Thread: Gun Porn, show off your new toys

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I've been a naughty boy.....


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Volquartson 22 mag ....

you just couldn't leave it alone, could you .......

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I've been a naughty boy.....


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Volquartson 22 mag ....

Tiss better to ask forgiveness than permission.....so I'm told

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Tiss better to ask forgiveness than permission.....so I'm told

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That's exactly what I said to the guy in the shop.....

The missus was out of town.....

You have been forgiven my son now go and sin some more and tell us how it goes

New toy picked up from the smith this morning
For black powder mid range and long range Silhouette
When the grunt of 45-70 isn’t needed

Caliber 38-50 remington Hepburn (long obsolete) 303 British cases used to form brass
1870 husky rolling block action
30 inch hugh Bradley barrel profiled full Octagonal (heavy)
Pedersoli rear sight
Lee shaver front sight

That is a beauty. What made you choose that calibre?. I am looking at a High Wall in 38-55 for mid-range.

Originally Posted by BSA

That is a beauty. What made you choose that calibre?. I am looking at a High Wall in 38-55 for mid-range.

Good question
And it was simply because my mate who also happened to be doing the smith work for me had a reamer
But the 38-50 dose have an advantage over 38/55 being that it will hold 55gn of powder behind a 330gn bullet
A 38-55 will only do 45gn with the same bullet

A kind forum member lent me this to try out.

Picked up a couple of the bayonets on my wishlist and couldn't resist taking a family photo.

@tommygun Makes me miss my old PARA-FAL very much

My new (CHONKY) toy.
4.7 Kgs of .22LR awesomeness!

Pretty impressed with the Backlanz carbon bipod QD system �� Well thought out and very light.

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Pretty impressed with the Backlanz carbon bipod QD system �� Well thought out and very light.

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I have been seriously thinking about them for a while now.
Apart from the obvious weight saving are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

...are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

@veitnamcam you can’t flick both legs out at once like you can with a Harris, each leg has to be unlocked with a push button and rotated. The leg extension adjustment is easy though, easier that the fiddly wee thumbscrew on the Harris. No spring assistance on this part of the arrangement means all these setup movements are quiet. The combo leg option gives you a third stage alloy extension with detent locks. There’s a small spring that gives the alloy legs a shove when you press the release, and this action can generate a bit of noise.

I think the carbon work is well done, we’ll see how the 3D printed Titanium parts hold up in time. I shot the 7RM as pictured last weekend off the bipod and had no problems at all.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I have been seriously thinking about them for a while now.
Apart from the obvious weight saving are they as sturdy as a harris and do the legs have a good adjustment range and quiet to operate?

It seems a bit of a paradox - bipod used because the range tends to be long - yet a silent operation is required?
Have I missed something?

I’ve got one of those bipods with ‘twangy’ springs on my Sako 22 but haven’t had issues with game fleeing from the noise. (which can be minimized with a bit of care)