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    Re barrel

    Hi guys who is the best gunsmith in New Zealand to supply and fit a barrel for a rifle at competition standards ?

    6mm Krieger or Broughton 27" 1-8 twist is what I'm after?

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    Try Mike Collings in Whakatane. His dad used to also supply and fit Kreiger barrels.

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    MC is off to USA for Palma so probably not for some weeks, but worth a shout.
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    Tony Tightridge in Christchurch .He is a bench rest competitor. Nobody is more anal than those guys when it comes to quality equipment.
    6mm ackley and Breyt like this.

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    Is Mitch Max still around?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Friwi View Post
    Tony Tightridge in Christchurch .He is a bench rest competitor. Nobody is more anal than those guys when it comes to quality equipment.
    That is the person that I want to work on my rifle .Only accurate rifles is of interest to me
    How can I get hold of him?

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    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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    Tony Titheridge is your man alright. PM me if you don't hear from him on here (TonyT) as I have his details
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    He has done a couple of rifles for me, they shoot very well when I do my part
    Quote Originally Posted by The Claw View Post
    Tony Titheridge is your man alright. PM me if you don't hear from him on here (TonyT) as I have his details

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    Your Avatar says Auckland....Dean Maisey is in Tauranga, a 2 1/2 hour drive and in the advertisers section here.so easily contactable, make an appointment and go for a drive?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shift14 View Post
    Your Avatar says Auckland....Dean Maisey is in Tauranga, a 2 1/2 hour drive and in the advertisers section here.so easily contactable, make an appointment and go for a drive?

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    +1 for Dean Maisey. When I was looking to build my last custom rifle I visited Dean. This gave me the opportunity to meet the guy himself, look at his shop (immaculate and extremely well equipped) and look at some of his work. The decision then to go with Dean was too easy. Sure there are many others around (an some not too crash hot as well) who are only a courier away but I preferred to be able to do the personal thing which included dropping off all my bits and discussing and agreeing what it was that I wanted to achieve, and then collecting the finished product. I too live about 2 1/2 hrs drive from Dean. I have also used Scott Traill for a trigger job (EM332 superb result) in which case I did't need to visit his shop and sent the job via courier. Scott too has a very good rep.

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    TruFlite - give Grant a call and talk thru what you want.

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    Thanks guys

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breyt View Post
    That is the person that I want to work on my rifle .Only accurate rifles is of interest to me
    How can I get hold of him?
    How did you get on with Tony Tightridge, did you achieve the result you were after?
    I'm thinking of getting a re-barrel job done myself and I'm looking for a good 'smith'... only 'accurate' rifles are of interest to me too!
    "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten"!

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    I have a new Sako Quad barrel hopefully turning up today that Tony did for me. Excited to see how it goes

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