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Firearms / Re: Another retro rifle
« on: April 15, 2023, 08:35:03 pm »
was supposed to go for a shoot today but as usual the weather was crap when I have 2 days off so it was a good opportunity to get into the bluing job. Ill admit I'm not that good at it but still keen to try it and get better at it. I put 10 coats on the barrel and then ran out of liquid blue. this time I was rinsing between coats with boiled water to keep the steel warm. For the final coat since I had no liquid left i put a coat of bluing paste on and that seemed to darken it up nicely. now its sitting with a coating of oil on it to cure overnight. then I can reassemble it. Also waiting for some quick detach swivels.

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Firearms / Re: Another retro rifle
« on: April 14, 2023, 07:47:06 pm »
Took it apart again this week and stripped the stock. So far its had 5 coats of tru oil and it looks good. I have also given the barrel a sand up with some wet and dry ready for a reblue hopefully over the weekend.

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Firearms / Re: Mossberg MVP
« on: April 10, 2023, 09:59:52 am »
Tried some 62gn handloads in it yesterday with varget. 62 grainers were some kind of russian projectile soft point with a concave base. Was shooting consistant 1/2" or a knats arse over groups at 100m with it off a bipod and rear bag

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Firearms / Re: Another retro rifle
« on: April 09, 2023, 04:37:53 pm »
Got the mohawk out today to see how it would go. I started out with some factory win super x 100gn factory loads so i had a base to start from, it shot a 4" group with that which didnt really surprise me as in my experiance only and im sure others will have different experiances but of the 243s ive owned im yet to have one that liked the heavier end of the scale in projectiles. I put together 2 handloads using imr 4064. The first of those was with a 85gn sierra hpbt which has shot well in the other 243s i have owned I shot a 3" group with these. Then came the speer hot core 80gn load and that went 2". These were at 100m off bags. So being an old rifle with who knows how many rounds through it it will be ok for a bush gun. Its no target rifle and was never built to be one maybe tweaking the 80gn load might squeeze a little bit more out of it..

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Firearms / Re: Mossberg MVP
« on: April 07, 2023, 08:45:50 pm »
picked it up today all threaded and ready to go again. Got a 14x1 thread put on it as with most my rifles so the same suppressor will fit on it that I use for most of the others

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Firearms / Re: Another retro rifle
« on: April 01, 2023, 11:10:15 pm »
Had it apart and given it a bit of a clean up. Scope is a japanese tasco so not to bad. cleaned out the trigger mechanism and lubed it put a rear pillar in it and did a similar mod the same as what I do with the howa mini  bottom plastic. Got a packet of factory ammo to give me a starting point for the accuracy testing and Ill do some hand loads with some 80 and 85 grain projectiles I have. If it shoots ok Ill take it apart again and redo the stock and re blue the metal work

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Firearms / Re: Mossberg MVP
« on: April 01, 2023, 10:06:05 pm »
since it shot so well its in at the gunsmiths getting threaded for a suppressor

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Firearms / Another retro rifle
« on: March 26, 2023, 09:40:41 pm »
Just been on a bit of a holiday down south a bit, and as usual a visit to a local fun shop is on the list of things to do when on holiday right. So in I went and had a look through the second hand firearms and in amongst them was a remington 600 mohawk in 243. Took it off the rack and had a good look at it, it was a bit knocked around but to be expected from a rifle of that age but hadnt been butchered so wasnt anything to worry to much about. Its also wearing a scope from the same era it looks to be a 4x40 redfield of some type. Havnt shot it yet but ill put something up when I do. All in all a nice set up that ill just give a tidy up and it can keep the other retro rifle company.

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General Discussion / Re: Wild night in Auckland area
« on: February 15, 2023, 06:58:11 am »
Well round 2 was a bit worse but we got off lightly compared to some. We had about 500mm of water on the property luckily house is up off the ground. A lot of wind as well. Got 2 of the neighbours trees in our yard now and got a tiny bit of water in the house only from the driving rain. Lots of uprooted trees and was cut off from work. Been looking out for our elderly neighbour who has been cut off from family. Thoughts go out to all those who have lost someone or something

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General Discussion / Re: Wild night in Auckland area
« on: February 02, 2023, 09:17:01 pm »
https://youtu.be/wNf3hJcA-l8
Did this. This was where my mum stayed and her apartment. Its condemmed now and shes staying with us

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General Discussion / Re: Wild night in Auckland area
« on: February 02, 2023, 07:29:00 pm »
Yea it does seem that way. This was out rural a bit. Blew the headgasket on my car and bent a rod. Putting it back together this weekend

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General Discussion / Wild night in Auckland area
« on: January 28, 2023, 10:33:40 am »
Well youve all seen the pictures, what a night. Took 7hrs to get home which usually takes 40min. Car didnt like it and Ive done damage to the engine, but that was pretty minor compared to the damage I saw. On the slow trip home I saw flooded houses floating cars, a full sized bus washed off the road. Met a lot of people at the many stops waiting for the waters to recede low enough to be passable. Spirits were good and everyone helped each other in true kiwi style.

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Hunting / First possum shoot for the year
« on: January 22, 2023, 11:29:15 am »
Had my first possum shoot for the year last night, but the day started differently. First off a mate and I did a clay bird shoot for a hens party. Everyone had a great time and the ladies got to tick something off their bucket list, then it was pack everything up head home and get possum gear ready. I decided to take doggy for his first shoot as well and to my surprise he was perfect. I had thoughts of having to chase him all over the farm or getting scared of the rifle shooting. It was suppressed so I think that helped. I got out to the farm while there was still some light as I like to do a quick recon to see where the stock is and see what the ground is like. I only had a small area to work in but it was still an area that held some possums. I was using my chopper, that's what I call my shortened sportco semi that I've cut and threaded for a suppressor. Its a handy little rifle that's a joy to carry for hours and its still very accurate. All in all a good night and we got 22 possums.

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Firearms / Re: Mossberg MVP
« on: January 05, 2023, 02:19:44 pm »

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Firearms / Re: Mossberg MVP
« on: January 03, 2023, 10:13:21 am »
Its got the typical wobbly as **** mag which doesnt help with feeding sometimes and is rattley and annoying. Pretty simple fix really I just put some epoxy type stuff in a couple of places on the mag and its improved it out of sight.

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