Recent content by rdog

I love those Ruger 77s

Brass is hard to get , Redding make a form & trim die, its easily made out of 7 MM Rem mag brass, form trim, & anneal & you are ready to go. 200 & 220 grain bullets work well , Speer & Hornady is what i use. A short magnum from the early 1960s.

Think about a 6.5x55 , 7mm/08 0r 7x57 light recoil & enough power.

Do not use a steel punch on the bottom metal, use a brass , copper , aluminum or even a hard plastic one when you remove it scrape away some of the bedding epoxy to give it a little clearance, when fitted up there should be about 2mm clearance between the bottom metal & the action, if you have...

I find PPU ammo ok but their powders burn a little dirty & their brass is as good as most US manufactures. In Australia it sells for about 1/3 the price of US ammo, S& B now load 375 H&H.

You could compare the 257 Roberts to a 6.5x55, needs a long action to work, bullets 85 grain to 140 grain light recoil & plenty ammo & brass avail& rifles still chambered for it.

Wonderful Ruger collection i have 6 77mk2s 1 Ruger American 7.62x39 & a NO1 in 303 British.

I do not know much about Bergara not a popular rifle in Australia Tikka good product but some plastic parts. Howa 1500s are great rifles , no plastic, lots of after market stocks & they are a better action than a Rem 700. Made in Japan quality & well priced i own 6 of them & 4 Weatherby...

Yes they are i worked as a mechanic at a mine site in the early 60s we had some of the first Toyotas 4x4 in to Australia they leaked oil from the engine side plate. good vehicles the only competition was Land Rover & they leaked also.

One simple test is to put a thin shim made out of a business card, punch a hole in it for the tang screw & cut it to shape put it under the rear tang & tighten it down see if that fixes the binding , in my opinion the stock spacer at the tang should not be tight in the hole & the screw not...

Not claiming to be an expert but as a Vietnam vet 2 tours 1968 to 1971 with the Aust army& a life time of hunting now at 78 years old this is how i see it. The 7.62 Nato ie 308 Win is too much power for an infantry mans rifle & 5.56 is not enough, a 6.5 Grendel or 6,8 SPC would be good but not...

Shit, Tug should get a job with The Australian DOD they thrive on over complicated solutions to easy decisions . may be his data is correct it makes my head spin looking at it,

Yes Bob, having shot a lot of ammo through both in my Army days & later in competitive IPSC i rank the Browning Highpower may be better than the M1911. shame about the 9 MM i am of the same opinion of the 9MM as you are of the 243 WIn. Would have been good in 9x21 or 10 MM Auto.

9x19 9mm pistol useless piece of shit & i hate Glocks. M1911 45 ACP best hand gun ever made.

Go for it , I have been shooting 180 grain copper bullets out of mine, made by a man in South Australia who trades as Atomic 29 , as well as 250 g Woodleigh most brass made out of Lapua 30/06. Barrel by Swan gunsmiths in Brisbane Aust. Reciever 1960 FN commercial ex 30/06, shoots 3 shots about...