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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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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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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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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…
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Revelations, Modifications and more Trophies!
Wow! It has been over two months since my last post and so much has happened – the most notable being a huge improvement in my shooting which I put down to both focused practice, and also to some very minor modifications to my rifle which seem to have made a rather considerable difference! I…
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Wairarapa Championships
Having been woken in the wee small hours of Friday morning by a small typhoon of rain and gales, we anxiously drifted in and out of sleep unsure whether at daybreak, the Wairarapa champs would still go ahead. The day dawned dark and foreboding, but the forecast promised improving conditions so down went the coffee, into the car…
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Last Post Before Nationals! A Two Week Summary
Club Day 27th December – 300 Yards Yippee!!! My barrel has finally been run-in and with a gorgeous yet windy day eventuating on Saturday, I was looking forward to a good club-day shoot with a cheeky bit of load-development and properly experiencing my new buttplate to top it off. Sometimes life doesn’t always go to plan… A…
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3d Printing. Phase One – The Prototype…
The Dilemma So as you all probably know by now, we will both be shooting at the Australian Queens in June with myself also being reserve for the NRANZ Ladies team. If you didn’t know, you can find more about it here. As well as the normal preparation that this will require, we have discovered…