Build by Jaco Goosen on a Howa mini action with a 22" Criterion barrel. Using my 223's scope at the moment. Just waiting for the Sika Show. After sighting in at 100 meters i shot some 5 shot groups...
Liked On: 17-10-2022, 08:35 PM
Finished a project to give my old BSA Martini MK2 another lease in life: Titanium Duracoat on the barrel and falling block action. Added an adjustable Length of Pull and Cheek Rest. Changed the front...
Liked On: 09-10-2022, 05:38 PM
Background: I’m a geologist by profession and manage a Geotech testing laboratory. Being formally trained in the sciences and working in a laboratory has given me an unhealthy love of details and...
Liked On: 05-10-2022, 07:31 AM
I am not a rich man and never have been , but always worked my arse off though never had a high paying job. I have usually had to give something up in order to 'upgrade' something else . Sold my...
Liked On: 03-10-2022, 08:58 PM
Unfortunately I have had a open bolt close unintentionally so I use discretion when I am hunting- the situation is variable so my methods change to match. Rifle is normally carried empty chamber and...
Liked On: 03-10-2022, 03:51 PM
I think the key learning from this thread is that some NZ hunters will apparently go to great lengths to come up with weird concoctions of action state simply to avoid using a manufacturer designed...
Liked On: 03-10-2022, 03:51 PM
I grew up on a farm in the middle of the King Country, surrounded by bush, it would be nothing to shoot 100 possums in a night spot lighting driving down the road. And every farm was TB positive. A...
Liked On: 05-09-2022, 09:55 PM
Rang a local farmer a couple of nights ago,see if i can get a early spring fallow deer.No problem he said,take a couple if you like.So heres the result,one only. 205110
Liked On: 01-09-2022, 02:09 PM
204775 204776 One of my father's - a Winchester Model 1885 Lowwall .22LR single shot rifle. Manufactured between 1910 and 1920. Pretty good shooter as well! Was commandeered by the NZ Army (Home...
Liked On: 28-08-2022, 08:58 PM
204544 Thought I'd share some recent success I've had doing a quick workup with 50gr ballistic tips and AR2219. Disclaimer: I start 0.6gr ABOVE ADI's listed maximum and end up 2.4gr over....
Liked On: 25-08-2022, 10:36 PM
Real men use them. Brian 203648
Liked On: 12-08-2022, 09:09 PM
i commuted for many years into auckland from the country. i was big into sportsbikes so i never bought my bikes for commuting i bought the bike i wanted to ride & used it as transport too. everytime...
Liked On: 09-08-2022, 07:51 PM
Every barrelmaker has some better than others. It’s an art as well as a science. And cost and reputation no guarantee…
Liked On: 09-08-2022, 06:20 PM
I was in the local gun shop and spotted a poor old neglected parker hale (so the tag said)chambered in .308 built on a Mauser 98 action propped in the corner the bluing was non existent, the tip...
Liked On: 08-08-2022, 08:38 PM
Why do you say that? Speak up about your strategy for a public access outcome?
Liked On: 31-07-2022, 09:24 PM