Awww, can't like that news. So sorry to hear your mate has gone. Is that her in your avatar picture with the ear muffs on? Would be great to see the full size version. I've always had a chuckle at...
Liked On: 07-12-2023, 07:17 PM
Very hard to have them go it seems such a short time with us
Liked On: 07-12-2023, 07:17 PM
If anyone is travelling south and going through Ngaruawahia, call Marty and see if he wants any taken across Cooks straight. Him and a lot of black powder shooters in the south island will be...
Liked On: 27-11-2023, 04:42 PM
No, I dont do folders as they require other/more equipment needs than the fixed blades do.
Liked On: 27-11-2023, 01:24 PM
What a farken great weekend in the central HB, a Saturday night of laughs with Dunc n Mel, a successful morning of sorting shit, then an afternoon hunt with the guys & kids n tow A plan was...
Liked On: 27-11-2023, 10:59 AM
Quite enjoyed this hunt, but was a bit squeezed for time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOwj3deMbMU
Liked On: 21-11-2023, 11:45 AM
Sorry I told a lie ! I do have a Metford rifled barrel on my Webley 500 3" 237571
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 09:07 PM
funny I was dreaming of oval type rifling the other day....concept of squeazing a .12ga barrel in vice move ,turn squeaze move turn squeaze etc etc etc oh so much to go wrong ....
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 07:21 PM
Then it was Alexander Henry Rifling which was a giant leap forward and lasted for several decades as the go to in BP cartridge rifles. Then Metford rifling slowly took over from Alexander Henry...
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 07:21 PM
Funny that I got a whotworth projjie and a belted ball, only need a rifle to shoot em Wasn't into muzzleloaders . 2 hrs qith akaroa stuffed me ;) How many toys can u have - and use
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 06:06 PM
After the belted ball the next big thing in mechanical rifling was the Whitworth hexagonal helical rifling. The Whitworth is very cool. I do have a Whitworth rifle, mould and was punched. But...
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 06:06 PM
Belted balls were a very early type of mechanically engaged rifling The service rifle type was called Brunswick Rifling It's circa 1840-50 Accuracy is ok for what it is and its age 237561
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 05:48 PM
Looks like this 237560
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 05:48 PM
Been meaning to get out for a hunt before the silly season arrives, so headed off with my son for a weekend mission a couple hours from home. Now I know from past experience, what it's like to get...
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 05:27 PM
In akaroas absence as I understand it, the projectile is sort of the same as whitworths in having the rifling already on it but I doubt that it influenced whitworth. It was an attempt to make a...
Liked On: 15-11-2023, 04:59 PM