Yup I can confirm that Collins & Brady were re-barelling with blued Douglas premiums' during that period - they did a BRNO for me circa 1982 and the calibe stamp (6.5x55) looked very similar to...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 08:55 PM
Lovely rifle, I had a majestic but had no use for it and gave it to Tentman who passed it on to a young fella starting out so couldn't have had a better result. Hope to see some pictures of it in the...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 08:54 PM
Have wanted a "classic" rifle for a while now and kind of kept a half hearted eye on the forum and trademe etc for one to come up and this rifle came up on the forum a few weeks back. I contacted the...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 08:54 PM
Micky Duck Yeh we have still got our brick pizza oven on the patio we have used a lot for all things over the years ,the missus makes lovely rolls & bread in it after the main cook . If l am...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 07:36 PM
Yea he probably thinks this hunting lark is easy now.
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 02:29 PM
When lambing is over and some grass is growing 2 things happen - I'm allowed back into my farm spots and the cockies start complaining about the number of deer they are seeing. So last Thursday I...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 02:24 PM
Yes the river was quite high tho, didn't want to risk crossing it anywhere with my Son.
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 09:35 PM
I spent some time in there in the '60's and '70's (I remember the Gowan Bridge store having hand-operated petrol pumps with big glass bottles on top). The hut seems a tad flasher than I remember! It...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 09:34 PM
and look, there's a deer fast asleep in the tussock right behind you.
Liked On: 23-10-2021, 09:30 PM
With the long weekend thought it was time caught up with my good mate and fellow forum member Pengy. Decided to take the friday off and if he was keen do a overnighter in a well known spot and try...
Liked On: 23-10-2021, 09:21 PM
Mid pandemic last year Sulphur point ( TGA) was running at 150% capacity or something close to it. The rehandling of boxes to come to the hook was astronomical it would take 30 minutes to get one...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 02:10 PM
320 grit sanding and 5 coats of Danish oil later..... 181272
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:38 PM
Found my first sheath knife, must be 60 years old, didn’t get Chinese crap back then!179486179488
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:30 PM
4 weeks wait for ships on the US coast to dock, so i heard from one of our shipping companies. NZ is being dropped altogether from schedules due to the very attractive offers for ships to ply the...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 10:18 AM
Yea might have to introduce a lunchbox search :D
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 10:17 AM