The other use it may have is as a second rifle if I take out friends shooting who didnt bring their own.
As for shooting ranges the main goat property I have access to is on the southern edge of the Gawler Ranges and is mostly flat mallee country with a few granite outcrops. Here you would get a maximum visibility of 200m and most goat hunting is done with the owners dogs (camp dogs from the APY lands, a dangerous mongrel mix of dingo, sheppard, kelpie and bull terrier). The owner hunts goats here a lot like people use dogs on pigs. Personally I am looking forwards to getting down there without them and having a quiet stalk. The goat deer property i mentioned is very thick scrub in hilly country where the longest shot would be 70m tops. I have occasional access to a goat property up this way and here you can often see goats from km's away but I personally like to try and get to within 100m (no mean feat given the lack of cover and noisy loose rocks). But given its location I am more likely to have the 30-06 with me than this 6mm.
Ned your right I dont like taking shots out over 300m. This is a personal thing but I feel that using the 223 I am more likely to miss and educate a cat rather than hit it. If I had others with me shooting they would have had to demonstrate some considerable accuracy on paper before I would be comfortable with them taking shots out over 300m. This may change when I get the 204 and have worked out its idiosyncracies. I expect it will be orders of magnatude more accurate than anything I have owned before. Trevs 6-250 was amazing and if shane builds me something of that standard then I am going to be real happy.
But back to the ressurection, Malcom has allready given me a near new barrel and I want to have a look at it and talk it over with shane. I must admit to beginning to get a bit of a bug up my arse for Mr Ackley's favorite mod but from what bushcook was telling me to get the best out of a AI I would need to look at a new longer barrel. If it ends up a bog standard 243 then by the time it has had a few thousand rounds through it then I will be financial enough to rebarrel it to something fancy, 6-250AI, 6x47Lapua, 240 Wby Magnum.
ps Ogre, Me a good off hand shot, you must have me confused with someone else or know a lot of shitty shooters
. That said the Tikka T3 Hunter is absolutely wonderful rifle to throw up to the shoulder and shoot after spending most of my life with a full wood stocked SMLEThanks again
Dr G
waiting for heir opponents to make a mistake than taking the initiative.Makes for boring football that does not draw crowds (end of rant).Hope you enjoy the game would love to be there 
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What a score.