The video is deceptive. The rifle is no louder at the muzzle with or without the break but at the shooters position it is MUCH MUCH louder with the break fitted. I have fired one shot with my 375 Ruger with the break fitted (in an open paddock) and now have permanent hearing damage (well it...
I put a review of the guide gun up here. Hopefully this will provide some useful info
http://www.africahunting.com/threads/ruger-guide-gun-review.21873/
Cheers Dory - there are ways and as always its about knowing the right people. I'm sure being on Stewart Island you could arrange a swap hunt for whitetails?
Cheers
JWB300
Well done it sounds like a great project. It is most pleasing to see that there are hunters involved and not just people who do not value hunting for its contributions to conservation. I've just liked your FB page so will be interested to follow its progress.
Welcome Kim,
It sounds like you have had some terrific experiences in your work. I know a gentleman that was also working towards bringing Rhino's into Aus. I have spoken to him at length about the project - there were so many positives. Their project was in North QLD which has suitable plant...
Thanks Wildrose - that is the 270 gr TSX. I believe the TTSX only comes in 250gr. I've shot a lot of critters with the TSX and TTSX's and if they don't exit they look like this.
No worries Brickburn
A midden is essentially an old camp site where the tribes would sit and eat, amongst other things - shellfish. The mounds of shells are one of the only remnants, along with stone tools and flakes, that survives the thousands of years. Sometimes you wonder how long it must...
Hey Bluey,
No we only saw a few small crocs. I packed my rod into some remote country and fished briefly but it was too cold (by NT standards) and the fish were shut down. We were going to fish a nice stream on the way home but the Aboriginals asked us not to for cultural reasons so we didn't...
Hi Pheroze,
You really have to know one of the elders or go with someone who knows them. You can go guided on their land but I enjoy the DIY aspect and I enjoyed experiencing the culture as much as the hunting. It is such a shame that the land is largely inaccessible for most people. Not even...
Bower bird nest
Aboriginal Midden
Dry floodplain
Joes bull
270gr TSX – one shot kill
Joe also took this wild scrub bull for meat for the community. They were pretty excited and came to help us dress it out
Young bull
Me and a young boy in the community. We took them some footies and they thought it was Christmas!
Hunting the Pandanas
Lou’s bull
Small croc
Burdekin ducks
Rainbow bee eater
My bull taken with my 375 Ruger
The bird life on the flood plains was spectacular. Thousands of Magpie Geese (similar to a Canada Goose), Egrets, Burdekin Ducks, Brolgas and Jabiru’s.
The skin on these things is thick. They are bullet sponges – 4 x 270gr TSX’s at 30 yds. No exits...
In July a few mates and I headed to the Northern Territory hunting Water Buffalo. We stayed with in an Aboriginal community with the Traditional Owners (TO’s). These guys live a relatively traditional life with most of them still speaking their traditional language and very little English. This...
My experience is entirely different to yours. I shot out in the open when hunting in April. My hearing hasn't recovered. No more breaks for me unless I am off the bench and wearing plugs and ear muffs.
Yeah you are pretty much spot on - very similar in a lot of ways and generally not as bad tempered. Although as you say they can be pretty wild especially if they know you are there before you shoot. As you can imagine mature bulls have no predators (other than man) so these guys are fairly...
I've since been able to use the rifle a bit - it is fast becoming one of my favourite rifles. It's just so accurate. I don't use the muzzle break any more after letting a shot go at a fallow deer without hearing protection. I now have permanent hearing damage.
I took this old bull in the...
If you want a big station you could always buy Anna Creek station which is currently for sale in South Australia - it's over 9000 square miles or 5,849,577 acres.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/anna-creek-station-plus-other-stations-for-sale-from-kidmans/6382546
Would have thought a tray back would have been much more versatile for most people. Pretty sure you can just unbolt the well back and throw a tray on in its place.
Just had a look through the first 100 of 300 odd L/C utes for sale on carsales.com.au and I didn't see any well backs...
No worries Marius @KMG Hunting Safaris
@matt85 - did you hear back from Barnes - I'm curious to know what they say.
I just watched a Barnes promo dvd that I have here - in it they do claim 100% copper as well as 'all copper'.
Matt - you are right they do claim all copper. Interesting point that this may not mean 100% copper but certainly in my books 'all' means '100%'. I don't see why they would be deceptive about the composition - as you say regardless of the composition they perform better than any projectile I've...
Marius,
I certainly haven't experienced the issues you have mentioned. I haven't seen any definitive evidence that they are any harder than any other monometal projectile. If you have some I would be interested to see it.
Can't say I've used a GS so can't comment on the length or performance -...
They look a lot like the lapua naturalis but they don't seem to expand as much. I would be keen to try these out - does anyone ship these internationally?
If people are killing Moose with a 7mm 08 the 235 would be ample. How many moose get bowled with 300wsm/win mag's running 180's... Over 300 yds there is very little difference in trajectory and if you sight in for that weight projie it won't be an issue.
The differences in weight and designs...
I'm sure the Woody would be a great choice too. We experience the same issues with obtaining barnes projies too. I see Cabelas had a sale on them recently but they won't ship OS!
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