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, 07:25 PM
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, 09:03 AM
Sideshow You bastard, another Rabbit Hole to fall in to :P:thumbsup:
Liked On: 15-02-2022, 05:26 PM
It's better than the 7mm08 - it's got more capacity. It you load the 7mm Mauser to modern pressures it beats the 7mm08 with 140's and then doubles down with longer heavier bullets too. Due to the...
Liked On: 15-02-2022, 05:21 PM
chainsaw Yep l have posted before that IMO the 7x64 is one of the most underrated hunting rounds going ,while l was in Africa another Guide had a French Built Mauser in 7 X64 & he hardly used it...
Liked On: 14-02-2022, 06:55 PM
Am I missing something.......I never knew the 7 x 57 had gone away.
Liked On: 14-02-2022, 06:54 PM
I know where a replacement extractor lives if you want one.
Liked On: 13-02-2022, 08:31 AM
I have a few bits and pieces for older BSA rifles here, including a couple of triggers. Just PM me and let me know what you need. Also have a Majestic extractor.
Liked On: 12-02-2022, 04:13 PM
Thats a new trick! He must have tried to unscrew the barrel while the bolt was in place. Unforgiveable!
Liked On: 12-02-2022, 04:12 PM
Well no wonder mine is giving grief. Someone has had a serious play in it's past and not assembled it correctly, with the trigger lever / pawl not positioned to pivot on the trigger lever pin. So...
Liked On: 12-02-2022, 04:12 PM
Earlry in January we were out for a hunt and we spotted a couple of deer in the open, a spiker and one other that mooched off into the bush. Just as it disappeared I thought I saw a decent bit of...
Liked On: 12-02-2022, 01:20 PM
Great news. Nathans plasticine makes the blocking and damming easy. The drinking straws and threaded rod ( bolts with heads cut off) are a real key for when the metal work is lowered into the stock -...
Liked On: 11-02-2022, 09:14 PM
One of the triggers I cut my teeth on when I started professional gunsmithing more than 50 years ago was the 3-lever BSA trigger as found on the Royal, Viscount, Hunter, and early Majestic rifles,...
Liked On: 11-02-2022, 09:13 PM
Yes, file it with a very slight forward taper and polish the surface with wet & dry backed by the file. Breaking the sharp edges also helps. Bed from the front edge of the mag well to about 50mm up...
Liked On: 11-02-2022, 07:20 AM
doesnt the pork and chicken affect the brass ?? :P
Liked On: 09-02-2022, 06:51 PM