A pre 1970 winchester 30-06 with stock and bedding by Jack Bramley. Superbly accurate and beautiful NZ walnut. Should never have parted with it.
Printable View
A pre 1970 winchester 30-06 with stock and bedding by Jack Bramley. Superbly accurate and beautiful NZ walnut. Should never have parted with it.
Gundoc, your list makes me wish I had bought most of them off you !
I have the carcass of a .12 Bore Percussion Double, no hammers, triggers, or trigger guard, but it is a cool old gun !
My Sako Forester 243, and Vixen 222 oh and a early model Bruno Hornet they were some of my early rifles which I would love to still own.
I always traded for the next gun ( when I was younger ), money was tight and a cupboard full of rifles was too much of a luxury. I would love to have them all back but I always justified their trade as I was moving to a better tool.
So moving on a rifle to get the next was my norm, I dont regret any of their sales as I had my use and fun from them at the time.
One I truly did love to move on though was a Rossi Pomba in .270
Wish I had kept my first "gun", I was 15 and living on Waiheke island and mum wouldn't let me have a gun. Soooo, I made one, .640 smooth bore 24" long sort of a shot gun and two teaspoons of black powder, 12 or 15 #1 bbs did the job on rabbits. Yes, it was a water pipe gun, muzzle loader, bit of history there, wish I had kept it, Hackberry Finn days.
You know the way things in NZ are going, its probably not going to be the shittest idea to pop up :PQuote:
Originally Posted by 40mm
This does bring up an interesting topic.
I’ve been through stages where I have way to many firearms in the safe and many sit unused.
I’m at the stage where less is better, and quality trumps quantity.
At the moment I only have two that will never leave my possession and that is because of sentimental attachment not performance.
My working rifles have to perform and be used often or they are gone.
My workers consist of 2 Centerfires of completely different configurations , 1 shotgun and 1 rimfire .
That has been whittled down from 16 firearms , no new rifle arrives without one of the existing disappearing .
I regret burying my AR, AK, SKS and >45carbine in my septic tank.
Danger, danger . you are being watched. Expect a vist from Mr plod in the near future. :P
Remington Mohawk in 243 with I think 2 3/4 Leupold. Brilliant little hunter for the north and very accurate on range. Dam.....
That'd be worth watching them trawl through the septic tank for something that isnt there[emoji1787][emoji1787]Quote:
Originally Posted by Jusepy
Sent from my SM-A505GN using Tapatalk
I haven’t lent any of my rifles for decades - and then only to one particular mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntfisheat
Left hand Ruger M77 MK2 .270win. 24" True Flite stainless fluted barrel. :(
Attachment 136170
Quite a few but heck least I was the caretaker for a while , BSA Hunter in 7 x 57 , BSA Majestic in .270 , the Majestic I miss the most though probably,
Crips sheaer, you will have to get rid of that rifle, It`s patently clear that the bloody tree has the virus!!!.
yes
Still regret letting a Rem Mohawk with ventilated rib in .222 slip away..
No, but there are several I wish I had bought.
I was offered a new Sako 85 Finnlight in .270 for $1000 in the US in 2016 and passed it up. Couldn’t get excited about a .270 but wish I had bought it now.
I also have a couple I wish I had never brought including one very expensive custom rifle that had issues from the get go and still has them.
So if anyone wants a $4500 tomato stake I may be your man...........................
What are the details, could be keen.....Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
1000 usd or nzd. Cos nzd is a deal despite the caliber. Hell, even 1000 usd is a mean steal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spitfire
Already done unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by homebrew.357
Just one for me and yeah it was a buy back rifle.
I had to hand a few in but really only one bought a tear to my eye, my Schmeisser (made in Germany) AR-15A4, 20".
I've used quite a few AR's but this was the nicest milspec one I have ever held and used. Shot fantastically, so well made with tight tolerances and all the other good stuff a high quality AR has, it was a pleasure to use and own.
I always thought I would never sell it and would leave it to my son.
I was getting ready to get into service rifle with it when the ban happened. I thought the sadness of losing it would lessen with time but it hasn't to be honest, it was something I treasured.
I miss it :(
remington mohawk 308
sako full wood carbine 308
and I was about to buy a BAR safari in 308 when the buy back started....one rifle I had always wanted
I would not sell it to anyone honestly its been a dog from the get go but I just cannot let it go given A) it cost me so much and B) I brought local primarily as the supplier made all the promises in the world abut after sales service and how everyone else was shit.................... and then ran away.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
I could accepted that it had an issue from the start as shit sometimes happens but 3-4 attempts to fix it over 6 years............really...............
