Againstthegrains
@againstthegrains
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Joined: Dec 12, 2023
Last seen: May 28, 2026
Topics: 19 / Replies: 210
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Re: OCW method - second rifle test

I have gradually become a believer in the OCW method. I find the predictions with GRT to be way off with some powders, and certainly not good enough t...

2 years ago
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Re: Best time to hunt on foot?

In the morning with the sun at your back and the wind at your front is heaven!!!!!!

2 years ago
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Re: dirty meat and shot placement

I agree, for anything CNS a fast frangible bullet works best. You might miss the brain or spinal chord, but there are often enough small bullet fragme...

2 years ago
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Re: dirty meat and shot placement

One problem that I can foresee is that if you miss the spine, the shock to the CNS from a bullet hitting close to the CNS is enough for the animal to ...

2 years ago
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Re: What is a practical hunting knife?

I must say, I do a lot of kitchen work and meat cutting, and after trying a bunch of different brands of kitchen knives, I keep coming back to Victori...

2 years ago
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Re: Quickload for optimum load selection, or not.

I have used Gordon's Reloading Tool, and have come unstuck quite a few times, as the powder burn rates are not quite right for the prediction, or...

2 years ago
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Re: What is a practical hunting knife?

My take on the subject:A small knife is easier to carry - a folder is best.A long blade is not needed. A 5cm blade is fine for gutting and cutting bil...

2 years ago
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Re: Carrying a rifle with Bipod comfortably?

Wow, those are cheap. 😮  Hard to imagine they will have the durability and functionality of a Harris or UTG?

2 years ago
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Re: Flint /Obsidian mes te koop?

I gave it a bash (literally) to make just a flake tool (middle stone age style) using the same type of material they used. The stuff was so hard, I co...

2 years ago
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Re: Flint /Obsidian mes te koop?

Working metal and stone are two totally different skills. I don't think you will easily find a Homo sapiens that has the same level of skill as a...

2 years ago
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Re: Kudu bulls - when do they get careful?

If kudu are anything like springbok, if you blast away at all the big rams, until there is only a young pen horn ram left, the next year, every ewe wi...

2 years ago
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Re: Caucasian Brown Bear

You'd think a Caucasian bear would be white ;D 

2 years ago
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Re: Rat had puppies

Ask my daughter, she'll tell you the all boys in her class are a little slow 😉

2 years ago
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Re: Carrying a rifle with Bipod comfortably?

I would have thought that the new hunting sticks/tripods would make the bipods redundant when hunting?Not a chance, where I hunt and the way I hunt. M...

2 years ago
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