Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

The new toy dressed in his best, t3x 7rm with a Zeiss v6 in the saddle. It's currently work in progress for a smooth load using 162gr or 165gr 2217.

Originally Posted by Nga

Well, after much stress (for my gun smith thank you Grant!!) finally completed the most expensive bush gun I’ve ever had built, Barnard SMS action fluted bolt, meant to be a rem 700 drop in but it’s really not that drop insh, epic true flight 12.5” ultra match fluted barrel in 338 FED, Ken Henderson stock, timney trigger, magnum OCD titanium suppressor and break topped with rail and 2-12x42 vx6hd ….

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That's awesome mate, what twist rate is it - are you going to try subs?

I wonder what the kick will be like with supers?

Originally Posted by MSL

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Very nice wood on that ZG , @MSL well done , nice pair of BRNO’s

Tikka T1X 22LR
XLR Element 3.0
Area419 arca rail and picatiny rail
NF NX8 4-32 (shared with my 308) NF rings
DPT suppressor
Harris 6-9 with Area419 arca kit

I scored a Bayonet for my Brown Bess.

The Gun is a Sea Service Pattern,which is pretty rare apparantly.

Loaded up some bombs yesterday, had a "me day" and pottered around home and caught up on a few things, got my reloading gear setup finally after shifting house few months back. Finished off my first box of eldx so rifle has fired a total of 76 rounds now and I've had it over 18 months... That's a record length of ownership for me!

Saxy looking optics there Ryan, what you recon of the binos weight?

Originally Posted by norsk

I scored a Bayonet for my Brown Bess.

The Gun is a Sea Service Pattern,which is pretty rare apparantly.

that is a thing of beauty - very envious, never seen a sea pattern in the flesh

Originally Posted by res2

that is a thing of beauty - very envious, never seen a sea pattern in the flesh

Come over sometime,you can shoot some mink with it.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Loaded up some bombs yesterday, had a "me day" and pottered around home and caught up on a few things, got my reloading gear setup finally after shifting house few months back. Finished off my first box of eldx so rifle has fired a total of 76 rounds now and I've had it over 18 months... That's a record length of ownership for me!
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How’s that scope you like it


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Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP

How’s that scope you like it


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Yeap it's awesome, great size on a hunting rifle, took it for a wee stalk round the bush the other day real nice being able to wind it back to 1.7 and pop the turret off and leave it at home just by pushing a button. Illumination is real nice and intuitive able to adjust without coming off target and can switch between circle dot or single dot , glass is awesome and have shot it out to 500m on 13.3x no worries

We Gem i found on TM few months back. Cut it to 18” chucked a dpt on and shoots like a dream.
Sako 75 7mm08

Originally Posted by Tuckerbox

Tikka T1X 22LR
XLR Element 3.0
Area419 arca rail and picatiny rail
NF NX8 4-32 (shared with my 308) NF rings
DPT suppressor
Harris 6-9 with Area419 arca kit

How are you enjoying your nx8?
I just put a 4x32sfp mil on my 22-250 and it's out standing for varminting!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

How are you enjoying your nx8?
I just put a 4x32sfp mil on my 22-250 and it's out standing for varminting!

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It’s epic so far! Amazingly smooth, great ergonomics. I’ve just popped it back onto the 308 as the T1x has an ejection issue so I’m going to get that sorted. Maybe a 2.5-10 NXS would go well on the 22. That MilC reticle is ridiculously nice!

I just got back from 35 days of actual hunting over the last couple of months ,this was also the first chance l got to take my new rifle build out hunting , another Allen Carr build of which l now have all my Hunting Rifles either built or worked on by Allen as he has always done a world class job .

I had it built to all my specs for me it just about the perfect all round Kiwi hunting rifle.It is a 284W built on a early 90's Rem action that was trued,Bolt fluted,Bolt Handle skeletonized & trigger worked.We put a 22inch True-Flite rifle barrel on,that after load testing & accuracy proved was docked & threaded at 20inch for the Suppressor,the chamber was long throated to seat the bullets way out in the little fat cases & gain maximum velocity.I have owned 2 of these 284W over the years & found it a highly efficient hunting round ,but always found the only limiting factor in performance was the rifles only had short chambers so the bullet seating limited powder capacity .

All that was pillar bedded into a Bell & Carlson Ti Stock & due to time constraints & the get the bloody Ark rain event we had a while back & then clean up /helping others ,l had to use a Loopy 2x7 for the trip, but will have my Nightforce 2.5-10 x 32 NXS mounted on it .All up loaded, with sling it weighs just under 7lbs,IMO great for shooting offhand or with out the Suppressor, which l prefer to do on the sketchy Tops for Tahr & Chammy where you are lucky to fire a couple of shots a trip.




With a long throat & magazine to match, your rifle you can seat bullets level with the base of the neck giving more case capacity than you would with the standard length throat. All my 284W's loved AR2209, my favorite Hunting Loads for Goats ,Pigs,Chammy & small Deer is the Speer 130gn BT pushed along by 58gn hitting around 3150fps ,my all round loads are the 140gn NP with 57gn hitting 3100fps & 145gn Speer with 56gn for 3000fps. My premium Tahr & Deer load is the proven 140gn Barnes-X pushed along to around 3000fps & the 160grn Speer doing around 2900fps ,l have taken Elk & Moose with those as well as plenty of good Reds here.

Over the course of the 35 days hunting with it ,we took basically everything we are lucky to have on offer across our great country from pigs in the scrub to Tahr on the Alpine peaks & the rifle build & caliber performed great & there is nothing l would change on the build .