Had an interesting pm just now that seems to line up with this rifle and it's history. Very cool. The power of the Forum!
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 09:40 PM
Went out for a few brown fizzies and left phone at home, saw message when I turned phone on this morning, seem to kill a phone every couple months so no numbers saved! Makes sense now haha
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 08:06 PM
Have wanted a "classic" rifle for a while now and kind of kept a half hearted eye on the forum and trademe etc for one to come up and this rifle came up on the forum a few weeks back. I contacted the...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 07:06 PM
Man you can't complain with those results, the only thing I would check when the weather warms up is that the load is still OK, it should be but I wouldn't want to leave some rounds in a hot place...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 06:27 PM
You are on fire. A classy accurate set up. Enjoy it.
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 05:44 PM
Hot tip, do load dev with 4 that way you have a saving grace from the old 'pulled' one :D
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 02:28 PM
I wasnt discriminating against it.... .I meant just that its very Italian. The jury is still out for me either way . Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:47 AM
How hot you can comfortably load is down to how strong the action is and how tough the brass and primers are. It's all part of a system containing a small explosion. If you use a thin primer that...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 09:48 AM
100% 182115
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 09:45 AM
Got my rings back from engineer today, got him to give them a hoozle up to fit 26mm tube scope and have my recently re-aquired (thanks Mathias ) Nickel Supra 4x36 mounted loosely in them to see how...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 08:19 PM
If its a new rifle the barrel may well speed up a bit with a few hundred rounds down it.
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 08:15 PM
they are yours.....just pass them onwards when you finished with them.
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 06:33 PM
2700 with those 178s will see you shoot as far as you are even able to on game. Also not too fast for close work on game in the bush
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 04:59 PM
That should work. I thought you might have found a little more speed tho....any preasure signs? The 178 amax/eldm is a great bullet on game.
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 04:38 PM
This trip was planned for the first week of the school holidays but work got in the way again and then the second weekend of the school holidays but I ended up working right through so I could take...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 03:31 PM