bentaz wrote:It's a Winchester 37a, it's got a serial number so it's a post 1968 model. I picked it up on the weekend for $50 coz it was missing the fore end.
I have a soft spot for these winny and cooey singles so I already had a forend I'd picked up at a show, it's off an 840 but the checkering is the only difference.
A good friend of mine, an elderly lady from my RSL has 100 acres just up the road, it was her father's soldier settlement block and she keeps it for the sentimental value and only runs about 20 sheep up there, just enough wool to pay the rates, when I started going up there a couple of years ago there where thousands of rabbits and God knows how many foxes and myself and my brother have been slowly clearing them out.
I used to go up with a shotty and get a dozen in no time but now there are only smart and weary ones left, same with the foxes used to just walk around and bump into them an bam.
I usually load with no. 2s coz it'll knock over a fox but not destroy the bunnies which I slow cook sometimes but mostly just feed to my pig atm.
I'm mostly a shotgun kind of a guy but I've got a 222 coming so I can start sniping up there coz everything's sort of worked out the shotgun range.
Anyway that's about the size of it
headspace wrote:bentaz wrote:KWhorenet wrote:New target species here are 70 something Grey bearded 'snakes in the grass' with disabled stickers on windscreens...
Do I need to get a game licence or can I just pop on down and cull a few?
Speaking as a 70 year old myself, and a shooter, you just may want to think twice about the "cull a few" remark. I still know how to return fire, and that was a pretty stupid thing to put on a public forum. Scott, here's what 70 years can still get up mate.
JD
bentaz wrote:Ease up turbo it's just a harmless joke and no stupider than "returning fire" comments
Nice buff though
bentaz wrote:Took the new old shotties out for a stroll this arvo and got these guys. got another but he did a happy dance back in under the gorse bushes, I guess he must of been camera shy
headspace wrote:The Buff was shot with my 308 using 165gn Barnes MRX. The bullet was recovered from under the skin on the far side and weighed 144.1gn. Fair enough on the comment mate, but I'm not sure "culling a few" is appropriate given the Greens attitude. My point being that they will take anything they can out of context. By the way, the Buff was shot about an hour from where I live in Northern NSW. A local farmer thought he would try farming them and one way or another they went feral. Every so often a few of us go out and "cull a few."
JD
Title_II wrote:You can't eat feral hogs? That sucks
We have them here. In some places people just have to exterminate them but the meat is fine.
petemacsydney wrote:night vision sighted in, ammo box full and camo clothes on standby... its a hunt weekend! cant wait to get back out there and hopefully bag some feral's.
Title_II wrote:It ate your face!
zobster wrote:Not quite a cull op, but we did shoot a fair few. Kept 3 for dog tucker. Freezer filled with venison at the moment so didn't take any. Usually I'll keep a couple for mince to make burgers, sauce etc.
zobster wrote:
This was shot tonight. The largest I've got so far. Was shot at about 50m. Awesome night out!
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
zobster wrote:
This was shot tonight. The largest I've got so far. Was shot at about 50m. Awesome night out!
Title_II wrote:You can't eat feral hogs? That sucks
bentaz wrote:.222 sure makes mince meat of them compared to the old 12G I'm used to.
bentaz wrote:Haven't done any reloading for it yet, just emptying out some cases in preparation.
I'm waiting for my LGS to get in a shellplate for my press.