Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Originally Posted by Mathias

I'd bet a set of medium Sako mounts that it would have come from the factory with chequering...

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Not this particular stock it doesn't look to have been thinned down which would be necessary to remove the factory chequering, I'm fairly confident of that. A quick google image search does turn up a few without chequering on the fore so whilst not common it's not unheard of. Happy to compare and be proven wrong

Originally Posted by dannyb

Not this particular stock it doesn't look to have been thinned down which would be necessary to remove the factory chequering, I'm fairly confident of that. A quick google image search does turn up a few without chequering on the fore so whilst not common it's not unheard of. Happy to compare and be proven wrong

Take the bet @dannyb and then you will have two sets of rings

Lovely rifle @Lucky

Originally Posted by Lucky

Nice @dannyb , I like the effort put into the photo as well , skin , antler , a few rounds ….showing your artistic flair there ..

Here’s my Mauser Type M , I dont think I have posted this one before , flat bolt handle to compete with the Mannlichers of the era , 20” barrel a very nice handling / pointing rifle , small bore 8 x 60 (.318) so taken a while to gather parts to make up some ammo , picture average sorry.
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Lucky Lucky, the pic is good. Can see the walnut well.

@FRST , they are a neat package , Mauser did some nice little details to the Type M , the trigger guard and bolt release are unique and a nice steel butt plate with a trap door .
One in 7 x 57 would be perfect I agree

Have been waiting for a few parts to arrive before finally puting this together and posting a few pics before load development.
Push feed model 70 Winchester Featherweight in 308win. I have wanted one of these for a few years and finally have my very own.
She's wearing a Nikon Monarch 3 2-8x32. Absolutely besotted with it, it's been worth the wait.







Nice and light too, comes up to the eye very quickly.

Ah lovely alright. Maybe we should start a win mod 70 post.

Model 70 featherweight controlled round feed in 300wsm

Funny how dannb and I picked our rifles up yesterday. Had to get the neighbour to pull my wagon out of a wee bit of wet, then a drive to the killing field to have a quick sight in. Times are tough so I used the 2 shot method at 25 paces, first one went dead on elevation but two inches to the right, 24 clicks left and that went dead on. Coming back to the house i perused the ballistics chart and moved the reticle down 10 click to hopefully b dead on at a 100. The trigger is superb, slight pressure and its on the way. Now look out all you big fat sambar deeries.

A bit of help, the rings have Leopold on the top and on the back one it has a screw on both sides, it also looks as if it sits down in the mount, so is it a take down model?

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

A bit of help, the rings have Leopold on the top and on the back one it has a screw on both sides, it also looks as if it sits down in the mount, so is it a take down model?

No the rear mount has some windage on it for if you run out of adjustment on the scope
Nice to line things up properly

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

A bit of help, the rings have Leopold on the top and on the back one it has a screw on both sides, it also looks as if it sits down in the mount, so is it a take down model?

No the rear mount has some windage on it for if you run out of adjustment on the scope
Nice to line things up properly

A couple of recent add on’s to the collection

1st up my rolling block 40-65
I have wanted a 40-65 for a fair while (45-70 necked down to.408)
To add to the collection of long range black powder cartridge rifles
The issue is there’s not that many in nz
So when my good mate called and said he knew of a very nice rifle coming up for sale
I said id buy it before even looking at it (when this guy says it’s nice it’s nice)

Im really into my rolling block rifles so it fitted perfectly into my collection
It’s a full custom rifle
Badger barrel
The action has been set away to the usa to a guy named bob roller who retrofits original actions with double set triggers
This would have been a very expensive undertaking but it truly makes the rifle into the true target rifle which it is
The wood work is definitely custom not sure who made the stocks but the guy who put me onto this rifle done the checkering a couple of years ago


2nd is one that I got from the Wellington antique arms auction a couple of weeks ago
It’s a hollis and son’s sporting .577 snider
This is a stunning peice which went pretty cheap at the auction
It had a broken lock which is at the gunsmith being repaired hence it missing in the photo
The bore is a bit rough as most sniders are but will definitely be a shooter


Last another one picked up at the auction off the cuff i had no intention of buying this one until the bidding stalled and something told me to put my hand up strange when that happens but somehow those turn out and I’m
So glad I did shes a martini express rifle in 450 no1 black powder express
The outside if the rifle has been badly rusted but what was decried in the auction catalog as an “ok” bore has turned out to be an excellent bore after a clean and polish with autosol the action is very tight and it will be a fantastic shooter
I have a good mate who has made me some brass from 450-500 nitro express brass
Holds about 120gn of black powder so it’s a bit of a hand cannon


isn’t really blued anymore sadly it’s had a very tough life externally
But still worth putting her here as it’s an amazing rifle which im so glad to have got

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

A couple of recent add on’s to the collection

1st up my rolling block 40-65
I have wanted a 40-65 for a fair while (45-70 necked down to.408)
To add to the collection of long range black powder cartridge rifles
The issue is there’s not that many in nz
So when my good mate called and said he knew of a very nice rifle coming up for sale
I said id buy it before even looking at it (when this guy says it’s nice it’s nice)

Im really into my rolling block rifles so it fitted perfectly into my collection
It’s a full custom rifle
Badger barrel
The action has been set away to the usa to a guy named bob roller who retrofits original actions with double set triggers
This would have been a very expensive undertaking but it truly makes the rifle into the true target rifle which it is
The wood work is definitely custom not sure who made the stocks but the guy who put me onto this rifle done the checkering a couple of years ago
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2nd is one that I got from the Wellington antique arms auction a couple of weeks ago
It’s a hollis and son’s sporting .577 snider
This is a stunning peice which went pretty cheap at the auction
It had a broken lock which is at the gunsmith being repaired hence it missing in the photo
The bore is a bit rough as most sniders are but will definitely be a shooter
Attachment 227843

Last another one picked up at the auction off the cuff i had no intention of buying this one until the bidding stalled and something told me to put my hand up strange when that happens but somehow those turn out and I’m
So glad I did shes a martini express rifle in 450 no1 black powder express
The outside if the rifle has been badly rusted but what was decried in the auction catalog as an “ok” bore has turned out to be an excellent bore after a clean and polish with autosol the action is very tight and it will be a fantastic shooter
I have a good mate who has made me some brass from 450-500 nitro express brass
Holds about 120gn of black powder so it’s a bit of a hand cannon
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isn’t really blued anymore sadly it’s had a very tough life externally
But still worth putting her here as it’s an amazing rifle which im so glad to have got

Gee those top two rifles are really smart, as nice as any rifles that have ever been shown on the forum

There's some stunners around, bit of outside rust means it's life hasn't been wasted as a safe queen. Every home should have one of old falling blocks as a mantelpiece.

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

There's some stunners around, bit of outside rust means it's life hasn't been wasted as a safe queen. Every home should have one of old falling blocks as a mantelpiece.

Yeah very lucky to have several antique single shot rifles they are my baby’s
Don’t let @akaroa1 see you refer to a martini as a falling block though lol