Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2016 i Sporting Shooter

Leupold – DeltaPoint Pro Get dead-on target in a split second without losing awareness of your surrounds. The DeltaPoint Pro reflex sight offers a bright, crisp reticle and an exceptionally wide field of view with unmatched edge-to-edge clarity. The lightweight aluminium housing is shrouded by spring steel for the ultimate in ruggedness while the aspheric lens generates a wide field of view with some of the best image quality seen in a reflex sight. Leupold’s patented motion sensor technology discerns any movement of the sight and automatically activates the illumination which is inset into a light tunnel to reduce the light signature in tactical situations. The auto-brightness sensor immediately and continuously samples the current lighting condition to provide optimal reticle intensity or this feature can be overridden should a manual…

FROM MARTIN AULDIST – WEBSITE EDITOR FROM MARTIN AULDIST – WEBSITE EDITOR Following a marked rise in stock thefts on the back of soaring meat prices, the NSW Government wants to give police on-the-spot powers to confiscate and impound equipment belonging to suspected feral goat poachers. www.sportingshootermag.com.au/latest/goat-poachers-in-police-sights THIS MONTH’S MOST POPULAR STORIES 1. Pig dogs shot, five men charged at Coolabah, NSW 2. Historic firearm destroyed because it wasn’t registered 3. Environmentalists opposed bowfishing trial 4. Test report: The businesslike Tikka T3 Hunter 5. Anzac Range is secure for the moment 6. Rabbit control by shooting, with Steve Larsson (Video) 7. Lauryn Mark’s top 5 tips for better shotgun shooting 8. Win big with the Sporting Shooter Buyer’s Guide 9. Reloading the .17 Hornet 10. Is there a minimum area of land…

I CAME across a bottle of Hoppe’s No 9 recently, quite by accident. Now, in all my time as a shooter I confess I had never used it, although I loved its perfume, which in the old days was due to a banana oil additive. In fact you can buy Hoppe’s No 9 Car Air Freshener pads now to hang off your mirror, such is the attractiveness of the aroma. But I digress. The following week at the range I commenced using it after putting 32 rapidfire rounds through my No1 .303 that day and substituting my normal brew with Hoppe’s No 9. I ran a sodden patch down the bore twice, ran a stiff nylon bristle brush up and down 20 times, then ran another Hoppe’s patch through and…

AN ASSORTMENT OF HUNTING FACTS & FIGURES THE modern "mountain rifle? is a trim, no-frills centrefire firearm with every gram of extra stock and metal trimmed away to ease the burden for the hunter who humps it all day in steep, rugged terrain. I can't argue against that definition, but I think that it wrongly implies that only those who hunt the high sierras need an ultralight scoped outfit. Nor is it only older hunters who are needful of a wandlike rig. Lately there's been a trend for manufacturers to keep shaving weight and they keep bringing out lighter and lighter rifles with thinner barrels and trimmer stocks. No, this doesn't mean that gunmakers think all hunters are unfit or puny. But no matter what their reason is, there's no…

NT Goose Hunting Guide There is excellent waterfowl hunting on four hunting reserves open to the general public in close proximity of Darwin. Its well within reach of anybody who’d like a crack at them. The areas are Harrison Dam Conservation Reserve, Howard Springs Hunting Reserve, Lambell’s Lagoon Conservation Reserve and Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve. You need a permit to hunt waterfowl that can be obtained from NT Parks and Wildlife Commission. You can apply for an electronic permit on http://www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/permits#.VrqNyeaFnx4 There you can find the rules and regulations regarding shot sizes, firearms permitted and opening and closing dates and also bag limits. In 2015 shooters were allowed seven magpie geese and 10 ducks per day. Opening dates, closing dates and bag limits can change from year to year. Steel…

Letters containing questions for answering by Nick Harvey must be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Mail your letters to: The Technical Editor, 3 Reef Street, Hill End, NSW 2850. Fancy Names For Mauser 98s Q What can you tell me about a pair of Mauser 98 rifles that I saw mention of in an old magazine? One labelled "Sun Lion" and the other "Freedom Bird." I've asked around, but nobody seems to have ever heard of these names. – Harry Logan A I have only a vague memory of those fanciful names for military Mauser rifles, but knew where to look to find the answer. They were coined back in the early 1960s by a big American company called Interarmco who were advertising a wide variety of ex-military rifles…

THIS year is the 79th anniversary of the Winchester Model 70 considered by three generations of shooters to be the finest bolt action ever designed. Over the years The Model 70 has been celebrated as "The Rifleman's Rifle," and this is true, but the Model 70 Featherweight deserves a different title for it's definitely more of a "Hunter's Rifle." The greatest feature of the current Model 70 Classic action is its massive controlled-round feed claw extractor. The post-'64 and post-'68 push-feed actions weren't all that bad, and they gave the cartridge head increased support, but to the aficionado they weren't real Model 70s because they didn't have controlled round feed. Yep, I'm one of them! The Model 70 Classic has a coned barrel (inherited from the previous Model 54), along…

1. Always use a rod guide to protect your bore and chamber from rubbing grit, which is carried on the rod to the rifling if not guided down the bore centre. attaching itself to . Hoppe’s make a Universal Model which, judging by its other products, will be functional and of good quality. 2. Let the chemicals do the work. Endlessly rubbing a rod up and down the bore is tiring and boring (sorry) and can be counterproductive, damaging the rifling as your technique inevitably gets sloppy. Rather, use a few solvent saturated patches first, then a stiff nylon or hog bristle brush for a dozen cycles, another two single pass solvent patches and leave the rifle horizontal for a while, overnight if possible. (Safe with Hoppe’s, not with aggressive…

Author: Bill Hambly-Clark; 588 pages; only available from the publisher: Black Duck Publishing, P.O Box 146, Barcaldine, Qld 4725. Price: $120.00 inc. registered post. Reviewed by Nick Harvey THIS is the definitive work on "riflesmithing," describing in detail the skills and techniques involved not only in building custom rifles, but creating an accurate centrefire rifle. That's what this new book is all about. According to its author, my old friend, Bill Hambly-Clark, it's a book for the gunsmith who wants to specialise, and for the do-it-yourselfer who has accumulated the skills, tools and equipment most gunsmiths have. Not only are step-by-step instructions provided, but the theory behind the mechanics is explained in detail. Chapter headings tell the story. There's twelve chapters, explaining in fine detail, everything you need to know,…

The editor asked for some goose recipes and there are plenty of ways to prepare them. 1. A whole goose slow roasted in a camp oven with spuds, pumpkin and any other vegetables that take your fancy make for a memorable meal around a camp fire. You can achieve the same results at home in the oven but without the atmosphere of the bush setting. 2. Removing the breast meat and turning them into Goose schnitzel buy beating them out to the desired thickness, dusted with plain flour then dipped in beaten egg and coating with bread crumbs, then cooked in a pan with oil and served with veg and gravy is a favourite in the Smith household. 3. Cutting the breast meat into cubes and threading them onto kebab…

BUCK Fever, what a bastard it can be! I reckon there are two types of this fever – the 'pre-shot' and the 'post-shot.' The 'post-shot' first happened to me after I had shot my first sambar stag nearly 10 years ago. The actual shooting of the stag happened so quickly that it was shoot quick or miss out altogether, so the 'pre-shot' fever never had a chance to set in. It was only when I approached the downed animal that the shakes started, taking over my whole body, I couldn't even talk properly, no doubt at the realisation that I had actually shot my first sambar. While delayed buck fever is a funny experience, it is the 'pre-shot' fever that really gets the body going into overdrive. Like I'm sure…