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Could be keen-ill pm you mateQuote:
Originally Posted by garyp
Inox MX3 is a great product. Firearms, fishing gear, bikes. Does it all. Their grease is good too.
Pro-Shot Zero Friction
Yep I’m sure I have that copy!
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Made me buy thisAttachment 187094 Browning BLR.243
Just as a foot note: Thank you very much @stug for posting that.
Did the same author also not write an article around the same time in R@R about a Sako Forester where he put round storage in the underside of the stock?
Interesting to see that back then he was having the same trouble we are having now in obtaining powder, although I’m sure it was for different reason’s.
I lerve BLRs!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
Photos...old bean....where are the photos????
Update- have stripped most of the metal work out- cleaned most of it up- removed rust- removed 99% of the black coating on the rings- will give it all another once over tmrw- cut the ring screws down, then scrub with jiff rinse and then degrease, and at some stage will Duracote either Matt black or Blue/black.
Will also do same to barreled action soon, and sand back the stock- oil the shite out of it and send to @Hunter_Nick to recut the nearly disappeared chequering. I was thinking of attempting that part bit its too easy to eff up- and is above my pay grade :)
There was urethane liberally splashed about the place, inside the magwell, all over the bottom metal, i guess in an attempt to keep water out of the inletting in the stock- which is well urethaned inside.
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I’m awaiting with anticipation on how this turns out… keep up the good work.
Anyone wanna hazard a guess at the weight of this BSA Walnut stock?
Had one years ago in .243,Very heavy but makes the recoil non existent ,
Further to what has already been written re trigger, I had some real trouble with mine because some 'worthy' had assembled it incorrectly in the past. Gundoc posted a very good factory diagram of the assembly. To lighten the trigger I replaced the trigger spring with an aftermarket Tikki T3 Yo Dave spring as they are near enough the same length and diametre. The trigger 'Pall' / sear engagement can also be adjusted but I left it with full engagement as I dont trust the slop on old pins etc to be safe if adjusted. All parts were polished on the faces that contact the box. The internal walls of the box also polished. Polishing made a marked differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by ANTSMAN
Ended up with a very good light trigger that has a little backlash and creep but is totally safe
yeah mate- I saw that post by Gundoc and sent my trigger to him for a tidy up- its now brilliant 2 stage, first pull is like 1 or 2mm and then crisp let off ,I'm very very happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
I remember seeing you at Oamaru hut a long time ago with a 308 Ruger Ultralite I think it was? Shit I just remembered that was a forum hunt- through this forum maybe or the other? possibly 2008/9 or 10 ish? I cant remember....Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
1000grams minus the metal workQuote:
Originally Posted by ANTSMAN
Nah I was running the mini30 in those days,swapped out the red dot for the scope and got a spiker on an evening hunt if I remember,I wasn’t on the forum hunt me and a mate had fly camped at Jap creek and headed back to hut for pickup by helisika.met you,seventenths and Simon I think it was,he had the spaniel,I had Bronson the GSP.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANTSMAN
thaaaaaaats right, I had me then 15 year old stepson with me I think, goood good times.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
I miss my mini 30, best bush gun out there I reakon..buyback gave me $3500 for it though,think I paid less than a third of that for it.
haha thanks aunty.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
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Originally Posted by Tuidog
Hows this?
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Ive said it before somewhere on this forum, BSA were well ahead of their time when it came to lightweight rifle design. The American market didn't really appreciate it and eventually after the Majestic, the Monarch turned into a heavy lump again to keep them happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANTSMAN
Prepped all the bottom metal rings and screws yesterday, sprayed them Matt black this morn, need to strip the floor plate and re do, has some drips on it, I'll leave it all a few weeks before reassemble to harden- overall pretty happy.
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Yeha mate, from memory it weighs all up with 2-7 scope and sling, maybe 3.4kg.
Actually just weighed it....less than 3 kegs with scope-without Sling and ammo.
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Sent the stock off to a forum guy to recut the chequering, so glad I did and didn't attempt it myself.
Finished recutting the checkering on this old girl for @ANTSMAN Didn’t come out too bad considering the condition she was in. Definitely got a good solid grip now!
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@Hunter_Nick thats brilliant!
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Got this back from Hunter_nick . He recut the cheqering for me on this near 65 year old stock, wow he's done a supertastic job!
Glad you like it mate. We aim to please :)
Update,
Few weeks back I finally got around to Duracoting the metalwork blue/black.
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Beast!
Looks marvelous.
thanks chaps, cant wait to shoot a Sika with it!
An old thing brought back to life... Beautiful. Well done, guys. Wish someone could do that to me.
I'm on the lookout for a small/not magnum DPT or ASE can for this in 7mm-to use on me other shooter too-in 14x1 or similar thread.
In my wisdom, I coated the inside of the action- to make it look pretty- bolt extracting is a little more stickier- whoda thought that'd happen :) ill have to clean out the inside of action- and wanna polish the bolt up more on a bench polisher.
Fixed it.
https://youtu.be/p5jMppYSbW0
works slick as now nice
Was a good trip in there,me an my big mate flew to hut then walked to jap creek and fly camped for a night then back to the hut where we met you guys..got one hind up jap creek and a spiker not far from the hut as well on that trip.
Haha I had my stepson with me- then 15 or 16 I think maybe, maybe that was someone else that fell in the drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventenths
Yeh man I think you were the only one got the venny that wekeend.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
