Second XR500. Old school charger that doesn’t know it’s stuffed is the way to go.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:40 PM
Try connecting it up to a small 12 volt trickle charger, One without the brain that tells itself the battery is fucked. After a day or two it may take just enough charge to then be recognised by the...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:40 PM
Thanks guys, I suspected they might fit thats awesome. Boomer416 thanks for checking that out with other rifles....and I just realised your in Gisborne so I might pick your brains (and bolts !!!) in...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:37 PM
Hi, I just dug my Chilean out of the safe and tried a few bolts in it. Looks like any STD length 98 bolt will fit. My m43 Spanish bolt looks like the easiest swap as it is straight bolt handle, and...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:37 PM
60 overweight and creeky. Walk a little, look a lot. Grandfather told me the story of the old bull & the young bull, gazing at a herd of cows at the bottom of the hill, young fellow said let...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:36 PM
When I got back into hunting at age 47, the day after a hunt I was pretty stiff and sore in the legs and feet. Nowadays at 51 I’m fine the day after, and can comfortably hunt two full days in a row....
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:36 PM
Turned 65 6 months ago and yes I do feel the pains at times. Try to keep at it, hunting, possuming bit of fishing. Knees hurt at times worse than other times as does the back and of late my right...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:23 PM
What are you ignorant of? Good manners mate. I know enough about technology to write a post. You clearly know more. So instead of commencing by rubbishing me for my choice of browser, try gently...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:15 PM
you sir are a man after my own heart and a bloody legend, i do recall one hunting trip out on wallabies spotlighting one very cold and still night, i, using a snider enfield, paper patched, and...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:12 PM
1:10 will happily spin 220 gr projectiles even 250 if you go round nose. Ever since I got my parker hale in 3006 worked out I've become a fan of the cartridge it's so versatile.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:00 PM
What to do with your omark? You should shoot it, admire it for its simplicity but great accuracy and hug it every day. I saw a sticker on a guncase once that said "have you hugged your omark...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 09:00 PM
Thanks mate, it's Z8i 1.7-13.3x42
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 08:58 PM
After chasing dead ends with my mates Remington 270 that definitely has something wrong with it (he has now bought a Tikka 7mm RM, woohoo) I had the joy of loading for a Tikka again this weekend. I...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 08:56 PM
Fun thread this. I'm 52, and yes the legs and knees don't work as well as couple of decades ago, but hey, guys like Tahr and Brian prove that with a bit of willpower and modern medicine there is no...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 08:51 PM
I'd say spotlighters. No pig hunters would carry an un-gutted pig out of the bush. That road gets poached a lot......
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 08:49 PM