About homebrew.357

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81
About homebrew.357
Biography:
Retired, Air carft engineer
Location:
Auckland
Interests:
engineering, lathe metal working, hunting
Occupation:
Job was Electroplating, Air NZ

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  1. Scouser
    Scouser liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
    Liked On: 19-06-2018, 12:45 PM
  2. berg243
    berg243 liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
    Liked On: 19-06-2018, 12:22 AM
  3. Tommy
    Tommy liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
    Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:15 PM
  4. Tommy
    Tommy liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Yer, certainly smacks out those lead balls and I think with the 20" barrel 70gr of 3f could be my maximum load as more it may end up being a flamethrower, but for deer in the bush and goat hunting...
    Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:15 PM
  5. Tommy
    Tommy liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    As they say, " Put your money where your mouth is", so had a first sight test at the range today, 50ms ,.490" patched ball, 65grs 2f Swiss BLK . Online horizontally but 7 1/2" low, with the flip up...
    Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:14 PM
  6. Spudattack
    Spudattack liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
    Liked On: 18-06-2018, 06:06 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    I`m afraid the hunting DNA is in my blood, so a good stout load to set the sights to is first up and then back to working up loads to see what it likes. As I made the fore sight my self no off the...
    Liked On: 13-05-2018, 10:17 PM
  8. rambo-6mmrem
    rambo-6mmrem liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Yer, certainly smacks out those lead balls and I think with the 20" barrel 70gr of 3f could be my maximum load as more it may end up being a flamethrower, but for deer in the bush and goat hunting...
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 09:16 PM
  9. 57jl
    57jl liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Proof report, while I was away from K street and down in the bush I gave the .50 a proof test with 90gr 2f swiss and .490 p ball. At the same time I thought I would test a gizmo I had made that...
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 09:04 PM
  10. 57jl
    57jl liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Would be a wast of good lead, while I was cooling my gunboots in the Oxodentale pub the boys in blue put the hard word on my to come up with a sure fire boy racer car stopper. No problem boys, I went...
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:58 PM
  11. 57jl
    57jl liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    83051, 83052, Yep, cutter for a .45cal barrel, have a look at my past threads for Hawken plains rifle and the Quigley 1874 Sharps rifle. 83059, Great fun.
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:51 PM
  12. 57jl
    57jl liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Well bugger me days, obviously Chop3r you know your top off the line measuring stuff, those pegs are my twist ratio guides. One is touching the one on the rifling shaft , the crank handle is turned...
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:38 PM
  13. 57jl
    57jl liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    I know it`s all sorts of bits and pieces, but I just use comeinhandy bits like an old tap handle to adjust the shaft up and down to change the twist rate at the back of my lathe. Hi Kotuku old mate,...
    Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:36 PM
  14. sometimes
    sometimes liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Okahu camp
    Thanks guys, they are probably high up in the steep gulley's, I don`t like hunting in the hot weather, to dry, blow fly's and you can't cool your meat down, then blow fly,s again ,(If you get...
    Liked On: 10-05-2018, 02:23 PM
  15. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : 45/70 Subsonic
    Yep, That's me with the rifle, :D. Rossi .45 here is my pp bullets, 420grs the ones that hit the bucket, my Sharps likes them, well one is allowed to dream. 70943, Bucket muckerupers.
    Liked On: 08-05-2018, 07:45 PM
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