TheHuntingAgency 0 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hi all, I just bought another of these and wondered what the best ammo was for it. Quick bit of feedback regarding which ammunition works best through my 30-06 Howa Lighting. Over the last couple of weeks I've been using various different bullet weights and manufacturers and the top four are: 1st Place - 150GR Winchester Supreme Ballistic Silvertip 2nd Place - 150GR Winchester Super X Power Point 3rd Place - 180GR Sako Super Hammerhead 4th Place - 150GR Federal Power-Shok I fired all at 25m and 100m at static targets using bench-resting and bi-pods and measured the resulting groups to arrive at the above results - I hope this helps if you have one yourself! Cheers Roo The Hunting Agency Quote Link to post
TheHuntingAgency 0 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hi all, thought I'd post a follow-up piece on my 30-06 Howa Rifle. OK, so the gun itself is delightfully engineered and the barrel is as accurate as any I've fired, but I had mine screw-cut for a moderator and that's where the problem started. The rifle is fantastic at the range, but when being shot in anger, the added weight of the silencer on the barrel caused the retaining screw on the stock to work loose, and stopping to re-assemble your rifle gets old pretty quick! So, I had a word with Mark Westall, owner of Top Gun and Rod and a chap I go stalking with, and he came up with a Realtree stock from Edgar Bros as shown in the picture. The original stock by Hogue was soft and flexible - this is ridgid and makes the rifle much more useable - so now I've got the gun I wanted in the first place - excellent! In this picture = Mark Westall (left) Bill Boyce, an excellent stalker of Roe and Muntjak (centre) and Yours Truely with my rifle (right) Cheers folks, Quote Link to post
philip140 6 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 looks like you got a great rifle there mate, now you made it more personal too. i have heard good things about the howa's, very similar to a remington 700 in looks. is that a kudu i see mounted behind you? Phil Quote Link to post
TheHuntingAgency 0 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 looks like you got a great rifle there mate, now you made it more personal too. i have heard good things about the howa's, very similar to a remington 700 in looks.is that a kudu i see mounted behind you? Phil Hi Phil, yup, it's one of Bill's at his den at his farm although I do sneek over to Namibia and Southern Africa generally as often as I can to shoot them myself - here's me with one a while back and here's me at Retoma Taxidermy in Outjo - it's one of the best taxidermist's is Namibia and a specialist in big cats... Good spot mate - have you stalked Kudu yourself? Quote Link to post
philip140 6 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 if by Kudu you mean rabbit, then yes! hehe, one day i will mate, it's on my to do list before i die! Phil Quote Link to post
TheHuntingAgency 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 if by Kudu you mean rabbit, then yes! hehe, one day i will mate, it's on my to do list before i die! Phil :-) If you can stalk rabbit then Kudu will be a walk in the park mate! Have a great day! Oh, are you in the UK by any chamce? www.UKPHT.co.uk - if you'd like to meet up we are touring the UK in March! Cheers Roo Quote Link to post
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