last thought before i head outside, its stopped raining . . the .222magnum always sounded exotic back in the day before the .223 took over and if i wanted to build a period rifle i would consider...
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 11:22 PM
Finally landed one of my unicorns! An immaculate M77 Mk1 (1981) in .308win, and with iron sights!! Not many of these around, even less in this level of great condition! Came with a handmade leather...
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 11:20 PM
[QUOTE=No.3;1566213]True comment that. Suggest light loads, not much towing, conservative driving style, flat driving and not using heavy brake application all play a part. No.3 instead of...
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 07:48 AM
Have you also looked at falken wildpeaks? We switched to those at work on our hiluxes. Really quiet, get 90,000k out of them and heaps of traction off road. Price was really good too.
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 07:38 AM
Not going to lie, that took me hours to write! :D
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 07:35 AM
Our adventure began at 4:30am on the Sunday as we set off from home in the Manawatu in the Hilux headed for the 8:15am ferry sailing from Wellington. ...
Liked On: 20-07-2024, 07:35 AM
I just thought I would post in this old thread images of the completed Contender three barrel set There has been plenty of Contender traffic on the forum lately I'm still looking for a barrel to...
Liked On: 16-07-2024, 08:53 PM
Pic of the rest of the rig 254793
Liked On: 14-07-2024, 06:36 PM
251285 251286 Son and I went on a Goat cull over the weekend. Once we were over that I pulled out the Lyman Great Plains Rifle and managed to bag 2 Pigs and a Six pointer red. Was using homemade...
Liked On: 13-07-2024, 08:30 PM
Looks red to me. There’s a continuum in the features between reds, through a hybrid to a wapiti. A couple of the more easily seen features are the shape of the ears. Wapiti very round and furry, reds...
Liked On: 13-07-2024, 07:37 AM
Hi all. I've been approached to make a light weight chassis for the Kimber 84. It's all designed up and ready to go. There are somethings I'm still debating, like having QD cups on the forend,...
Liked On: 12-07-2024, 07:37 AM
Yeah, feel free to import stuff yourself. The thing with Convoy and Sofirn is that they sell at wholesale rate to everyone, I get no further discount. Nitecore, Olight etc sell at retail price to...
Liked On: 12-07-2024, 07:36 AM
And that instant on when you put your foot down does come with some consequences, the mates missus went through a set of tyres in 18,000Km's. And the tyres are circa $700 a corner as they are...
Liked On: 12-07-2024, 07:14 AM
I watched one swoop in and eat my mates flatmate's cockatiel in Oz, cracked me up to no end :)
Liked On: 11-07-2024, 08:09 PM
This chassis was designed around using a 12.5" barrel in all the howa mini chamberings like the AR15 carbines. I have built a lot in .223 and they go well at 12.5". You don't lose accuracy with a...
Liked On: 10-07-2024, 04:29 PM