Then it was on to chambering it in the mighty .30BR. For my past builds I used a 7mm Rem BR reamer and finished it with a .308 neck and throat reamer which always ended up with quite a long...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 08:35 PM
Personally I am not worried about the hunting. My freezer is full and I am only interested in trophy stags. I can look for them anytime. I am just really angry at the hypocrisy. Really angry. I...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 08:30 PM
Exactly. I dont care what anyone says. The government is targeting anyone that uses firearms for recreational activities. Every activity allowed in any capacity under level 3 is statistically proven...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 08:26 PM
The Prime minister stated you can go swimming , surfing, fishing from the shore... can anyone clarify why these activities are Ok at Level 3 but not hunting. There are some ACC figures on another...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 08:25 PM
Next up was to rebarrel it. The 788 tenon thread is a fairly small 1"x20tpi so there was plenty of meat left in the palma profiled knox once the .308 chamber was trimmed off. Once centred in the...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 06:08 PM
I was also handed a Krieger 1-13" twist .308 win 30" Palma match barrel to use on the donor action. I stripped the rifle down removing the barrel and the trigger (which was in for some serious...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 06:07 PM
So onto the build. The donor rifle was a 1967 shot out cut down iconic Remington 788. the barrel was rough but the rest of the rifle was quite tidy. https://i.ibb.co/vJg7Snh/788.jpg...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 06:00 PM
.30BR Rem 788 Chassis build I put this rifle together some time ago but never did a build thread for it. Lock down has given me a tiny bit of time to do so now so here goes… Over the past 20...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 05:49 PM
Hi Everyone, I have started work on building a swaging press over the last few days. Based on this idea here Lets make a Swage press...
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 12:56 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: 14-04-2020, 02:31 PM
Funny you mention that... was talking with Bagheera who has the 6.5 Grendal on a Sako A1... maybe he could post up some pics?
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 06:02 PM
- Sodium carbonate (baking soda) is a hard water conditioner. Soaps don't foam that well in hard water so you add that and foam is back. Ever tried soap in the amazon river with it's soft water? Foam...
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 02:21 PM
Save yourself the time, brass, money and effort and just go get the chambers neck opened up to no turn specs.
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 02:20 PM
Like fuck it is
Liked On: 11-04-2020, 10:01 PM
I have a great neighbour here at the camp... Trevor from Canada.. the mining manager.... yesterday he fronted up one of the Tailings dam guys who must venture out from the camp daily check the dam...
Liked On: 11-04-2020, 10:01 PM