OK, (big sigh). Someone touched on this previously, the history of the 'half cock' in NZ springs from the Lee Enfield rifles where the back of the bolt has a little lump machined into the back of...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:39 PM
Brought myself a new pair of leather boots a few weeks back, meindl gufferts, smothered them in the sports wax that came with the boots but after 15 to 20 hours of wearing them in they still bloody...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:26 PM
today Greg Murphy was speaker at work do..in his garage is a 1600 sport escort......
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 10:06 PM
Maybe rephrase your statement once you will have put your hands on a Winchester 70. The m70 is kind of 2/3 cock on opening and 1/3 cock on closing.( or 3/4-1/4) So 7mm tragic is not completely wrong...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:55 PM
My father always told me as long as you have fuel and a handful of bullets the worlds your oyster. We all get carried away with gear but mainly out of too much time on the internet. We never...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:54 PM
Oh boy oh boy have I got a senario for you...... I play this one out on regular basis witH new shooters I will open rifle and demonstrate it is empty and lean it up against tree then turn back walk...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:38 PM
it works...but wouldnt rely on it....lol unless man eater was up in tree above me LOL.... funny the things you try when YDFOC.....
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:38 PM
Safety with all guns, except lever action where I leave hammer down while hunting.
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:38 PM
I dont put handbrake on in my cars on flat ground either,put auto gearbox into park...... but use it on a slope.....
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:26 PM
If safety systems on rifles didn't work we would all know about it. USA is the home of litigation and if there was any chance a safety on a rifle didn't work as it was supposed to everyone would get...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:26 PM
Bush hunting by myself always just safety as its just a muscle memory thing.-see deer safety comes off automatically rifle up and bang. If you wanna get more deer in the bush less is more.
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:21 PM
I KNOW this....and carry semi or pump shottie with safety on..and the U/O too for that matter..... but given option its open bolt or uncocked hammer....old dog and new tricks sort of thing.(my wife...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:21 PM
There are thousands of gamebird hunters using semi-autos who rely on a safety on their 12g. Doesn't seem to be a big issue, so why is it different for a rifle? I have a Ruger M77 with the swing...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:20 PM
Safety on Win. M70 is quiet enough to disengage with practice and is about as safe as you can get. It positively locks the firing pin in place. Not like the majority of safeties on other brands that...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 09:20 PM
My Leupold 10x40 binos that I purchased from Cabelas in Wheeling West Virginia in 2008 had an eyepiece fall out and lost. I took them to Ballingers H&F to see how I might get a replacement eyepiece...
Liked On: 24-07-2023, 10:22 PM