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    Quote Originally Posted by dave-m View Post
    who's going to tell goatcommander to buy a Tikka T3 in 7mm08??. ahahaha. I am a Parker Hale fan, but if they are both in good knick, I would get the Brno
    You might not beleive this dave but someone actually tried.. i have nothing to do with that person anymore.
    cheers dave m!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MassiveAttack View Post
    I am looking to sell my brno in 308 if you are interested. PM me if you want more info.
    Hi massiveattack yes i could be keen. Could you private message me? sorry i couldnt figure out how to send a private message. Cheers mate much appreciated

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    Quote Originally Posted by goatcommander View Post
    Hi massiveattack yes i could be keen. Could you private message me? sorry i couldnt figure out how to send a private message. Cheers mate much appreciated
    Done

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    My second rifle was a PH Safari 30.06 - but I got sick of the timber under the barrel warping when it got wet - but I guess there are dud pieces of timber in any brand of rifle
    I upgraded to a Bruno 270 and still use it on reds - the set trigger is superb for longer shots - adjust it to however sensitive you desire - touch it and rarely miss
    If you buy Bruno make sure you get one with a set trigger
    But hard to go past a Tikka T3 goatcommander - I love mine in 243 for fallow

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    For us of the younger generation that are used to the "plastic" gun range, could someone enlighten us as to why these rifles would be nicer/better?
    Not taking the piss or anything.
    I haven't used either of them before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by William View Post
    For us of the younger generation that are used to the "plastic" gun range, could someone enlighten us as to why these rifles would be nicer/better?
    Not taking the piss or anything.
    I haven't used either of them before.
    they were made Before everything went and got made in china.Nothing but pure european quility. No cutting corners. When u pick up a rifle of the sorts you can tell it was made with blood sweat and tears, just by handling it.

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    I recently scored myself a Bruno in 243. Nice piece of kit, just gotta find a weight and brand of round it likes now
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidmac42 View Post
    I recently scored myself a Bruno in 243. Nice piece of kit, just gotta find a weight and brand of round it likes now
    go to JBM and use their sabillity calculator. i have 1:10 and found barnes 85gr tsx dont like the 1:10 just working in the hornady gmx which looks very promising, have some 105 A Max on the way which will be interesting to try.

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    With a 1 in 10 243 ,this is definite with a BRNO, it will stabilise all projectiles (except the Barnes types) up to 100 gr Flat base .There is an exception with the Targetz projectiles.
    My BRNO just loves the 87 gr Bthp .
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidmac42 View Post
    I recently scored myself a Bruno in 243. Nice piece of kit, just gotta find a weight and brand of round it likes now
    Reload for this beauty.

    AR2209, 87gr Hornady BTSP, Muzzel velocity 2900fps.

    You'll shoot the arse off a gnat at a hundy.

    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by goatcommander View Post
    they were made Before everything went and got made in china.Nothing but pure european quility. No cutting corners. When u pick up a rifle of the sorts you can tell it was made with blood sweat and tears, just by handling it.
    Exactly and they have character or a sole if you will, which is sadly lacking in a plastic fantastic.

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    Just sold my zkk243, great gun must have accounted for at least 1k of deer never missed a beat, using a bsa cf2 270 at the moment, great gun

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    There is a couple of aspects to the why old brnos\PH are better than plastic fantastic's question. One is design as both of these rifles use a mauser type action. This is one of the stonger actions ever designed with a extra rear lug as well as the two front lugs and good gas control if a case ruptures. They are also a controlled feed rather than a push feed action which has certain advantages. Modern actions skip most of these features mainly because it's harder\more expensive to manufacture.

    There is also the fact that metallurgy has changed over the years. In years past when they didn't have fancy alloys they used to use case hardening. This results in a bolt with a soft core but a very hard skin. As well as being very strong this also meant that the two hardened surfaces (hardened bolt and action) had very little friction and feels as smooth as glass. Handling a WWII mauser action will show this immediate difference.

    A modern mauser would cost something like 5k to make today.
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    I love the sound of these actions when you cycle them, can't beat it. Goatcommander sorry to wander off topic but are you running any dogs these days?

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    I like the old husqvarna also

 

 

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