Its a great fleece at a good price too - just the right gear to make summer bearable!
See it on our store site here
Details on Ridgeline's site here
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Fleece Bush Shirt from Ridgeline
Fleece in summer? Well it has been one of those years. Cold north easterly winds making it feel more like october than july. Just in to make you feel warm and cosy for summer is a new fleece bush shirt from Ridgeline of New Zealand.
Made of a good thick fleece and cut in a true bush shirt style, nice and long to keep your back warm, the fleece has velcro adjustable cuffs, and a zip up front pocket and high collar.
Its a great fleece at a good price too - just the right gear to make summer bearable!
See it on our store site here
Details on Ridgeline's site here
Its a great fleece at a good price too - just the right gear to make summer bearable!
See it on our store site here
Details on Ridgeline's site here
Monday, 9 July 2012
6.55 by 55
The 6.55 by 55 or as its sometimes known as the 6.5 swedish is an old calibre that has loyal following on the continent, and its seeing a lot more interest here and in the states.
We have a very special rifle in at the moment in 6.5, so we thought it was a good idea to share what we think of the 6.5 swedish.
The 6.5 was born out of Swiss research in the late 1800's and first put into service in italy where an Army officer by the name Carcano developed a service rifle (rifle buffs out there will know that a 6.5 Mannlicher Carcano was used to assassinate JFK). This calibre was then adopted by the Swedes with a 55mm cartridge case.
The thing that sets the 6.5 by 55 apart is the ballistic coefficient of the bullet - sort of how 'aerodynamic' it is. It's a very long bullet, so it carries plenty of weight and deforms along its length to deliver that all that energy in a controlled fashion.
Having good aerodynamic and stability properties sets the 6.5 by 55 apart for accuracy, and now with modern rifles and powders the 6.5 can be propelled a lot quicker than the older swedish military rounds.
In Scandinavia they use the 6.5 on anything up to moose, so it should be more than adequate on any species of deer we have in the UK.
We have a special rifle in at the moment in 6.5 by 55, a Browning X-Bolt. It's a available from Browning only by special order - but we have one on the shelf ready to go.
We have a very special rifle in at the moment in 6.5, so we thought it was a good idea to share what we think of the 6.5 swedish.
The 6.5 was born out of Swiss research in the late 1800's and first put into service in italy where an Army officer by the name Carcano developed a service rifle (rifle buffs out there will know that a 6.5 Mannlicher Carcano was used to assassinate JFK). This calibre was then adopted by the Swedes with a 55mm cartridge case.
The thing that sets the 6.5 by 55 apart is the ballistic coefficient of the bullet - sort of how 'aerodynamic' it is. It's a very long bullet, so it carries plenty of weight and deforms along its length to deliver that all that energy in a controlled fashion.
Having good aerodynamic and stability properties sets the 6.5 by 55 apart for accuracy, and now with modern rifles and powders the 6.5 can be propelled a lot quicker than the older swedish military rounds.
In Scandinavia they use the 6.5 on anything up to moose, so it should be more than adequate on any species of deer we have in the UK.
We have a special rifle in at the moment in 6.5 by 55, a Browning X-Bolt. It's a available from Browning only by special order - but we have one on the shelf ready to go.
Read more about the 6.5 here
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