liked On: 07-02-2019, 08:08 AM
Sounds like an excuse to leave most the meat, I am sure he could have gutted the animal and maybe got help to move it. The stag I shot weighted in at 125 kg gutted and it took Beeman and I about...
Liked On: 07-02-2019, 08:06 AM
Re: Sticks, if you're a cheap arse, you can make them for a few bucks with garden stakes, some string and a few bolts. My father-in-law used them the other day, it was the first time he ever picked...
Liked On: 06-02-2019, 10:18 AM
Hey Gibo - I took a 260Rem Model 7 and poked Mathias 260 30 degree (like a 6.5 CM but about 3mm longer case body) reamer down it. Set the whole thing back an entire neck length in the process. So now...
Liked On: 04-02-2019, 10:36 AM
G'day folks, I am an Aussie hunter, in my mid-sixties, and have been hunting for near on 60 years, mostly in Australia. Next year I hope to experience hunting in fabulous NZ. I clearly remember...
Liked On: 21-01-2019, 10:38 AM
I got my first 6.5-284 Lapua/Norma up & running today https://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af161/Kiwi-Greg/IMG_3147_zpsbhdzpefo.jpg...
Liked On: 20-01-2019, 06:50 AM
I take dental floss, I’m yet to find a stronger string in a more compact container and there is nothing worse than trying to hunt with an annoying bit on meat stuck in your teeth
Liked On: 20-01-2019, 06:47 AM
True. With logic applied, bigger case capacity = more fps. To a point of diminishing returns in the case of overbore.
Liked On: 06-01-2019, 08:17 AM
Powder burned also adds to the recoil. Burnt powder IE gas also has weight and velocity. So lower efficiency cartridges that burn more powder for less projectile energy when compared to a more...
Liked On: 06-01-2019, 08:13 AM
Pretty simple physics, all guns kick relative to the power of the round and weight of the firearm (yes including the 270) and yes all guns make noise. https://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm
Liked On: 04-01-2019, 08:25 AM
Biggest myth going 270 kicks, and all guns make noise
Liked On: 04-01-2019, 08:24 AM