Hornady recently did a podcast where they talked about estimated barrel life and barrel cleaning frequency for different cartridges, and I've taken the data from their spreadsheet and made my own to...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 05:26 PM
One spring day when I was meat hunting on the Orua tops we left 2 sets of HQ's on a small patch of snow in the tussock and piled snow on top of them. It got warm and on our way back later in the...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 04:26 PM
Summer sika in the Kawekas gets flyblown on your way to retrieving the deer Then they lay eggs in yer Swanni or polar fleece if you stop for too long
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 04:25 PM
Dad took me when I was a kid to old hangar they used to fly their venison into back in the 70s and I remember there was old empty cans of flyspray all piled up in one corner. "Whats with all the fly...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 04:03 PM
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/223-big-game-hunting/504072#replay Grizzly with .223 whanahuia
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:45 AM
Shot a couple this afternoon with the 75gr black tip that Hornady supplies to AAC for their Saber Blade Black Tip. Midsouth Shooters Supply had these bullets as a component and I bought 1500 of them....
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:41 AM
My daughter's 3rd deer. 75gr eld-m @ 50m. Im holding the head in shape for the photo. 265567 nzspearo
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:39 AM
You are too old to be worried about this. It's not the risk of some slight poisoning you should be worried about, it's the wintertime. But the good news is that we are now both too old to die...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:31 AM
It's all bull sh1t How many die on the roads in NZ annually How many die of Pb poisoning due to eating contaminated meat? Honestly don't fall for it boys. Tried it here with a report on...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:21 AM
‘Lead bullets and their risk to human health’. Previous thread on here, not the first probably, this topic got a fair thrashing already. Anyhow as I’ve posted before. I regularly eat meat from shot...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:15 AM
A good excuse to make the carry out more pleasurable by not carrying out shot up forequarters :)
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:14 AM
Ended up shifting back to Perth a few months back for work. Got a good feed of Abalone on the first day of the season a couple of weeks back. Its a limited season here in Perth, allowed 15 per...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 11:12 AM
My last job was in an aerosol manufacturing plant. If heating any type of can or canister don't go above 60'C.
Liked On: 30-12-2024, 12:44 PM
Teslong bore scope. No more guess work! Sent from my SM-A556E using Tapatalk
Liked On: 30-12-2024, 12:41 PM
https://youtu.be/nGhKnwE45OE?si=5liOXARG4cpvNlXO This is a video where the guy X-rays deer to see where the lead fragments end up in a deer. It’s a bit long but you can fast forward to the X-ray...
Liked On: 30-12-2024, 10:42 AM