Setting Up Your Ballistic Solver
Setting up your ballistic solver correctly is an important step if you want to make first-round hits at distance.
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PARD SA45 Thermal Imaging that Works
Recently I tested the PARD 008 Night Vision Scope, and the conclusion I came to was that the unit worked really well on game animals out to 200m plus.
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Short-Range Sight-in for Long-Range Success
One question I get asked a lot is how to verify your long-distance zero when your sight-in/zero range is only 100m long?
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CZ 457 Varmint Rifle and Meopta Optika6 Scope
The first article I wrote for NZRod&Rifle was an article called, “Who will be King”; it was a comparison between the .17 HMR and the .22 Magnum.
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The versatile all-rounder hunting scope – Swarovski Z5
... I thought, “Yeah, nice scope, but what’s its niche? Could it be another contender for that perfect all-round hunting scope that suits most Kiwi hunters? ”
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Night Vision on a Budget – Pard NV008 LRF Night Vison Scope
Affordable night vision (NV) that works – does it exist? The answer to that question, as of 2020, has to be, “Yes!” I realise there have been semi-affordable ...
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Ruger American Rimfire Long-Range Target – the better .22
Sturm Ruger & Co are the biggest rimfire manufacturer in the USA, and it’s fair to say they’re well known for their iconic designs.
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New Sierra MatchKing and GameKing Bullet Review
Bullet design is fascinating ... the balance of BC vs weight, how bullets of a similar design and weight can have noticeably different BCs and how form ...
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Proof Research Glacier TI Rifle – 6.5 Creedmoor
New Zealand hunters like lightweight rifles; some hunters are even known to get a bit obsessive over a few hundred grams, ...
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Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 – Yes, it’s legal!
Semi-autos are gone … well, the centrefire versions are – apart from a few that’ve been allowed for pest destruction – but rimfire rifles have been pretty much left alone.
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Your One-Stop Shop – Tikka T3x Superlight Strata, Steiner GS3 Scope and Sako Ammunition
The Tikka T3 and T3x rifles have proven to be very popular in NZ since their arrival in 2003. The engineers at Tikka worked out what was important to buyers.
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Ruger 10/22 Competition – The Retro-Tech Hot Rod
I really like the Ruger 10/22 – it’s my favourite Rimfire by some margin, and before I even picked this rifle up, it was clear that the upgrades over the regular 10/22 would make it noticeably better.
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