Bolt a bit scratchy,gave it a good clean n weee spot of oil.Ye five in the mag plenty.Got a few boxes of Belmont Hornady 50gr sp.If it shoots as good as the vixen il be pleased.
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 08:30 PM
The first mill cut out .650" slot and I needed .735" per the plans, so after a reset up to get it lined up on centre I mounted a broken mill cutter with only one cutting flute. Set in the four jaw...
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 06:45 PM
I have to admire your tenacity! That is lot of work without a milling slide, buggerizing around with packers and a dial gauge before you can make a cut! It just goes to show what can be done on a...
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 06:44 PM
Yep, yep & yep. All good if you hunt occasionally, or can afford to continuously buy new gear. Twinneedle are ok. There’s a few smaller NZ businesses making good quality canvas gaiters if you use...
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 06:28 PM
My 308LT trigger was quite sweet. No Trigger tech but good enough for its intended purpose. I backed off the spring pressure, tricky but possible (made a small bent tool) then used PTFE trigger...
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 06:22 PM
i cannot wait to hear the report from the aspiring academic who decides to try this "theory" out in real life.I once had a barney with a know all who reckoned a 12 shotgun was so low powered its...
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 06:08 PM
Louie well done... door knocking is the way to go, to seal the deal drop off the farmer a box of beer as you never know who he might also put you in contact with! :thumbsup:
Liked On: 03-07-2020, 04:55 PM
I just got higher sights on my A7 ..works.
Liked On: 02-07-2020, 09:52 PM
Ask the US Military on action life the Army and Marine corp armours have been rebuilding Remington 700 sniper rifles since the mid 1960's, If the actions aren't shot with overloaded ammo and kept...
Liked On: 02-07-2020, 09:50 PM
Ok, Got the barrel making bit sorted so back to the roller action, it now has two holes drilled for milling clearance and after careful setting up have started milling out the guts where the breach...
Liked On: 02-07-2020, 09:14 PM
This week I finally plucked up the guts to call around a few places in hopes of getting on some private land to shoot some goats. On the first call the owner was over the moon to just have someone...
Liked On: 01-07-2020, 09:10 PM
I have previously wondered how many missing person cases started this way, bet it's n=>1
Liked On: 01-07-2020, 09:10 PM
I wonder though of how many of those commenting on this event have actually done poaching/illegal hunting themselves @ some time in the past....Hmmmmmmm. Don't believe every thing the media & Govt...
Liked On: 01-07-2020, 09:09 PM
kbrebs One of the main aspects to keep in mind is that all our native birds had no predators so there breeding cycle is crap , a good question to ask is how many eggs did a Moa lay and how often ? ,...
Liked On: 01-07-2020, 06:25 PM
I reckon the reason Moa went extinct so quickly, is that they'd never seen a human and thereto were easy to walk up to, and knock on the head. The Moa didn't really have time to evolve into "running...
Liked On: 30-06-2020, 10:07 PM