Greetings Sideshow, Thankyou for pointing that out. Total age of rifle and rifleman is currently 152 years increasing to 153 years in April. This is just a pup compared to my Martini Krag which...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:51 AM
I’m the same - I buy something and expect it to last forever (possibly with maintenance from time to time). The 1955 truck I bought in 1974 is still going on the above principle:D Hell, if my...
Liked On: 17-02-2022, 07:31 PM
Greetings csmiffy, The .318 Westley Richards is a fascinating rifle with a distinguished history, just obscure enough but with components easily made or purhased. I believe that Eddie Herrick used...
Liked On: 17-02-2022, 07:31 PM
PS. Thanks to Grandpamac for letting me look at his nice example to figure out a few things prior to starting on the stock
Liked On: 17-02-2022, 11:20 AM
You are welcome, Nice job. I doubt it looked that good when new. Any firearm with a family connection is a real treasure. Neither of my grandfathers or my father ever owned a firearm of any type...
Liked On: 17-02-2022, 11:20 AM
My recently-deceased clubmate and friend John Hastie asked me to do this little project for his grandsons and I was more than happy to do, both because John was a great guy and he was super generous...
Liked On: 17-02-2022, 08:47 AM
Don't beat yourself up, everyone has missed a deer. Just go to the range and sight riffle in before going out again Well done on getting the deer, nice eating those wee fallow. Enjoy your...
Liked On: 16-02-2022, 09:04 PM
Had a bit of an internet presence hiatus last couple of months but headed out into the Otago blue mountains bush Monday Tuesday this week. Been a while since ive gone out there. Monday 5am bright...
Liked On: 16-02-2022, 09:04 PM
the episode late last season...when Greg finished the hundreth summit with fella...was awesome THEN we saw Emil was along climbing too...with his cameras.....my utmost respect went out to him...
Liked On: 16-02-2022, 08:57 PM
Greetings All, I have been having trouble updating my computer to Windows 11 and have just been told that my it is too old to be updated. My phone is the same. Last month I took my M38 Swedish...
Liked On: 16-02-2022, 04:11 PM
I really enjoyed this First Episode of Season 8. Willie's Stag was a modern classic from the Rakaia Herd, and one to be proud of forever! Greg and Willie and Emil have done a fantastic job...
Liked On: 16-02-2022, 11:56 AM
Why the Antagonism ? Cant we just take the show for what it is and enjoy it . It is by far the best NZ hunting/outdoor production going.
Liked On: 15-02-2022, 11:33 AM
Both huts they stayed at were DoC huts. Since covid Back Country Trust have been getting a lot of money from the govt to employ out of work tourism staff (rafting guides, and the like) to do good in...
Liked On: 14-02-2022, 05:15 PM
well I would kick the arse of anyone who made the dog sleep outside in conditions like that......they swept out hut afterwards,willie was shown on end of broom. Ive seen many a "person" who calls...
Liked On: 14-02-2022, 05:14 PM
In those days they used to sell the tools with the rifle, you were expected to handload your own cartridges. It was the invention of smokeless powder that make handloading a niche thing. The old...
Liked On: 12-02-2022, 11:25 AM