Chapter II: Captain Feathersword Here at PDI our love affair with Clayton Smith’s (#WestTexasOrdnance) extremely versatile 7mm SAW cartridge has already been documented in the tale of Trollhammer. After Trollhammer’s success, we decided that the SAW might be just the ticket for a mid-range (out to 600m) ultralight rifle, so set out to build twin […]
My 284 Shehane is my favourite rifle, built as a mountain rifle for hunting further and deeper into the Alpine in the search of elusive Sambar deer, it has achieved its performance goals and then some. I’ve chronicled its development on social media, as well as in prior posts focusing on my decision making process. […]
Regardless of numbers on websites the truth is that the first impressions when you pull a MTN Gear bipod out is that it is ridiculously light and really compact. It is totally unobtrusive on the rifle and equally at home in the top pocket of your pack if you’re hunting in and out of the bushline. Ours weighed in at 144g on the PDI scales. A big tick is the simple and effective picatinny rail mount – our absolute preference for a bipod, fast, low profile and secure.
Needs Another Year – 2023 New Zealand hunt A stag called Jeremiah In 2020 on a backpack hunt for Chamois in New Zealand’s South Island, a red stag in velvet was glassed up and for the remainder of the hunt, discussion revolved around how the stag we had nicknamed Jeremiah, just needs another year. Considering […]
Mountain hunting in the southern alps of New Zealand is simply a bucket list location for anyone that keenly partakes in backpack hunting, it truly is a carnivore’s paradise. For Brooky the January trip was a return, but for me (Bourney) it was my first hunt in New Zealand and as I look forward to […]
The Tier One bipod out of the UK is a relatively new bipod that has for some time piqued interest in those chasing weight reductions for mountain rifles. The recent excursion to New Zealand gave us a chance to field test a number of new products including the Tier One Bipod in proper mountain hunting […]
The start of the ‘Hammer’ Series rifles The idea for this particular rifle was born at the 2018 PRS Australia Ignition Custom Winter Classic (ICWC) PRS match during driving winter rain last year. Brooky had taken two rifles to the match – a borrowed .243 to compete with, and his 7mm SAUM for the week […]
With our last post recapping our backpack hunting adventure in the Victorian Alpine National Park we have received two main queries, what gear do you run and what are the rifle specifications. So without further delay we took some time to get lists compiled between myself and Brooky from underwear to rifles, here are our […]
Due to a resurgence in queries regarding our Mountain Rifle Builds we thought it would be prudent to recap our September 2019 Sambar Hunt which we chronicled in our Instagram (@precision_defence_industries https://www.instagram.com/precision_defence_industries/ ) and Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/bollycompositestocks ) accounts and is compiled into a single post below. It was a 5 day backpack hunt in […]
Few recent rifle releases in Australia have been as long and eagerly anticipated as the Tikka T1X MTR. Tikka’s exceptional value for money T3 family of centrefires has seen the company become a dominant player in the Australian and New Zealand markets over the past decade. So, it was no surprise that there was a […]