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    Vintage Sniper Rifle Picture Thread

    @sirhrmechanic In regard to that highly appropriate fire extinguisher ... there was a summer exercise down at Burnham Military Camp, near Christchurch in the South Island, several years ago, during a High Fire Risk period. A grass or scrub fire resulted. The silly bastards, presumably the...
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    Not a vintage rifle but... still interesting vintage!

    Interesting story. Thank you. In regard to the ‘instant foxhole’ application, you would have the same problems that you always have with ‘ditching charges’ i.e., you make a very loud noise and … the dirt falls straight back into the hole!
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    Super rare Tula Mts13-1

    Dry-firing practice before live-firing, can make a big difference. When I shot 25 metre indoors, I would get into my jacket and sling to practise my position before walking into the actual range for my first shoot of the night. I would save some of my fired cases and carry out dry-firing...
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    Making Swiss guys lose their minds

    Nice job.
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    My adventures with Record-1-308 - the progenitor of SV-98 sniper rifle

    All good. No point acquiring knowledge unless you share it🙂.
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    My adventures with Record-1-308 - the progenitor of SV-98 sniper rifle

    I suggest that you look up Maxim Popenker's website and flick him a message. If he does not have the answer, he will probably know the best person to ask.
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    HOWA TRAKR .22LR

    We bought some to replace the worn out Marlin rifles that we mainly used for our Hunter Understanding National Training Scheme (H.U.N.T.S.) programme. We are the largest N.Z.D.A. Branch and we run our annual course during the Southern Hemisphere spring. It was a no-brainer, as a Committee...
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Nice. That is a perfect result. You must have been a very good person in a previous life😁! Have fun and remember … we want pictures of your—holed—paper targets plus field trophies. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    Also a New Zealander and … probably never happen😁!
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    Budgie smugglers is an Australian—Oorstraalian?—term😁!
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    Some cool stuff at the Royal Armouries

    I have Sniper Out of Nowhere, excellent book.
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Checked my PH5 sight and the hole-spacing is smaller BUT … I pulled out my copy of Nick Strobel’s book: Old Gunsights & Rifle Scopes: Identification & Price Guide. I found the crucial information on p. 245. Marlin/Ballard, Remington and Winchester all used 0.600 hole spacing and 6-48 screws for...
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    BSA Royal Featherlight

    Beautiful rifle @VJJPunisher. Please ignore the uninformed comments and keep it as original as possible. I understand that they still have the tooling and there have been repeated attempts by the NZ distributor to reintroduce these rifles. Given that the brand has been part of the Gamo empire...
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    Front stuffers and pumpkin slinger picture thread…

    You did not mention how the Mrs did on the Thunderbird target. Should we presume that she hit dead centre😁?
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    Super rare Tula Mts13-1

    An actual gunsmith can make parts, as necessary. Some people who work on firearms are simply parts fitters with zero trade training.
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    French FRF2 Sniper rifle

    I wasn't trying to be nasty. Basic French instructions are pretty easy to translate, especially where you are familiar with the type of material that will be in the manual. Gauche is left, droit is right and most of the nouns should be pretty easy. NB Some French academic type has reportedly...
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    French FRF2 Sniper rifle

    Not that hard to understand French. You should be able to get by with a genuine pocket French to English dictionary unless ... this is just a pathetic excuse to avoid the missus' job list:D!
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    Best scope rings/mount for Anschutz 54?

    The Sportsmatch rings are excellent and … so well made that I can mix sets, i.e. use a single screw ring mount with a twin screw ring mount when mounting a scope on a .22 bolt action OR a very short .22 self-loader. I bought my first set over 30 years ago and they are still going strong. One of...
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    Sniping Old School

    In regard to electric primers, sone years back I heard about a Royal Marine who carried his HK wunderwaffen up by the radar arrays on his ship. I knew what had happened before the story was completed. The electromagnetic radiation set off the rifle. He stopped it by removing the magazine. I...
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    Best scope rings/mount for Anschutz 54?

    Contessa makes a Picatinny base specifically for the Model 54 receiver.
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