I got a call from my Uncle early Saturday afternoon. "I'll be on the big farm tonight, bring your boy down". "Yep, Cool". Shit, the rifle is ready to roll but I haven't had a chance to sight it in...
Liked On: 02-06-2022, 05:27 PM
Tea done and a movie on the go, we both set to with the supplied anti rust wipes, going over all treated areas removing the last of the oxide build up and cleaning up the bluing. While I started re...
Liked On: 26-05-2022, 07:13 PM
What a way to fill in a day. SixtyTen you almost had my day pegged. So many pairs of gloves later. Sand, apply solvent, clean, sand, wire wool, clean, repeat. Split the bolt in two, and gave...
Liked On: 26-05-2022, 07:12 PM
Yay :D brass finally arrived today, so set about prepping the brass and getting an initial charge weight ladder loaded. All seated at max mag length (2.440" ogive length) starting mid range and...
Liked On: 20-05-2022, 11:43 PM
After all this i chucked it on the scales to see where it was at.... I was a little surprised it was a gnats dick over 4kg.....slightly heavier thsn i had hoped for. 196963 I spent a bit of...
Liked On: 20-05-2022, 11:37 PM
Finished recutting the checkering on this old girl for ANTSMAN Didn’t come out too bad considering the condition she was in. Definitely got a good solid grip now! 196929
Liked On: 20-05-2022, 11:32 PM
197299 197300 197301 Got this back from Hunter_nick . He recut the cheqering for me on this near 65 year old stock, wow he's done a supertastic job!
Liked On: 20-05-2022, 11:32 PM
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Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:13 PM
Just put a pair of adjustable feet under the rear, or even just a block that it can clip onto ...Perhaps out of a small piece of left over rimu...
Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:10 PM
I couldn't bring myself to spend the coin on a plastic gun vice so I whipped up this lil ripper out of some scrap bits of Rimu and car seat leather. 196752196753196754
Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:09 PM
Prepped all the bottom metal rings and screws yesterday, sprayed them Matt black this morn, need to strip the floor plate and re do, has some drips on it, I'll leave it all a few weeks before...
Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:06 PM
Yeha mate, from memory it weighs all up with 2-7 scope and sling, maybe 3.4kg. Actually just weighed it....less than 3 kegs with scope-without Sling and ammo. 194888
Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:06 PM
196809 Sent the stock off to a forum guy to recut the chequering, so glad I did and didn't attempt it myself.
Liked On: 14-05-2022, 12:06 PM
Then the real work began I made a bore guided drill on the Elliot tool and cutter grinder And drilled out the entire barrel to 16mm 196449 While it was in the lathe I took 3mm off the barrel...
Liked On: 09-05-2022, 07:38 PM
Set up barrel again in the lathe Machine barrel shank and timing the octagonal flats and head space Then team chamber 45-70 196451 Turn it around and tidy up and lapp the muzzle 196452
Liked On: 09-05-2022, 07:37 PM