I received a few more key parts in the post from a forum member yesterday Sear and seat spring Link and 1 link pin Screwed my old #3 barrel on properly Pulled the main spring from my...
Liked On: 09-05-2022, 07:48 AM
About 40 yrs ago in Twizel there use to be a good wine club.They made very good variations of Rose Hib wine.Cost a few sickies back them.:thumbsup:
Liked On: 07-05-2022, 09:39 PM
3 of us have just spent 5 days chasing wallaby in the Mackenzie Basin area. The weather was blue bird everyday except for one that was a bit overcast. Our hunting was during the afternoons and...
Liked On: 07-05-2022, 09:39 PM
Sanding completed, and first coat of sealer applied. Can now see the contrast and true colour of this piece. There are a few highlights lurking in the wood, which will show up nicely once all the...
Liked On: 06-05-2022, 11:59 AM
Yup, I "upgraded" from a VX1 3-9x40. Regretting that now. The VX1 was a bloody good scope for the price!
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 07:11 PM
They are terrible. If they were all you know then you probably wouldn’t pick up on how much of an issue it is. Without sounding like a “scope snob” I’ve been using pretty much exclusively swaro...
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 07:08 PM
Shaping is now completed, and on to finish sanding ready for the first coat of oil. Really happy with how it shaped up. These little actions make for a very slim light little rifle. Hopefully the...
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 08:11 AM
Getting close now. Hopefully just another hour or so of sanding and then we get to really see the grain when the sealer goes on 196199
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 08:10 AM
3 of us got 150 wallaby and a couple of elusive quadrupeds (4 afternoons/evenings). All with .223. I shot them out to 375 yds, all with 80 Targex. The others used 55 Hornady (Sako A1 and Howa). On...
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 08:04 AM
A few rabbits around my stomping ground through the thermal. https://i.ibb.co/wrJRcZN/Thermal-1.jpg https://i.ibb.co/3WGnVZS/Thermal-2.jpg
Liked On: 02-05-2022, 01:43 PM
195932 Shot this red spiker through the neck at 125 meters straight down no questions asked using factory hornady 62gr whitetail ammo. I'm really impressed with this little riffle, if my...
Liked On: 30-04-2022, 10:36 PM
No problem. Im in it right now. Ive done several Tahr trips with mine and hundreds of hours of steep wallaby chasing. Im onto my second pair and the first pair are still serviceable but are...
Liked On: 29-04-2022, 01:40 PM
Took my new Salewas up a creek today. Granted they're new, I found you can feel the coolness (if that makes sense) of the water entering the leather and synthetic tongue but doesn't come thru the...
Liked On: 29-04-2022, 11:28 AM
Pic of mates large metal target, about the size of a small beer fridge on a frame. Can swing My 2 shots are the one the finger is pointing at and the one 45 deg diagonal to the lower left. Both in...
Liked On: 27-04-2022, 09:56 PM
Sneak peek for those interested. Shaping up nicely 195434
Liked On: 27-04-2022, 07:22 PM