NZ Long Range Hunting

[Jimm]

NZ LRHunter ,

Howdy ! many congrats on your sucesses, especially your sons first at LR.

It is too much fun eh ? Also to think you get to do it year round ! Does the temps throw a kink in processing the game ?

Thanks a mill for your story and pix , how about some elk shootings , you do have american elk over there yes? Thought I had read about them over ther a few years back .

So , how hard is it for a fellow from the states to come there and hunt?

Jim B.

[IDAHO PREACHER]

NZ I enjoyed your adventures with your sons. Does the suspressor effect the velocity of the bullet any? It is evident it doesn't effect accuracy. Please continue to post. IP

[Charles A]

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Does the suspressor effect the velocity of the bullet any? It is evident it doesn't effect accuracy.

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Not NZ, however suppressers actually increase accuracy, and usually velocity, due to a less turbulent release of the projectile.

[wildcat]

NZ, Awsome story!!!! and good looking rifle. Can you give us the specs on your rifle, would like to hear about it. By the way, welcome to LRH.

Wildcat

[yotefever]

Great story and loved the pics. It sure is nice to see how it's done in other parts of the world.
Back in '04 I got to compete with three NZ shooters in Ohio for handgun silhouette. Had a good time talking with them about NZ.

[NZ Longranger]

Thanks again for your comments guys.

Jim B, we call them wapiti here in NZ and they live in the remotest, wildest mountains we have, Fiordland. I go south to hunt them every year, its my favourite extreme wilderness hunting experience. Our wapiti used to be as big as your best elk, but unfortuinately through interbreeding with the red deer, their body and antler size has diminished somewhat. I'll post up some pics when I get a minute.
Anybody can come hunt in NZ, anytime of year, but antlers are hard from March to September if you're after trophies.

Blas 93, I don't know Lethien Valley outfitters but that doesn't mean anything. Tahr hunting is another one of my favourites and they are a species that ideally suit long range hunting, due to how high they live in the mountains.

I.P., Charles A. pretty much answered your question. Accuracy wise, barrel harmonics are helped by having weight in front of the muzzle, which is why barrel tuners work. A suppressor acts as a fixed tuner.

Wildcat, some specs on this rifle in post somewhere above, let me know if there's anything else you want to know.

Greg

What is the thing on the end of the barrel a silencer?or some sort of tuning device?