Anyway if someone comes across a Bruno Model 2 Serial Number 350444 then I would like to know, I want to buy it back. I guess most likely in the nelson region
You want another sako .308 fullstock?Quote:
Originally Posted by raydafish
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Tikka 260 bushpig bought and sold on the forum. Shot everything I fed it sub moa but lost confidence in it after a couple of misfires on animals back to back(turned out it was Dodgey federal primers). Regret selling it but the guy who owns it is a good bastard and that softens the blow. Miss my first tikka which was a proper bushpig (308 with a 16.5" bbl), funnily enough sold to buy the aforementioned 260. Same story with a good bastard forum member owning it so less painful
that's a major disappointment. What kind of issues does the rifle have?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
When I moved over here from Oz, I sold my Ruger Gunsite Scout .308 to Dad - since I followed NZ law (unlike one shitstain) I had to wait 9~ months for a referee to follow me over here before I could get my firearms license so i couldn't be bothered bringing the gun here. It was a basic, rough firearm but it was just FUN to shoot. I would get another, but they are so expensive here in NZ for some reason. I also miss my Adler lever action shotgun that I bought as a fuck you to the anti-gun lobby..
Quote:
Originally Posted by 40mm
Shhhhh it was deliberate....his septic tank needs emptying and he was hoping to get it done for free.......:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jusepy
One person I know had nothing to hand in, but took the precaution of burying about a dozen 36" pieces of scrap rebar and steel around his large section in case Mr Plod likes using metal detectors.........
i handle one in a hut at the top of the rangitata riverQuote:
Originally Posted by MSL
it was like it was made just for me fit, pointing feel ect
it "felt' substantially better than my sako 75, which is one im super happy I didnt sell and on to its third barrel
the old coot that owned it wouldnt sell it to me, I dont blame him. I barely sell rifles
Yeah I’ve got a ‘79 A2 fullstock, and a fullstock 85. The older one is considerably lighter and I just like it more. Still selling both though, haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah I’ve got a ‘79 A2 fullstock, and a fullstock 85. The older one is considerably lighter and I just like it more. Still selling both though, haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sako All 243 sold it way to cheap also. Was awesome rifle always have regretted it.
Interesting that in a few pages here there are four Remington 600s/Mohawks.... Not many made but very very popular with users. Old man had one in 308 and mine was 243. Brilliant little hunter - would love to have it back:
https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...pnAPuI0ubbhIXM
I've got to this stage too, owned lots and sold lots. Just a hand full of working rifles for me now, and one shot gun that I will keep for sentimental reasons (and .the off chance I get back in to duck hunting).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ground Control
The only rifle I really regard letting go was a super accurate Browning A-bolt in .243, I'd still be using it now if I'd kept it.
Regret not regard, can't seem to edit.
Nothing was nothing special, but I regret getting rid of my first rifle. Savage 116 in .270 with a Gunworks suppressor & 3-9x40 Bushnell Elite. Shot MOA with both Hornady 130gr SSTs and Highland (PPU) 150gr straight out of the box. An easily replaceable rifle, but it was the first rifle I ever owned. Sold cos I was heading overseas and needed the money. I'd taken deer before I got it, and since I got back and bought new rifles, but in the time I owned that Savage I only ever shot goats. The guy I sold it to took 3 deer with it the first weekend he had it (still a bit bitter about that :D). Still know the guy I sold it to, but unsure whether he's still got it. Might have to ask him about buying it back at some point.
@mudgripz first commercial bushpigs? No suppressors though. Didnt they make them in quite cranky calibres too?Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
Yep - made in a few of Remington's own calibers - .222, .223, 6mm Remington, 6.5mm Remington Magnum, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .35 Remington, .350 Remington Magnum.
Superb wee northern bush rifle and we found them very accurate for NZDA competitions. No suppressors back then when men were men - and mostly deaf... :)
They were very innovative - a little shorty with carbine length 18.5" barrel, nylon polymer trigger guards etc. If I saw another one in 243/223/222 I'd grab it in a heartbeat..
sako 75 stainless walnut in 223. saw one in a shop recently in mint condition but they wanted $2450 AUD for it. Sako A5 in 6.5x55 which I sold when I was 20 still regret that one.
