Thread: Thinking of a return trip in 2019

I took pity on this old gun and restored it. 16 bore rifle converted from a muzzleloader. I straightened the barrel, built a new briddle and fly for the lock, new front sight, browned the barrel and re-finished the stock





and freezer filler

a Remington Rolling block converted to side-lever opening and inline muzzleloader. It is very accurate and I have taken quite a few animals with it. (I should finish that fore end but never have)

very nice stuff Steve
heirloom looking pieces

Welcome to the forum I like the pictures you have posted, good to see you hunt with what you build, keep the posts coming.

Steve is a good guy to deal with, I recently got a great little 16ga from him and I can't be happier.
Welcome to the forum Steve, keep me in the loop on your plans
Cheers
Hendrik

Originally Posted by Sbertram

Thanks much for the input. Took my Red last trip with a .25/06 I built. Fun hunt and great animal but I love shooting things up close. The closer the better in my mind. That was why I asked about black powder shooters and was looking at sometime on the North island maybe during the roar. I also love to hunt with open sighted single shots, my favorite being my .30 super H&H. This is not my best Whitetail but he was taken at a lasered 205 yards with open sights.



my stag taken with the .25/06 I built at about 260 yards.



A nice representative stag with an old rifle and up close would really be the bees knees or I guess as some say the Mutts nutts.

If ya ever come to the North Island Hawkes bay Kawekas to get sika a good ol Remington 700 or tika t3 20" bush rifle in 308 will do ya right

A pretty nice Whitetail taken at under 10 yards. I was in a tree stand for this one and used my .26/06 I built



This one was a great hunt. Found him bedded up with a doe and did about a half mile stalk, belly crawling for a big portion of it. Shot him at about 125 yards and put the bullet right at the base of his spine. He never knew I was there. Used the old Holland in .30 Super and a Nosler partition 180 Gr bullet. Love those projectiles!

Pronghorn buck taken with my .25/06. Another long range shot.....he might have been 15 yards away. I do love the stalk.

My itty bitty wee lil Chamoi.....I need to do better.



Fallow on my last NZ trip taken w the .25/06. So long ago my hair was still brown......those were the days.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

TAHR.

Take your political correctness elsewhere

Originally Posted by Sbertram

I build mostly in the British style. Walnut and rust blue. I do quite a few single shot rifles on falling block actions with some bolt guns as well. I build a few double shotguns here and there as well.
Steve

Do you strike up the barrels? Our have them made? Sounds pretty cool.

I order Krieger barrels to my contour, then hand polish them before rust blue. The .500 NE is a good example. The rear sight is also sleeved on in the Rigby fashion and it is shop made with a taper to match the remainder of the barrel and the fore end hanger integral.

Originally Posted by R93

Depends on what dialect you use.
I prefer urdu/hindu

So I will always spell it Thar.
And I can do what I want.



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Did you stamp your foot and pull a face too?

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Did you stamp your foot and pull a face too?

Na. Just blew a raspberry😉

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Originally Posted by Sbertram

I order Krieger barrels to my contour, then hand polish them before rust blue. The .500 NE is a good example. The rear sight is also sleeved on in the Rigby fashion and it is shop made with a taper to match the remainder of the barrel and the fore end hanger integral.

Very, very cool - old, classic rifles re-built and restored using top quality barrels!