Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2017 i Sporting Shooter

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. Handloading both cartridges is pretty straightforward.” Partial Case Sizing QI have a die set which has a full length die but no neck sizing die. The “expert” at my local gunshop told me that I don’t need a neck-sizing die and to partially size cases in my full-length die. What do you think of this method? – Lennie Hewitt AI don’t think much of the advice you’ve been given. Attempting to partially size (“neck-size”) certain cases in a standard full- length die by backing the die out so that the case is not pressed all the way in sometimes results in…

TIKKA rifles have long enjoyed an excellent reputation for accuracy. Many years ago I visited the Oy Tikkakoski Ab factory in the city of Tikkakoski where Tikka firearms were being made prior to 1989. At this time, the mid-1960s, I was amazed to watch workers hand-lapping every barrel before they were fitted to actions. I tested one of these rifles, an LA 65 DL (De- Luxe) on Tikka's indoor range and it fired five shots into a ragged one-hole group at 100 metres. It had a walnut stock with rollover comb, rosewood pistol grip cap and fore-end tip with white-line spacers. Checkering was a skip-line pattern. Always been well-made, attractive and accurate, they carved out quite a reputation for themselves in Australia back in the 1970s when they were sold…

MY late aunt always insisted she’d rather go blind than deaf. “I’d hate it if I couldn’t listen to music,” she’d say. I’d argue the opposite point. You can’t hunt when you’re blind, can you? I used eye protection whenever there was a risk, and made sure my sunnies were UV-rated. Today, despite the typical deterioration of close-up vision that comes with male middle-age, I still have excellent vision for spotting game. But the bush doesn’t sound as nice anymore. The buzz of insects, the rustling of leaves, the snap of a twig as a deer sneaks along a game trail — these noises are not as distinct or crisp as they used to be, and every sound is dulled by the high-pitched ringing of tinnitus. Bikes, guns and rock…

FOR 2016, Burris has added a new model to the Veracity line, a 3-15x50mm that weighs only 712 grams and with a length of 360mm it doesn't dwarf a light hunting rifle. This purpose-built long range hunting scope is smaller, lighter, and stronger than the majority of riflescopes in its power range. It has a one-piece, 30mm main tube machined from aircraft-gradealuminium, which is hard-coat-anodized and given a matte-black finish. The large-diameter tube not only provides increased adjustment range for shooting at extreme distances, but also increases overall strength by increasing radius of gyration. It has 70 MOA of elevation adjustment and 40 MOA for windage. As the name suggests, the new scope possesses a 5x zoom range and while that may be kind of middle-of-the-road nowadays, it provides more…

THERE are two main reasons for this - to salvage the components or because a particular loading has proved too hot for his gun. Thus, the primary purpose of this article is to discuss some of the pros and cons associated with the bullet pulling operation, but more importantly, to tell you how to safely perform the operation as well as how to recycle pulled bullets without a critical loss of accuracy. The two most common kinds of bullet pullers common today are the inertia or kinetic-type puller which resembles a hollow- headed hammer with a three jaw chuck to grip and hold the case without damage the the extractor groove or case rim. When the puller is banged against a hard surface (just as if you were driving a…

ENGAGE WITH YOUR REAL TIME LAFO COMMUNITY www.sportingshooter.com.au assists the LAFO community in Australia to become active politically through being informed as stories break, so it is in your interests to log on to on a regular basis to see how you can keep the greens and political establishment from degrading your firearms ownership and participation. Due to electronic engagement with hunters and shooters across NSW, SFFP candidate Philip Donato became the first of his party to be elected to the NSW House of Representatives. A recent COAG determination to reclassify the seven-shot Adler to a ridiculous Category D may yet be derailed by Queensland, whoseLNP pollies, One Nation and Bob Katter will buck the Federal “request” of the states to fall in line, altering the National Firearms agreement. Below…

QI have an Italian 6.5 Carcano rifle in good condition that I’d like to use for military rifle shooting. But I’ve found that Norma is the only company offering ammunition and unprimed cases. But the price of both is unaffordable as I’m on a limited budget. Is there any other way I can get this gun shooting? So far I’ve had little luck in obtaining any information on this particular cartridge. Can I make cases from some other popular cartridge brass? – Ron Jackson A You can make 6.5 Carcano cases from .30-06 cases, but it’s not easy. First swage head to .448” diameter and deepen extractor groove; Size full length in 6.5 Carcano die and trim to 2.07”; Ream neck; use .264 bullets. Me, I’d rather save up and buy…

WHAT’S NEW IN THE MARKET Maxguard – Hard Cases Maxguard offer a range of high quality impact resistant cases that are quite affordable in comparison to some and designed to significantly reduce the risk of damaging your valuable firearms while travelling. Referred to as the Maxguard Cyclone Series they come in a huge range of sizes to suit pistol, double rifle carry case, single rifle case and even a shotgun case. While their rifle cases are available in 38.5, 48 and 53-inch models, their hard plastic shotgun cases are available in a compact takedown model or a high quality, extremely tough 38.5” case. This top of the range case is referred to as the Maxguard Hard Plastic Shotgun Case and features an “O” ring seal and an air-vacuum release valve…

NEWS, VIEWS AND INSIGHTS WE mustered as directed at the Telegraph Point servo just after dawn, six of us, shivering in the cool as introductions were made. Peter Richards - farm realtor and gun shop proprietor/farmer from Kundabung – outlined the plan:¨There were seven rusa on this place we’re visiting and four are left to be shot. The farmer wants them gone.” My mate, Robert Borsak, MLC of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, was my house guest and the meat we shot that day was to be butchered for a forthcoming party fund-raiser. But to paraphrase Mrs Beetson, of cookbook fame, first catch your deer. A couple of hours later the farmer told us he was restocking his property from deer to beef as prices were rising. He drew…

AN ASSORTMENT OF HUNTING FACTS & FIGURES THE truth is, however, it probably has more different meanings to more different people than any other. Admittedly your rifle must be accurate, but how accurate depends largely on what you use it for. Over several years spent testing and writing about guns, I've found that shooters cherish some very unrealistic ideas about how well their hunting rifles should group. Many of them expect light sporters to shoot groups like heavy benchrest rifles which is, of course, simply not possible. Grouping ability aside, from a practical standpoint, the big-game rifle is accurate if the man shooting it can hit what he aims at with it. Today, there is a lot of talk of the tackholing achievement an expert can get from a benchrest…

 WELL, it’s early 2017 and the new year to me means pigs, foxes and snakes. I know you can hunt pigs and foxes at any time of year, but the summer months make things easier, not in climatic conditions, but the ease in locating animals. Pigs in the heat won’t be too far from a water source and the new litter of foxes will be young and dumb and readily come to the whistle or caller. Pigs are easy to hunt in summer; with no sweat glands, they need water. In areas with creeks and rivers, they can be harder to pin point, but on properties where the only water source is from dams or tanks, look for fresh trotter marks and fresh wallows during the day, then return in…

WE ALL recall special moments of a hunt. I will always remember one particular moment from a recent hunt – the smell powder in the air and those first collected sounds, as my hearing re-adjusted after the report of the rifle. SIMON, Jesse and I were lucky enough to get five days away from our loving, long suffering partners to explore one of Victoria’s North Eastern Lakes in June. Normally this type of trip would be just Simon and I, but we had a welcomed guest for this expedition- a crow eater no less, so the planning and prep was slightly more involved, with the extra food and gear requirements for a 3rd man. Another new thing for us was the use of my Zodiak to reach more remote areas.…