Greetings, We have the winner, a badly damaged crown. I am amazed it shoots as well as it does. It looks like damage was done by rough handling. I have no doubt that the barrel is original to the...
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:26 AM
So its been rechambered from 7mm Rem Mag to 7WSM ? That raises the needle on my weirdshitometer.
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:25 AM
That crown yuck,chop chop.
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:25 AM
As has been said the crown looks rough, it also appears that the rifling is damaged/not straight just inside the muzzle (about halfway down the visible part). Maybe the muzzle end of the barrel has...
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:24 AM
I'd definitely send it off to smith to get the crown redone to eliminate that factor. It looks beat up to fuk.
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:24 AM
Thanks grandpamac and No.3 for more good thoughts. I’d be surprised if the rings were over-lapped - as I recall, we barely had to remove any of the factory finish. Crown damage - maybe?...
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:24 AM
the rechamber itself would raise suspicion with me. get a smith to have a look. had a 280 rem years ago and the chamber looked like it had been done with a cordless drill and a masonry bit...
Liked On: 20-05-2024, 11:22 AM
Finally got around to watching this, what a great vid Sam, the editing is really well done. Congrats on your first tahr, my son got his first one in that area back in December.
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 09:26 PM
I replied "you know nothing. GD x"
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 09:22 PM
No luck in the thick of the roar but managed to bag this fella just before Anzac Day. Roared him in from about 400m out. Was holding a fair few hinds and spikers. Left a nice young 8 to replace him....
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 09:21 PM
No.3 it's the only way I can describe it. I will hear a click as the bullet releases....this is after the hit, and the inertia hammer is in mid air. But hasn't been brought down for another strike....
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 08:47 PM
As a NZFS trainee in cni in the '60s I shot off a pushbike initially ,after work and weekends. Venison eatned 12p a pound and pigs 10p but with wages at 3quid a week, less camp and cookhouse fees it...
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 08:46 PM
Another yarn re the celebrated Ashley Forest woody.Strictly no hunting in the working forest Mon -Fri, then open to staff and general public on a balloted block system over the weekend.14 blocks but...
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 08:45 PM
Tough season so far in the Manawatu. I keep watching the weather forecast waiting for decent rain and wind but three weeks in we still have calm clear days. The lack of water and weather is making it...
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 08:38 PM
It was a relatively slow opening weekend for me in Kaipara/port Albert. I had my cousin, along with the "take a mate hunting" licence, who spent most of the time behind the gun. Stoked he had an...
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 08:37 PM