Youtube vid of our overnighter for some venison. We ended with a nice fat stag to take home, have a watch if you've got nothing to do. Cheers https://youtu.be/p8IlA_PFxdU
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 04:51 PM
So went for my first walkabout for 2023 yesterday. Goal for the day was to try and find a clearing I had been told about. Up I was at zero dark thirty like most trips and quick stop at the local...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 09:09 AM
With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 10:34 AM
Stub was tapped M20x1.5mm for about 30mm at its muzzle end Now I stripped the donor barrel from a Swedish rolling block 12.7x42 1873 that was sporterised but had a 9/10 bore 214531 Work out...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 10:16 AM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 07:51 AM
Great thread, i grew up, a touch late for the meat hunting, but Dad was a culler, bridge builder and hut builder for NZFS, so lots intresting yarns when his work mates were about, I too, carted...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 10:31 AM
This coming up in Dunedin Antique arms swap meet A bit different Too far away for me but some of the locals might like to go have a look and connect with a different sub set of gun nuts ...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:48 PM
With our family Christmas having been disrupted due to COVID sickness I found myself in the unbelievable position of having a leave pass to head for the hills as soon as Xmas lunch was dusted. ...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 09:42 AM
In what has become an annual tradition mopheadrob, uk_exile and I headed in on a 4-day hunt into the Puketeraki area. 3 years ago on this trip, I shot a deer using mopheadrob's rifle but could not...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 05:30 PM
Let's face it...the illegal use of firearms is not the reason for what is coming. It's simply the EXCUSE used to try and discourage private individuals from either wanting to jump through hoops or...
Liked On: 02-01-2023, 05:54 PM
Thought id go n set a game camera that i was lucky to get on the 25th. Had set it to see what was happening with a rat trap but no joy so thought id try in spot x. Spot is is very local to me n...
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 11:25 AM
Well, it's sort of the style of rifle stock. It's my 12/15 BSA Martini. Made the stock from NZ Red Beech. Fitted with a Nickel scope of about the same era. It's quite a nice wee rifle to use, and...
Liked On: 31-12-2022, 03:39 PM
Took advantage of the calm before the storm this morning and shot out to the Tokoroa Range to dial in my Pedersoli Sharps 1874 Long Range 45-70 with black powder loads. Load of Holy smoke FFG and...
Liked On: 26-12-2022, 07:01 PM
I put a photo of this up a few pages ago in raw form Ie incomplete Was still running the millsurp stock and the barrel wasn’t blued Left it with a mate a couple of months ago he makes stocks...
Liked On: 22-12-2022, 10:53 AM
I have quite a few rifles, some of them very collectible and rare. BUT I have One Rule: I need to (and do) use ANY of my rifles for hunting, as the mood takes me. This Rule has worked well for...
Liked On: 19-12-2022, 08:44 PM