Going’s to use it Saturday night

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kickinback
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What profile is the barrel Mark?


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kickinback wrote: Fri May 18, 2018 12:22 pm What profile is the barrel Mark?


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It’s a hart west coast taper
But put simply very close to a no6 light varmint
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Cheers mate.


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mistit wrote: Fri May 18, 2018 7:20 am
LoneRider wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 8:41 pm very purdy woody :D
howa ? what cal ?
hOWA :shock:
That's like looking at a Ferrari and asking if that's a convertible Holden Astra :lol:
yeah i understand,but... the tail of the bolt is the same as my hoowas...
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Get stuck into them. Hope it all works and your happy with it.
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LoneRider wrote: Fri May 18, 2018 5:18 pm
mistit wrote: Fri May 18, 2018 7:20 am
LoneRider wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 8:41 pm very purdy woody :D
howa ? what cal ?
hOWA :shock:
That's like looking at a Ferrari and asking if that's a convertible Holden Astra :lol:
yeah i understand,but... the tail of the bolt is the same as my hoowas...
All good just having a joke with you :D
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i know... and if ya werent,doesnt matter,ive thicker skin than a rhino [a life time of being a shit stirrer will give ya that]
if ya look at the hoowa bolt and yours you will see why i made the mistake :wink:
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mistit wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 8:07 pm Look forward to giving it a run Saturday arvo and night F92D1249-8FE8-41B9-98D1-4408AEFDCEB3.jpeg2575929F-8325-4C59-8C8D-D416916E609C.jpeg
How did it go ? Been watching waiting for the report. Or did I miss it
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matang wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 7:53 pm
mistit wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 8:07 pm Look forward to giving it a run Saturday arvo and night F92D1249-8FE8-41B9-98D1-4408AEFDCEB3.jpeg2575929F-8325-4C59-8C8D-D416916E609C.jpeg
How did it go ? Been watching waiting for the report. Or did I miss it
I've missed it too, though he didn't say WHICH Saturday night :wink:
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Well we got to sit around the fire tell tales and laugh but we didn't do a lot of shooting as there was a slight issue which we have now taken care of
Stay tuned for a full report in the next fortnight
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the cartridge on the left is a 6 mm Paroz what I ended up going gives better velocity with ease over the swift improved
More to come one I work it out some more
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Smokin', some more details on the cartridge would be appreciated. :D
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Did Matt make use of a dasher reamer or 243 ackley run in short?
Looks interesting
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204 Hunter wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:40 pm Did Matt make use of a dasher reamer or 243 ackley run in short?
Looks interesting
Yeah made use of a dasher reamer and I use a small false shoulder to fire form
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