Today I got up at 5am, burned some toast, had a coffee, and climbed a hill. Recovering from covid so not feeling terribly fit. Spotted a chamois from the ridge top and dropped down to have a closer...
Liked On: 02-11-2024, 04:10 PM
Couple of bush hunted Sika from the week. 75gr eldms doing the business. First one was hardly a test, head shot at about 15 yards as it peered around a tree at me. All energy dumped in the head...
Liked On: 02-11-2024, 01:31 PM
I have heard of 4 rifles being blow up with handloads. In two the wrong powder was used in spite of it being in a canister correctly marked. The third was where a much harder projectile was used in a...
Liked On: 01-11-2024, 08:09 PM
A couple using 62 grn Norma I loaded for wallaby but thought I would try on deer, albeit little ones. 200 yds. MV 3180. Arrival velocity 2380. Bullet had no trouble going right through. Probably...
Liked On: 01-11-2024, 08:06 PM
Today I took two packets of hornady precision hunter ammo to the range. 1 purchased about 1 month ago (gold primers)and one a couple of days ago (silver primers). The original packet has been...
Liked On: 01-11-2024, 07:08 AM
That bigger variation in velocity is more likely due to a change in powder, just like reloaders big manufacturers are struggling to get components as well, note by your own observations different...
Liked On: 01-11-2024, 07:08 AM
It will take me a couple of days to finish the story, as for the first time ever Im quite jet lagged, and trying to catch up on stuff at home too. But want to out it all down when I can so I dont...
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 10:11 PM
Thats very cool. I remember Zeeriverrat - he was a good contributor to the old forum. Wonderful that you have kept in touch. Thats what saddens me a bit - the old communal thing about the forum(s)...
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 10:06 PM
No, I decided to go with safety and sent it too a taxidermist in Michigan, who will tan the skin and prep the head and send it on to Mark In NZ
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 10:05 PM
For those of you who have been on the various forums over the last decade or two. The name Zeeriverrat might ring a bell. I first got too know him through the old H&F forum and we have stayed in...
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 10:04 PM
My family and I were invited to do an overnight tramp with another family to Kahikitea Lodge just south of Oamaru. It was nestled in the middle of a hunting block I haven’t yet explored, so I gained...
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 09:57 PM
It is totally unacceptable to me that someone who has done what he did gets to sit at home and watch Netflix as a penalty. Illegally selling firearms, making a false report about theft and...
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 09:36 PM
Should have been jailed
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 09:35 PM
.243. I played around a lot with different bullets and powders. It just shot everything well. 262024
Liked On: 29-10-2024, 07:31 PM
After some rudimentary load development I managed to get down to the range between showers and complete a 8 shot sighting in session at 106 yards. 261884 The top 3 shots in the white are from bore...
Liked On: 29-10-2024, 07:31 PM