Got home last night from 9 nights up at French Pass. Main goal was to target kingfish around the pass from the 3.1 RIB. Had heaps of success jigging despite having to use my lighter gear (Saltiga...
Liked On: 06-01-2021, 05:03 PM
I dont shoot a lot of deer these days. Six since lockdown, Two 90 kilo stags two 70 kilo 2yr old stags and two spikers. All carried out, one stag cut in half. From that, one deer had a damaged...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 03:25 PM
These work well. But carrying a whole deer is a mugs game if you can avoid it. 157401 Yes - I know where my hand is. Chamber empty and checked several times. 157402 There's a boned out...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 03:25 PM
I would think graphite is much the same as the moly coating craze that swept the shooting world a few years ago if anything it would lower the friction in the neck a little may make it more...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 03:20 PM
Tikka7mm08 all sorted now it was on there very firm. Had a got layer of lube under it which is good and no damage done by me. I will still go see true flite once they open and work out what thread...
Liked On: 03-01-2021, 03:04 PM
Greetings Again Tikka 7mm - 08, A max of 47 grains looks reasonable for CFE 223 and the 168 grain ABLR as you have found. The 168 grain HPBT Sierra is also is much softer than the ABLR. Nosler does...
Liked On: 03-01-2021, 12:13 PM
Greetings Tikka 7mm-08, A note of caution. The 168 grain ABLR will develop more pressure than the 165 grain Hornady so you will probably need to cut those loads a grain or two. I would use the...
Liked On: 03-01-2021, 12:12 PM
Just back from an overnight mission in Kaimanawas. I was wanting for him to get his first Deer this Summer so we decided on a tops mission. This time of year there are usually a few about and being...
Liked On: 03-01-2021, 09:19 AM
The kids wanted to go for a walk Tuesday afternoon to see if we could find an animal, goat or deer. My oldest was quite keen to shoot another goat. We left home and got to the car park an hour and...
Liked On: 03-01-2021, 09:07 AM
Gidday. I ran RL17 with Hornady 168's in GRT and it says that you should be able to go to 49 grains (59,500 psi) and that'll get you close to 2700 fps. However you're only burning 90% of whats in...
Liked On: 02-01-2021, 06:29 PM
The Real Gunsmith - https://youtu.be/6-Ds3YCJhWI Nathan Foster's page (NZ) https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/Hold+that+Forend.html
Liked On: 02-01-2021, 12:35 PM
The acid etch removed all the loose scale and cleaned out all the rust in the forging pits which was not the look I wanted so I decided to re rust the blade now it was etched so the pits would look...
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 04:38 PM
I have a Clymer 12 gauge long forcing cone reamer if anyone wants to ease them out 157016
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 12:57 PM
I had promised a friend to help him for a day with lamb spraying and drenching so I "invited" nearly 16 YO James along to help, with the promise that if we had time we would go for an evening hunt. ...
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 11:28 AM
An old mate visiting from the north island was keen to check out some thar country so equipped with some sage advice from the forum and a keen 15 yr old who has hunted the area extensively we headed...
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 08:54 AM