The Lever Aficionados Thread

[Sideshow]

Yes @csmiffy that is correct rifle you can't lend, but you cand lend an estate rifle to shoot under supervision. i.e. On a rifle range or deer stalking. Shotgun is a different story as it's a different license and is actually a right to own! I won't get into it here about the how's and whys.
They are trying to make the process more streamline though.
For example you apply for a caliber say 7x57 on your ticket (there's no sickos here that would go down the 270 road) once you get the rifle in that caliber you send the serial number into the police and the seller/gifting person also sends in that it is no longer on there ticket. Now here's the shit thing say you brake the rifle you now have to inform the police that it's no longer on your ticket and reapply for that caliber again and go through the whole process again. Each time you apply you have to give reasonable grounds for having the firearm (just because you want one doesn't cut it) also a letter from the ground owner, club or estates that you are shooting over.
So that 50cal is out and even the likes of .338 is marginal at best. The police think you might be trying to snipe someone, because they saw it in a movie! Not easy but you get there in the end.
Shotguns fill ya boots though any number as many as you want.....so long as it can fire no more than three rounds
Now back to the thread

ps I do know the NZ system as I am a kiwi and did have a NZ ticket. Also one of the good things about the uk system is that it stops you from impulse buying

[Rees]

heres my Baby-










Model 94 .375Winchester
and thats a Ruger #1 .303 atop

[timattalon]

heres my Baby-




Model 94 .375Winchester
and thats a Ruger #1 .303 atop

That Ruger, oh my that ruger..........There was one for sale on trade me, is that another one? There cannot be many of those about.

[Rees]

That Ruger, oh my that ruger..........There was one for sale on trade me, is that another one? There cannot be many of those about.

yeah mines sittin safe an sound in Oz mate most of the shipment went to Canada, Aus and maybe a few to NZ- all have history with the old .303 cartridge from the Wars.

need to run .312s as bores often oversized as per old specs but once ya get that sorted they are rippers.
mine loves woodleighs 215s , an would make an ideal Cast hunter/plinker

[Carlsen Highway]

I had one. I really should have kept it. But I wanted the barrel to be longer - no reason not to have a 24 inch barrel on it since the action is so short. Plus, you couldn't see down the sights - the stock was for scoped shooting. You literally couldn't get you head anywhere near lining them up. The open sights are just ornaments on that rifle. It might not interest others but I wanted to shoot it with open sights as well.
I would still like to get a Ruger no.1, but they are so very expensive for what they are.

[Marty Henry]

There are quite a few around I should have bought one when they first saw them.

[tanqueray]

Wilson’s have been trying to sell a brand new #1 in 257 Roberts for some time, full stock too. I’d love to buy it but $3000? Not going to happen any time soon.

[The bomb]

Is it just me or do lever guns just look wrong with a scope on them?love this thread tho,my old man was American and used to have 2 guns and shot everything with them,a model 94 in 30/30 and a browning A5 in 20gauge,I still have and still use the 20g,gonna be a sad day when the steel shot rules come in for sub gauges ��

[tanqueray]

Is it just me or do lever guns just look wrong with a scope on them?love this thread tho,my old man was American and used to have 2 guns and shot everything with them,a model 94 in 30/30 and a browning A5 in 20gauge,I still have and still use the 20g,gonna be a sad day when the steel shot rules come in for sub gauges ��

Couldn't agree more, the only thing worse than a levergun with a scope on it is one made from stainless.

[The bomb]

Or has a red dot sight,tried one on my Marlin model 60 and while accurate it just looked naff,went back to the peep sight.

[Carlsen Highway]

If I put a scope on a Winchester or Marlin lever action I would get disowned and I would deserve it. Defeats the whole point of the rifle.
I had a scope on a BLR I had for a while though, but that didnt seem to count. And I would put one on a Ruger #1. For a little while.

[Carlsen Highway]

Wilson’s have been trying to sell a brand new #1 in 257 Roberts for some time, full stock too. I’d love to buy it but $3000? Not going to happen any time soon.

Yeah, same. There is another one down here in 6.5x55 for the same price... Just a bit too much money really.

[tanqueray]

I mean they’re nice, but they aren’t a Farquharson.

[shooternz]

Yeah but who here can afford a Farquharson or would hunt with one if they did, I have a Ruger No 1 in 6mmBR, one in 45/70 is on the wish list

[rossi.45]

Yeah but who here can afford a Farquharson or would hunt with one if they did, I have a Ruger No 1 in 6mmBR, one in 45/70 is on the wish list

Ruger No.1 in 6BR would be a great Varmint rifle/cartridge combination . . . would seriously like to some pics of that rifle @shooternz

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