I can well understand your annoyance at that. I've had poor service from many businesses/departments private and government. Some people are good at their jobs and some aren't and even the good...
Liked On: 07-06-2020, 02:06 AM
Don't know how true that is. I was told some time back that it costs the police nearly $400 to process a standard firearms licence. We pay $126.50 now and it's been that way since GST was increased...
Liked On: 07-06-2020, 02:04 AM
cool story and pics, great to see the kids getting out there & enjoying themselves with Dad. Hey, I know 284's are pretty special, but never seen one walk on water before. Love the frozen sock
Liked On: 05-06-2020, 12:52 AM
At 0700 yesterday I got a text 'What doing this afternoon?', now that sounded like an invitation for some adventure; and that it was. I arranged for the afternoon off work and away we headed to a...
Liked On: 24-05-2020, 08:48 PM
All good mate, thanks for the offer but for fun I'll try something over 100gr. I did find some 105gr Speer fence posts hidden away, be interesting who they go :D 136513
Liked On: 20-05-2020, 11:26 PM
A long wait on the phone to DOC first thing on Thursday morning secured me my favourite block in the Blue Mountains for the weekend, excellent! Arriving in the pre-dawn darkness I quietly...
Liked On: 18-05-2020, 09:52 PM
Greetings All, Now in Level 2 and a few jobs finished so it was time for an old duffer to go for a short walk in the Kaweka's. A gentleman's hours start saw me walking through a patch of Douglas Fir...
Liked On: 18-05-2020, 09:49 PM
New to me but not new to the forum, I relieved a forum member of their Howa Mini in .223 Took it straight in to Waitaki Engineering to get it suppressed, rethreaded the barrel from 1/2x28 to 14x1...
Liked On: 06-05-2020, 02:59 PM
Lockdown has been a great opportunity to get onto some projects. Here is a Sako 75 .243 that I picked up cheap a few months back. The floor plate was worn with surface rust, the bolt looked like it...
Liked On: 28-04-2020, 11:24 PM
Can you please set up a timer in shot to keep a track of how long its taken to knock this into shape ? Now you have an insight into why greenstone objects were so valuable to maori
Liked On: 21-04-2020, 01:17 PM
308mate I guess it boils down to if you want a light rifle, or reduce your total carry weight by 500g Cutting that out of the contents of a typical tramping pack is a piece of piss, and...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 01:26 AM
@ Seventenths: Lemi-Shine dish washing powder has only two ingredients: CITRIC ACID & FRAGRANCE Way cheaper to buy citric acid from Bin Inn ;) Mauser308: Pink is not necessary zinc but...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 01:25 AM
I don`t know if I will build all the extra bits, have to see how hard it is or how lazy I am. The round bit is 3.900"dia, and yes I have fly cut a flat on one side, it was going to be the action for...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 06:19 PM
Pretty much mirrors my experience with them too. They are pretty fussy. If you can get em shooting they are usually very consistent
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 02:47 PM
I totally agree, that little Howa mini action is a great base for many small highly efficient wildcats. The 7.62x 39 and 6.5 Grendel actions also lend themselves well to tinkering. There are very...
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 01:02 AM