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Here’s one from the past - a Gerber ‘Big Hunter’ model from the early 1960s. Carbon steel blade, cast-on aluminium handle, and the whole thing spayed with molten stainless steel.

It wasn’t easy to...

It occurred to me that a photo of the whole of the Blue Lake (well, most of it) could be informative, rather than just a portion of it featuring spectacular reflections. The township, or what is left...

I have been going through some of my photo collections and came across some shots I thought (I hope I am not being pretentious) that others might like, too.
Here are some 'watery' ones.

Waihirere...

Karearea. (falcon) Near Hyde, Central Otago
It did have two legs - just not enough space on top of the waratah for it to put down two feet.
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Barn Owl. I believe they do exist in NZ but...

It has been a bit of a chase-around trying to locate the right thickness webbing. I was lucky in that I got all that I needed before the Mitre 10 shop at Paremata closed up.

I have finally found...

It’s been some years since I last bought any bits and pieces for making slings, and most of my suppliers from that time have now disappeared. About the only one left is a shop in Porirua called...

Finally got a detailed drawing of my sling design finished. It is made from 25mm wide synthetic webbing. Drawing and a photo below. The design is basically limited to 25mm width, because it is...

I'll put the details together in the next few days and post them here. I thought I had a good diagram of it on my computer but when I looked, it was a previous design which didn't work quite so well,...

Photo attached of a combined carry/shooting sling I designed and made myself. Easy enough to make, using off-the-shelf components, and works very well in the field. I can supply more details if...

A few years back a friend of mine who was quite skilled at stock work encountered this same problem with a stock somebody had seriously over-oiled. He fixed it by obtaining some diatomaceous earth...

I have Mauser bottom metal (which of course includes the mag) which I got for a project that never went ahead. It has a hinged floorplate with the release button inside the trigger guard. I don't...

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Sir Samuel Baker, British explorer, naturalist, big game hunter and author, recounted in one of his books having a 2 bore rifle made for him. He said that whenever he fired it, it spun him around or...

Thanks for the info. I'll keep trying.

Does anybody know if Allen is still in business at Paraparaumu? I have been unable to reach him by telephone.

There was an article about this method of annealing in an issue of the now defunct Precision Shooting magazine, about 15 years or more back. It was written by a man named Fred Barker, who is/was a...

I have three of the older Kowa scopes - one 4X, one 6X and one 8X - which I am not currently using and am willing to part with. The objective lens of the 4X is about 32mm diameter and the 6X and 8X...

Flyblown and Wingman: Thanks for the info. Should have thought of Workshop Innovation - I have bought stuff from them before. The prices are not cheap for 260 brass though. Is Peterson it really...

Who in NZ sells Peterson brass? I've been looking for some recently without success.

Who in N Z sells Marinetex? I have tried looking for it in various places and just got a blank stare in response. Then attempts to sell me something else.

While on the subject of sticky stuff,...

I don't think this is quite true. Certainly many of the 'H' powders are renamed ADI stuff, made in Australia. There is a list on either the Hodgdon or ADI web site (or maybe both) giving the details....

You should definitely re-check bullet seating depth when changing to a different type or brand of bullet, even if they are the same nominal weight, or close to it. Even bullets of the same type from...

Are the Optilock Ringmounts (i.e. the one piece type) still being made? They do not seem to feature on the current Sako web site, and have not done so for some years. Anybody know?

Maybe these marks are oil dents?

When I first tried resizing 223 cases, I had problems with these even when I was ultra careful with applying the lube. In fact initially, when I tried to do the...

I am unable to follow why 222 cases made from 223 cases need to be fire formed.

Depending whose drawings you take the dimensions from, both cases are within a couple of thou of an inch of being...