pictures for the lads
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:09 am
i have been a bit slack over the past year and i dont think i have made any posts let alone posting any pictures, partially cause every time i go out im a bit busy shooting to actually get the camera out but ill post some of the ones i have taken anyway
start off with an addition to my gun cupboard.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/DSC_0001.jpg)
A 300 rum with a 204 next to it and it always makes me laugh when i go from loading one to another, 32gr bullet vs a 200gr bullet, 28 grains of powder vs 91 grains, one is hard to seat the little 32 grainers and the other only just fits in my press
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/204-300rum.jpg)
i managed to have a trip with my 204 and the first shot hit 3 rabbits. one missing its guts, one missing its back and the third just plain dead. just before i had this trip i got to go and another property near this one but no centerfires were allowed, i got 175 rabbits and the group got just under 800
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/3in1.jpg)
another rabbit from the same trip
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/anotherrabbit.jpg)
and this one was sitting half in his burrow
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/rabbit3.jpg)
this is the kind of land i was huntng on for the previous rabbits
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/huntingarea.jpg)
one day on holiday a just happened to set up my brand new f class rifle looking out from my fathers deck, i have had the parts for this rifle on order for 15 months and it is almost done.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/fclass.jpg)
and this is what i happened to see through the scope, shame i couldnt pull the trigger
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/rabbit.jpg)
i got out on a couple more trips but i didnt take the camera on the first outing of my 300rum, i did manage to shoot 13 wallabys. The next trip i did manage to take my camera
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/waimate1.jpg)
this is the kind of terrain we shoot, provides a few problems, extemely steep, has a plant called spaniard (i think) extemely sharp points, if you touch them they will draw blood and trust me, falling in them is not a pleasent experience, very few shooting positions so sitting is a common shot (i like my bipod shots) shots can be anywhere from my closest shot of 3meters out too any distance but i have only shot to 350yrds(no range finder) quite a lot of the country is dense matagauri and tussuck and they dont move sometims until your right on top of them.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/waimte.jpg)
this is one i shot at night with the 204, fired a poor shot and had a heck of a time trying to put another shot in it with it moving and a 6.5 power scope in the dark
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/204wallaby.jpg)
two of these ones were shot with the 300rum and a mate shot one with a 270
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thats all the good photos i have but i am trying to get a small camera so i can just throw it in my pocket, the dslr is a bit of a handful
start off with an addition to my gun cupboard.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/DSC_0001.jpg)
A 300 rum with a 204 next to it and it always makes me laugh when i go from loading one to another, 32gr bullet vs a 200gr bullet, 28 grains of powder vs 91 grains, one is hard to seat the little 32 grainers and the other only just fits in my press
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/204-300rum.jpg)
i managed to have a trip with my 204 and the first shot hit 3 rabbits. one missing its guts, one missing its back and the third just plain dead. just before i had this trip i got to go and another property near this one but no centerfires were allowed, i got 175 rabbits and the group got just under 800
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/3in1.jpg)
another rabbit from the same trip
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/anotherrabbit.jpg)
and this one was sitting half in his burrow
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/rabbit3.jpg)
this is the kind of land i was huntng on for the previous rabbits
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/huntingarea.jpg)
one day on holiday a just happened to set up my brand new f class rifle looking out from my fathers deck, i have had the parts for this rifle on order for 15 months and it is almost done.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/fclass.jpg)
and this is what i happened to see through the scope, shame i couldnt pull the trigger
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/rabbit.jpg)
i got out on a couple more trips but i didnt take the camera on the first outing of my 300rum, i did manage to shoot 13 wallabys. The next trip i did manage to take my camera
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/waimate1.jpg)
this is the kind of terrain we shoot, provides a few problems, extemely steep, has a plant called spaniard (i think) extemely sharp points, if you touch them they will draw blood and trust me, falling in them is not a pleasent experience, very few shooting positions so sitting is a common shot (i like my bipod shots) shots can be anywhere from my closest shot of 3meters out too any distance but i have only shot to 350yrds(no range finder) quite a lot of the country is dense matagauri and tussuck and they dont move sometims until your right on top of them.
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/waimte.jpg)
this is one i shot at night with the 204, fired a poor shot and had a heck of a time trying to put another shot in it with it moving and a 6.5 power scope in the dark
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/204wallaby.jpg)
two of these ones were shot with the 300rum and a mate shot one with a 270
![Image](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z180/madracer165/3wallabys.jpg)
thats all the good photos i have but i am trying to get a small camera so i can just throw it in my pocket, the dslr is a bit of a handful