About John Duxbury

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June 4, 1970 (54)
About John Duxbury
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Waikouaiti

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  1. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Which old girl is this exactly? Bsa 7x57
    Ryan Songhurst is right. It's a BSA Viscount in 7x57. I have had a couple. (In America it was sold as a "BSA Royal" if you're googling around and come across that.) They are good rifles. When they...
    Liked On: 31-03-2025, 07:56 AM
  2. Basenjiboy
    Basenjiboy liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Trying to Wrap my head around it.
    What Marty Henry said. If you are seeing deer within 200 metres then you dont need to know any of that stuff. Just sight your rifle in so it groups 2.5 - 3 inches high at 100 metres, and then shoot a...
    Liked On: 30-03-2025, 08:07 PM
  3. SimpleHunter12
    SimpleHunter12 liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Trying to Wrap my head around it.
    What Marty Henry said. If you are seeing deer within 200 metres then you dont need to know any of that stuff. Just sight your rifle in so it groups 2.5 - 3 inches high at 100 metres, and then shoot a...
    Liked On: 30-03-2025, 09:45 AM
  4. john m
    john m liked post by John Duxbury On thread : The Zero Check Thread
    Rifle: .303 SMLE sporterised Range: 100m (ish. Paced out with long strides.) Optic: Not really an optic. A round hole in a bit of metal soldered onto the receiver. Probably from a washer of some...
    Liked On: 30-03-2025, 09:01 AM
  5. inglishill
    inglishill liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Trying to Wrap my head around it.
    What Marty Henry said. If you are seeing deer within 200 metres then you dont need to know any of that stuff. Just sight your rifle in so it groups 2.5 - 3 inches high at 100 metres, and then shoot a...
    Liked On: 29-03-2025, 11:43 PM
  6. BSA270
    BSA270 liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Parker hale rings
    Ive got some but they are on my BSA majestic and they are not coming off - I have wrecked at least two sets by overtightening the dumb soft metal screws on those things...just a bit more than snug,...
    Liked On: 29-03-2025, 09:49 PM
  7. Twodiffs
    Twodiffs liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Trying to Wrap my head around it.
    What Marty Henry said. If you are seeing deer within 200 metres then you dont need to know any of that stuff. Just sight your rifle in so it groups 2.5 - 3 inches high at 100 metres, and then shoot a...
    Liked On: 29-03-2025, 06:58 PM
  8. Tentman
    Tentman liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Trying to Wrap my head around it.
    What Marty Henry said. If you are seeing deer within 200 metres then you dont need to know any of that stuff. Just sight your rifle in so it groups 2.5 - 3 inches high at 100 metres, and then shoot a...
    Liked On: 29-03-2025, 06:48 PM
  9. Tokoroa Cast Projectiles
    Tokoroa Cast Projectiles liked post by John Duxbury On thread : School me on the 7x57 mauser
    WEll, yes, same as any rifle manufacturer, they put their name on them. All of their rifles (or the ones ive seen apart from some early ones) had RIGBY on the top of the receiver, and then under...
    Liked On: 28-03-2025, 11:14 AM
  10. Bol Tackshin
    Bol Tackshin liked post by John Duxbury On thread : School me on the 7x57 mauser
    American gun writers always try and explain it and get it wrong, simply because they never called it a .275" in their country. The truth is that the 7x57 was just commonly known as the .275 in the...
    Liked On: 27-03-2025, 10:14 PM
  11. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by John Duxbury On thread : School me on the 7x57 mauser
    American gun writers always try and explain it and get it wrong, simply because they never called it a .275" in their country. The truth is that the 7x57 was just commonly known as the .275 in the...
    Liked On: 27-03-2025, 09:37 PM
  12. Plumber
    Plumber liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Moose
    He hasn't really been doing any of it since then I understand, he is getting on in years. The moose that was going through Herrick creek every winter that he was trying to photograph probably had...
    Liked On: 27-03-2025, 09:29 PM
  13. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by John Duxbury On thread : School me on the 7x57 mauser
    As for the loads I have quoted, this is not new information! I have a great deal of experience with the 7x57, and have had several rifles in the chambering (and also 7mm08) but most users will know...
    Liked On: 27-03-2025, 07:54 PM
  14. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by John Duxbury On thread : School me on the 7x57 mauser
    An aggressive response. Fairly normal on this forum lately. My opinions are my own, but I have a large library of old books and catalogues. Please Look at your picture and what it's telling you. Im...
    Liked On: 27-03-2025, 07:52 PM
  15. RV1
    RV1 liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Monoculars - does anyone use them?
    you can buy proper deer stalking telescopes from the UK. Not cheap obviously, dont want the riff raff deer stalking old boy ...
    Liked On: 24-03-2025, 02:04 PM

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