Recent content by ChrisP

I'd be looking at a 3.5-18 Z5 Swarovski. They're pretty light weight but impeccable optics. I've have a range of Leupolds and Nightforces including an ATACR but the Z5 on my 280 Ackley is a favourite.

Same here in New Zealand. Zero formalities or fees. When you think about it, why should there be? They're a noise reducer, not a complete noise eliminator. If they'd been a common item here in the past, I wouldn't have fitted so many hearing aids to old shooters. My gunsmith/buddy is a classic...

That's exactly what I've got on my "long range rig" :) It's fitted to a smallbore rifle and I shoot SK Match through it. Have nailed plenty of rabbits at 120-130yds. Any rabbit or pest bird within 150yds is in dire danger unless it's blowing.

But the point is, did you hit anything consistently?? :) (referring to the 600yd shooter)

Umm, check the videos earlier in the thread :))

The next step (if you get the chance) is to compare the NXS against an ATAC-R..

I'm late to the discussion but very interesting reading. My single experience might be somewhat at variance with the published results. I have an accurate .223 HB varmint rifle that had a "mishap". I was riding the quad along a bumpy farm track and the mounting on the front gunrack yoke broke...

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What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? New Zealand, occasionally Oklahoma What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? 7mm-08 -------------------------------------- Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition? NO...

Most excellent article and long overdue I feel. One aspect that needs greater emphasis is wind estimation. As an NRA shooter I well know the vagaries of wind and in the real world without flags, you're in WAG (wild a-- guess) territory. How many guys can confidently distinguish a 5mph from a...