Hello Guys Feast your eyes on this and tell me why it should sell for several thousand big ones, I haven't seen one of these for sale in NZ in 30 years of collecting Mauser sporters! ...
Liked On: 23-02-2024, 01:44 PM
Bit of an update o this old thread. I just bought a ex demo Meopta R1 1.7-6x 42. I dribbled all oer the Swaro and Zeiss offerings but for my eyesight Meopta has the best glass. Ballistic...
Liked On: 13-02-2024, 01:22 AM
As above I settled on 23.5gr 2206h in adi brass with the 73gr eldm. As I went higher I started experiencing pressure. Drops seem to validate with a velocity of 2850fps on Applied ballistics.
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 11:12 PM
Heaviest I used were 150ts, much more effective on game then the 130ts.
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 11:25 PM
I put some 170 EOL through my 85 finnlight 270wsm (10 twist) and they shot OK just couldn't get them going much quicker than 2600 without getting pressure, I'm sure the case was capable I just didn't...
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 11:21 PM
I can confirm Tahr is a ‘good bugger’. He arranged a ‘not another forum hunt’ about 16 years ago on the old forum where I shot my first deer. Then some years later he showed me how to reload my own...
Liked On: 26-01-2024, 05:19 PM
I had come up to Masterton to see my parents and had to stay longer than I expected. For a break I reached out to Tahr to see if I could tag along on one of his hunts. He was going to be hunting...
Liked On: 26-01-2024, 12:19 PM
242325 Husqvarna 1600, 308. Manufactured in 1960, sold out of Tuckers Sports in Ashburton in 1961. Kahles Helia 1.5-6. May have had 4 boxes of ammo through it in all those years. A lightweight...
Liked On: 24-01-2024, 10:24 PM
Thank you Dicko for saving the day!
Liked On: 23-01-2024, 09:23 PM
Up to page 3 and no more mausers to look at.
Liked On: 23-01-2024, 09:20 PM
Mauser action ffs,bloody old vintage car rattley gear box action.This is year 2024,slipslide and fire away another good 308 rd. Pre 64 actions ffs barry,you must be 120yrs old.Go to a big gun shop...
Liked On: 22-01-2024, 12:41 AM
One could buy a better rifle than a tikka.But not every body has thousands of spare dollers either.
Liked On: 22-01-2024, 12:40 AM
Barry the hunter, you should give less advice. It is not set in concrete that a newcomer to hunting needs to get themselves an antiquated controlled feed rifle in a cartridge such as 7x57, 25-06,...
Liked On: 22-01-2024, 12:39 AM
I have a tika 308,gunworks suppresser,$600 scope on top.Buy ammo and shoot deer.Simple as,nothing complicated.
Liked On: 22-01-2024, 12:36 AM
When I was in rail, 650 ton empty rake up and 2450 ton of logs return for a little under 300L of fuel if I recall - about 55 truck and trailer loads and the same thing - drift down the hill as far as...
Liked On: 21-01-2024, 08:58 PM