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Thread: Calibre Choice in the 1970's

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grandpamac Calibre Choice in the 1970's 10-08-2021, 10:04 AM
Finnwolf I always noticed 308 and 222... 10-08-2021, 10:12 AM
Tahr I think the less duty on 308... 10-08-2021, 11:41 AM
Growlybear Among others, I carried a... 10-08-2021, 10:22 AM
zimmer In 1967 I bought a Sako... 10-08-2021, 10:28 AM
veitnamcam So despite the horrific cost... 10-08-2021, 08:20 PM
6x47 Interesting to do the mental... 11-08-2021, 09:20 AM
zimmer I bought a 4x81 Pecar around... 11-08-2021, 09:40 AM
veitnamcam Over 800bucks a week on... 11-08-2021, 01:17 PM
gundoc Back in the 1960's .22 and... 10-08-2021, 10:36 AM
zimmer And back in the 60s the govt... 10-08-2021, 11:08 AM
zimmer A few 7x61 S&H were around... 10-08-2021, 11:20 AM
grandpamac Also the .308 Norma Mag was... 10-08-2021, 11:44 AM
tikka I was using my fathers Brno... 10-08-2021, 11:39 AM
Woody Yep. First was a smle I cut... 10-08-2021, 11:40 AM
Tahr I was very fortunate to work... 10-08-2021, 12:08 PM
zimmer On my first tahr hunt in the... 10-08-2021, 12:43 PM
bumblefoot Oh; and as a 13-ish year old... 10-08-2021, 12:56 PM
GWH Cool story and great memories... 10-08-2021, 09:01 PM
rewa I often went into Tisdall's... 13-08-2021, 10:05 PM
Martin358 And ISCO sports just around... 14-08-2021, 06:11 AM
bumblefoot rewa Re; Santa's Gun... 14-08-2021, 08:31 AM
BSA Started with a cut down SMLE... 10-08-2021, 12:29 PM
bumblefoot My first "rifle" was a .20... 10-08-2021, 12:54 PM
Ranger 888 I made the switch from .303... 10-08-2021, 01:24 PM
Maca49 I had a cut down .303, mate... 10-08-2021, 01:35 PM
Spudattack Don’t forget the truckloads... 10-08-2021, 01:35 PM
Russian 22. There aren't many times I... 10-08-2021, 02:25 PM
Finnwolf Don’t forget the Toz17s for... 10-08-2021, 02:31 PM
7mmsaum And $6 for a Mercator 10-08-2021, 02:44 PM
bumblefoot Russian 22 But $26 was a fair... 10-08-2021, 06:29 PM
Maca49 My first car was 13 pound! 3... 10-08-2021, 11:14 PM
Russian 22. I guess so. I just wanna go... 10-08-2021, 06:49 PM
bunji Yeh we do not know how lucky... 10-08-2021, 06:53 PM
mudgripz Some very interesting and... 10-08-2021, 07:59 PM
gundoc Ray Garner was the manager of... 10-08-2021, 08:08 PM
scotty well i an obviously not as... 10-08-2021, 08:15 PM
bluebaiter222 gundoc - would that John... 10-08-2021, 08:33 PM
gundoc Yes, that was him. He had and... 10-08-2021, 10:20 PM
Mooseman I started out with the 303 as... 10-08-2021, 08:43 PM
caberslash Hi Mooseman, when in the NZFS... 12-08-2021, 04:57 AM
Mooseman Hi caberslash Yes we got our... 13-08-2021, 09:36 PM
bunji mudgripz I still have my Rem... 10-08-2021, 08:45 PM
Micky Duck the closest you can have to... 10-08-2021, 09:25 PM
Bagheera Ah ... The Mohawk 600. Any... 10-08-2021, 09:36 PM
MSL Got one in .222, it’s done a... 10-08-2021, 10:16 PM
bunji GWH Make sure you ask the old... 10-08-2021, 09:11 PM
mudgripz I remember my dad on the farm... 10-08-2021, 09:19 PM
7.62 Many of the cartridges that... 10-08-2021, 10:46 PM
Tahr If you have a look at the new... 10-08-2021, 11:35 PM
mudgripz I did see a Remington 600 243... 10-08-2021, 11:47 PM
bumblefoot Maca49 My first car was a... 11-08-2021, 08:59 AM
Maca49 Should have wound rope around... 11-08-2021, 09:08 PM
Frodo I thought everyone hunted... 11-08-2021, 09:02 AM
Maca49 Yep .311 tips 11-08-2021, 09:09 PM
