Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

I think its walnut, my Husky 1600 has the same tiger stripe figure, almost looks like maple doesnt it

Similar to a Sako 243win I used to own.

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

I think its walnut, my Husky 1600 has the same tiger stripe figure, almost looks like maple doesnt it

Certainly not the dark walnut that is most common. Pretty though. I’ll take a pic of the 3 sometime and put the photo up.

A few of mine

First up a couple of my dedicated fox spotlighting rifles. On the left is a L461 .17-222, Shilen barrel, Timney trigger, Kahles KX4.5-18x50. On the right is a Sako L461 .20-222, PacNor barrel, Maddco 3 lever trigger, Swaro Z6 2.5-15x56


Sako A1 .222, in this photo wearing an older Swaro 3-9x36 scope. Now has a Swaro Z3 3-10x42.


Anschutz 1532 .222, Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40


The Brno collection. At the front is a 601 chambered in 250 Myra (.25-222) wearing a Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10x44, centre is a Mod 2 chambered in 20 Myra Extruder (a squeeze bore that has a 22lr chamber, but squeezes the projie down to 20cal. It's wearing an old steel tube Weaver K6 in this photo, but currently has a steel tubed Meopta 6x with the parallax adjusted, and another Mod 2 in 22lr wearing a Leupy V3 2.5-8x36 with the parallax adjusted


Marcus

That squeeze-bore concept was an interesting concept that never gained much commercial traction.

Myra dabbled with a lot of interesting stuff back in the 60's

A few more.

Rem 700 BDL varmint in .22-250, original stock with the bowling ball finish stripped off and a rubbed oil finish applied. Now has a modified factory stock - not as pretty but fits much better. The original stock is safely tucked away. The rifle has a Rifle Basic trigger and Swaro Z6 2.5-15x56.


Parker Hale .243 with custom stock. Currently wears a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 but I am on the hunt for a nice old 6x or 3-9x Kahles, Swaro or Meopta


Ruger M77/17 in .17hmr, Jard trigger and Loopy 3-9x33 EFR scope nice and low in Loopy rings


Marcus

Best cat I've seen all week

Originally Posted by fawkes

Best cat I've seen all week

Poor wee blighter, he only wanted to live like you do.
It's quite interesting how the leftists are influencing the hunting fraternity. All goes back to the Pavlov experiment.

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

Poor wee blighter, he only wanted to live like you do.
It's quite interesting how the leftists are influencing the hunting fraternity. All goes back to the Pavlov experiment.

I'd say your presuming alot. Hunters have always shot cats where they can and it pre-dates the latest predator free nonsense. Back to walnut/blued eh? Here's a nice 17hmr made by Larry Jackson custom rifles in Whangarei. He made the entire rifle except for the barrel. It is a work of art.

Lefty action of his own design. Also made the bottommetal:

My first love is single shots I do have a few bolt action rifles. The top one is a Brno 21F, 1948 era 8x57IS, the next one down is a Mauser sporter proofed in 1932 8x57I open sights only never drilled for scope mounts ( my favorite deer rifle), the next one is a commercial Orberndorf action with a part octagon 20 inch barrel, 8x57I, action serial number dates to 1912, the next is a Mannlicher Schoenauer MCA caliber 243 dated 1964, the last is a 1910 Mannlicher Schoenauer 9.5 x 57 full stock rifle.
Mike

Picked up this Brno ZG47 today. Been on the lookout for one for awhile. Has a nice bore -7x57. Some pretty figure on the butt.

Originally Posted by FRST

I'd say your presuming alot. Hunters have always shot cats where they can and it pre-dates the latest predator free nonsense. Back to walnut/blued eh? Here's a nice 17hmr made by Larry Jackson custom rifles in Whangarei. He made the entire rifle except for the barrel. It is a work of art.
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I worked several yrs down Central Otago on bunny boards...During those yrs wild cats were off the list as they cleaned up a huge number of rabbits both full grown & small (runners).
One particular rabbiter was seen ti kill a feral cat on the job and was down the road not long after. Many were caught in gin traps and released again and yes they would be pretty broken up at times but many survived.
No mate not all hunters were or are nowadays into killing cats. They kill more mice,rats and stoats in the bush than what the general public are told.

You shoot them all over here when you can. There guts ste full of native birds, mammals, lizards and frogs.
In the western country you can get a couple dozen a night at times, so plenty about.


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Originally Posted by FRST

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Sheer beauty...especially in 7x57