Recent content by rifletuner

Very nice Bongo. Congratulations (y)

You must have excellent binoculars to get that view from Darwin :E Happy: Good luck with the hunt

Just saw this on another forum (French language). Neither Browning or Beretta: https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/rivolier-reprend-le-fabricant-d-armes-stephanois-verney-carron-5344216?sfnsn=scwspmo

Well, you cant over stabilise a bullet. The modern 8mms all seem to have a 1/10" twist. I think a 1/9.4" twist should be fine.

The Tracker came up looking good. I will be interested to see the skinner when its finished.

Mate, that has come up very nice. Great rifle in a great cartridge (y)

Yes. I have never used the Constantia red oil, but know another knife maker who raves about it.

No, but I only used a couple of coats of the red oil before I went to the more neutral coloured gun stock oil because I didnt want to overwhelm the relatively light coloured wood (I was using spotted gum in that case). The red oil really brought out the grain on the wood - it was stunning how...

You could try postimage.com. Thats all I use for posting photos and it works for me.

I have used the red oil and stock oil on knife handles and found it to work well. I have not used any on a rifle stock though. I just gave what I had left over to a friend who makes rifle stocks, but I dont think he has used any yet.

Ive got four out of those six (nothing from Grant) . Do I win a prize :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Is there a good resource for the barrel contours used on the old Rigby, Westley Richards, Jeffery, Holland & Holland, etc bolt action rifles? I would like to see what profiles were used, and what they looked like in photos, but cant find much online. I did a search on the forum, but didnt turn...

When I did my first plains game hunt in South Africa I was planning to take my 308 Win. But it was with a gunsmith for some modifications, and as the hunt got closer and I had to organise permits etc, I realised the 308 was not going to be ready in time. At that time, my only choice was to...