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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi View Post
    Depends on the old guys 'parentage'.
    Don't buy the god awful Jamesons muck if his roots are in Northern Ireland!
    Now, if you were closer to me I'd flick you a bottle of mine (excuse the bottle in the pic...I used what I had).
    I had a still (a 'real' still, not one of those flavoured sugar water things). Had to sell all my gear when we moved to a small retirement unit.
    Single grain whiskey, bottled at 76%!!! Because I had no spare room for more bottles I bottled at 76% so that I only used about 1/2 the amount of bottles.
    Geez, you can always water it down (bloody heathen). Bloody nice drop with a wee ice cube or drop of water to 'crack' the whiskey.
    Anyway...Redbreast is not too bad. Japanese whiskies for sure (they make a nice Gin too).
    Good luck with the rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    Do we need to form an orderly queue or is it first up best dressed
    Yeah, first up best dressed.
    I did a stock-take yesterday. Only 2 bottles left!
    But I only sip it straight, and only on the odd occasion. It is however bloody great for cleaning out a sore throat.
    Them nasty cold bacteria can't fight 76% alcohol.
    So yeah, I'm open to meeting up with fellow shooters now and then.
    At the current sipping rate I should still have some of this left in 5 to 10 years (I'm not a hardened drinker...I just made what I liked to drink, and the still held 30 litres). @Pengy...I just noticed that you're a local.
    Hmmm...we must make a plan one day!
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    I spoke to him this morning about his whisky likes and dislikes

    And dug these out of the workshop hoard
    So after the next trip to town to buy the whisky I'm all set

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    But info on line about Bonehill double rifles is pretty thin
    What I do expect is that it's a standard Webley and Scott made for the trade boxlock action barreled and stocked to the clients wishes by C G Bonehill
    Vast amounts of info on line about their SxS shotguns

    The fun will be in having a decent look and trying to de code what it really is
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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    I spoke to him this morning about his whisky likes and dislikes

    And dug these out of the workshop hoard
    So after the next trip to town to buy the whisky I'm all set

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    Like your table cloth.
    GPM
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    Quote Originally Posted by grandpamac View Post
    Like your table cloth.
    GPM
    @grandpamac I have brought an original Marlin Ballard no.4 Perfection 38-55 rifle and it arrives some time early next month

    It's taken me a long time to find one of the forged steel models actually for sale in NZ
    This one has a very poor barrel reputed to be practically smooth bore at both ends and some residual rifling lurking in the middle
    It will be a major project
    But I do already have a brand new Vulcan 38-55 barrel here that will be used to line the original barrel
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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    @grandpamac I have brought an original Marlin Ballard no.4 Perfection 38-55 rifle and it arrives some time early next month

    It's taken me a long time to find one of the forged steel models actually for sale in NZ
    This one has a very poor barrel reputed to be practically smooth bore at both ends and some residual rifling lurking in the middle
    It will be a major project
    But I do already have a brand new Vulcan 38-55 barrel here that will be used to line the original barrel
    I still vividly rember firing a friends Remington Hepburn in 38-55 over 40 years ago and have been fascinated with the calibre ever since.
    GPM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi View Post
    Depends on the old guys 'parentage'.
    Don't buy the god awful Jamesons muck if his roots are in Northern Ireland!
    Now, if you were closer to me I'd flick you a bottle of mine (excuse the bottle in the pic...I used what I had).
    I had a still (a 'real' still, not one of those flavoured sugar water things). Had to sell all my gear when we moved to a small retirement unit.
    Single grain whiskey, bottled at 76%!!! Because I had no spare room for more bottles I bottled at 76% so that I only used about 1/2 the amount of bottles.
    Geez, you can always water it down (bloody heathen). Bloody nice drop with a wee ice cube or drop of water to 'crack' the whiskey.
    Anyway...Redbreast is not too bad. Japanese whiskies for sure (they make a nice Gin too).
    Good luck with the rifle.

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    That feels like a bit of a metaphor for my life at the moment - passenger in a slow motion trainsmash caused by a LOT of ineptitude and not much care...

    On the subject of .303 doubles, Baikal made them in .303 and a few arrived in NZ in both side by side and over/under. I had the option of purchasing one of each a few months apart and sat back considering my options - as per missed both. So there are cheaper ones about but not with the interest or nicety - although built like a brick outhouse and quite functional both as a firearm and a club in typical russian fashion. Probably be a long time before we see any more of them given the current situation though.

 

 

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