The firearm thread

[Swoop]

is it a good club? in regards to facilities and the crew there.

Very good indeed.

[carburator]

What happens if two rednecks turn up on the same day.......

Us rednecks or hicks have our own range besides only the rich rednecks blow 5000 rnds away in a day.

[Toppo1]

ave a bit of a thing for service rifles

[Indiana_Jones]

Nice collection mate!

-Indy

[lakedaemonian]

ave a bit of a thing for service rifles

Nice.....if you're ever in the area of Christchurch/West Melton Rifle Range there's the Canterbury Service Rifle Club that does a decent amount of shooting out there, especially starting this time of year....a couple guys ride bikes too.

Good bunch of fellas.

[jono035]

Special meeting being held about CSI on Tuesday 25th at Northcote Citizen's Hall, 7pm. Same place as the last few AGMs.

I'm going to need a new range, too.

Wasn't overly impressed with APC, although I've only been out there twice and haven't shot there. Seems like their opening hours are a little random and it was a little more action shooting focused than I was ideally looking for. Great that a place like that exists, but I think I'd rather shoot a hundred rounds over an hour at the range rather than 30 rounds over a couple of minutes before going home!

[jono035]

Us rednecks or hicks have our own range besides only the rich rednecks blow 5000 rnds away in a day.

'Have our own range' isn't officially possible for pistol shooting. Also, 5000 rounds in a day isn't realistic, but pistol shooters do tend to go through a lot more rounds than rifle shooters. Myself I generally stay at ~50-100 per sitting, but there are plenty out there who go through a hell of a lot more that in a couple of hours at the range.

Doesn't take many of those shooters to start bumping up against that limit.

It also wouldn't be all that hard to count using a decent mic and a PC, although I don't know of anything on the market to do that already.

[Swoop]

'Have our own range' isn't officially possible for pistol shooting.

How do you mean?
There are plenty of ranges around the country that are for pistol shooters.


With APC: there are a couple of big-mouthed retards who generally believe the place wouldn't function without them and antagonise other members, however there are some quietly organised shoots happening there (away from normal operating times) which are relaxed and friendly.

[jono035]

How do you mean?
There are plenty of ranges around the country that are for pistol shooters.


With APC: there are a couple of big-mouthed retards who generally believe the place wouldn't function without them and antagonise other members, however there are some quietly organised shoots happening there (away from normal operating times) which are relaxed and friendly.

I dunno about 'plenty'. I sure wouldn't complain if there were a few more!

I was just trying to point out that having a range with a daily # of rounds limit probably means something different to pistol shooters vs rifle shooters. By having your own range, I mean shooting on your own range/own property.

Something a bit more relaxed and friendly at APC would be great. I'd love to give some of the different match formats a try, too, but it seems a little difficult to know where to start, aside from simply showing up.

[Swoop]

I dunno about 'plenty'. I sure wouldn't complain if there were a few more!

I was just trying to point out that having a range with a daily # of rounds limit probably means something different to pistol shooters vs rifle shooters. By having your own range, I mean shooting on your own range/own property.

Auckland is an anomaly where there are quite a few shooters and very few ranges available. Unfortunately councils' do not see the need for publicly funded sport and recreation facilities that cater to our needs. Thugby, however...

I have not encountered a range that has a daily rounds limit, so is quite odd to me. Many ranges that we have, had to state how many (approx.) rounds were fired and what calibres, so that de-leading could be done at appropriate times.

Certainly having your own property on which shooting is possible, would be fabulous. I was involved with a rural property where the kids watching TV in the lounge, were quite un-disturbed with me bowling over 'possums from the kitchen window with the 1022. Out the back were turkeys and rabbits plus the space for a 100m range in a dead-end valley. Superb property! Getting one fully templated and signed off by PNZ would be another issue all by itself but is eventually possible.
Hopefully CSI finds somewhere!

[jono035]

Interesting. I'm glad Auckland is the anomaly in this respect, because ensuring that the number of ranges opened is less than the number of ranges closed seems like a pretty decent way to pursue an anti-gun agenda...

I know the feeling with regard to being able to shoot possums out the kitchen window. That's where I first toddled off into the bush with a flashlight and a .22 air rifle, then eventually moved on to lugging around an old car battery with alligator clips onto an old car headlight and .22 rifle.

If more people had these kind of everyday experiences with firearms, I'm sure we'd be much better off as firearms owners and as a country in general! Not to mention, a few less possums never goes amiss...

[awa355]

Can anyone give me an idea what make of rifle my father would have been holding. The photo was taken in 1927.

I'm doing a bit of family history. I'm picking it would have been a low calibre rifle, possibly a .22?

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Can anyone give me an idea what make of rifle my father would have been holding. The photo was taken in 1927.

I'm doing a bit of family history. I'm picking it would have been a low calibre rifle, possibly a .22?

Barrel looks a bit heavy for a 22
Maybe a 32/20 ?

[jono035]

Barrel looks a bit heavy for a 22
Maybe a 32/20 ?

Yeah, was thinking the barrel looked a bit big.

Also wondering at the loop below the trigger guard. Either lever action or something like a Martini action?

[Indiana_Jones]

Kinda looks like it could have a falling-block action.

-Indy