In die vorige twee artikels het ons gekyk na ’n proses om die akkuraatheid van jou wapen te bepaal. Ons het die veranderlikes bespreek wat ’n effek op jou akkuraatheid kan hê en ook die gebruik van spoed as ’n aanduiding van akkuraatheid bespreek. Saam met die bespreking van spoed het ek ses verskillende spoedtoetse geskiet om te bepaal watter effek konstante spoed op ’n groepering het.
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Thousands of firearm owners were pleasantly surprised by the ruling by the Gauteng High Court on Tuesday, 4 July 2017, that all legal firearm licenses which have expired or which would be expiring soon, are still valid.
This is one of the most discussed subjects which have yielded the least answers. Calibre choice is a broad subject and finding the right solution will take much longer than just one evening's discussion around the braai. It has been discussed extensively, without a final answer at the end of the hunting weekend.
The Bothaville Hunters' Association, in co-operation with Hinterland and InteliGro, will be presenting their annual shooting competition. It will be held on 27 August this year at the Marouzlansrust shooting range, approximately 17 km from Bothaville.
The hunting season officially started on 1 May. I am sure all the rifles have been taken out and checked and that hunting trips have been planned in the finest detail.
As far as load development is concerned, it is also important to minimise the vertical distribution of shots of the same load as far as possible. The shots must, as far as possible, be on the same horizontal line on the target but the horizontal distribution should also not be too wide should environmental conditions such as wind, mirage and light not have had a significant impact. This process can be explained meaningfully by making use of the following example.
The development of a load for a specific rifle is, however, often easier said than done! There is no easy technique and time on the shooting range is inevitable. The time on the shooting range should, however, be approached in the correct manner in order to ensure that the cost saving objective of reloading ammunition does in fact realise.
I receive many questions about the use of a silencer. Will it really silence the rifle? Does it lessen the recoil?
South African gun owners are all abuzz about the changes made by the South African Police Services on the 3rd of February 2016, to the Firearms Control Act (Act 60 0f 200).
A client recently asked me how often one should clean one's hunting rifle. A number of people won't agree with what I am going to say now, but it has been proven over and over by Benchrest shots throughout the world - the cleaner your rifle the better you will shoot.