Greetings Micky, Slow day in Geraldine yesterday? Here are a few oddies to round out your list. 2.7 mm and 3.0 mm. These were a couple of semi auto pistol calibres from before WW1. There was also...
Liked On: 13-09-2020, 04:13 AM
I welcome everyone to the forum whether they be male or female, human or not. So welcome aboard and enjoy this community of keen young fellahs and grumpy old bastards.
Liked On: 10-09-2020, 02:59 PM
Greetings All, The shortage of ammunition and components is due to the cyclic panic buying that happens in the US driven by their electoral cycle. This may have been increased slightly by production...
Liked On: 10-09-2020, 11:28 AM
Bugger I knew some one would see that, I tried to fix it but bloody cant edit after 30minues or some thing, seems a bit silly ? I meant 970 fps of course & I see you separated the gr to make it...
Liked On: 06-09-2020, 04:51 PM
Greetings, A Ruger no 1 in some rimmed calibre, 6.5 x 57R maybe. My cobber in Oz has one in .275 Rigby (aka 7 x 57 Mauser). Could probably afford one but advancing age and decrepitude together with...
Liked On: 02-09-2020, 01:09 PM
I was sitting at home bored and got the urge to go out for a hunt so I got my gear together and decided to go for an afternoon bush stalk as I have done mainly long range stuff and thought it would...
Liked On: 26-08-2020, 02:57 PM
Saturday afternoon I'm driving down the road and see Micky Duck in his work truck approaching. I flag him down and ask "you keen for a hunt tomorrow" I knew the answer was going to be yes even though...
Liked On: 25-08-2020, 05:33 AM
I’d upload a few pics to really kick this thread off but it isn’t happening:oh noes: Have a BLR 1973 model .243 Sure the trigger was a bitch but sorted that. 80 odd animals with it not one...
Liked On: 22-08-2020, 06:57 PM
Seems to be the fashion lately to post goodbye threads for various reasons. *attention seeking *axe to grind/one last stab at someone so they know they've had the last word *perceived...
Liked On: 21-08-2020, 06:39 PM
308win and 22lr.
Liked On: 16-08-2020, 02:50 PM
So with the prospect of doing a vintage hunt ( hunters and rifles ! ) I loaded up 17 rounds of 500 express. 147513 They are pretty heavy so I put them in the scales out of interest. So 20...
Liked On: 15-08-2020, 05:35 AM
I got lucky thanks to a forum member putting someone in touch with me with another classic single shot wreck that is worth rescuing. Its the baby sister for my Stevens 44 1/2 A Stevens 044 1/2 (...
Liked On: 15-08-2020, 05:32 AM
Greetings Scotty, Speaking of old maps, I had a call from an old friend the other day. We were both MSC bush craft and firearms instructors years ago. He had been reading some old trip reports from...
Liked On: 14-08-2020, 03:24 AM
If I can only keep one rifle it would be my 308. Common and readily available. Wide range of shootable projectile weights. Can load it down, can load it hot. Most importantly it just knocks...
Liked On: 14-08-2020, 03:23 AM
Agreed. A 260, Creedmoor, or 6.5 Lapua would be hard to beat if you had to have just one rifle. But the 308 is very efficient for 95% of the hunting that I do, so no need to change
Liked On: 14-08-2020, 03:23 AM