Had an old BSA bolt single shot when I was a kid we'd shoot trout with. Me and my mate would load it with a short and put the whole gun under the water, inch it close to the trout and pull the...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:04 AM
I have a 1905 Winchester single shot .22 "Boy's Rifle". At least that's how I think of it. A lovely proportionate small 22. Bought it in Dunedin in 1980 for $25. It was well worn when I got it with a...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:03 AM
7.62x39 is a great round. Ammo can be very cheap, generally easy to find, light recoiling and reasonably effective on medium game. My kids prefer shooting my Ruger Ranch which is surprisingly...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:02 AM
Everybody knows the 308 was made redundant 61 years before it was designed.:)
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:02 AM
Some, not all are about wring the last bit of accuracy or speed with every trick in the book. Some of them are other cartridges tweaked with a sharper shoulder, shorter or longer neck with less body...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:01 AM
plenty id say........... plan on taking mine to the range next week (weather permitting ) to make sure its ready for the roar and any winter hunts i might get ....a lack of variety on the ammo shelf...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:00 AM
In a beautiful rear locking S&L. Action like silk.
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:00 AM
Greetings @ Tahr, In the very early 1990's a friend and I were chronographing some 6.5x55 loads on my new 35P. One load was the Norma 140 grain load. This chronographed 2,750 fps. a little faster...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:00 AM
Anything with Creedmore after it will be redundant in the near future
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:59 AM
Barry the hunter well I am using what I think is a post war Brno mauser 8x57 albeit in a sporter stock, better trigger and of course a scope. Think there might be a 98 in their model number. Not a VZ...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:59 AM
It surprises me that 6.5x55 is mentioned in this thread as possibly being redundant. Tikka still make them (as does Blaser). There must be thousands of the M96 & 93 ex service rifles in NZ. Mine is...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:59 AM
how many still have the old 8x57 - was popular back in sixties as a hunting rifle - I quess because ex German army Mausers were available
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:59 AM
obsolete cartridges at least give you something to do ae! more expensive brass, bullet molds etc. what ever floats your boat eh, the 303-25 i've got goes pretty bloody well, hmmm another 6.5 eh?
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:58 AM
Following with interest as I have a Fox with a flogged barrel that will require a new barrel when I come across one and I intend to run it shortish with a supressor
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:57 AM
I ran 2 Ms 170 & put a carving bar on then for work fencing then after bot 2 years the fencing one comes home for firewood & hunting & what ever else I can cut can't complain bout them at the price...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:54 AM