Just dont use hornady 1shot for this. I've got footage of spooky white tracer smoke going a full 100m out of my muzzle on every shot. 156417
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:59 PM
Update. Could not seem to get enough angle from the top to get a decent chamfer. Spot annealed a file so I could bend it and worked on the lugs. There seems to be improvement and it is cycling...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:56 PM
Noooo! Cut the blue wire!
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:56 PM
Well it’s not a new knife. It’s just never been hunting before. There’s a few reasons for that. The price I paid for it and the uniqueness of it come into it. Mainly though superstition. I’ve always...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:38 PM
This'll be my beater truck drilling. ;) I have a much lighter Kreighoff Trumpf Dural in 16/16/7X65R with a 1.5-6 Zeiss in the Kerighoff light weight three claw mount system that I carry in our...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:34 PM
I'm old, fat, broken up, and increasingly poorer. I have on hand a drilling for every day of the week but Sunday and a dozen other varied combination guns, so what did I do? Yep... :drool: I...
Liked On: 05-01-2021, 07:33 PM
Thanks for all the comments and encouragement everyone. Good point. I don't think I've shot with a Sako Forester, but I did use a borrowed Alpine .270 for a few months (English, based on an...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:33 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:32 PM
So some of the changes I made to the stock at this point were to reduce LOP by ¼”, flatten off the palm swell slightly, and deepen and extend the comb fluting. All easily done. But I also couldn’t...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:30 PM
Another few snapshots from the milling for your interest. Note that these are all with the wood still wet – the colour did change considerably after drying. https://i.imgur.com/uGWBeQB.jpg ...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:28 PM
Flaming heck ,"I`m only a hobby machinist"` , Hell lad you could build your self a muzzle loading rifle no sweat. Can't wait to see the new rifle stock from the lovely stock pile of wood.
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:26 PM
Thanks for the responses all. So looking through the gun cabinet my Anschutz 1717 .17hmr was chosen as the restocking victim candidate. I thought I had a picture of it in the original stock but...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:25 PM
I wasn’t going to make this thread until I was a bit further along, however perhaps with the current lockdown now’s a good time. I know I appreciate reading similar threads created by other members –...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:24 PM
Here's a picture of the standard bolt knob and trigger blade (not actually my rifle, I just copied it off Google): 157409 The replacement trigger blade from 316 stainless (not the best photo):...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 09:23 PM
No restrictions but spirit of the course is hunting scenarios. We are not running it as a match. This is an experience for people to get out and enjoy shooting and for new guys to come along without...
Liked On: 04-01-2021, 08:56 PM