I love my lipstick 45-70s They do work and the store brought ones are done for the 1885 45-70 because at full noise I'm unlikely to fire big numbers But I'm looking at coating the 30-30 bullets...
Liked On: 16-09-2022, 06:23 PM
Yeah it certainly works better than the factory setup! I fitted it myself, it was a bit of a guessing game as to where exactly to locate it for best ejection and you are limited by the recoil lug...
Liked On: 31-08-2022, 07:33 AM
If you can,take a picture of the red dot if it look like a nice round dot in the photo it’s your eye that’s the problem,I had it with my trs 25 as I get older it is becoming a nice starburst shape...
Liked On: 27-09-2021, 07:48 PM
Hi TT , thanks for your comment on scopes for the k95, you are pretty much on the mark with what I've been thinking of going for the new model VX3 HD 3.5-10 × 40. I have swarovski 3- 10 x42 on...
Liked On: 20-08-2021, 06:56 AM
I got it from the original owners son, who emigrated here. His Grandfather and Dad both used it. He told me his Dad used to go off on 6 week hunting marches. On one such trip they stayed with the...
Liked On: 18-08-2021, 09:12 PM
3-10 x 42 for me , I think it’s about right 175307
Liked On: 18-08-2021, 06:39 PM
Started off with the 4-12x50 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210818/95c8b395fec7f69574d1a79eddbc7cd6.jpg And now have a 3-10x42 sighted in and ready...
Liked On: 18-08-2021, 06:16 PM
It was a general shape copy from one of Craigc's collection. drew plan and sent it to John, Cant remember the steel, I have been told.....many times and still cant remember LOL, at the end of the day...
Liked On: 05-11-2020, 12:29 PM
Depends on the sub projectile. I'm pretty sure one of the guys in here has shot deer at a couple of hundred yards with subs using the lehigh projectile. The lead HP ones, about 75yds would be the...
Liked On: 12-05-2020, 05:39 PM
southernman that 1895 looks really good. Didn't realise they were making them again.
Liked On: 15-05-2019, 07:15 PM
I have had a .50 cal Muzzleloader now for a couple of years and have been working towards getting my first game animals with it. After replacing the factory open sights with a ghost ring / globe...
Liked On: 23-02-2019, 08:05 PM
This is the 1885 Low wall action with a wooden octagonal barrel fitted so that the main spring could be installed to be able to test the full function of the action. And especially the single set...
Liked On: 14-10-2018, 08:40 PM
Been looking at getting a takedown rifle for quite a while, round visiting a mate whos a keen hunter and shooter, Got talking about takedowns, and I made the comment, "I really like a light weight...
Liked On: 18-09-2018, 07:01 PM
I want to relay a true happening in the same place - Pureora (been a few fatalities there to I might add) Mate of mine came back to camp in a bit of a state. He was coming down a ridge (a ridge...
Liked On: 03-04-2018, 01:15 PM
About 25 years ago I was hunting in Pureora when I heard a noise up the ridge ahead of me. I could see the rear end of a deer facing a way from me. I could see the rump patch and about half its back....
Liked On: 03-04-2018, 01:11 PM