Thread: Hunting the old way

@hebe Great write up & pics mate ,l mentioned on another post just the other day that l was looking for a old 303 ,that had been sporterized in the old Kiwi Bushy style of rough hand checkering & the Schnabel forend carved into it,(what we called a "Bush Purdy"growing up in the 60-70's), to preserve a bit of Kiwi Bush Bastard history in the Man Cave & occasionally take on "Born In The Wrong Era" hunt .

I am lucky to have access to a private block under 1/2 hour from the farm, where a 100 yards is a long shot,so 2-3 MOA will still get the job done . l hunt this block usually once a fortnight ,for helping topping up the larders of a couple of elderly neighbors & a huge young family in our little bush block community,with the missus cooking up Old School farm casseroles & soups as well to give them some ready meals to take the pressure off them a bit .

I grew up learning to hunt deer from 12yrs old on ,with a "Bush Purdy" & putting 303 FMJ ammo into a Kiwi Bushy, clever bastard contraption,welded up in a farm shed , that held 4 303 rounds at a time, with just the FMJ tips sitting proud at the right height to hand file down, to just expose the lead core.We hunted with a old Sugar bag pikau on the back,lace up rubber boots,Shearer Singlets & red Swannys with just Rugby shorts under ,the Red Swanny was the high tech hunting safety gear of the day

From what l can see from the pics your mates 303 is a "Bush Purdy" ,with the triangular checkering on the forend & grip like l am chasing,they use to put those really shitty red ventilated recoil pads on them, that was about all that was available at the time (late 60-70's) & would start going sticky & crumbling if you gave them a hard stare & they weighed nearly as much as a lead dive weight I always found a peep sight would give you a 25%+ increase in hunting accuracy & as light faded it helped a lot .

I think a by product of using a lot of the Old School gear on hunts ,is it shows you what hard bastards the old cullers etc were & how good we have it now .Well done & great to see you have not lost sight of having fun while you are hunting.Any other clearer pics of the rifles ?