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Bullet Deflection

25 June 2026

In die Jagveld met die 6.5mm Creedmoor

Deur Thinus Steyn ’n Puik geweer vir ghongskiet en algemene jag. My 6.5mm-tande het ek op die 6.5x55 Swede gesny. Na vier jaar van weeklikse en soms daaglikse gebruik het ek begin dink aan ’n plaasvervanger vir die dunloop-Howa-geweertjie. Die wetlike aspekte van ’n loopvervanging neem deesdae byna net soveel tyd in beslag as ’n…

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