The firearm thread

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 20:34

Originally Posted by Swoop

I can supply the recipe for Pukeko if you would like?

Thanks mate but I think I know that recipe.
Toss the Pukeko in a pot with an old boot. Bring to the boil and simmer for ten hours, then throw away the Pukeko and eat the boot?

**Swoop** · 18th May 2007, 20:50

Originally Posted by beyond

Thanks mate but I think I know that recipe.
Toss the Pukeko in a pot with an old boot. Bring to the boil and simmer for ten hours, then throw away the Pukeko and eat the boot?

Almost... A river stone is the secret ingredient!

**Sniper** · 18th May 2007, 21:02

Hmmm, just spent last weekend in Blenheim.

Now have a freezer full of Duck, rabbit and pig.

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 21:04

Originally Posted by Sniper

Hmmm, just spent last weekend in Blenheim.

Now have a freezer full of Duck, rabbit and pig.

Ya lucky bugga!

Wanna move up here so I can have some wild pork and crackle?

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 21:06

Last year I sold my remington 260, rather traded it in on a new Stainless Tikka 22-250 I love my shooting but have been so busy riding over the last year that I have never sighted it in or even put a round through it. How bad is that.

I've heard the 22-250 goes off with a crack nearly as loud as a .270??

**Sniper** · 18th May 2007, 21:08

Originally Posted by beyond

Ya lucky bugga!

Wanna move up here so I can have some wild pork and crackle?

Anytime Im up there mate (which could be a while away) But if you are ever down here, yell out.

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 21:15

Thanks mate I will. Love long distance shooting and working out trajectories, windage and elevation. It's a real science.

I took out a goat at 450 metres with my .270 once shotting uphill. My mate reckoned I would never plug it. Dropped it while it was walking. had to aim quite high above it though and worked the trajectory out from the bullet drop on the packet

A couple of years back used to possum shoot three or four nights a week. Kept computer records so I could tell the farmers it wasn't me if they blamed someone for shooting stock. Shot well over 50,000 of the buggers and wore out three .22's

**Sniper** · 18th May 2007, 21:23

Originally Posted by beyond

Thanks mate I will. Love long distance shooting and working out trajectories, windage and elevation. It's a real science.

I took out a goat at 450 metres with my .270 once shotting uphill. My mate reckoned I would never plug it. Dropped it while it was walking. had to aim quite high above it though and worked the trajectory out from the bullet drop on the packet

A couple of years back used to possum shoot three or four nights a week. Kept computer records so I could tell the farmers it wasn't me if they blamed someone for shooting stock. Shot well over 50,000 of the buggers and wore out three .22's

Well done. Hell of a shot when shooting up hill and baseing your theory on a packet

Mind you, Im not a reload person, although I have tried, I never got it right.

I can't honestly say what a 22 250 sounds like mate, but I know a .270 can put one hell of a hole in feral cats

If you are ever down here mate, I have a couple of spots with pig problems. Same goes for anyone else I trust behind a rifle

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 21:30

Originally Posted by Sniper

Well done. Hell of a shot when shooting up hill and baseing your theory on a packet

Mind you, Im not a reload person, although I have tried, I never got it right.

I can't honestly say what a 22 250 sounds like mate, but I know a .270 can put one hell of a hole in feral cats

If you are ever down here mate, I have a couple of spots with pig problems. Same goes for anyone else I trust behind a rifle

Makes me wanna pack up and come down straight away. I have always loved shooting. Feral cats are cool to shoot. Possums don't look too hot after you hit them with a .270 round either especially when you shoot them from the ground and they are sitting on top of a branch. That's certianly a time to run before the cat meat comes down. LOL

**Sniper** · 18th May 2007, 21:37

Originally Posted by beyond

Makes me wanna pack up and come down straight away. I have always loved shooting. Feral cats are cool to shoot. Possums don't look too hot after you hit them with a .270 round either especially when you shoot them from the ground and they are sitting on top of a branch. That's certianly a time to run before the cat meat comes down. LOL

Lol, yea, I remember shooting feral cats and rabbits with my .308. I was told I nees psyciatric help as I always burst out laughing when I hit them.

Yea I've just recently got into hunting again in NZ. I used to do a bit with Dad back in SA, but I never really had folk who wanted to take me hunting. Something about a South African kid who burst out laughing whemn shooting small creatures with large calibure weapons unsettle them.

You got blocks up there to shooot?

**beyond** · 18th May 2007, 21:42

Yeah, I got onto quite a few farms at one stage. large blocks with goat, possum and rabbit problems. Ended up having the Council get me onto properties as I used to hunt a lot to get fit.

BUT: a large block up here is a farmlet comapred to the blocks you have down there. Used to stay on a farm in Otago when I was a kid over summer hols. Called Isla Downs just after Dunback and before the Pigroot. Was a big 35,000 acre sheep station. Now that's a block

Loved those times. Used to know people on the Rock and Pillar range too. A mate of mine used to hunt rabbits along the Waimak near you.

**Sniper** · 18th May 2007, 21:45

Originally Posted by beyond

Yeah, I got onto quite a few farms at one stage. large blocks with goat, possum and rabbit problems. Ended up having the Council get me onto properties as I used to hunt a lot to get fit.

BUT: a large block up here is a farmlet comapred to the blocks you have down there. Used to stay on a farm in Otago when I was a kid over summer hols. Called Isla Downs just after Dunback and before the Pigroot. Was a big 35,000 acre sheep station. Now that's a block

Loved those times. Used to know people on the Rock and Pillar range too. A mate of mine used to hunt rabbits along the Waimak near you.

Wicked. Yea Ive thought of contacting DOC and asking them if they have anywhere thats needs "maintenance". I usually go for walks by meself