The NZ Army came to little old Urenui for a visit this weekend. The lads did some great PR work here in Taranaki and let folk have a play with their kit. It was a great time for us and I hope the soldiers enjoyed themselves equally.

I got to have a play with the Lewis L129A1 rifle with its Leupold 3-18 FFP Mil Rad scope. hard to see in the picture but there is a peep site set at 30 degrees (just below my hand). The set up is not too dissimilar to the offset sights of the old Bren but in this instance, the rifle is tilted when using the peep (close range work). Note also the pump action door knocker carried by this strapping bloke.



Below- A last Hoorah for the Steyr, soon to be replaced with an M4 also made by Lewis Machine and Tool.



Riley was certainly not backwards in coming forwards. Again, great PR, taking time out to chat to a little girl (the kids loved the Mimi school visit). Note the new Ghostex digital camo. Still a few teething problems here with material fading far too quickly, the material and stitching both less than desirable. The rips, tears and thread bare material were obvious. Can't have our guys humping it in sub standard kit.



Close up of the Ghostex camo






Well, I better get back to work, books don't finish themselves.
 

Hi Guys, here is a link to a radio interview I did at the request of forum member:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thehuntingshow/2014/10/13/ep29--interview-with-nathan-from-terminal-ballistics-research

Am in the finishing stages of the next book (reloading)- editing, photos etc. This is a very busy time and it has become difficult for me to answer mail and forum posts with any depth sorry. We really need to get the book launched by December for Santa because I know you have all been good and deserve a visit from the jolly red man- so its all hands on deck at the moment.


Thanks guys.

Hi all- another one chalked off the list, the .338-06 A-Square is now uploaded to the knowledge base.


Not a lot else to report guys. Just trucking along.  I hope you all enjoy the latest article. Will hopefully have the reloading book finished for Christmas.
 

HI all, just a quick note to let you all know that my .338 Win Mag article is now live. This article serves as the base article for the .338's with other .338 research to be uploaded in due course.

All the best.

 

Hi, just a quick not to say the .325WSM article is up. So ends the 8mm section, .338 data to come next.

All the best,  Nathan.

 

Hi all, just a quick heads up, 8x68 S data has been uploaded to the knowledge base.

Cheers, Nathan.

 

Hi all, just a quick one.  I have revised the 7mm Practical article in the KB to bring it more in line with the rest of the Knowledge Base, though there are still differences.

Hopefully the new article is more succinct and user friendly. If you think I have missed anything of importance, please let me know.

Well it had to happen eventually.

I am turning 40 this week, both myself and the site have had a birthday. Although the old website was very slick in its day, times have moved on and the graphic / photo enhancing black background has had to go so that we can all settle down and read the volumes of content that now appears on the site without eye strain.

We also had to change navigation because the Knowledge base was getting so large that it was becoming difficult to navigate.  You will now be presented with a menu consisting of the following fields / tabs: All, Rifle research, Cartridge Research, Wounding Research and Other. This has helped immensely to categorize the site into a more manageable data base.

The site is now also responsive so that it changes size depending on the size of the screen you are using. There are now so many people reading the site on hand held devices that we had to move with the times and make the site readable on these platforms.

The forums are a work in progress.  We have been working towards a newest post first coding. It all takes time.

I have also included a few revisions.  The 7mm STW article is back up, the Ruger 10/22 bedding article has been updated. I uploaded my  8mm-06 research a couple of weeks back. I have also included a new tab / article in the KB which shows cartridges yet to be uploaded and what the deal is with these uploads etc.

Guys, if you see any bugs, photos in the wrong places etc, please let me know.  The site is such a monster now that it consumes hours days and weeks making such upgrades so we are bound to miss something.

I really want to thank Zeald for helping us through this. The Zeald team came up with our new logo and delivery concepts. I think they did such a great job and I hope you are equally pleased with their workmanship.

I think that's about it for now. All the best.

Nathan.





 

Merry Christmas everyone. It is now Christmas afternoon in NZ, being a day ahead of the U.S, Canada and the UK etc.

Just wanted to wish you all the best before I collapse into trifle coma (Stephs old man and his sherry).

Riley asked nana to "knit her a Ninger (Ninja) suit" for Christmas. An obliging nana made sure Riley had something under the tree so we have been watching our groins and shins all morning. Santa did his bit too after a letter of plea, a glass of milk and two cookies were placed on the kitchen table last night. Steph got me an Lenser head torch, best gift ever. I managed to find some books she had an eye on and girly things.

OK, better hit the couch before I pass out in front of the laptop (too much food). Riley wants to watch Star Wars (she loves the series and action figures). I think she has been reading footrot flats too much though, I caught her saying "get in behind ya mongrel" to her R2D2.

All the best everyone. I will be having a break from the laptop over the next few days but will cast an eye over the site from time to time.

Its aliiiive! 

Everything you wanted to know, some things you probably didn't want to know and there things I still don't know. Go on then, get your fix, click here....

All the best,  Nathan.
 

Just a quick apology, I have been attempting to edit my 8x57 research for uploading but the volume of emails and calls from around the world over the last two days has been difficult to deal with.  Currently taking 9 hours to get through email per day. Hoping for a quiet patch ahead so we can get this article live.  Thanks to everyone for their patience. We just hit 110,000 new readers for 30 days so if I am off my game a bit with email responses, you'll know why.

Note to South African oaks. I have reset the shopping page so that the currency will appear in U.S dollars, not Rand.  Seems that paypal cannot make the Rand conversion.

7.62x39 (M43) research uploaded to the Knowledge Base last night.

Will set to work on formatting my 8x57 research for uploading over the next few days.

Thanks to all of you who have purchased the new book and thank you so much for all of the wonderful feedback.

Nathan.