Mickey sorry you're incorrect but I do admit we are arguing semantics around the definition of cocked. You are referring to a hammer gun being held in the half cock position by the sear. A bolt out...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:51 PM
You misunderstand the meaning of cocked. The firing pin is cocked no matter whether it is retained by the sear or not. The M70 and most of our modern rifles are based off the Gewehr M98 a "cock on...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:46 PM
If safety systems on rifles didn't work we would all know about it. USA is the home of litigation and if there was any chance a safety on a rifle didn't work as it was supposed to everyone would get...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:39 PM
Such a retarded mindset on the one hand saying you don't trust a safety and on the other hand having no problem getting about with a half closed bolt
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:37 PM
Empty chamber. Having a deer 10m in front of me and failing to shoot it, does not put me off hunting. Accidently injuring or killing myself or a loved one definitely will...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:36 PM
If your firearm has a half cock feel free to use it. But don't try and convince me this bolt half closed bullshit is a half cock. It is not. Your M70 is a cock on open action. It's fully cocked as...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:36 PM
Bush hunting by myself always just safety as its just a muscle memory thing.-see deer safety comes off automatically rifle up and bang. If you wanna get more deer in the bush less is more.
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:34 PM
The .244 Rem was Remington's 6mm released in 1955 before Winchester came out with the .243. Skipping over the historical bits, hunters favoured the .243 as it could be bought with 100gr bullets, and...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:35 AM
You need to be aware of their favourite food sources in your local areas. Peaks of activity I have noticed in the Waikato: Willow bud break - every possum in the district is in willows. Kahikatea...
Liked On: 24-07-2023, 06:52 PM
or 6.5 06. One take I have on reloading is dont get hung up on the numbers its what happens on the target what counts..
Liked On: 23-07-2023, 05:07 PM
229529i 229531 229532 Goats with all my current centrefires from the last few months 223,303,308 I reckon there's more goats in marlborough than king country, every time I go out I'm tripping...
Liked On: 23-07-2023, 04:51 PM
Greetings All, It is a cold wet day here in HB so I thought I would tap out a few thoughts over handloading that have been running around in my head. In The Beginning, well fifty years ago. In...
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 04:06 PM
This is a positive story. https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300917420/the-project-using-ai-to-protect-kiwi-in-the-back-blocks-of-taranaki
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 03:53 PM
Had a couple of weeks with fine weather so took the chance to take the grandies 1 week each and set some traps. First week with 8 year old Finn we set 30 traps over 2 nights and got 23 possums. He...
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 03:43 PM
I have found with subs that they generally dont frighten after the first shot. The noise they hear to is usually the impact of the bullet into the ground (whther it passes through a rabbit first or...
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 06:53 PM