show us ya hunting set up.......

[Sir Roofy]

around 100m per second or 318ft per second talking old school with arrow + sharp bit weighing anywhere between 300gn and 500


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looks impressive but combuson you would have to be in a clear patch so you didnt get fowled up in the bushes

[growler2058]

Definitely mate need to sharpen the ol stalking skills!!!


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[Irish]

Is that a modifide 303 and the ammo for them was designed to go thruogh the body not much good for
samba even in the early days of deer hunting they lost a lot by the projectile passing through

Yeah mate, it's a sporterised 303.

You're half right, the military rounds for them were designed to go through people and do a lot of damage on the way through(FMJ), but you'd have to be a bit silly to use mil surp rounds for hunting game.

There is an abundance of civilian hunting ammo available for them off the shelf from all the major manufacturers with hunting projectiles that mushroom up nicely and hang onto a lot of weight. Remington corelokts and winchester SuperX spring to mind straight away.
I make up handloads for mine using Hornady projectiles.

[Silver]

Yeah mate, it's a sporterised 303.

You're half right, the military rounds for them were designed to go through people and do a lot of damage on the way through(FMJ), but you'd have to be a bit silly to use mil surp rounds for hunting game.

There is an abundance of civilian hunting ammo available for them off the shelf from all the major manufacturers with hunting projectiles that mushroom up nicely and hang onto a lot of weight. Remington corelokts and winchester SuperX spring to mind straight away.
I make up handloads for mine using Hornady projectiles.

Hi Irish,

I've just gone over to Hornady SSTs in my 6.5x55. I have yet to check velocity but expect it to be around 2500 fps. planned game is pig. I can confirm they kill paper targets stone dead :-) What did you go for in your .303 loads?

[Sir Roofy]

definitely mate need to sharpen the ol stalking skills!!!


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your not alone there,was out a little while ago and had my hearing aids in perfect for hunting
but alas the noise i was making was un bearable lmao and i thought i was being quite was like walking
on corn flakes

[Irish]

Hi Irish,

I've just gone over to Hornady SSTs in my 6.5x55. I have yet to check velocity but expect it to be around 2500 fps. planned game is pig. I can confirm they kill paper targets stone dead :-) What did you go for in your .303 loads?

I've kept the powder charge on the low side(60yr old rifle), having some success with between 39 & 40gn of AR2208, using the 150gn Interlock soft point spitzers. Playing around with seating depth now.
I wouldn't mind trying out a few more projectile types in it, as the only others I've used for the 303 are Sierra matchkings, which are not something I want to be hunting with.
Gets to be a bit of an expensive exercise if you but a box of projectiles and they dont like your gun though, so i'm a bit hesitant.


I use the Nosler balistic tip boattails in 55gn in the 223 and they group really well, so I've just got to sit down and bust out a bunch to have on hand.

[growler2058]

I'm excited I've got my bow
It's a Bear Mauler set at 70lb no broad heads yet but look out if yer a white dot
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Sighting it in 1st grouping
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Slight sight adjustment
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And another adjustment
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Look out white dots here I come hahahhhaahahaha
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I haven't shot a bow for 10 years its a bit windy today and I was watching the sights waver all over the place but I'm happy with that so far. Got heaps of practicing to do before I go chasing bunnies and foxes on my mates property, then hopefully pigs one day


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[megatexture]

nice one mate what distance is that ? makes me want to upgrade my bow that one looks sweet mines like 15 yr old now maybe a new toy will get me back into it mmm..

[growler2058]

The groupings are 10m and the scattered white dots are at 20m gotta get to a range hopefully this Saturday and set the other 3 pins out to 50m


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[growler2058]

Also I bought mine from an eBay store in the US was $300 cheaper than in oz and came with arrows and a release aid
Got the arrows cut down (6) to suit my draw length today and field points and bought an arm guard for $25


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