1976. Tararuas. Two young boys started off to do a main range crossing from the Ohau river. They failed to turn up on the other side Sunday evening. We tracked them from by their boot prints and...
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 10:08 PM
Hi guys. Bit of a venting post sorry. Went for a good wander last Wednesday into the castle hill side of the Torlesse range. Used to be a good spot, now there's a truck or two there most weekends....
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 10:05 PM
To make it 3 for 3, this one wandered into my torch on the way home. About 100 yards. With a light in its eyes, rifle on a solid bi-pod and an accurate rifle it wasn't fair really. Neck shot. On...
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 10:04 PM
It was a great pleasure to meet such a decent, well balanced and straight forward young man. A thankyou to this forum for providing the introduction. You are welcome here at any time Ben
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 06:44 PM
Glad to see you are getting some good animals and having fun. Looks like it was a bit chilly! To be fair though the report says more about shot placement than it does about the bullet’s terminal...
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 11:23 AM
Must be a kiwi thing I have redding dies and they all came with said lead shot but I still changed out to the Forster and hornady lock rings as the shot sticks in the threads and is a PITA to make...
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 11:17 AM
The first day on the range with a worked over rifle that now 'works' makes you forget the $$ pretty quickly
Liked On: 27-08-2023, 11:05 AM
231845 I went into my local shop to purchase a new CZ457.Disappointed in the quality I came home with a nice second hand CZ452.Someone had attacked the bolt with a file to clear the scope.After...
Liked On: 25-08-2023, 04:41 PM
231759Tiger in the salt
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:20 PM
Physically the same as shearers ,builders ,fencers and many of the professions that require manual labour. Finacially It was the same as any job ,some pissed it up ,some bought houses ,some bought...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 03:57 PM
Greetings All, I think the first thing to do in dealing with sizing problems is to understand what the problem is. Nine times out of ten a tight case is due to the case not having been sized enough....
Liked On: 22-08-2023, 03:18 PM
Yes I've caught one similar. It's a seasonal change they go through in the northern hemisphere. They change to white to match their surroundings. There's a name for it which hopefully one of our...
Liked On: 22-08-2023, 03:14 PM
They look like a patient crew. I doubt he’s rarely shooting in excess of 20-30m though.
Liked On: 20-08-2023, 12:38 PM
Just got back from a few days there. Each morning I'd make a cup of coffee and stare outside the window in wonder. My cup is full. The only negative from the trip was tagging with black sharpie...
Liked On: 19-08-2023, 05:25 PM
Fully agree. Redding - fantastic dies, crap locking ring system. I've replaced all Redding locking rings with the much more useful Hornady Die Locking Rings that don't have any mechanism contact with...
Liked On: 18-08-2023, 09:54 PM