and make a point about being discrete when you load up the wagon with your toys. never know who may be passing. ie while I live in a gated place we have an (ex?) gang boss living up the road who...
Liked On: 03-10-2018, 06:31 AM
I would always suggest the following. 223 goats and fallow which are both common in the taranaki Wanganui areas. My sons both got their first deer down that way with a 223. They just spent Saturday...
Liked On: 03-10-2018, 01:02 AM
NB The Gen IV hardy's had the 3 forward facing slots in the front. The later Gen V and Gen VI ones don't. I have brought 3 hardy's with never a problem, Gen 5 (243) and Gen 5 Stealth (223 & 243)...
Liked On: 18-09-2018, 10:02 PM
What about Tanekaha, It's a very strong tough and stringy wood Zq
Liked On: 18-09-2018, 12:13 PM
Trail boss should be good in the short barrel as its a fast burning powder developed for pistols. Any idea what velocity you were getting with 9 gr. 8gr in my 243 had a 105 gr vld about 1050 fps. ...
Liked On: 15-09-2018, 09:07 PM
second call for trail boss. safe, well known and hard to get it wrong. 10 gr give me 1450 fps in my 358Win on a 158gr pistol bullet. 12 gr gives me 2400 fps in my 243 on a 58 gr vmax. both do...
Liked On: 15-09-2018, 09:06 PM
how does.paying get you preferential treatment on DOC land? or are you saying paying a guide to get local knowledge is unethical? We're not talking about fenced private land hunts here. I'm self...
Liked On: 15-09-2018, 09:52 AM
how does.paying get you preferential treatment on DOC land? or are you saying paying a guide to get local knowledge is unethical? We're not talking about fenced private land hunts here. I'm self...
Liked On: 15-09-2018, 09:31 AM
OK so I have talked about mine so figured I had best add a picture or 2. Sorry about the poor lighting and colour not being very true. So the details are 1975 Savage 99 Rotary mag in 308 win....
Liked On: 10-09-2018, 11:10 PM
2 points I would take up. I brought up the 243 but did not mention long range big game hunting. 2nd the risk of wounded game comes down to the person behind the trigger. Each of us makes a...
Liked On: 09-09-2018, 09:21 AM
hi CS, many ruger 10/22 and the mod 96 have a metal band around the end of the barrel adding downwards pressure onto the tip of the stock. I liked the look but wanted a floating barrel. I cut away...
Liked On: 08-09-2018, 01:58 PM
2 points I would take up. I brought up the 243 but did not mention long range big game hunting. 2nd the risk of wounded game comes down to the person behind the trigger. Each of us makes a...
Liked On: 08-09-2018, 11:18 AM
And here's another 99. this is a mid 1960's one in 243 with a Hertel & Reuss 2.75 x 26.5 post and rail scope. Scope was sent back to Germany for a clean and lenses polish and lenses re-coated a...
Liked On: 07-09-2018, 05:49 PM
OK so I have talked about mine so figured I had best add a picture or 2. Sorry about the poor lighting and colour not being very true. So the details are 1975 Savage 99 Rotary mag in 308 win....
Liked On: 07-09-2018, 05:48 PM
Have not used a vortex scope myself but from general reading the upper end of the range is good but the Strike Eagle is from the lower end of the range. As noted above I would doubt the glass in a...
Liked On: 07-09-2018, 10:15 AM