you are right it is DOC administered Public land we own it
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:29 PM
I can fill you in on what happenend as I worked for DOC at the time - DOC employed contractors to walk boundarys of DOC land to see how much was fenced and how much was not -most of NZ was covered -...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:29 PM
These landlocked DOC blocks usually have an access track to them, generally through private land. So access is an agreement, formal or informal, between DOC and the landowner. If you cant get...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:27 PM
Even if it is public (doc) land it also has to be listed on the docmaps website as a hunting area, either open (brown) or restricted (yellow) Recheck the map and see your local doc office. Also be...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:27 PM
Sounds like a paper road or similar? If you don't wish to name the area then contact DOC directly instead of asking us to speculate on what could be??
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:26 PM
Sideshow made some time in the 1950's according to the serial number, likely a hunter or viscount. 206457
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:25 PM
Nice one, open sights too!!
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:25 PM
So as a quick background, I recently inherited this rifle from my wife’s side of the family. It originally was her grandads and it has been looked after by her uncle until recently, when he gave it...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:24 PM
Yes powder coat is not just paint Very tough I melted down a few of the powder coated black widows with some other old bullets and the red powder coat empty skins floated to the top of the pot...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:11 PM
Greetings, Assuming that the rounds you are firing are not reloads the problem is excess headspace. The fact that the Marlin had some missfires makes me wonder if there is an ammo problem as well....
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:07 PM
Around Twizel years ago we use to shoot a few black rabbits in winter.Take a strip skin fur one inch each side of the spine.Gave you a 2 inch wide strip of long black fur.That winter strip you could...
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:03 PM
Can do the same thing with a simple boresight, can even do it on the hill if someone suspects they are a turn out on their turret.
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:02 PM
I'm hanging out for the result of the trip to the range
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:01 PM
Yep.
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:01 PM
2 to 3k depending on condition and how much you want it They are usually well finished and have better than average wood
Liked On: 22-09-2022, 08:00 PM