Got to page 3 of this thread wondering why no one else had mentioned this then saw this post. All 4 tikka's I own do this. Walking around with the bolt half closed is an accident waiting to happen. ...
Liked On: 28-07-2023, 12:35 AM
Being a lefty using a rh rifle has an advantage for me in this situation. I carry the rifle with bolt closed on empty chamber. When a shot looks likely Ill load a round into chamber and hold bolt...
Liked On: 27-07-2023, 08:43 PM
I hit 60 in February, and yup; it was a bit of a shock. The overiding thought is/was; where did the time go, and, how much time is left. I used to do a lot of lane swimming; usually 2kms plus 1-2 kms...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:33 PM
Hi Grandpamac I met you on that track about this time last year, when I was walking out from Kiwi Saddle and we had a good chat. Great to see you still attacking that hill with determination and a...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:15 PM
Greeting Again All, Many thanks for your likes and replies. As you astutely observed Tahr I am a big lad and always have been. I may owe my long term interest in the outdoors to that. I have written...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:14 PM
yes you are right Tahr - back before WW2 in early culling days they were required to skin the deer shot and dry the skins for sale to help with costs of operations -that did not last that long -...
Liked On: 25-07-2023, 01:13 AM
A 7 inch Euro chef in cryo quenched Nitro V stainless with customer supplied macrocarpa from their farm. And a Chamois knife with brass bolster, brass and black G 10 spacers and Lacewood burl scales...
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 02:29 PM
My one and only experience with Optics Planet was not good. The scope I ordered showed as being in stock but it took 3 months, several emails and a couple of phone calls before it was sent....
Liked On: 20-07-2023, 12:54 AM
got a few calibres 22,17hmr,22mag 222,223,240WM,2506,3006 7X57,45ACP,45-70,300BLACKOUT,270 6.5X68 7MM08 7MMRM 303 STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER .cant hurt anyway lol
Liked On: 19-07-2023, 07:12 PM
You need to fix that.:)
Liked On: 19-07-2023, 04:21 PM
So why is it then that there exist a rare few cartridges that instil admiration amongst hunters totally disproportionate to the rest of the world’s cartridges and their relative position in the...
Liked On: 19-07-2023, 03:50 PM
The Outer Sounds have slowly but surely reverted over the last 30 years . I look at the landscape when I drive the road to our place and see hillsides that were once clear , but now covered in scrub...
Liked On: 18-07-2023, 10:23 AM
The point with lever actions, and particularly the Winchester 94'in .30/30, Winchester / Rossi 92 and the Marlin, is not that you can shoot fast with them, although they are faster than a bolt...
Liked On: 18-07-2023, 12:10 AM
Thanks all , Much appreciated all your advice rugerman , 7mmwsm and Micky Duck Sounds like I'm just over thinking it , and just need to keep doing what I'm doing for now with lots of...
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 10:54 PM
Left the hut and ran across a little pig within 500m. Dropped him and dragged him back to the meat safe 229128 Then carried on up the hill, and found a Sika hind 229130 Carrying that out,...
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 10:46 PM