I'm loving these threads of yours showing your projects, I'm envious of your skills and ability to machine up and fit barrels etc. Bloody cool and handy. I've been interested in the 6x45 for a...
Liked On: 12-01-2020, 03:26 PM
I got this very rough Winchester 1885 high wall action sent to me a few months ago. Someone had taken to it with a gas torch and vice grips while holding it in an engineers vice without jaw...
Liked On: 05-01-2020, 06:23 PM
I finally received what was supposed to be a pre-chambered 22" long fluted S/S 6mm TCU barrel but it wasnt. I had to make a chamber cast to actually work out what it was. Someone had used a .223...
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 08:40 PM
have the odd project lying about an L42 rebuild, a Lovells pattern carbine (NZ Marked) that needs some love, a couple of old muskets that need to have their fate decided on and this! a loverly...
Liked On: 10-12-2019, 05:20 PM
Finally got to stretch the little Grendels legs and test accuracy on a rock at 500m a couple of weeks ago with Flyblown. Even with a tricky little wind we managed to land 3 rounds each on the same...
Liked On: 10-11-2019, 06:42 PM
Its actually ar 450 the ratings are a range in this case brinell 430 to 480. Ar 500 goes from 460 to 530 so 500 can be 450 and vice versa. The test certificate was 460. Starting at a mv of 2350 fps...
Liked On: 03-10-2019, 05:17 PM
Hi all, I have not been slack over the xmas period, all through my waist line has with all the xmas nibbles, so what this means is I have made another barrel. Now this time I reamed it to .450" then...
Liked On: 13-01-2019, 07:41 PM
Just wanted to put the word out there amongst new shooters that there is a very good rifle range within an hour of Auckland. They're kitted out with an electronic target system which gives you...
Liked On: 04-01-2019, 08:12 AM
Knocked up a belt for the wee girl.:thumbsup:Can't get a buckle till after 7 the Jan.:(,101579
Liked On: 03-01-2019, 04:30 PM
https://preview.ibb.co/cG4OqK/20180809_150801.jpg (https://ibb.co/hXRsje) Well as the title says, I wanted a super lightweight and short carry rifle in a “do it all cal” ….Grendel was high on my...
Liked On: 31-12-2018, 12:26 AM
Not a lot to report on the TCM adventure other than Im loving this cartridge and Im having a lot of fun with it. I spotted a hare out on my hillside this evening and rushed in to grab it. Id been...
Liked On: 29-12-2018, 09:45 PM
You can legally have 15kg of smokeless propellant powder in your house. It is much safer to store it in a cupboard where the temperature never gets too hot (cool is good) BUT NOT in a tightly...
Liked On: 12-10-2018, 08:01 PM
Well it looks promising.... Sides cut out and folded, the patterns were printed from the models above and stuck on with a glue stick then cut out with a jig saw, the guide plates were made in the...
Liked On: 04-09-2018, 08:25 PM
Back to the fun of a magazine, a slight change of plan here (no not buying a Saiga one yet). The Enfield mag well is too narrow to fit a double stack and not rim lock. So instead of grinding out the...
Liked On: 04-09-2018, 08:25 PM
Early days but this is just a teaser photo. I have machined the lower from tooling grade aluminium. I will post photos as work progresses. 90208
Liked On: 31-08-2018, 11:42 PM