The firearm thread

[Indiana_Jones]

Very sweet. So when are you going to bring it down?

Not home this weekend. Going to Albany this Saturday to pick up some guinea Fowl (may release some chicks one day).

Sunday off to Big Boys Toys.

Chris

I dare say I'll pop in for a shoot sometime next month.

We'll see

Cheers Chris!

Now to find a SMLE No. 4....

-Indy

[Indiana_Jones]

Oh yea, that thing on the end of the barrel is a protector the original owner, or the one after him made, pretty nifty

-Indy

[Mr Merde]

I dare say I'll pop in for a shoot sometime next month.

We'll see

Cheers Chris!

Now to find a SMLE No. 4....

-Indy

How about a #5 Jungle Carbine. Bloody vicious to fire but I loved doing so. Suppose I am a sucker for recoil.

You should be looking for a #4 sniper version. Cost you a couple of months pay but wouldnt it look great in your collection.

The other rifle you should look for is a Springfield 1903. I know you want a Mauser 98.

Chris

[Indiana_Jones]

yea, nice K98 would rock, better start saving!

Also keep looking at 1896 Swedish Mausers

-Indy

[pritch]

HAve you ever tried using Fg?

Don't you need a looooong barrel to use FG?
It'll look great at night though

I did shoot a rifle and some 12g. Mostly though only had about seven inches in which to burn the stuff so used 3F....

[Mr Merde]

Don't you need a looooong barrel to use FG?
It'll look great at night though

I did shoot a rifle and some 12g. Mostly though only had about seven inches in which to burn the stuff so used 3F....

Rifle I will be shooting this with has a 34 inch barrel.

BP metalic shiloette shooters are using this with goof effect in the US. Not as sharp in the recoil dept compared to finer grades of powder.

From all I have learnt and read about BP it seems that if the caliber is over .40 then FFG is good. For .36 then FFFg. For little calibers such as .31 and smaller then FFFFg is good.

Fg is usual for cannon but with 3 grns of FFFG in the case first and a magun primer it should give a very good burn.

7" , you were shooting a revolver. standard barrel length for most handguns of the 19th century. military ones anyway.

Chris

[Indiana_Jones]

That's a sawn off! lol

From skinny land

-Indy

[scumdog]

That's a sawn off! lol

From skinny land

-Indy

My Gevarm is 764mm from loud-end to butt.

It only LOOKS like a sawn-off.

[doc]

There is a man down that way by the name of Martin Van Deems (I think thats right). He has a firewoirks and pyrotechnics company. he pretty much supplies the whole of NZ with the black stuff.

He also sells it cheaper than the shops.

If you are looking then what you need is FFG and FFFg

Chris

Got this stuff off Mokokomiko (think thats the way it's spelt) Powder company think he still sells the stuff at meets and Rendovous.

. Going to Albany this Saturday to pick up some guinea Fowl (may release some chicks one day).
Chris

We with the help of the Acclimatisation tried them and Partridges for a few years 15 - 20 years ago on our penninsular and never saw them again after we released them. Just prior everyone was into either Kiwifruit or "Fitches" I think the Green party turned up a bit late for that one.

[Swoop]

That's a sawn off!

The bottom right appears to be a "carved-off"...
I hate to think what purpose the tower bolt, on the side, is for.

[Indiana_Jones]

Guns go bang!

-Indy

[Magua]

Nah, they go bang.. ting!

[Mr Merde]

52 today. Feeling every second. Off subject but hell you lot are the only ones on this board I talk to nowadays.

[The Pastor]

Crikey, you didnt look a day past 51 last time i saw you!

congratualtions soon you'll be able to get the discount when you go for a ride on the bus!

[Mr Merde]

Crikey, you didnt look a day past 51 last time i saw you!

congratualtions soon you'll be able to get the discount when you go for a ride on the bus!

You young wippersnapper, I remember when it was expected for youngsters to respect the elderly (only laugh when they were not within hearing range).

Thanks RM for bringing a smile to me this morning.

Chris