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Wind Flag Craziness
I went back through some video footage taken during Day 1 of the RBA Nationals last year, and took a snapshot of one frame in particular. It highlights how hard reading the wind can be at times. As you can see, according to the flags, the wind is roaring in from the top left corner [...]
Read the Wind, Watch the Flags
I started target rifle shooting back in October, initially using the club’s Anschutz 1807’s and such with 54 series actions, but quickly acquiring my own Feinwerkbau custom bench rifle. Shooting at St Marys Indoor Rifle Range, being indoor, there was little breeze (or so I’d thought), but at Sutherland, the range is open to the [...]
[DIY] Tikka T3 Magazine Round Count Holes
Here is a great how to from Marko Bernyk aka giggit from the Ausvarmint.com forums. Thanks Marko a great little article. I know there is really nothing out there on the net on T3 modifications… here is a simple and effective modification that can also be used on other magazines. I have always like my [...]
SA High Performance Large Calibre Update
http://ssaapara.org.au/important-news/163-high-performance-large-calibre-update.html UPDATE SSAA (Para Branch) presented a proposal to SAPOL, regarding the use of these firearms on our Range Facility I am pleased to report that we have recieved,
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Today The Victorian Government has announced new on-the-spot fines for people found to have knives in there possession To me this is quite concerning as there are quite a lot of legitimate needs to have a knife like Hunters / Farmers / Tradies / Ambo’s are these people guilty as well?? well Apparently so with [...]
South Australia Election
On March 20 South Australia once again will be going to the polls The Combined Shooters & Firearms Council of SA have done a report of who have supported our interests or who has not been supportave of Law abiding firearm owners be they hunters / target shooter of Farmer there message can be downloaded [...]
The Basic Firearms Safety Rules
Hi all This is my first blog post and something that I feel that needs to be said with 2 recent tragic incidents in the last week both in Victoria and Queensland. I thought it is quite important to remind us about firearm safety. no matter if you have been shooting for years or just [...]
Is Shooting a Drug of Addiction?
G’day everyone! I’m sitting at home one sunny afternoon, and the phone rings. Ah, it’s Chris! “Hey, Bec, wanna get your shooting licence?”, he says to me. “Sure, why not!?”, says I. Little did I know that this decision was gonna cost me dearly in the intervening months, licence fees, PTA costs, training costs, lost [...]
Indian Myna Trapping
Well, The first day of trapping Myna’s has begun for the year and I’m already off to a good start. Trap has been in “free bait” mode for 2 days now getting them used to coming in for a free feed. After setting it to catch birds the first one is securely locked away after [...]
Ratting with the AirRifles
Looking forward to taking the airguns out tomorrow for the first time and helping a local farmer with some problem rats he has. Here’s hoping the R9 doesn’t have any issues with pass throughs. A task for either the Silver Bears or Predators I think. If too many problems the old Annie will get a [...]
Hunting in 2010
So I just spent the past few days, disassembling, cleaning and lubricating and re-assembling all of my firearms in preparation for the coming years hunting. Wouldn’t say it’s my favourite activity but given the investment we all have in our tools/toys not a bad idea to do it every few months to keep them in [...]
