Last weekend I headed up to a spot near my place. The goats in the area (with their mates the pigs) are turning a section of regenerating bush into a desert, so I thought I'd smash a few over. I'd...
Liked On: 22-09-2024, 08:40 AM
Quite funny how different people view this debate. I saw an article about illegal firearm imports while having lunch at work yesterday and mentioned to a colleague that this is why the registry will...
Liked On: 14-08-2024, 11:15 PM
Unreasonably happy to have come across this fine piece of the the gunsmiths art so I can share it on here. This Cooey Model 84 made it's appearance at the range last night. Found in a garden shed...
Liked On: 06-08-2024, 11:12 PM
Was 12 lb before the checkering and blueing wore off ;) :P
Liked On: 04-08-2024, 10:12 AM
Not mine but dads spare that I use a lot when down south. BSA Majestic 270 weaver classic scope. Not sure on weight but very light and boots like hell, only notice when zeroing242769
Liked On: 01-08-2024, 09:09 AM
Finally landed one of my unicorns! An immaculate M77 Mk1 (1981) in .308win, and with iron sights!! Not many of these around, even less in this level of great condition! Came with a handmade leather...
Liked On: 23-07-2024, 09:14 PM
Martini Henry 577/450 Still delivering bad news after 173 years.
Liked On: 23-07-2024, 09:14 PM
Just thought I'd get in everyone's face with some pictures of Rainy Day Projects that I tinker with to utilize my collection of Antlers and give me another dimension to a lifetime of wandering our...
Liked On: 17-07-2024, 08:53 AM
.375 Mannlicher again. Some minor adjustments made to some curves; lost the recoil pad even though I liked it because the length of pull was 15.5 inches, now down to a more standard 14.5 (for the...
Liked On: 12-06-2024, 09:23 PM
9.5x57 Mannlicher-Schoenauer model 1910 take-down rifle, in a custom stock. (In English its called the .375 Rimless Nitro Express.) Essentially this is an 8x57 case blown out to hold a .375...
Liked On: 09-06-2024, 06:14 AM
Kris and I "met" through the old H&F forum some 10 years back. I say met because up until 2 weeks ago we'd never actually been face to face, Him living in Norway and all. We are both hunters and...
Liked On: 09-06-2024, 06:01 AM
Most of you probably have a ‘one that got away’ story. Here’s a story of a stag that got the better of me. It’s a long read, but hopefully this one resonates with a few hunters who have missed out on...
Liked On: 09-06-2024, 05:57 AM
I think there are a lot of old blokes still clinging to the concept that their Mauser/ Mannlicher/Sako is worth big bucks. That's not the case any longer and they will go to their graves still...
Liked On: 04-06-2024, 10:48 AM
I will give you same advice I gave another a month or two back. Go to bank and get out as many hundy dollar bills your prepared to pay for rifle.go see mate. Start putting hundy bills down on table...
Liked On: 04-06-2024, 10:48 AM
Went through this last year. Based in Arrowtown but looked at Cromwell, Alexandra and surrounds. Rainbow and Brown Trout and landlocked salmon are in the Clutha River catchment. Also not hugely...
Liked On: 01-06-2024, 01:01 AM