138274 Because I cant be bothered to wet wade with the fly rod and it's a nice change to use a spinner again I thought I'd bust out the old Okuma RTX 30. Nice brown on one of the local rivers....
Liked On: 01-05-2020, 06:54 PM
Day 2 at level 3, 138089138090 Evening fish saved from an eel or big trouts jaws! 138092
Liked On: 01-05-2020, 06:54 PM
I brought my first from sportsways in downtown auckland and took it home on the bus. I think it cost $17 it was a 2 groove longbranch. I shot at clevedon when the range was up twilight? Road. There...
Liked On: 01-05-2020, 04:43 PM
Scout the club I joined at the time was the Wanganui Rifle Club. Long since gone due to farm division/sell off, lifestyle blocks encroachment, dieing off of members, negative change in public...
Liked On: 01-05-2020, 03:22 PM
somewhere in my collection of old NZ hunting mags i have an article on a DIY gunsmith/farmer whose skills created about 9 different versions of our beloved .303 one of interest was a no4 which he...
Liked On: 30-04-2020, 06:50 PM
Greetings GDMP and All, Agreed. An excellent point. Lets hope some see the benefits of looking after and feeding some old soldier rather than hosing down cardboard soldiers with cheapo mil spec...
Liked On: 30-04-2020, 11:49 AM
Really? To me, the number 5 meets the criteria very well. 138139 By Rama - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76075779
Liked On: 30-04-2020, 11:49 AM
Yes, the Americans have a thing for "scout rifles". No real NZ equivalent, and "bushpig" does not quite have the same cool factor.
Liked On: 30-04-2020, 10:22 AM
Jeez how long is a piece of string? Get one with a lookin peeper thing at the back that doesn’t smack you in the eye, a aimy thing at the front that helps you hit the target and a grow bigger/smaller...
Liked On: 30-04-2020, 09:21 AM
Anyone that wishes to enter can. Its held within the Tauranga Sports Fishing Club Grid (East cape to Waikawau Coromandel approx) Easy to enter, no membership required. Runs from the 2nd to the...
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 03:54 PM
:OSMILEY: Gasp!!! (now also wheezing).
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 03:52 PM
A mate gave me two well used old 303s when i was about 20 years old (2000's) as he didnt have a firearms licence, they were found in a family estate,fired one once it threw bullets end over end , at...
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 03:52 PM
:OSMILEY: Gasp!!!
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 03:52 PM
Haha I have a heap of them now after being bitten hard by the BSA Sporter/Lee Speed bug & this is after I got rid of ever single mag & part for MLE SMLE No4 No5 from when I was younger, spent last...
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 03:52 PM
Are the .303 gaining popularity ? Having a resurgance ? I think yes, partly on the back of Jacinda bucks, and partly due to folk realising there is a lot of charm / history to these. Growing up I...
Liked On: 29-04-2020, 02:18 PM