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While scooting around the 'net trying to get my fix during one of THR's recent outages I found a NZ based hunting and fishing forum (a silver lining from this particular cloud). On this forum are some mad keen pighunters and here in NZ most pighunting is done with dogs and knives ... no guns...

Further to this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=212586&highlight=zealand A machete wielding robber (allegedly) stormed into a New Zealand gun shop demanding guns and money and one of the shop's owners picked up a handgun, loaded it, warned the assailant and then shot...

... even if its a big knife. Guy attempts to rob a gun store with a machete and gets shot (surprise, surprise). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10393391 He would have to be one of the dumbest criminals ever ... you have to work really, really hard to get shot...

OK, first off let me say that nobody in this country (New Zealand) carries handguns concealed and for the most part even the cops don't carry them openly. I am jealous as heck that you guys get to carry concealed at all (even if you need permission to do so). So, I'm looking at the threads...

Howdy I'm interested in opinions on the S&K Insta Mount "no gunsmithing" scope mounts for military actions. These apparently allow you to mount a scope on a military action without making permanent modification to the gun. Anyone have any experience with these? Comments both good and bad...

Howdy Hope you folks can help me out. I would like to know the principle differences in the metalwork between the Springfield 1903 and the 1903A3. In particular the differences in metalwork that would affect the fitting of a stock or a scope mount. I have inherited my father's...

An article in today's New Zealand Herald about the trial of a hunter charged with careless use of a firearm after he shot his buddy thinking he was shooting a deer. At the bottom of the article are some stats about other hunting deaths in New Zealand in the last few years...

Maybe I'm not fashionable, or maybe I'm not up on the latest technology, but I have to ask about the fascination with "Scout Rifles" with a scope mounted halfway along the barrel (or at least forward of the receiver). Scopes have a limited range of eye relief and I would have thought that a...

I was watching a travel program on TV last night and there was an article about Hamilton Island in Queensland, Australia. The reporter showed a bunch of stuff to do there while the weather is good (most of the time) but because it was raining she also showed a bunch of stuff to do when the...

I was just cruising through a local internet auction site and spotted this item http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-collectables/Militaria/WWII-earlier/auction-28772217.htm :what: The current bid is NZ$2,800 .... only about US$2,000. Interestingly, this item can be bought in New...

I was at the gun club yesterday and as I was waiting for the trap squad ahead of me to start their round, a lady who was part of the squad said that she didn't think she had enough ammo to complete the round. I asked her what ammo she was using and offered her a packet of 1 oz loads of #8 shot...

Howdy I was just reading through the latest copy of the New Zealand Clay Target Association newsletter and in it is an excerpt from a book called "To the Target" by Daniel L Schindler. At the end of the excerpt is a dozen guideline gems to remember. I can't lay claim to these words, but...

I stumbled upon some suggested skeet training programmes one day on the net, but can't for the life of me find them again. One training programme that sounded pretty smart to me was based on 4 rounds on the skeet field. The first round was 25 shots with something like 4 outgoing singles from...

For a long time I've heard people talking about gun fit and how important it was and I even thought I knew enough about gun fit to know whether my shotguns fitted me or not, but it seems I didn't know what I thought I knew. I have two shotguns. One is an Italian O/U with fixed chokes (mod...

In a similar vein to another thread ... I have a Winchester 1400 and it seems that everyone in creation makes quick release sling swivels for Win 1300s, even 1200s and by crikey every other shotgun that was ever produced it seems has sling swivel kits available .... except of course the Win...

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I saw a cool toy on Sunday and even got to play with it a little. I think I want one!! It was a SMLE .303 - sorry don't really know what it started life as other than a Lee Enfield pattern .303 military bolt action (quite possibly ex- New Zealand Army). Anyway, it had come a long way from...

I had some time to kill yesterday so I wandered into a sports store (as you do) and had a look at the shotguns (as you do). I had an opportunity to check out a Weatherby SAS and, much to my surprise, I was actually very impressed by it. The gun seems to be packed with features - self...

In today's newspaper is a relatively neutral story about a cop shooting someone. Sounds like a good shoot. Interstingly, our cops do not carry firearms .... although some carry firearms in their cars...

I just don't know how y'all do it. I had a crack at skeet this weekend and I was struggling to see the targets, let alone hit them. I'd previously only shot trap but when I met my friend at the club he suggested I might like to try skeet, so we wandered down to the skeet field to shoot a...