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    China has in the past, and probably still are, notorious for making counterfeit knives. What I do find encouraging is that they are now making knives - usually copies of well know brands - and instead of trying to flog them off as the genuine deal are running them under their own Brand Name. Here is one for instance, the Duoclang F1 It is obviously a copy of the famous and expensive Fallkniven F1 and instead of being made with 3G steel it is made with VG10. That said, Fallkniven themselves are now offering the F1 in VG10. However, if this knife is as good as some of the other c
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    Thanks for that @Deker, I missed that section. Cheers Phil
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    First up, I hope that I have got this in the right forum. If not let me know. National pests. I guess every country has them - and no, I'm not talking about Politicians. I just thought it could be interesting to exchange a bit of information as to what constitutes a pest in your particular area and/or country, why they are a pest and what is being done to control them. Here in New Zealand we have various pests that are causing widespread economic damage to our rural farming community, and national parks. And what is most important about these two economic areas in New Zealand?
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    The "6.5 Anything" seems to be fashionable at this moment, and probably with good cause. The 6.5 calibre bullet has proved itself a good and capable choice since 1891 and there are a lot of cartridge case choices to push them with. I personally have a love for the 6.5's but just haven't had the time to fully explore or use them. As for the recoil in .270......I find this interesting.. I myself always believed that a .270 kick was rather fearsome, so in the early days I went with .308 and didn't regret it. Then only 6 months ago I decided that I needed something with a little more reach an
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    I am probably a little biased as I have a .270 and a .308 that I use regularly. I also have a 6.5x55 that for one reason or another I haven't put one shot through as yet. However, when looking at another calibre I look to Nathan Foster from Ballistic Studies. Again a bias on my part perhaps as he is also a Kiwi. Here is an article on the .270 that he has done..... .270 Winchester WWW.BALLISTICSTUDIES.COM He has also done an extensive piece on the 6.5 Creedmoor but unfortunately that is only in his books at this time. And then have y
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    Well a quick update regarding the Easter Bunny. Last week I took delivery of another picatinny rail and was able to get the Infiray GL35 thermal attached and sighted in on the .223. On Friday night I took it up the hill to one very large paddock that we have here and laid waste to 23 hapless hares. Why do I say hapless? Well, because I don't relish killing any animals. They are just doing what the universe deemed they should do. I can only take out these little pests because of the economic damage that they cause. I guess it is all about survival of the fittest or superior.....or somethin
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    Is there a need for handheld radios while hunting? Well, I guess, that depends entirely on your hunting style. For Sharon and I, the way we hunt together we decided that, yes, there was a very definite need. Our reasons are as follows. 1/. I’m am a really deaf old bugger and wear hearing aids. In the field they pick up the wind and make my hearing useless at times, plus I can’t hear Sharon if she is whispering to me at just about anytime. 2/. We separate at times when out hunting. Even though we only ever carry one rifle between us, we still do most of our hunting at n
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    Interesting @extreme hunter, numbers seem to be up in many places. Here in New Zealand we feel it is a multifaceted reason. Up until the 70's we used to have a government run Deer Culling department which kept the numbers to a manageable level throughout all of the State Forest's. Then some smart buggers....in the late 60's, but it didn't catch on until the 70's....decided that they would try and farm deer and it worked out really well. Then came the issue with stocking the farms quickly. More bright buggers from the back country decided they could net deer wild deer from a helicopter and
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    First up, some background. New Zealand hunters don’t seem to be big on Quick Detach mounts for scopes. This is possibly because we have never had a large following of the AR Platform and since the terrorist attack on the Mosque and the Arms-Buyback the AR platform is now securely in the hands of Police and Defence only with a smattering in the hands of collectors and serious Pest Control operators - those mainly operating out of helicopters. Hence, there seems to be a lack of knowledge and experience in QD mounts. This is starting to change with the advent of Thermal Scopes and especially if t
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    We have an excess of wild game in the freezers that Sharon is trying to use up. This morning simple Venison Schnitzel and onions. Yesterday, Wild Boar Patties. Oh, how I yearn to be back on just eggs. Cheers Phil
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    That's cruel @Rowan. The poor lad has just said that he wants to learn how to stop buying rifles and you suggest a good site where he can get more. He's obviously a recovering compulsive gun freak.....and you encourage him. I bet you stop outside AA meetings and offer the members a lift down to the local liquor store......? Cheers Phil
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    Another problem we don't have here thank God.....? Cheers Phil
