Anyone dedicated enough to carry 50kg meat through 1000 altitude meters, probably has enough substance of character to make good judgment on their own level of ethics around which animals to take or...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 07:02 PM
Hi guys, Just thought id introduce myself. I have been using this forum for about a year as my go to for good information and finally thought id make an account. I took up hunting about 2 years...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 07:01 PM
Well sometimes you can't get old parts so you just have to make it from stock. This old Tikka had the bolt release missing and no parts were available so a few hours milling later and all working...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 06:35 PM
Don't get hung up about it. It is your decision, and your conscience that will dictate whether you pull the trigger or not. I have shot animals that, in hind sight, I perhaps should have left and...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 09:41 PM
100%. This whole situation is completely my fault, was in no way a dig at the retailer (hence me not mentioning who it was, even though plenty will put 2 & 2 together.) I was the one that wanted to...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 03:37 PM
Out and about. Some pics (and something for stug to look at to help with the boredom). This was a good omen. 214582 I shot this at 340 yards with the 6.5x55. It was trying to make good its...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 11:19 AM
Day Two Face off the breech Cut and crown the muzzle Cut the extractor slot in the breech face On and off the action a couple of times to get the head space, extractor and final chamber right ...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:18 PM
I have a .52" Sharps 1853 carbine, still original with an excellent bore. It is ex US Dragoons and was issued on the Pacific Coast for service against the Indians in the mid 1850's. The stock has...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:06 PM
Stub was tapped M20x1.5mm for about 30mm at its muzzle end Now I stripped the donor barrel from a Swedish rolling block 12.7x42 1873 that was sporterised but had a 9/10 bore 214531 Work out...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:06 PM
23rd of January will be something like this here…:) 214523
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 07:36 PM
So went for my first walkabout for 2023 yesterday. Goal for the day was to try and find a clearing I had been told about. Up I was at zero dark thirty like most trips and quick stop at the local...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 06:04 PM
Tagging kit arrived during the week. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230114/7e33ea1462b06fa4a70e9bf64bd18636.jpg The boys were super keen to give it ago so we nipped out at first light to...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 04:01 PM
So every Christmas holiday I stop making knives for other people and make something that I want to make. Last year it was a Nakiri for my wife. This year I got to make a knife that had been kicking...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 03:13 PM
All good mate, i took the photo and may have shot the stag :thumbsup: that bivy has been everywhere from Fiordland to the Kaimanawas and performed a treat.
Liked On: 13-01-2023, 10:20 PM
Luxe do something similar at 1.2kg, without pole or footprint. 1.5 with the fruit so up there with lightweight tents not sure how it stacks up with regards to robustness with the huntech which is...
Liked On: 13-01-2023, 08:07 PM