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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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : 22 250 Face lift
    Time to get your trusty vernier caliper out ( every reloaders owns one, right?) Measure the neck OD of a fired case. Measure the neck OD of a sized case. Compare the two, any difference? ...
    Liked On: 14-02-2021, 08:14 PM
  2. timattalon
    timattalon liked post by zimmer On thread : Comercial flights with Black Powder ?
    Got into a huge drama with a cop at Auckland Airport when I was returning to Oz with my PH Muzzle Loader. He kept saying to me over and over, voice getting loader, so that people in the vicinity...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 10:04 PM
  3. T.FOYE
    T.FOYE liked post by zimmer On thread : Bad Reloading Press ??
    For neck sizing only I had ended up using the Lee Collet dies. Ended up with about 4 different calibres in them. Runout using them is minimal. Otherwise, in the last year I have changed my whole...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 01:26 PM
  4. Sideshow
    Sideshow liked post by zimmer On thread : Comercial flights with Black Powder ?
    Got into a huge drama with a cop at Auckland Airport when I was returning to Oz with my PH Muzzle Loader. He kept saying to me over and over, voice getting loader, so that people in the vicinity...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 12:41 PM
  5. Steelisreal
    Steelisreal liked post by zimmer On thread : Bad Reloading Press ??
    For neck sizing only I had ended up using the Lee Collet dies. Ended up with about 4 different calibres in them. Runout using them is minimal. Otherwise, in the last year I have changed my whole...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 11:57 AM
  6. Puffin
    Puffin liked post by zimmer On thread : Bad Reloading Press ??
    For neck sizing only I had ended up using the Lee Collet dies. Ended up with about 4 different calibres in them. Runout using them is minimal. Otherwise, in the last year I have changed my whole...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 11:08 AM
  7. flock
    flock liked post by zimmer On thread : Bad Reloading Press ??
    For neck sizing only I had ended up using the Lee Collet dies. Ended up with about 4 different calibres in them. Runout using them is minimal. Otherwise, in the last year I have changed my whole...
    Liked On: 12-02-2021, 09:18 AM
  8. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : Enfield barrel on a Martini and vice versa
    grandpamac I've got a Martini Enfield action that I bought as a complete rifle sans wood in the early 70s a Kapiti Antiques auction for $30. The barrel I gave away. I toyed with a 38-55 but...
    Liked On: 11-02-2021, 09:40 PM
  9. grandpamac
    grandpamac liked post by zimmer On thread : Enfield barrel on a Martini and vice versa
    grandpamac I've got a Martini Enfield action that I bought as a complete rifle sans wood in the early 70s a Kapiti Antiques auction for $30. The barrel I gave away. I toyed with a 38-55 but...
    Liked On: 11-02-2021, 03:25 PM
  10. charliehorse
    charliehorse liked post by zimmer On thread : H414/2209
    Best start by using this Take Aim at Rifle Reloading Data | Hodgdon Reloading (http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle) Select some loads using W760 and H414 and you will see the same data....
    Liked On: 09-02-2021, 04:58 PM
  11. Woody
    Woody liked post by zimmer On thread : USA Reloading components and Ammo - running out
    From what I have found out myself, including seeing country of manufacture on the likes of my cans of Reloder 15, believe this guy's summary is accurate - 159874
    Liked On: 08-02-2021, 01:52 PM
  12. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by zimmer On thread : USA Reloading components and Ammo - running out
    From what I have found out myself, including seeing country of manufacture on the likes of my cans of Reloder 15, believe this guy's summary is accurate - 159874
    Liked On: 08-02-2021, 12:48 PM
  13. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by zimmer On thread : Special Assembly Leupold Snapped Reticle
    caberslash Maybe my experience has given you false hopes. It was around 8 years and even though it was not too long after the Twin Tower event there didn't seem to be the same issues sending and...
    Liked On: 08-02-2021, 10:59 AM
  14. ebf
    ebf liked post by zimmer On thread : Digital Scales - What's a good higher end option?
    I actually use a Chargemaster to dispense a charge just short of required then finish it off on the Fx-300 using a Little Dandy trickler. Whilst I shot Fullbore, which I was half reasonable at, I...
    Liked On: 08-02-2021, 08:02 AM
  15. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : Special Assembly Leupold Snapped Reticle
    The 71.80 might turn out to have been the better option :P ha ha When I sent an older Leupold to their custom shop a few years ago for Mk4 turret fitting it cost me 50 bucks, which I thought was...
    Liked On: 07-02-2021, 01:58 PM

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