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   SF90 liked post by akaroa1 On thread : My oldest cartridge rifle 1859 ( picture heavy )

   Day Two Face off the breech Cut and crown the muzzle Cut the extractor slot in the breech face On and off the action a couple of times to get the head space, extractor and final chamber right ...

   Liked On: 15-01-2023, 08:43 AM

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   SF90 liked post by akaroa1 On thread : My oldest cartridge rifle 1859 ( picture heavy )

   Stub was tapped M20x1.5mm for about 30mm at its muzzle end Now I stripped the donor barrel from a Swedish rolling block 12.7x42 1873 that was sporterised but had a 9/10 bore 214531 Work out...

   Liked On: 15-01-2023, 08:43 AM

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   SF90 liked post by caberslash On thread : Redundant Calibres

   It's not cartridges that kill, it's bullets. Clear to see that bullets have come a long way since the 1950's/60's. Trouble with some old cartridges is they were designed based around a heavy...

   Liked On: 14-01-2023, 12:58 PM

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   SF90 liked post by Makros On thread : Subsonic 22 ammo suggestions .

   The American Winchester .22lr ammo is rubbish in comparison to the Aussie (factory closed) made stuff. The 42gr subs from Aussie use to be great. I have had all manner of issues with the American...

   Liked On: 13-01-2023, 08:57 PM

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   SF90 liked post by Flyblown On thread : This is F**ked

   Scalping has been around for as long as money. It’s been a part of our economic landscape since Roman times, probably before. Broadly speaking it is quite an unpleasant approach to commerce, one...

   Liked On: 13-01-2023, 07:44 PM

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   SF90 liked post by Mooseman On thread : Public land deer - 53 years ago.

   Very interesting Bruce, I meat hunted the Whirinaki area for a while in the mid 70s after culling for the NZFS. Have to say those were some of the best years of my life. We didn’t make heaps but...

   Liked On: 10-01-2023, 07:23 PM

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   SF90 liked post by Cigar On thread : Winchester 30/30

   My mid-80's M94 had a "case coloured" action. I think it's done by heating and dousing in oil or something like that? It has a rainbow look similar to spilt oil/diesel 214147

   Liked On: 10-01-2023, 12:33 PM

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   SF90 liked post by Matt308 On thread : Winchester 30/30

   Thanks guys for your input, it’s never really worried me in the past, I just need to get a new bead/ front site and thought maybe it could do with some love……. Maybe it just needs a run ��

   Liked On: 10-01-2023, 12:24 PM

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   SF90 liked post by JohnDuxbury On thread : Redundant Calibres

   How old are you two, you have to be kidding. The 7x57 was quite popular, and theres still a bunch of them floating around. It just got overwritten by the .308 in new rifles, and then the imports were...

   Liked On: 09-01-2023, 09:49 AM

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    SF90 liked post by Trout On thread : Public land deer - 53 years ago.

    Many yrs ago i started carting hay in my school holidays,13yrs old then,my first summer holidays was payed in pounds.Use to get up to 28pds for the long week,days were 6am till 10pm if the weather...

    Liked On: 09-01-2023, 09:07 AM

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    SF90 liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : How to hunt from fresh deer poop?

    that GPS dam handy gadgets - one can find clearings feed faces - and GPS for a look at late evening or early morning - speed well when I was culling there were two types -some would travel miles...

    Liked On: 06-01-2023, 09:45 AM

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    SF90 liked post by Tentman On thread : Black Powder "dreaming"

    Gidday folks Over the last few years I've been thinking a lot about my family - who on my maternal side arrived in the Nelson area in the early 1850s. By the 1860s they had acquired land and were...

    Liked On: 05-01-2023, 04:10 PM

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    SF90 liked post by mikee On thread : Feeling sick after reading this !

    Apathy amongst firearms license holders will be the biggest help in the demise of our sports. We saw it before, all the righteous license holders (our guns are not dangerous) were falling over...

    Liked On: 03-01-2023, 05:23 PM

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    SF90 liked post by Bol Tackshin On thread : A reflection and a reminder - Unsafe act

    Being open to the possibility that one is human and can mistake a person for a deer is the start of being a safe hunter.

    Liked On: 25-12-2022, 04:33 PM

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    SF90 liked post by Nathan F On thread : 12 days/11 nights in the Kawekas

    Happy to B. Will even Cary your meat out :D

    Liked On: 18-12-2022, 09:40 AM