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    Yes, here in New Zealand there is or was a following of two camps, those firmly in the Pard corner and those in the Sytong corner. I think that has died away to a point now, one, because the Sytong franchise discounted their prices nationally but the Pard franchise wouldn't move on price; and two, with thermal getting so much cheaper, more hunters and pest control agents are choosing that option. Also, the pest animals we shoot at night tend more to be pig and deer and often at longer ranges and in bush which the thermal is better suited than NV. Cheers Phil
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    That indeed looks to be a devastating little sniper setup. I have also been using a Sytong66 on my single shot .308 with an auxiliary Sytong 850nm illuminator. That has served me well on deer and pigs out to 300 meters, in good weather, though just recently my darling wife Sharon presented with a Infiray GL35 thermal, so now getting my head around that.....with good effect I might add, a deer Friday week ago and 4 pigs over the last 2 nights. Cheers Phil
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    My go-to calibre has been .308 for which I developed a load using 130 gr Accubond. They have proved to be rather devastating on deer and pigs and have even taken a few wallabies with them (bit overkill for the wallabies). In the last 6 months I have been using a .270 and only using standard Winchester Super-X until I accumulate enough brass and then will make up a load with 130gr Barnes TTSX. I have been using TTSX's in the .223 and they work very well with small deer and pigs though you have to just be prepared to let the big animals walk on by unless you can guarantee a clean shot to a vital
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    What caliber are you using and what are you using on top of your rifle? Happy to say foxes aren't something we have to contend with in New Zealand. Did have a very large boar(s) eating lambs though last winter. I ended up taking out four of them to ensure that we got the offenders. Cheers Phil
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    Red deer is our predominant species. They can be found all over New Zealand except on Stewart Island where there is only American Whitetail. In fact I think Stewart Island is out only colony of Whitetail. We get Fallow scattered through out both islands, very prominent in the North Island. We also have Sika, Sambar and Rusa though they are all in the North Island. And then we have the Wapiti which is an elk found almost exclusively in the far south island. Where I am living and hunting is on the end of the Rakia catchment which is mostly Red deer with a few Fallow here and there, however,
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    I thought hunters in the northern regions of the globe might be interested in the deer management issues that we suffer down under... Deer Devils of the Deep South | Newsroom WWW.NEWSROOM.CO.NZ Glimpsing Bambi through the trees might be a thrill for townie and deerstalker alike, but as hungry deer... I am retired and as a free service to the farmers, I hunt in an effort to try and keep pig and deer numbers to a manageable level on three farms around me. As of last weekend, Sharon and I between us have taken 28 animals in the last 12 m
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    From my experience here, our boars don't seem to be that aggressive. In most instances they will try and evade you, though different case if you corner or bale them. Even then they might just try and run past you but their tusks are truly razor sharp and even an unintentional passing scrape can leave a huge gash. The only one that has looked like she was going to have a go at me was a big old sow whose piglet I had just dispatched. The noise of my chambering another round caused her to rethink it and she made a hasty retreat. Lucky for me and lucky for her. Cheers Phil
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    Hi @Bootsha, I personally use a Sytong HT-66. They are just a Pard NV007 copy or variant, and in New Zealand they come at about 2/3's the price of the Pard. I find mine works very well but as with all clip-on's, they can be a bit fiddly at night in the field. They have an advantage in that they can be easily swapped out between a number of rifles and there is no zeroing process. They are meant to be used with a scope that has parallax adjustment but at a pinch I have used them on scopes with a set parallax. Best way to find out about them other than getting your hands on one,
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    First off I shall be right up front and say that I don’t have an InfiRay tube TL35. For that matter I haven’t even looked through one or handled one. The closest that I have got is to look at one in a display cabinet. Further, I don’t have a dog is this fight either. I don’t sell thermals, promote any particular brand or have any interest apart from being a user of NV gear in general and am always looking for what suits my needs and best bang for my buck. - Damn, but that sounded like a lot of drivell. Anyway, a few months ago I did give consideration to a tube TL35 but dismissed it for m
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    Lights, Lamps, Torches, Spot Lights - we all have different names for them, so I will just refer to them as hunting lights. Here is my current collection. From left to right, UltraFire in white beam, Convoy C8+ in Red beam, Convoy C8+ in Green beam, Convoy L21B in Red beam and a Sofirn D25LR head lamp with a White beam and a Red beam. The UltraFire I picked up on Aliexpress a year or so ago, the Convoy have all come from a local light retailer here in New Zealand - Piercing the Darkness - and the Sofirn from Amazon. What do I use them all for? Well the UltraFi
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