I spent a couple of days recently finally restoring this rifle to full function Started with a genuine Sharps Civil War Carbine Model 1859 which started life as a capping breech loader using...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 08:53 PM
Bloody hell - how many lips has she got .......... ?
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:16 PM
holder for different types of .12ga loads to keep in bedside draw....buckshot for burglers,#4 for pesky possums.....rocksalk for boyfriends dropping daughter off late....#9 for pesky starlings trying...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 04:41 PM
I had just fitted a newly made 4340 lever pivot screw The original was worn and slightly bent The new one is hardened and tempered and very closely fitting and has dramatically tightened the action...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 04:39 PM
Yeh I reckon Cigat is on to it. And a bloody nice job as well.
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 04:29 PM
Sadly, the "she'll be right" kiwi mentality, which my old man reckoned allowed the unscrupulous to take the p1ss, is alive and well in our community. The meekness, and the "I'm alright Jack" over the...
Liked On: 02-01-2023, 01:34 PM
210367 Stainless Damascus Nakiri I made for a mate, pearlescent swirl Acrylic handles, rockin G10 pins and liners.
Liked On: 23-12-2022, 09:56 AM
can you imagine it in todays PC world cop " what was his height?" security " well its not safe to say he he short or tall so average" cop " white/black/asian?" security " errr.........human"...
Liked On: 29-11-2022, 06:37 PM
Checkering complete. A real marathon, but I’m happy with how it came out! 207407 207408
Liked On: 07-11-2022, 10:53 PM
My 9yo really earned this one. She has been studying up on deer anatomy and has showed awesome discipline behind the trigger. After sitting patently behind the rifle on a red at 95 yards for over...
Liked On: 05-11-2022, 09:33 PM
You are looking at this with typical narrow mind. Instead think of the potential business opportunity that has just arisen. Open a shop in Galatea or Murupara that sells Fertiliser, netting ,...
Liked On: 28-10-2022, 04:03 AM
Then on to the much more enjoyable task of seeing that lovely piece of walnut hiding under nearly 150 years of dirt and oil 207938 It's pretty exciting to see walnut like that on a no.4...
Liked On: 12-10-2022, 05:39 PM
Running away from original Thread but about 1970 at Kaituna NZDA range and no hearing protection in those days even at work.No wounder us oldies say EH! a lot.
Liked On: 08-10-2022, 04:12 PM
Well not a centerfire, but it is a BSA. Recent project, shortened/threaded the barrel, made a thread preoector, shortened the fore-end a little and fitted the scope with a little help from gundoc...
Liked On: 11-09-2022, 09:07 PM
This is the most reliable magazine I have ever used Lots of moving parts but it feeds all different brands and bullet weights reliably 204772 The rifles that use this type of magazine are...
Liked On: 28-08-2022, 09:28 PM