About zimmer

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About zimmer
Biography:
Long since given up hunting - too decrepit now.
Shot lots of deer, pigs, tahr, goats (lost count after around 1000), rabbits, possums, wild cattle.
Target shooter now mainly F Class.
Location:
Waikato
Interests:
Rifles old and new, reloading, computers, playing on my lathe, farming alpacas.
Occupation:
Not working, in constant leisure mode.

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    zimmer liked post by scotty On thread : Who the fuk is "Sam Gibson" ?
    you expected better?
    Liked On: 23-07-2023, 08:00 PM
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    zimmer liked post by No.3 On thread : Jump starter pack recommendation
    I'd go for a li-ion type over the older tech lead-acid versions. They work ok, but are more prone to leaking and don't like getting banged about as well as being a lot more bulky and a damn sight...
    Liked On: 23-07-2023, 05:06 PM
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    zimmer liked post by RV1 On thread : First pocket knife for kids - opinions, advice wanted
    Hey MD, I haven't yet. Birthday is coming up so need to make a decision soon. I'm leaning towards the Opinel now I've handled one. I might go buy one with him and let him choose as I think he'd like...
    Liked On: 23-07-2023, 11:08 AM
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    zimmer liked post by grandpamac On thread : 223, fmj ADI load data question
    Greetings Rn-85 and all, The original ladder test, developed by Creighton Audette, was to fire a series of single rounds loaded with small increasing increments of powder charge. This was done at...
    Liked On: 23-07-2023, 09:45 AM
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    zimmer liked post by grandpamac On thread : 223, fmj ADI load data question
    Greetings Rn-85, I don't do ladder tests as such as it takes around 10 rounds per step to give any meaningful indication of long term precision. I will usually look through the various data to see...
    Liked On: 22-07-2023, 08:19 PM
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    zimmer liked post by akaroa1 On thread : Some Thoughts on Handloading.
    One thing that should be mentioned about the reloading addiction is the importance of good record keeping. Hard copy records in a proper book. Not loose paper in a folder On the computer is fine...
    Liked On: 22-07-2023, 10:31 AM
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    zimmer liked post by andyanimal31 On thread : Is low to low?
    Bloody hell, you can see right through me! Sent from my SM-A226B using Tapatalk
    Liked On: 21-07-2023, 07:45 PM
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    zimmer liked post by johnd On thread : Making case lube
    Although I supplied the info on ratios, I am in the imperial wax camp. As a target shooter I run hundreds of cases through the sizer. I reckon one large tin would do 5000 cases. I do neck lubeing...
    Liked On: 21-07-2023, 06:25 PM
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    zimmer liked post by 00buck On thread : Bugger - Any bright ideas or she done
    I had 1 like that, not fully broken- just cracked. Asked several skilled welders if it could be fixed, no dice. The 525 receivers will work and don't suffer the same problems, I could have got one at...
    Liked On: 21-07-2023, 05:00 PM
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    zimmer liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Making case lube
    Ive got and use.. frog lube...awesome smells like camphor vasoline...cheap and just works imperial sizing wax...enough said powdered graphite..reat for doing necks..but the sizing wax sort of...
    Liked On: 21-07-2023, 10:09 AM
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    zimmer liked post by OpticsNZ On thread : Just got my FAL 😁
    Good evening guys, my name is Alan, i have been a springer fan for a long time, decided to step it up and got my FAL about 2 weeks ago, didn’t take long at all, maybe 10 weeks from application to...
    Liked On: 20-07-2023, 09:49 AM
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    zimmer liked post by Tahr On thread : Optics planet
    Same. I went to him directly too.
    Liked On: 19-07-2023, 10:04 PM
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    zimmer liked post by 6x47 On thread : Stick a bullet in your muzzle?
    Well, possibly minute of barndoor.. My brothers had a Rem .308 semi on their commercial boat and that would allow a bullet in the muzzle to the base of the neck. They still shot deer with it...
    Liked On: 19-07-2023, 09:07 PM
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    zimmer liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Stick a bullet in your muzzle?
    because many barrels were poked by inproper use of a pull through...constantly sawing away on edge of barrel plus corrosive ammunition... the theory was if bullet would fall in the end..it wont get...
    Liked On: 19-07-2023, 07:51 PM
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    zimmer liked post by Barefoot On thread : First Aid Training and Article
    Yesterday I redid my First Aid training for the first time in, well a significant period of time (lets just say that AED's were a look but don't touch item in courses). It is amazing how the "rules"...
    Liked On: 18-07-2023, 06:09 PM

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