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nimrodx

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  1. Hi, I'm Matt. I've been hunting since I was a kid. This sort of accelerated when I started bow hunting 12 years ago. But I never seemed to get to do as much as I wanted I moved to NZ a couple of years ago and got into some serious kiwi hunting after deer with my 270 win. I just love the challenge, and I don't want it to be easy. I like to get to know people who understand ethical, real hunting -- people who understand their chosen prey and hunt intelligently -- who put in the hard yards -- and hunt to enjoy putting the meat on their table (or their families table). Success is secondary to the experience of getting out there with a pack on your back, and hauling it and your rifle into the mountains, navigating by compass well away from any tracks, and pitting yourself against the animals with no "mechanized" advantages. I'm back in Aus now, away from those mountains of NZ -- and I must confess to feeling a bit lost! Rifles -- well I only own one. I practice with it a lot, and want to be a top offhand snap shot with it -- though a Sako 75 is not exactly the best tool for that. Good rifle, but too heavy. The wish list: 1. An 8 point sika of "representative" class. On my wall where my animal liber Mum will have to sit under it to have a cuppa when she visits (just bein' cheeky, love ya Mum). Fair chase, open range, no wire -- preferably taken by myself. 2. A monster samba - on same wall 3. A monster Wapiti - as above. 4. I want to burn the barrel out of my sako 270 by using it too much and rebarrel and re-chamber it to something catchy like a 280 RCBS. I work on the barrel-wearing-out thing as often as I can. 5. I want a "scout" type rifle, as per J Cooper's ideas. Short barrel, handy shooter with a low mag scope set forward to allow shooting with both eyes open (good target acquisition, fast), short action in 7 mm08. This would be a great North Island rifle for those sika trips or any other deer -- might be pushing it for samba. The styre ones might be alright -- but I am not sure about styer mannlicher. Might be able to build something similar from a remmington model 7 -- but not control feed. 6. A blaser R 93 with three barrels 8 X 68, 280 rem, and 22-250 7.A custom long range rifle, on a very strong custom action, in some appropriate calibre (7mm saum?) Anyway, looking forward to some good chats. Matt
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