Thread: Tiger troubles anyone ? I have the solution

where do you find these treasures?

I imagine if a tiger came at you, you'd hardly feel the recoil

Originally Posted by Martin358

where do you find these treasures?

Everything you can possibly imagine is somewhere in NZ
It just takes time and effort to convince their current custodian that you are going to be it's next custodian

I do shoot and hunt with all my vintage rifles, but I do fix them and leave them in better condition for the next owner

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Well we did have a tiger problem here, but that 500 nitro for black powder express solved it admittedly with much less style. There are still a few cougar's around though.

I opened this just for this comment! I'm surprised it got to 20 posts before someone chimed in about cougars haha.

No Tigers last night ( or deer ) but a joy to be out there with it.
Quite nice in hand and on the shoulder
But a lot heavier than I'm used to

Well by your own admission it's just like two single shots isn't it.
I'd have probably just sat there looking at the rifle while a herd of deer walked by and not noticed them

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Well by your own admission it's just like two single shots isn't it.
I'd have probably just sat there looking at the rifle while a herd of deer walked by and not noticed them

I agree, I keep looking at the pics, it's the best-looking rifle I have seen in a very long time, and you are shooting it .... even better

More better pics then

Originally Posted by Lucky

I agree, I keep looking at the pics, it's the best-looking rifle I have seen in a very long time, and you are shooting it .... even better

There is no gun to good to be shot and hunted with.

All my vintage rifles do exactly what it says on the label.

With a double you don't have the option of a light load or it won't regulate.
This is an Express Rifle so the bullets need to be going around 1800 fps to regulate

With my single shot 500s you can ease up on powder and allow for that with the sights.
My Webley 500 3" only weights 7 1/2 lbs and is unpleasant with 100 grains of BP
But shoots just fine with 85 grains

I've figured out why side by sides, rifle or shotgun are so graceful and pleasing on the eye. It tits, they're side by side and we admire them so it's natural to appreciate things oriented in the same plane. That's another mystery solved.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I've figured out why side by sides, rifle or shotgun are so graceful and pleasing on the eye. It tits, they're side by side and we admire them so it's natural to appreciate things oriented in the same plane. That's another mystery solved.

So we are evolutionarily drawn to doubles ?

Well your living proof at present so Yes, I believe you may be correct.

I decided it was time to clean and oil the Greener stock.
It looked a bit dark and dirty.
But turns out I got very little dirt out of the checkering
The walnut is just very dark, very dense and fine straight grain

The oil hardly soaked in and ran out of the checkering
It will be interesting to see what I end up with

I know you don't need me to tell you don't over clean it but what's your method for cleaning the stock? I have used high quality furniture wax and fine steel wool in the past, going very slowly to remove the dirt but not patina.

Originally Posted by Lucky

I know you don't need me to tell you don't over clean it but what's your method for cleaning the stock? I have used high quality furniture wax and fine steel wool in the past, going very slowly to remove the dirt but not patina.

Just smash the dirt off with the water blaster !

No I usually alternate between acetone and turps.
The acetone slowly melts the dried on gun oil from the stock and the turps draws it out.

But this stock has no oil staining at all and just a few light gun cabinet bruises.
That's a first ever for me and it needed a different treatment.
So I just used turps and OOOO steel wool to scrub off some old gun safe mildew marks and turps and a tooth brush on the checkering.
For the first time ever in my experience there was not the slightest trace of crap to come out of the checkering !
The mildew marks came out nicely.

Then mostly the stock oil I applied slowly ran off the bottom of the stock and fore end when I hung them up.
The walnut is so dense, so dark and so well oiled and sealed originally that the pores are still filled and closed and it just won't take any more oil.

The grain in the butt stock is now more clearly visible and I will try and get some decent images outdoors soon