GFB bits are the ones you want. No matter what the brand you want them to be long - like 150mm and with a thin round cross section. The length and thinness allows the bit to load up in the screw...
Liked On: 03-10-2023, 09:31 PM
Jeez I really do hope the humble .223 lives up to some of the hype I have read on this thread. Seriously though all this info got me interested in giving the .223 a go, I've never owned one. I...
Liked On: 02-10-2023, 05:21 PM
3 of us just spent 6 days hunting in the Mackenzie/Hunter Hills. Got home on Saturday. We do this probably 3 times a year. Mix of weather with 2 good snow falls. It was pretty cold. We were mostly...
Liked On: 02-10-2023, 05:19 PM
Yes it was. To be fair conditions were perfect and the rest was rock solid. 234376 We shot two other deer a hind at 180 yds and a stag at 270 yds. All 3 took a few steps after being hit then went...
Liked On: 29-09-2023, 03:40 PM
A bit of an update, last year I was running a 572 but also went and bought a 592 which is a totally different beast being slightly heavier but also more powerful even by the sound of it when you fire...
Liked On: 29-09-2023, 03:39 PM
Just back from 3 nights away. Had a good trip. Over 40 deer seen and three shot. Charlie has been desperate to shoot his first. To his credit he was adamant it had to be on doc land and not a farm...
Liked On: 28-09-2023, 12:44 AM
The expensive Hammer Hunters fix that problem with the .223. If its a problem.
Liked On: 23-09-2023, 09:05 PM
Saw mention of Lake Waikare, I havent lived in Waikato for 10 years but the outlet by the control gates has a fish pass that acts as a koi trap if its still set up the same. Pic was from a good shoot...
Liked On: 19-09-2023, 11:58 PM
Anyone got some interesting trapping pics to share? Here's a good sized possum caught on Mt Egmont virtual barrier showing that a good high set in kiwi country still does the business, and a ferret...
Liked On: 19-09-2023, 11:45 PM
Oldest daughter with her 1st red226819 o the orange but is her hill knife not an ear tag haha
Liked On: 10-09-2023, 10:04 PM
Hey team, So I finally managed a sub moa group. 233018 A bit of back story, it's been over a year of shooting at least one competition a month at the local deerstalkers (having never shot rifle...
Liked On: 10-09-2023, 09:57 PM
Cutting southern mahogany today I discovered the secret to actually being able to cut it dry I sharpened with the down angle set at 50 degrees and used a 1 mm raker gap Lil husky axe Peeling...
Liked On: 10-09-2023, 01:27 PM
Nah someone managed to ruin it all, they have a whole sales pitch trying to justify and claim that vegan options are better in every way. What a load of BS you can tell there's an agenda behind it...
Liked On: 03-09-2023, 11:15 PM
338 lap awsm, rocking minox scope - can't wait to try some new hand loadhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230820/d9080a3ab1069a8388dcc4b2534af2f0.jpg Sent from my SM-F926B using Tapatalk
Liked On: 22-08-2023, 10:00 PM
The whole animal/lungs requirement killed it for me as a foot hunter. Most of my dockets went through under "non deplumes". I don't recall paying tax. Later when farming and catching deer I sent...
Liked On: 22-08-2023, 09:50 PM