Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

Originally Posted by Dreamer

Had this for a wee while now but only recently got the stock. A huge thanks to @Sideshow who helped get the stock over to me from Slovenia. The company is called Carbonomix and the bare stock weighs 454g total weight in the photo is 3618g. 6.5CM barrel.



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Mate I really like that a lot

Very nice finish on that carbon, unique

Picked this up a while ago after i sold my mini due to not being able to find a nice light hubter stock for it that didn't cost more than the barreled action or wasn't a chassis.
This was a cancelled export order from Hardys.

Howa 1500
1:8 twist Duracoated Stainless Hardy match barrel (was originally 28" now a much more user friendly 20")
Bedded in a factory Howa walnut stock
Trigger about 2.5lbs very nice
Nikko zero lok Talley knock offs
Nikon Monarch 4-16×40
DPT suppressor
Been sitting at the smiths for a while but picked it up late yesterday, cant wait to get it back to the range it shot fantastic with fiocchi 55sp before the chop, thread and bed so expecting it to shoot as good or better post surgery all going well.

Fairly new this one , Alpine Prec. build . 260 Rem
Defiance Anti
Brux barrel 20”
Manners stock
Hawkins rings , bottom metal
Trigger tech
DPT

Nothing flash but it was interesting so I had to have it. Little Beretta bolt action/semi auto 22lr. Functions well bolt or semi and is super accurate using irons

Big props to forum good guys @Tahr and Brian for dropping off this beauty today. Early 308 BLR super sweet trigger job on it, quality 1 piece mount, Bushnell Legend HD 1.75-5×32 scope and niggaloh sling.
She's been rebarreled at some point with a stainless barrel will be chopping it down and threading to suit DPT suppressor then durablue the barrel to match the rest. I think i might leave the action with the worn blueing as it looks pretty damn sweet. Man if she could bet she could tell a story or 2, super slick action feeds nicely. Fits in the hand just right around the mag.

I had one of these in 308 (an MLR) for many years until I switched to left handed bolts. Cool rifle.

So been lurking and posting on here for a wee while whilst "getting organised" and having consulted with a number of my experienced hunting mates I settled on .243 caliber as being a good all rounder first rifle ( a choice backed up by some of you fullas) I'd been doing a fair bit of on-line research and looking at various offerings on trademe when....
.....she hit me right between the eyes, with her dark, sleek and mysterious lines, calling out to be cupped and caressed by my rough, calloused builders hands (or maybe not!)
All thoughts of being sensible went right out the window and I had to have her/it (encouraged by the Burris Fullfield sitting on top). Just so you can join me in the drool fest, here's some "factory" shots of the Franchi Horizon .243WIN Synthetic that'll be collected in the next week or so....

A big thanks to @chainsaw for the stock for my bush pig model 7 its ergonomics are next level! Love this wee rifle!

Finally got out yesterday and blooded it. I was a tad knackered by the time I pulled in a 4pm(told wifey I'd be home by 10am)

Good to see it getting good use & claiming a yearling or 2.

Not new , but got these old battlers out for tinker .

Winchester 1873 in 44/40 Win

Made in 1880 so I dont need a licence for it in Norway. The arse has well and truely fallen out of the classic gun market in Europe, great for the guy looking to add to their collection, heartbreaking for those who are sitting on collections that they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for.

This gun cost me less than $1000NZD

Nice @norsk , what do you think had caused the classic gun market to crash and burn so bad ?

Originally Posted by Lucky

Nice @norsk , what do you think had caused the classic gun market to crash and burn so bad ?

I think its a combination of factors that have finally reached a tipping point.

1) Impending lead ban in Europe.You will have to make your own projectiles on a lathe if you want to shoot some of this classic stuff.

2) Lack of demand.The Boomers are dying off and the interest in classic arms with them.Case in point Winchester Rifles,Boomers who grew up watching Cowboy films bought these guns few people want them anymore.A Winchester 1886,half magazine pistol gripped gun sold for $1200 recently,five years ago you could have at least trebbled that,maybe gotten close to $5K.I paid $5K for my takedown model.

In addition the American market is getting harder and harder to service,despite the demand there for Millsurps its costly to get the guns there.It also suffers from a lack of interest in fine sporting guns.

On top of this big game hunting ie Safari's are not really accepted anymore.As well as the fact that wealthy people are more likely to buy say a 416 Rigby bolt and barrel for their nice Blaser over investing much more in a double that they might only use the once. Rumors of bargin priced double Rifles have been around for nearly 10 years,I was offered one in 2015 on the condition that it was exported.Retailers in the UK cannot artificially hold up the market any longer,I know of a Gunsmith who won't take in any second hand guns at all,he chops up more H&H's than he can sell.He can't sell them.

Originally Posted by norsk

I think its a combination of factors that have finally reached a tipping point.

1) Impending lead ban in Europe.You will have to make your own projectiles on a lathe if you want to shoot some of this classic stuff.

2) Lack of demand.The Boomers are dying off and the interest in classic arms with them.Case in point Winchester Rifles,Boomers who grew up watching Cowboy films bought these guns few people want them anymore.A Winchester 1886,half magazine pistol gripped gun sold for $1200 recently,five years ago you could have at least trebbled that,maybe gotten close to $5K.I paid $5K for my takedown model.

In addition the American market is getting harder and harder to service,despite the demand there for Millsurps its costly to get the guns there.It also suffers from a lack of interest in fine sporting guns.

On top of this big game hunting ie Safari's are not really accepted anymore.As well as the fact that wealthy people are more likely to buy say a 416 Rigby bolt and barrel for their nice Blaser over investing much more in a double that they might only use the once. Rumors of bargin priced double Rifles have been around for nearly 10 years,I was offered one in 2015 on the condition that it was exported.Retailers in the UK cannot artificially hold up the market any longer,I know of a Gunsmith who won't take in any second hand guns at all,he chops up more H&H's than he can sell.He can't sell them.

Totally agree on point 2, it's entirely valid for NZ currently with maybe an addendum for double rifles as there are bugger all here. Colts are stagnant price wise and the rough stuff has dropped a little. Winchester's are the same. The arse has fallen out of the classic bolt action and shotgun market. Yet milsurp remains strong albeit some drop in demand due to incoming registration. I think it's mostly due to generational shift in interest here too.