possumtrapper
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- Location
- Rotorua New Zealand
one of the first 25 rifles brought into New Zealand in early 2012 at the time it had a trigger that wouldn't move until it had 5.6kg on it and wouldn't break until 7.6kg some sand paper and a bit of polishing brought it down to 4kg breaking (it came at a price later in the timeline).
at the end of March 2012 it arrived at work
after a 10 hour wait until i could get home i put a scope on and tried to go out the sight it in but the weather prevented me doing so
two weeks later..
first wallaby (it is full grown)
a little while later after discovering what load it liked it started producing results
the day before one of my week long hunting trips the locally built custom suppressor arrived
on the 19th of may my first Red deer stag ( Cervus elaphus scoticus)
the long weekend kit, back when it was easy to get.
August 2012 NEA's first goat
next one at 285m
4 months later (and a few more goats that weren't up to being photographed in between)
the next day Turkeys were up
In November a staged picture of 800 rounds
notice they don't have primers
January 2013 a 5 day trip to the same location the stag was shot in a bit of a rush forgot the tent... managed to improvise though
a 1.5l coke bottle at 105m (IOR 2.5-10X42 at 10X)
some fresh tracks
by this time some defects in the other NEAs had become known within a range of the serial numbers mine was outside this range so thought i had missed out, 10 months and it was my turn
fortunately digits very prompt with fixing issues and a replacement bolt was sent and waiting for me when i returned a few days later. No i didnt cancel the trip when the bolt broke a lug instead i put the .22 kit in and ran that for the next few days getting some 38 possums (cat sized furry tree and bird eating introduced pest marsupial.)
the rifle at this point was at a estimated 1400 rounds fired (not including .22lr) and has settled nicely to be the most accurate rifle i have.
this was the one off i haven't quite managed to do it again the average group is 16mm
around February this year the effect of my polishing the trigger earlier came back to haunt me with this
i had polished through the hard facing and with a worn disconnecter this allowed for runaway firing if i held the trigger just right
replacement trigger parts were ordered the same day,
May this year...
week long hunting trip
and on the 19th Red deer number 2 ( mature female measured 2.4m nose to tail and 112cm high at the shoulder or about 30-40% bigger than the spiker i got the year before) like the stag shot at 90m she made it 30m into the bush (lung shot) with it being just on dusk it took me two attempts and a hour and a half to locate her, only to find after dressing her that i could only just lift her but couldn't carry her out so had no choice but to drag her back out slide her up the boat oars and down a log into the boat i brought her home like that and skinned and processed her on the porch.
salted the skin then sent it to be tanned like the spikers skin, Although the reds are common and classed as a pest i have a respect for deer that i don't feel towards other animals i hunt. I guess i respect the fact they have evolved and survived being hunted by man since we learned we could eat them if we could catch them and they're are still here. For that reason and the fact i only kill one or two deer a year as the freezer gets empty (no i don't eat it all the time pretty much only for special occasions.) i get every skin tanned professionally.
i had a brief foray into a 18" upper for the past 2 months but when i put it to the chronograph found the extra length only gave a average of 55fps on the 60gr projectiles i run took it for a goat and wallaby hunt anyway
this was the first 3 shots
the next day at 500 yards (10 rounds)
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a wallaby
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18" goat 2 weeks ago
4 seconds worth
in a hut 4 weeks ago
for the first day of the 2 day goat hunting trip i had a video camera mounted under the rifle it got the following video of the goat hunting (yes things dont allways go as planned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdh5eJk788
at the end of March 2012 it arrived at work
after a 10 hour wait until i could get home i put a scope on and tried to go out the sight it in but the weather prevented me doing so
two weeks later..
first wallaby (it is full grown)a little while later after discovering what load it liked it started producing results
the day before one of my week long hunting trips the locally built custom suppressor arrived
on the 19th of may my first Red deer stag ( Cervus elaphus scoticus)
the long weekend kit, back when it was easy to get.
August 2012 NEA's first goat
next one at 285m
4 months later (and a few more goats that weren't up to being photographed in between)
the next day Turkeys were up
In November a staged picture of 800 rounds
notice they don't have primers January 2013 a 5 day trip to the same location the stag was shot in a bit of a rush forgot the tent... managed to improvise though
a 1.5l coke bottle at 105m (IOR 2.5-10X42 at 10X)
some fresh tracks
by this time some defects in the other NEAs had become known within a range of the serial numbers mine was outside this range so thought i had missed out, 10 months and it was my turn
fortunately digits very prompt with fixing issues and a replacement bolt was sent and waiting for me when i returned a few days later. No i didnt cancel the trip when the bolt broke a lug instead i put the .22 kit in and ran that for the next few days getting some 38 possums (cat sized furry tree and bird eating introduced pest marsupial.)
the rifle at this point was at a estimated 1400 rounds fired (not including .22lr) and has settled nicely to be the most accurate rifle i have.
this was the one off i haven't quite managed to do it again the average group is 16mm
around February this year the effect of my polishing the trigger earlier came back to haunt me with this
i had polished through the hard facing and with a worn disconnecter this allowed for runaway firing if i held the trigger just right
replacement trigger parts were ordered the same day,
May this year...
week long hunting trip
and on the 19th Red deer number 2 ( mature female measured 2.4m nose to tail and 112cm high at the shoulder or about 30-40% bigger than the spiker i got the year before) like the stag shot at 90m she made it 30m into the bush (lung shot) with it being just on dusk it took me two attempts and a hour and a half to locate her, only to find after dressing her that i could only just lift her but couldn't carry her out so had no choice but to drag her back out slide her up the boat oars and down a log into the boat i brought her home like that and skinned and processed her on the porch.
salted the skin then sent it to be tanned like the spikers skin, Although the reds are common and classed as a pest i have a respect for deer that i don't feel towards other animals i hunt. I guess i respect the fact they have evolved and survived being hunted by man since we learned we could eat them if we could catch them and they're are still here. For that reason and the fact i only kill one or two deer a year as the freezer gets empty (no i don't eat it all the time pretty much only for special occasions.) i get every skin tanned professionally.
i had a brief foray into a 18" upper for the past 2 months but when i put it to the chronograph found the extra length only gave a average of 55fps on the 60gr projectiles i run took it for a goat and wallaby hunt anyway
this was the first 3 shots
the next day at 500 yards (10 rounds)
[/URLa wallaby
[URL=http://s56.photobucket.com/user/401018/media/DSCF2873Large_zps4a6dad91.jpg.html]
18" goat 2 weeks ago
4 seconds worth
in a hut 4 weeks ago
for the first day of the 2 day goat hunting trip i had a video camera mounted under the rifle it got the following video of the goat hunting (yes things dont allways go as planned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdh5eJk788
