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Yay! a Weekend at Home! (But not a quiet one!)
Just because we are in Wellington doesn’t mean that it is going to be a cruisy weekend… no… we had lots on and it went like this… The Back Story When we were in Blenheim, Malcolm was kind enough to let us use his bore scope. Jared wanted to see the state of his barrel,…
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Roadtrip to Te Puke.
Go shoot In Tauranga they said… It will be warm they said… Well, it turns out that the hospitality of the locals can’t be beaten. To make us feel at home, they even put on magnificent Wellington weather – complete with frost, wind, rain, sun and hail. We aren’t complaining – We had an absolute…
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A Sunny Overseas Adventure (Part 3)
(Part 1 Here) (Part 2 Here) Day 3 Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning… Jared sparkled awake before dawn just in time to catch a glimpse of the burning sky. Vic was a little more sensible and decided that bed was the cosy place to be. The air was still and warm and the sunrise boded…
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A Sunny Overseas Adventure (Part 2)
(Part 1 here) Day 2 We woke up quite stiff and sore from the excitement of the last couple of days. It has been a while since we have had a full day of shooting and we were both feeling a little beaten up. Once again, Blenheim has put on a splendid morning for us.…
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A Sunny Overseas Adventure (Part 1)
Anticip…. …ation Two thirty pea em. I wandered over to the window and gazed out over the harbour. Through sheets of squally rain, I could just make out the approaching ferry grinding its way through the white caps. I started to feel excited… in another hour, the long weekend would begin and we would be awaiting…
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Vic Goes Adventuring… (An Outrigger Update)
When we last saw our intrepid heroine, she was venturing down the rabbit hole of outriggers, zeros and facial bruising. In this episode she will be slipping through the twisted wormhole of investigating, prototyping and trialing… I wrote that beautifully crafted sentence two three four weeks ago and it has been sitting in an “I-have-things-to-do” induced digital…
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Learning to See Again – In Which Vic Uses Trigonometry.
Wow! Is this what normal people see when they shoot? I can’t believe how much I have been missing all this time! I think I should probably start at the beginning… Prologue It is 4am on a Saturday. I am exhausted but too excited to go back to sleep. Our new Centra sights arrived yesterday…
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Pre-Season Preparations #1 – Outriggers!
It is that time of the year again – time to gather together the rifle-related paraphenalia from all corners of the house, time to reassemble the reloading bench and time to think about investing in new tools and toys. Yep! Spring is coming. It is only a month until full-bore season starts, and already the sensuous smell…
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We’re baaaack!
A couple of weeks ago, I got asked whether HotloadeD is no more, bereft of life, has ceased to be?! Well… sort of. But I think I would prefer the term “In hibernation”. Never fear! We have been shooting our little hearts out! I have also become rather familiar with many of New Zealands airports…
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Kurt Thune Club Jackets
It became apparent over the nationals week that our cheap and cheerful shooting jackets were literally falling apart at the seams. Since we are traveling to Australia in June we need to replace them – and soon – to give us time to get used to the new ones. We knew through the grape vine…