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Re: Promising pigeon numbers this season in Gauteng & Freestate

The Guinea Fowl In Port Elizabeth are perhaps 3 x more than 2 or 3 years ago. The same goes for the Egyptian Geese.Good to hear. I'm very much ho...

1 year ago
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Re: Promising pigeon numbers this season in Gauteng & Freestate

Maybe due to a combination of good rains and less shooting?I'm sure the rain must be a factor as it's heavier and more consistent than it�...

1 year ago
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Re: Promising pigeon numbers this season in Gauteng & Freestate

A natural flux then ?I see the Guinea Fowl in the Cape are on a high again, there were just a few flocks of 3 - 5 animals 5 years ago, now the average...

1 year ago
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Re: Promising pigeon numbers this season in Gauteng & Freestate

In the time and areas I've been doing it I'd say shooter numbers have fallen off significantly so if anything the decline in bird numbers ha...

1 year ago
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Re: subsonic 308 loads

I'm out of my lane here but I doubt copper or some other metal harder than higher end lead alloy (i.e. 'hardcast') would do better for ...

1 year ago
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Re: Loads for .410 - 2 inch shells?

Feedback:11gr of IMR4227 and 150gr #7 gives +- 900 fps.Tomorrow we try 12gr with the same load.That sounds like a pleasant and sensible load for an ol...

1 year ago
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Re: Its that time again, that time where nothing happens.

Interesting thought Treeman. Made me think of the stuff I miss doing which got me onto the stuff I'm glad I no longer do. The first list was much...

1 year ago
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Re: Something odd in the powder safe.

That makes sense to me. It also gives me cause to open a long gun safe that I haven't been in for at least 6 months. Hope I don't find a nas...

1 year ago
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Re: Something odd in the powder safe.

I've been given powders that date back to the 80's and all of them have been perfectly good except for one tin of Musgrave S200 which was MS...

1 year ago
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Re: Specs / Dimensions of Pattern14 (P14) 303

Go ahead, and please share some pictures? It would be something along the lines of the attached but perhaps not quite so short. The idea would be to u...

1 year ago
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Re: Specs / Dimensions of Pattern14 (P14) 303

it is an candidate for sanding down and hydro dipping or spraying.Please for the love of all that's holy don't do that. Why not? If it has n...

1 year ago
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Re: Specs / Dimensions of Pattern14 (P14) 303

it is an candidate for sanding down and hydro dipping or spraying.Please for the love of all that's holy don't do that.

1 year ago
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Re: Specs / Dimensions of Pattern14 (P14) 303

I have zero personal experience of P14s but the fact that it was built to military order against a 'pattern' specification would suggest tha...

1 year ago
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Re: Negligent discharges ...

You can go die on that hill, I refuse to believe that 100% of all these reported incidents are for payouts, user error, bad holster design etc. Nothin...

1 year ago
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