New old walnut and blued steel. Original early production 1885 low wall action with single set trigger. Tang has serial number and dates January 1886 4 digit starting with 1 New barrel octagonal...
Liked On: 31-07-2019, 10:59 PM
Yep they are big rifles, I have owned /hunted with a 7 x 57 viscount as well and they are also lovely rifles ,pre war oberndorfs are top of the heap but good examples are a rare thing especially with...
Liked On: 25-06-2019, 10:56 PM
I've been out of the game for while due to injury. 9 months in fact. Bloody hell when you write it down you realise just how long it is. 9 months, bloody hell the missus could've gotten up the duff...
Liked On: 17-06-2019, 11:13 PM
My little 223 in her new skirt ($210 brand new trade me special)113445 So now a 527 Lux
Liked On: 15-06-2019, 02:34 PM
This rifle is proved for the 8x57J (.318" bore) under the German Proof Law of 1892 and before the Proof Law of 1912, and further confirmed by the British proof for the 227 grain bullet which is...
Liked On: 12-06-2019, 09:10 PM
Advice is to glass lots - take a piece of foam bed roll to sit on so your arse doesn't freeze. Morning and evenings are critical times to be in position for animals moving to and from feeding...
Liked On: 12-06-2019, 06:25 PM
Getting Ready 112135 Dressed and set to dance 112136 1990 manufactured Remington BDL action Bell and Carlson Alaskan 11 Stock Bartlein 2B 26" barrel Nightforce 10 Moa steel rail. Schmidt and...
Liked On: 01-06-2019, 09:32 PM
For those Sako devotees I thought I would put some pics up of my Sako Riihimaki deluxe .222 from 1959. I purchased it from a collection unfired and to date that's how it remains. I don't have a big...
Liked On: 14-05-2019, 09:38 PM
Why are ya hanging around. You said you were leaving....go .The doors over there ==>>. Careful it doesn't smack you on the arse on the way out
Liked On: 14-05-2019, 08:22 PM
There had been a couple of missed opportunities in recent months however in late March the promise was reaffirmed - I would take my daughter deer hunting during the school holidays in the hope she...
Liked On: 30-04-2019, 09:21 PM
Hunting tahr in South Westland in 2009 and about 10 hours solid walk from the road end. A mate and I were making our way up a scary steep creek into the tops above a impenetrable bush. Stopped for...
Liked On: 28-04-2019, 11:16 AM
With the forests open to hunting for permit holders again we went for a drive this arvo. The weather was pretty average, blowing, with mist/clouds up high, so was treating it as a recce mission. ...
Liked On: 27-04-2019, 10:56 PM
A great gravel road from Waikouaiti to Middlemarch SI. Starts at Orbells Crossing near Karitane.
Liked On: 20-04-2019, 10:09 PM
This hunt has taken a toll on me! Nights of up at all hours, with no result! I have hunted this barstard for the last three weeks! I've killed what I'm sure are his kin! But he remained elsusive...
Liked On: 10-04-2019, 08:20 PM
Unchambered for me, chamber a round with safety on when see/smell/hear animals, safety off when animal identified, done that for 40 years.
Liked On: 06-04-2019, 08:31 PM