Guns
Browning’s T-Bolt Speed: A straight pull and a straight shooter
By Don MacDonald- 7th Apr, 2020
- 1 Comment
Today’s New Zealand hunter expects something a little more special when purchasing a rifle...
Metallic Reloading 101 - Part 1: Brass
By Craig Maylam- 2nd Apr, 2020
- 2 Comments
Reloading ammunition is a topic that comes up from time to time with various articles on facets of reloading...
Managing Component Variations
By Grandpamac- 24th Mar, 2020
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Consulting current load data sources is always a good idea and lets us spot any that are out of line...
A Matter of Opinion
By Matthew Cameron- 16th Mar, 2020
- 2 Comments
Much of what is written about firearms and ammunition is in the main just opinion, it may or may not have...
Rob’s Reloading Ramblings - A bit of range time
By Rob Bedingfield- 10th Mar, 2020
- 4 Comments
There’s an ancient Chinese curse that says, “May you be born in interesting times.” Think about that and...
Rifles and Ammunition for Pest Control
By Mark Wheeler- 6th Mar, 2020
- 6 Comments
During the era of semi-automatics the AR platform, especially in .223, was everyone’s darling...
What the hell?! It’s a 30 Cal!
By Nik Maxwell- 28th Feb, 2020
- 6 Comments
Who can remember their first air rifle? Mine was a Diana Model 27, a true classic in air rifle manufacturing history...
Heavier projectiles in the 7mm-08
By Matthew Cameron- 24th Feb, 2020
- 10 Comments
Matthew Cameron experiments with New Zealand’s most popular deer cartridge...
Get ‘PAR’mped with a TROY Pump Action Rifle
By Kelvin Dixon- 17th Feb, 2020
- 5 Comments
The TROY Pump Action Rifle (PAR) is an interesting firearm. Folks tend to like it or hate it, there’s not a lot of middle ground...
Crosshairs Long Range Shooting School
By Selwyn Smith- 5th Feb, 2020
- 0 Comments
I looked at James with a slightly cynical, almost defeated smirk. “That’s a long, long way away Jimbo. We’re going to have one or three embarrassing moments...
Today’s .303 Surplus, rimmed for the extractor’s pleasure!
By Luke Dixon- 2nd Feb, 2020
- 7 Comments
If you’re the type with a penchant for surplus ammunition you’ll no doubt have been sucked into the ‘Feast or Famine’ that is feeding your military calibre...
Mikhail Margolin and his pistol: Blind Genius!
By Justin Bulling- 27th Jan, 2020
- 2 Comments
When the Soviet centrefire pistol team lined up for practice at the 1954 World Championships in Caracas, Venezuela there was great interest...
A Safe Maximum?
By Matthew Camerom- 21st Jan, 2020
- 2 Comments
If the rules are followed, processing components into useful ammunition is not all that difficult. In columns like this, and in the reloading manuals...
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Metallic Reloading 101 - Part 1: Brass
By Craig Maylam- 2nd Apr, 2020
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Heavier projectiles in the 7mm-08
By Matthew Cameron- 24th Feb, 2020
- 10 Comments
Browning’s T-Bolt Speed: A straight pull and a straight shooter
By Don MacDonald- 7th Apr, 2020
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What the hell?! It’s a 30 Cal!
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