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   akaroa1 liked post by mudgripz On thread : Marlin Ballard restoration

   Reversible pin setup rather clever. I think Marlin continued with Ballard rifling - no doubt with changes - for over 100 years. From mid 1950s they did change their rimfires to the new microgroove...

   Liked On: 12-10-2022, 07:21 PM

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   akaroa1 liked post by Bos On thread : Our favourite ever firearms..

   Sorry boys; all this talk about Remington has got me wanting to stick pins in my eyes :D Surely the answer to the question has got to be the one and only Sako Vixen in, wait for it, .222

   Liked On: 06-10-2022, 10:44 AM

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   akaroa1 liked post by Pommy On thread : Fill length resizing not using expander button.

   If you do not use an expander (or a mandrel), then you'll obviously leave the necks undersized. More or less depending on the brand of the die and thickness of the brass. You are not working the...

   Liked On: 27-09-2022, 08:39 AM

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   akaroa1 liked post by andyanimal31 On thread : Fill length resizing not using expander button.

   To be fair I have fucked around with most die set ups, concetricity Guage and neck turning. What I have worked out is an amp annealer is my freind. My trusty tikka 6 5x55( third barrel) I have used...

   Liked On: 27-09-2022, 08:35 AM

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   akaroa1 liked post by mawzer308 On thread : BSA resurrection

   So as a quick background, I recently inherited this rifle from my wife’s side of the family. It originally was her grandads and it has been looked after by her uncle until recently, when he gave it...

   Liked On: 21-09-2022, 01:38 PM

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   akaroa1 liked post by Micky Duck On thread : 300 Ham'R or 30 Apache

   I would have thought you would be using 150 plus grains of projectile...the dirty 30 isnt a heck of a lot faster to begin with...the 4 loads I posed from ADI were 1500-1700fps with 150grn cast the...

   Liked On: 20-09-2022, 07:46 AM

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   akaroa1 liked post by Husky1600 On thread : First blood for the 6.5

   Just happened to have my How 6.5 handy when this guy decided to show himself. Having zeroed the rifle about 3 hours previous, it wasn't a difficult shot. Its not a black panther, I've seen one of...

   Liked On: 14-09-2022, 10:28 PM

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   akaroa1 liked post by norsk On thread : 577 Super Snider build and chamber reamer size

   Just don't use your Magtech cases consistantly for Nitro loads. They dont have much of a web and start thinning out very rapidly in my experiance. Its popular amongst the old blokes to fire a...

   Liked On: 12-09-2022, 06:09 PM

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   akaroa1 liked post by Mrs Beeman On thread : Hunting for Thieves

   We've had a few bee frames pilfered by some light fingered riff-raff recently so every bee site now has a camera. After losing 80 hives 3 years ago we can't afford to have that happen again - we...

   Liked On: 05-09-2022, 05:42 PM

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    akaroa1 liked post by LBD On thread : Contacting a forum moderator to delete a thread

    Meanwhile... behind every computer on this forum... you will find someone... looking up all of Synthetics recent posts to see what he wants deleted.... Good ploy if you want something sold, not so...

    Liked On: 04-09-2022, 10:51 PM

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    akaroa1 liked post by Gruffle On thread : Tuatahi axe project - small axe / hatchet for hunting, tramping, fishing etc

    Well, it's been a while, but at long last have some solid news on the Tuatahi small axe concept. They have made a couple of prototypes, and one is on its way to me now. They have asked me not to...

    Liked On: 27-08-2022, 11:04 AM

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    akaroa1 liked post by Mooseman On thread : Brass from overseas. Permit to import required ?

    I am going to Canada in a couple of weeks and have asked the same question of our Arms Officer in TGA and No Permit is required to bring projectiles and brass into NZ which I have in writing just in...

    Liked On: 23-08-2022, 10:40 PM

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    akaroa1 liked post by Friwi On thread : Barrel Fluting

    We keep a little collection of world champions barrels off cut like these. Let’s just say that the Chinese have the gold medal in that domain. Yes fluting such barrel can be challenging. Inthis...

    Liked On: 21-08-2022, 12:21 PM

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    akaroa1 liked post by longshot On thread : Barrel Fluting

    That last one looks like a rimfire barrel that can fit a centrefire action

    Liked On: 21-08-2022, 08:49 AM

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    akaroa1 liked post by Fssprecision On thread : Barrel Fluting

    Following on from a recent post by a member here where the virtues or otherwise was discussed re barrel fluting, I just wanted to share this. I would say my most common job is threading for...

    Liked On: 21-08-2022, 07:12 AM

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