Weekly Catchup
The Blokes – 2nd July
This Week
Kerry, Matt and Graeme talk about an insane amount of things. Long chat, full of nuggets.
The Blokes – 25th June
This Week
Kerry and Matt running solo.
Links
Taranaki Long Range Shooting -...
The Blokes – 19th June
This Week
Kerry, Matt and Graeme have a chat.
Faulty scopes, new shooters, what to zero...
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moreGood Blokes – Inia Raumati. Emergency doctor, hunter, wise chap.
We talk about bush first aid (and the reality of things), trauma what happens and working in it, the mischief blokes, young...
A chat with Nic from Sparrowhawk
Boris Vos, former Royal Netherland Marine, Sniper, Jungle Warfare and Combat Tracking Instructor, Leader Developer, Good Bloke.
A chat with Boris Vos – Lead Ranger
Boris Vos, former Royal Netherland Marine, Sniper, Jungle Warfare and Combat Tracking Instructor, Leader Developer, Good Bloke.
The 5-25 Z5 is NOT a long-range hunting scope. Kinda.
It makes sense - it's a 5-25 - surely that's a long-range scope! Well. Not really. You see, there is a really big gotchya with this scope.
Rebarreling the .308 – Proof Research and Custom Guns
I caught up with Greg from Custom Guns for a chat about a new build - we talk about all the choices in a 'semi' custom gun, Remington blueprinting, barrel lengths and more in a chat full of excellent advice.
A trip to the top of the Coromandel
To me, the true Coromandel is only reached once you have passed through, well, Coromandel - actually - even higher - with Colville (northernmost town of any note on the peninsula) representing a homecoming of sorts.
A chat with Chuck Rossi from Open Source Defence
I spoke to a few people about my upcoming interview, and the general response I got was ‘oh… who?’. Fair enough, I guess, this is a little bit of a tangential subject for me, as most people know me from talking specifically, and technically about long-range precision shooting.
The Tikka Strata in 300WSM – one gun to rule them all?
The Tikka T3X Superlite is a familiar firearm to many New Zealand Hunters. Take the 'standard' T3X, flute the barrel and you have the Superlite. I recently had a Strada to set up for a client and took the opportunity (with the client's permission of course) to have a bit of a play.
PracMed Stop The Bleed Course
Hopefully, by now, I have gotten across the importance of first aid training to all of you. This is not just for shooters or hunters, or parents (I had to hook some food out of my 4 years olds choaking face last night) - but everyone - knowing what to do is 'basic dude stuff' as Patrick McNamara would say.
