The firearm thread

[Smokin]

It's not air NZ I'm worried about - imagine doing that on the front lawn at camp mothers in the dark after a few beers...

Ill help ya bud. We could make fireworks out of the left overs.

[ManDownUnder]

That's a whole lotta goat curry.

Shitload of fun too...

[ManDownUnder]

Ill help ya bud. We could make fireworks out of the left overs.

I'm in favour of just one firework... no matter how much powder's left...

[Mr Merde]

Ta man.

MEC Junior is what I'm looking at buying, stock up on cases from a friend of mine... or two... and Bob's your Aun't best battery powered friend...

Cases from the local skeet club that are up to it, load 'em up and we're away. I figure that they don;t have to be superb quality because on the bunny hunt they get flung left and right (buggered if I want to be scavaging around in the back of Crumpy's ute for the bastards) but then If I could put together some reliable loads it might be a fun intro to reloading - and save some cash at the same time...

My problem is then getting them down there - Air NZ get's scratchy about me carrying more than 5 kilos of ammo. Might need to courier or drive them down

Large words in red and reloading are not mutually inclusive.

Sure the cost of each round will be cheaper and get progressively cheaper but you will find that being able to produce large amonts of ammo cheaply will only make you want to SHOOT MORE AND MORE.

BTW I have a couple of hundred Winchester AA hulls spare that you can have.

[ManDownUnder]

being able to produce large amonts of ammo cheaply will only make you want to SHOOT MORE AND MORE.


BTW I have a couple of hundred Winchester AA hulls spare that you can have.

You make that sound like it's a bad thing... LOL

And cheers - we'll cross paths I'm sure. Chuck some in the car at some point and I'll swap you those for a lunch or two. Much appreciated.

[sAsLEX]

Which is only made in one factory in the world an basically NZ is the only place that uses it...... will be a shame when that closes in the near future.... not!


Will post some photos soon of what the locals think of DOC near our bach where they just had another 1080 drop the barstards......... still saw a cat in the bush as well, lucky for it the 308 wasn't in the car.

Some phots of St Arnuad locals thoughts on 1080

[The Pastor]

Well here is my first rifle, jw15 chinas finest.

Stock was uber shit, so I sanded it back, primered then varnished it up real nice.

[Smokin]

Well here is my first rifle, jw15 chinas finest.

Stock was uber shit, so I sanded it back, primered then varnished it up real nice.

That looks really good mate, I should do the same with my one.

I didn't realize you were so short.

[deanohit]

Looking very nice there mate, is that the 10 round mag?

[The Pastor]

yeah 10 round, but aparntly it only loads 5. I'll check it out when I get my licence!

[ManDownUnder]

Talk to me. Just got the 270WSM and a xx-10 or xx-12 varipower scope seems to be the go. I'd love a Leupold or Zeiss but they $$ on them is not insignificant. Bushnell and Tasco claim to have good scopes.. and the price and function is right.

Are the Leupolds etc worth the extra $$$ (or conversely am I wasting money if I buy a Tasco or Bushnell? Would I regret it and be forced to upgrade at some point anyway?)

[chrisso]

FBI snipers use Leopold Scopes--- dunno if thats any help

[ManDownUnder]

FBI snipers use Leopold Scopes--- dunno if thats any help

The also have a budget slightly beyond mine...

[Swoop]

Bushnell and Tasco have an OK reputation. It depends on what it is going to be used for and the range that the projectile has to fly. Longer range stuff and the answer is Leupold.
Unless Zeiss or Swarovski is more appealing!

[Smokin]

I have been told by a couple of highly regarded people in the varmit hunting scene that you shouldn't ignore the bushnell range as they are one last remaining cheaper scope manufactor using quality japanese optics.
The bushnell banner got a good report as did the trophy ( I think thats the one) and if you felt you wanted more the mueller (sp) was well worth it.

I'll check up on the model names if you wish.