Well I can finally close out this thread - I think I'm done. Stock is checkered (I don't think it came out too bad for a first effort), rifle is assembled and sighted in. A few photos for your...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 06:55 PM
Greetings, Resident curmudgoen here, What about a plain vanilla 4 power Leupold or other. Cheaper than a variable and bull strong. Never on the wrong power. Regards Grandpamac.
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 06:19 PM
Don't get hung up about it. It is your decision, and your conscience that will dictate whether you pull the trigger or not. I have shot animals that, in hind sight, I perhaps should have left and...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 06:44 AM
Well sometimes you can't get old parts so you just have to make it from stock. This old Tikka had the bolt release missing and no parts were available so a few hours milling later and all working...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 07:11 PM
At 400 or 500 yards with a bit of wind, especially gusty cross wind I’ll take the 0.4moa load every time. Does wonders for your confidence too.
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 06:19 PM
214677 Lamb shanks, browned on the bbq.... Then in slow cooker/pot. (tomatoes, onion, chilli, pepper, mushrooms, and lots of salt.....) Didn't get the end pics, but was bloody nice...... Yes...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 07:12 AM
With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 08:43 AM
Had to take a drive to national park on Thursday to look at a caravan so decided on doing a round trip and take a quick look at Clements mill rd considering how much rain there had been and the fact...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 08:33 AM
So went for my first walkabout for 2023 yesterday. Goal for the day was to try and find a clearing I had been told about. Up I was at zero dark thirty like most trips and quick stop at the local...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:50 PM
You are wasting your time - there is no Thursday 23 of January (not this year anyway)
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 08:55 PM
Thursday the 23 of January will be a massive tide in Nelson a monumental high of 4.6 meters a massive low of 0.5 meters this will create a chance for very short people to take the deep end of the...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 08:55 PM
This has got to be the single best thing I’ve done to my JW15. It’s a great little rifle and quite accurate, but the 4 miles of overtravel in the trigger has always annoyed me. Just didn’t feel like...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 06:54 AM
This coming up in Dunedin Antique arms swap meet A bit different Too far away for me but some of the locals might like to go have a look and connect with a different sub set of gun nuts ...
Liked On: 09-01-2023, 07:13 PM
Where do I sign up for the opportunities at decent stags on my genuine hunts? :D I can trade in shitloads of hills, marginal river crossings, deer I can see with the binos but not through the...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 02:55 PM
These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them. The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 08:44 AM