Hi caberslash Yes we got our Sako Vixen 222 for $240 with rings and a 4 xWeaver scope, and ammo was free. We were allocated 3 rounds per kill so we ended up with surplus as when we hunted 7 days a...
Liked On: 14-08-2021, 09:46 AM
.222, .243, 308. 7x57, 270, 7mm mag, 30-06. If we were to be really honest with ourselves we could ditch every other calibre and new fangled slightly different offering and be perfectly well catered...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 04:51 AM
I was very fortunate to work in Tisdall's sports shop in PNth after school for 3 years from 1963. There was rack after rack of rifles (50 maybe?) and I oiled them with Youngs oil every week. I loved...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 01:28 AM
And back in the 60s the govt of the day protected CAC. When I got my 308 you couldn't buy imported 308 ammo. The shop I bought my 308 from presented me with a box of 10 rounds of SAKO factory ammo...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 01:26 AM
Back in the 1960's .22 and .308 calibre rifles were given a discounted Duty rate because they were calibres manufactured by CAC in Auckland. Whilst the only.308" bore centrefires granted that status...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 01:25 AM
In 1967 I bought a Sako Forester in that maligned (by a few) chambering of 308W. I was told by older members of my branch NZDA that I was mad spending that sort of money. Within the next 10 years...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 01:25 AM
Greetings All, Reading through the posts on Hermitage's thread I realised how spoilt for choice we are now compared to the time I bought my first new center fire rifle in the mid 1970's. I plunked...
Liked On: 12-08-2021, 01:24 AM
Well winding the clock back a number of years ago, hunters used to have consultation and a reasonable working relationship with Doc. We had the Tahr liaison group, which after good communications...
Liked On: 08-08-2021, 08:03 AM
they would come out with a little bit of love....any woodworker worth thier weight in dried rabbit turd could do it reasonably easily....strip stock of varnish,steam out dents and either re varnish...
Liked On: 05-08-2021, 12:19 AM
How many dollars per gram does that equate to mate?
Liked On: 31-07-2021, 12:52 AM
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down...
Liked On: 30-07-2021, 06:50 AM
goat carcasses could well divert some of those pigs away from lambs too,with suppressors the scare stock thing isnt as big of issue as it once was either.... good on them for organising a big...
Liked On: 28-07-2021, 10:55 PM
Yeah hopefully they make them again, pretty neat little rifles. If they can make them as nice as they made this older M7 it'll be awesome. Remington seemed to have a hit and miss reputation, but...
Liked On: 28-07-2021, 06:51 PM
I see Remington Arms new owners have started up the Illion plant again, albeit in a limited sense (shotguns only). The media releases say they are planning to add different lines to the plant over...
Liked On: 28-07-2021, 06:50 PM
Whatever you get, go hard on light bars 173601
Liked On: 27-07-2021, 12:39 AM