Got a good question set via email in regards to the LR Featherweight T3/T3x Carbon Rifle Stock so reproduced my reply here as an initial Featherweight Rifle Stock FAQ. Are you saying Featherweight Rifle Stock will reduce felt recoil? The directional properties of the carbon shell coupled with the forend and buttstock core material […]
The Mountain Rifle, the PDI 260 Featherweight One of the test rifles at PDI started life as a Tikka T3 Superlight in 260 Remington, but we quickly turfed the tupperware stock and turned it into a true hunters tool, the 260 Featherweight. Much to the annoyance of myself, the build sheet on this rifle was […]
A Kestrel Drop for Ballistics Calculations The Kestrel Drop 3 is referred to as a weather data logger but since its release it has found a new role as the Kestrel Drop Ballistics unit. The question is, how is it a ballistics tool if it doesn’t measure the wind? Firstly, after the effects of wind, the […]
Fallow Deer Hunting with Precision With the growing emphasis on precision hunting, be it long or medium range, hunters are upgrading their gear to newer and higher technology standards to enable the hunter to take that one clean precise shot. A common goal of the modern precision hunter is putting venison in the freezer. Venison is a […]
Kestrel Elite First Steps This method is now outdated The Kestrel 5700 Elite has become a powerhouse in long range shooting and there is a plethora of guides out there on how to use the Kestrel, but the Kestrel Elite first steps are often overlooked. Its widely accepted that the first thing people do once they […]
Novagrade PDI is very excited about bringing innovative Novagrade smartphone, tablet and camera adaptor products to the Australian market. In our recent blog post, Bolly Featherweight Test, we tested a completely 3D printed phone adaptor, while cheap, it was clumsy, didn’t line up properly, image quality was less than ideal and it would only fit 1 […]
Bolly Featherweight Test We recently did a short test on the Neopod bipod and have since had a number of questions about where the testing was done and requests for more details on the rifle, so we decided to get some gear we use out on the hill and do a Bolly Featherweight test. Luckily we only […]
Neopod Test on a Bolly Featherweight The Neopod is an exciting new bipod that weighs less than 100grams so we decided to do a Neopod test on a Bolly Featherweight stocked rifle. The Neopod bipod is a natural choice for someone trying to keep weight down on their mountain rifle but want the convenience of a […]
Bolly ZCR-FC Stock wins FTR Class competition Liam and his Father Michael Hall have been early adopters of the Bolly ZCR-FC, and Liam’s Bolly ZCR-FC Stock wins FTR Class competition at the Trans Tasman. To get to this point The Hall lads have been using stocks bought almost 12 months ago for a range of experiments in an attempt to push […]