About zimmer

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About zimmer
Biography:
Long since given up hunting - too decrepit now.
Shot lots of deer, pigs, tahr, goats (lost count after around 1000), rabbits, possums, wild cattle.
Target shooter now mainly F Class.
Location:
Waikato
Interests:
Rifles old and new, reloading, computers, playing on my lathe, farming alpacas.
Occupation:
Not working, in constant leisure mode.

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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : BORE SNAKE CLEAN
    I used a Hoppes one and promptly got it stuck in one of my 22RFs. If the fowling is dry there is a good chance of this happening. Also trying to remember if there are 22RF and 22CF versions. Mine is...
    Liked On: 19-06-2023, 07:12 PM
  2. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by zimmer On thread : BORE SNAKE CLEAN
    I used a Hoppes one and promptly got it stuck in one of my 22RFs. If the fowling is dry there is a good chance of this happening. Also trying to remember if there are 22RF and 22CF versions. Mine is...
    Liked On: 19-06-2023, 04:50 PM
  3. Ingrid 51
    Ingrid 51 liked post by zimmer On thread : Te Tari Pureke Presentation on the gun register to Antique Arms Auckland
    Just shows how bad the whole thing is when that advice is not 100% correct. require firearms licence holders to place identification marking (serial numbers) on any arms items not already marked,...
    Liked On: 19-06-2023, 03:09 PM
  4. outlander
    outlander liked post by zimmer On thread : Is this 'fair'?
    For some reason I have never left a firearm in sight in a vehicle at any stage. My first vehicle was a Commer Cob (think Hillman Husky) and the back seats folded down leaving a nice cubby between the...
    Liked On: 19-06-2023, 01:50 PM
  5. Woody
    Woody liked post by zimmer On thread : what to leave in bore for long storage
    I was away from NZ for a decade. I cleaned my barrels to bare metal (Cu and C removed) and saturated them internally and externally with (sticky) chain oil. Stocks were removed. Barreled actions...
    Liked On: 19-06-2023, 12:22 PM
  6. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by zimmer On thread : what to leave in bore for long storage
    I was away from NZ for a decade. I cleaned my barrels to bare metal (Cu and C removed) and saturated them internally and externally with (sticky) chain oil. Stocks were removed. Barreled actions...
    Liked On: 17-06-2023, 01:33 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : Is this 'fair'?
    For some reason I have never left a firearm in sight in a vehicle at any stage. My first vehicle was a Commer Cob (think Hillman Husky) and the back seats folded down leaving a nice cubby between the...
    Liked On: 16-06-2023, 08:01 PM
  8. JohnDuxbury
    JohnDuxbury liked post by zimmer On thread : Dissemble BSA Majestic bolt
    Maybe this - https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/bsa-majestic-bolt-dissasembly.3932622/
    Liked On: 14-06-2023, 01:42 PM
  9. RV1
    RV1 liked post by zimmer On thread : Navigation
    Did orienteering for a couple of seasons and really enjoyed it. Cerainly brought back map and compass reading skills long ago almost forgotten. Although with orienteering some of the waypoints...
    Liked On: 13-06-2023, 05:29 PM
  10. RUMPY
    RUMPY liked post by zimmer On thread : Navigation
    Did orienteering for a couple of seasons and really enjoyed it. Cerainly brought back map and compass reading skills long ago almost forgotten. Although with orienteering some of the waypoints...
    Liked On: 13-06-2023, 03:47 PM
  11. Croc
    Croc liked post by zimmer On thread : Barrels
    You can buy a barrel cooling fan that goes in the breech. Magnetospeed make one. Or a water jacket like Erik Cortina had in one of his vids. Or just drop the whole lot into a trough.
    Liked On: 11-06-2023, 09:55 PM
  12. Marty Henry
    Marty Henry liked post by zimmer On thread : Longest continuously owned firearms
    Started my fullbore shooting 57 years ago at the Upok range. I remember some of the "old " guys using never nickel. Was it a Parker Hale product? Those "old" guys were in actual fact younger than I...
    Liked On: 09-06-2023, 09:57 PM
  13. 6x47
    6x47 liked post by zimmer On thread : Longest continuously owned firearms
    Started my fullbore shooting 57 years ago at the Upok range. I remember some of the "old " guys using never nickel. Was it a Parker Hale product? Those "old" guys were in actual fact younger than I...
    Liked On: 09-06-2023, 08:37 PM
  14. norsk
    norsk liked post by zimmer On thread : Longest continuously owned firearms
    First 2 ever still with me. 1965 and 1967. £14 IIRC for the 1st £59 17/6 for the 1967 one. Same year I think we went dec currency. I was earning £10 a week.
    Liked On: 09-06-2023, 06:42 PM
  15. Bol Tackshin
    Bol Tackshin liked post by zimmer On thread : Longest continuously owned firearms
    First 2 ever still with me. 1965 and 1967. £14 IIRC for the 1st £59 17/6 for the 1967 one. Same year I think we went dec currency. I was earning £10 a week.
    Liked On: 09-06-2023, 06:15 PM

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