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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Summertime pigs
« on: December 12, 2020, 09:42:05 PM »
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Summertime pigs
« on: December 12, 2020, 06:54:16 PM »
Hi all
I managed to get out for a quick hunt after work the other day. Following some really hot weather the plan was to try to catch pigs on the water. Checking some usual spots showed no sign of pigs, then not long before dark i walked up to a tank that has held good numbers of pigs in the past, and found a big old sow in her wallow. 1 shot with the 300wby loaded with 180gn speer hotcors through the shoulder it was lights out she never took a step. I absolutely love this old rifle and cartridge!
I managed to get out for a quick hunt after work the other day. Following some really hot weather the plan was to try to catch pigs on the water. Checking some usual spots showed no sign of pigs, then not long before dark i walked up to a tank that has held good numbers of pigs in the past, and found a big old sow in her wallow. 1 shot with the 300wby loaded with 180gn speer hotcors through the shoulder it was lights out she never took a step. I absolutely love this old rifle and cartridge!
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: August 05, 2020, 07:46:10 PM »
Yeah brett i bet its cold in your neck of the woods at the moment i have a couple of mates that used to work at the little gold mine there years ago I nearly took a job there myself before it closed again. Yeah I sometimes shoot a young goat for meat but they are bringing massive money at the moment so all the graziers are mustering them, fairly hard to find a big 40” billy these days. A mate of mine was just trucking out some yesterday and he got $165 per head on farm which is unreal! No wonder its hard to find places to hunt them nowadays.
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: August 03, 2020, 04:33:15 AM »Matt I don't see why those Speer HCSP's wont work on a big sambar stag. I have only been on one sambar hunt and shot a hind. I'm from NSW and there ain't many sambar running around in my hills lol.
By the way welcome to the Nation. Great bunch of guys on here with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
So as not to hijack Matt's thread I will write a quick reply to those wondering about my hospital stay. All is good, I just burnt my back with a hot water bottle and due to my spinal injury I can not feel the burn so it would not heal. Plus it was a deep burn and needed a skin graft. But its well and truly on the mend. Thanks to all that were concerned.
Cheers,
Brett
Hi brett thanks for the reply yeah I recon they should do the job. Ive got some access to private property down towards the border the other side of tumbarrumba that holds plenty of deer, so im very keen to get back down there its a bit of a trip for me as im from cobar and mainly hunt pigs and the odd chital and scrub bull. Ive used the speer hcsp in 308win before and they worked well so i think they will be ok for now. Hope your healing well. Thanks again
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: August 01, 2020, 04:04:24 AM »Hey Mattm85, how did you go getting your new sambar rifle loads to shoot? I too am an Aussie on here. I would of replied to you thread sooner but I've been stuck in hospital with no access to this forum (it wouldn't let me access from my mobile).
Anyway I haven't done a lot of work with 180 grain Woodleigh my .300 Wby's but 2213sc and 2217 will be the best two powders to use in it.
Hi BB340 i still havnt managed to get any rounds loaded up and hit the range yet,im hoping next week I havnt been able to get away from work unfortunately! Ive got a sambar hunt lined up at the end of the month so really need to get some load development done. My local gun shop didn’t have the Woodleighs at the moment unfortunately! They were low on a lot of stock due to the Covid-19 apparently. I managed to get some ar2213sc and some 180gr speer hcsp projectiles so ill knock some rounds up for my trip in the hills after some deer and hopefully test them on a couple of pigs on my local block next weekend before I head away. Have some Woodleighs on order😀
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Rifles / Re: My new sambar rifle
« on: July 24, 2020, 06:42:24 PM »pretty gun,
sanbar are they also called rusa? or are they diff?
They are a different but have some similarities sambar are a much bigger deer
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Rifles / Re: My new sambar rifle
« on: July 23, 2020, 07:47:04 PM »Welcome to the Nation! Very nice looking Weatherby rifle, any idea on the production date of the rifle?
Thankyou!😀Its a japanese bulit rifle I believe late 70’s model roughly.
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Rifles / My new sambar rifle
« on: July 23, 2020, 06:19:49 PM »
New to me weatherby mark v in 300 weatherby. I have just fitted an old well loved zeiss duralyt 3-12x50 on it and will be working up a load for it this weekend, already loving this old rifle😊 hoping to head into the hills in a few weeks and get a sambar stag on the deck with it😉
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: July 12, 2020, 02:54:55 PM »
Thanks sounds like ar2217 or H1000 will be a good powder to start with😁
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: July 12, 2020, 04:33:49 AM »
Thanks looks like plenty of knowledge here looking forward to learning about wheatherby rifles and cartridges. Yes australian adi powders ar2213sc is marketed as h4831 in the states and ar2217 is sold as h1000. Adi make powders for Hodgdon from my knowledge
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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / New sambar rifle. Mark V in 300 weatherby
« on: July 12, 2020, 12:50:37 AM »
Hi guys im new to the forum. I have just purchased my first weatherby rife in 300 weatherby mag its an old japanese mark V. It will be mainly a dedicated sambar rifle, it will also see some use on pigs and scrub bulls im looking at loading up some 180gn Woodleigh pp projectiles with either Ar2213sc or Ar2217 in the next couple of weeks. Im really looking forward to getting the old rifle out in the bush and hunting! Have any of you guys had good results with this combination? Will be sure to post results once load development is done and have tested it on game. Cheers lads!
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