Well returned back to this Island a week and a half ago. There are Pheasant and Quail prospects around up there but nothing like there was a few years back. Still i may go up and have a look May/...
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Well returned back to this Island a week and a half ago. There are Pheasant and Quail prospects around up there but nothing like there was a few years back. Still i may go up and have a look May/...
I shot all my younger life with a side by side fox hammer gun and would happily still shoot it but some nephew got it to hang up as an antique. I graduated to Auto loaders but have gone back to SxS...
Thanks Versifier. I did not go on the last Tahr hunt sent my grand daughter instead, well it rained sleet and heavy snow/ visibility down to a yard or two for most of the trip. On the last day a bit...
Thanks Kirbydoc. I have located the bullets and am in the process of arranging to buy. i will work up loads on this and may take the old girl up to meet a tahr all going well.
I am thinking about extending the bullet range to my 8x57 Mauser. The range of available bullets is fairly abysmal for the poor old 8x57 which is in the 30-06 bracket power wise. I tried to locate...
Hercules smokeless powder re loaders guide 1976, For light and standard shot shell loads in 12, 16, and 20 gauge. also for hand gun I think. Red dot was for lighter loads than we were loading. I used...
Hi Kirbydoc, no bears I'm afraid, no Cougars or wolves(except in government) . Believe it or not NZ was a country of birds up to 9 feet high(The first inhabitants ate them all or something like that)...
Hello there Kirbydoc, Ah-Ha ancestor to two bushy tailed sons one daughter in law and a bunch of bushy tailed grand sons and one grand daughter also another taking up the bow and rifle. the odd great...
Again many thanks Versifier, and your kind offer however I shall have no trouble getting the Lee factory crimp die over here and you may have closer more deserving hunters over there. I have no...
Thanks Versifyer, I take your wisdom on board, I had great results with Hornady in 375 mag in Norma and Remington cases,and Norma load Hornady SP in their reloading guide. Hornady being usually...
Recently we picked up an older 30-06 F.N. deluxe Mauser with a detachable Pecar Scope. this rifle appears virtually in unfired condition. The objective is to load it for Tahr and Chamois . Range out...
Wishing all a very merry Christmas and a great New year ahead. May the game be plentiful and the old gun shoot tight. :-) I shall be absent until late January.
Yes, Some gun-makers made them as low as 12 gauge Probably most were aimed at the colonies and not many made it over your way. I suppose they were O'k in the days when birds were so tame that any...
Hi Looks very nice indeed, is there much hunting done with shotgun and lead solids or paradox. I go along with you on the aperture sight. Would be interested on your views regarding a side by side...
Hi Versifier Agree age is a hell of a thing, to answer your question. Rimfires and shot guns are allowed for pro hunters From the dept of conservation and with a special permit for Canada Goose...
Hi Versifier , Mike, I have already mentioned most of the deer the only might have missed. are Whitetail on Stewart I's just south of this Island. I have watched them eating seaweed on the beach from...
The Mountain bit is below. On access to hunting.All of our National parks and most of the bush land is Dept of conservation estate whom administer it all. Unless there is a special reason area to ban...
Thank you, the top photo, the white bit is ice and not snow,Rule never step on to without Ice axe and crampons, otherwise if one starts to slide no recovery. Cheers.
Hi versifier Just an odd pic or two.331332 The outside world goes away with the chopper.
Hi, Well if you have a atlas or a map of NZ we live in the South Is West coast. Approximately 5 to 6 miles from the mountains as the crow flies bit longer by road. lat about 43 south.The coastal...
Good morning Versifier, Chambering is 8x57 js.It came from a hunting lodge in Europe, I have not tried for a favorite load as 196 grain ammo and reloading components are all that's available. I have...
Many thanks Versifier, I will check up on the Birchwood/Casey true oil. and see if it is locale here.When I was a boy many years away. we shot with old English Hammer side by side shot guns Names...
My Mauser is 1913 Obendorf sporting rifle. the rifle has had little use and mint except for the stock which has faded and become very dull. I would like to re finish this stock to a high oiled /...
Good morning Mike,Ah-Ha, as I may have mentioned to Versifier My days of scraping my shins around rock slides and backing off bluffs, wading fast Ice fed streams are about over. I will only be a...
Hello Versifier, I may have finally conquered the problems with computer and registered in. Last contact you queried hunting in NZ. I live on a narrow coastal plain west of the alps so we go from sea...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |