My LSA55 in 22-250 cost me $410 in 1976 or 77, for brand new rifle, genuine Tikka rings, and Weaver 3x scope. I was on about $110 a week in wages and had to put it on 6 months finance. As Scott has...
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 01:24 PM
Those airflo packages deals in the green shed at 399 are great. Sporting Life in Turangi have a package for 379. Sent from my SM-A528B using Tapatalk
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 01:19 PM
I used to practice on sports fields (yeah, I was that weird kid). Often got asked if I'd caught anything :D
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 01:19 PM
Interesting golf is already mentioned because just like golf, the harder you try the quicker your casting will turn to rubbish. Bit of bare leader end of the line and just go practice. Hold the rod...
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 01:09 PM
I'm sure good old Stevie68 will still snap it up.
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 12:37 AM
It's pretty easy to straighten a bent barrel. I did a mates 308 barrel massively bent on a quad bike roll over. Honestly I thought even if I got it straight there would have been out of round. ...
Liked On: 10-11-2023, 12:37 AM
Old things have an added attraction when your feeling nostalgic Secretly we all yearn for the simpler life we had before technology and full time jobs Thats the life we want and think of when...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 09:17 PM
This will be good ! I will watch and listen before I comment on Really Old vs New
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 09:16 PM
I was excited about getting out to collect another red deer for the fridge for a number of reasons. A freind had just made me a beautiful knife and I was keen to get blood on it. I had done a fresh...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 03:52 PM
Haha yup, i have had a JW15 that was way off in the past too. once i cut it to 12" it was very visible. it was very accurate though, silly me sold it
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 12:08 PM
There's definitely information on there answering the scenario you posted above I had a look see before posting I definitely don't have all the answers. Registration certainly wasn't easy for me,...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 11:57 AM
The chance of this thing ever being perfect is zilch. So focussing and hand wringing on the most unlikely things that could happen is totally futile. To be useful this thread should be focussed...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 11:57 AM
No, I'm just saying that with all the weird and wonderful wildcats we have trying to explain to a fellow shooter what we have is hard enough, let alone someone on a phone. The serial number is your...
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 11:56 AM
We used to take corned beef, it kept well in a chilly bin and was easy to cook. used to get some funny but envious looks from other campers.
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 11:01 AM
As for hot drinks and the milk quandary, if I can't have real coffee, the Moccona sachets like cappuccino are the next best thing. Convenient and 100X better than the Nescafe version.
Liked On: 09-11-2023, 10:59 AM