bumblefoot 1970BC........... :D 11-08-2021, 09:04 AM
Finnwolf Finnwolf cost me $241 ( from... 11-08-2021, 09:44 AM
Hiawatha .222, .243, 308. 7x57, 270,... 11-08-2021, 09:56 AM
gundoc Back in the mid '60's BSA... 11-08-2021, 11:01 AM
erniec I bought a secondhand... 11-08-2021, 01:29 PM
Maca49 I bought a case of 303 tracer... 11-08-2021, 09:17 PM
mudgripz Pecar Berlin 4x scopes were a... 11-08-2021, 01:41 PM
zimmer There were other reasonable... 11-08-2021, 03:30 PM
6x47 Not the one I got, it was... 11-08-2021, 10:07 PM
Ranger 888 Bunji..I had a little Ruger... 11-08-2021, 01:59 PM
bunji They were a great little gun... 11-08-2021, 04:20 PM
Tahr I had one of the .44 mag... 11-08-2021, 06:57 PM
grandpamac Greetings Tahr, The 44 Mag... 11-08-2021, 07:05 PM
Tahr I didn't know that. I just... 11-08-2021, 07:09 PM
Brian The other apprentice where my... 11-08-2021, 09:30 PM
Maca49 Same area, just a little... 11-08-2021, 09:36 PM
Russian 22. Sounds like the good old days... 11-08-2021, 09:39 PM
Brian Yeah Belmont They used to... 11-08-2021, 09:42 PM
m101a1 Back to front you blow up the... 11-08-2021, 11:54 PM
TeRei Owen Bold in Market Street in... 11-08-2021, 10:09 PM
Marty Henry First rifle I brought was a... 12-08-2021, 08:41 AM
canuck hunter I had one of those AG42B... 12-08-2021, 09:49 AM
Finnwolf Uh-oh, is the topic deviating... 12-08-2021, 11:58 AM
Tahr The Savage 99 lever action... 12-08-2021, 12:15 PM
Micky Duck hmmm must be another... 13-08-2021, 08:43 PM
6x47 Only went there once while... 13-08-2021, 10:08 PM
Micky Duck I was born in 72.....My old... 13-08-2021, 10:24 PM
mudgripz MD that semiauto 243 might... 13-08-2021, 11:05 PM
nor-west My first was the Parker Hale... 13-08-2021, 11:14 PM
mudgripz Yep - the Remmy Woodmaster... 14-08-2021, 12:19 AM
norsk It could have been a... 14-08-2021, 03:13 AM
Barefoot As far as gunshops went, it... 14-08-2021, 10:04 AM
Finnwolf When I was a kid and the... 14-08-2021, 11:17 AM
norsk I can remember one gun shop,I... 14-08-2021, 06:19 PM
bunji We currently have this bit of... 14-08-2021, 04:37 PM
Micky Duck 50 quid to knob of goat... 14-08-2021, 06:24 PM
mudgripz The animals in the 70s... 14-08-2021, 06:49 PM
bunji norsk That reminds me years... 14-08-2021, 07:40 PM
bluebaiter222 #109 bunji. On the strength... 14-08-2021, 10:29 PM
rewa My old .222 works the same. A... 14-08-2021, 11:22 PM
bluebaiter222 rewa yeah nar those trebly... 15-08-2021, 12:08 AM
rewa Actually, now I think of it,... 15-08-2021, 12:40 PM
Tahr Norm Hansen on George Street... 15-08-2021, 01:08 PM
zimmer Certainly remember Menzies... 15-08-2021, 01:13 PM
Bos Slightly off topic but what... 15-08-2021, 02:30 PM
Jhon I lived thru all those years,... 15-08-2021, 03:18 PM
Waynesworld That is so good. When I first... 15-08-2021, 05:56 PM
Plinky One of the best threads in a... 15-08-2021, 04:11 PM
grandpamac Greetings Plinky, Thanks for... 16-08-2021, 08:13 AM
mudgripz Mmmmm.. I remember back in... 15-08-2021, 07:13 PM
SF90 Back when 'grandpamac' was... 16-12-2022, 10:11 PM
Barry the hunter started with NZFS in 1975 ... 17-12-2022, 06:44 AM
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    Don’t forget the truckloads of European chamberings that were available from Brno, Sako, Mauser etc.

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    6.5x55, 7x57, 7x64, 8x57, 8x68s, 9.3x62 and 10.75x68 to name a few remain excellent hunting cartridges to this day.


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