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    • Laurie reacted to zambezi's post in the thread The curse of the highlands... with Like Like.
      Along with several chums we walked the West Highland Way in a summer a few years back. Heading north from Glasgow, Loch Lomond is met...
    • Laurie reacted to Mungo's post in the thread The Creedmoor conundrum with Like Like.
      Creedmoor is probably the absolute definition of a mild mannered middle of the road general purpose round. However so is the .308. It is...
    • Laurie replied to the thread The curse of the highlands....
      When I was in my teens I went with my parents on a week's camping holiday in the Oban area. It blew so hard the first night, we...
    • Laurie replied to the thread Parker Hale or BSA.
      Yes and no. As the 1200TX model designation implies it used the P-H 1200 action (very much a KAR98 type with some improvements done by...
    • Laurie reacted to Quixote's post in the thread Parker Hale or BSA with Like Like.
      I have a 1640 Stutzen in .308. 1965 vintage, and shoots 1 1/2" at 120 yards. Weighs nothing, looks beautiful (to me anyway) and shoots...
    • Laurie reacted to cf2fan's post in the thread Parker Hale or BSA with Like Like.
      I am on constant lookout for a BSA CF2 Stutzen. Very classy rifle and scope setup you have.
    • Laurie replied to the thread MACGREGOR ARMS?.
      I've never heard of this make. Built on a military Mauser 98 action (clip loading thumb recess in the left receiver wall) as many were...
    • Laurie reacted to Edinburgh Rifles's post in the thread 222 and Varget? with Like Like.
      Varget is doable but extremely inefficient Need to compress and even then velocity is poor with unburnt powder out of a 22" pipe...
    • Laurie reacted to Edinburgh Rifles's post in the thread 222 and Varget? with Like Like.
      Not strictly true 2,4 Di Nitro Toluene was entered onto the banned substances on the REACH list It means that anything that contains it...
    • Laurie replied to the thread 222 and Varget?.
      What's your 222's barrel rifling twist? The standard factory twist for this cartridge is one turn in 14-inches, which is way, way too...
    • Laurie reacted to MarinePMI's post in the thread Boretch eliminator does nothing with Like Like.
      Because it turns copper residue blue. Sounds like your bore is copper fouled, or worse, you're using copper bore brushes (not the...
    • Laurie reacted to Ronin's post in the thread Boretch eliminator does nothing with Like Like.
      Used Boretech for ten plus years It works on every rifle I’ve had the “pleasure” of having to clean Use carbon cleaner and copper...
    • Laurie replied to the thread Loading .223 with H4895.
      H4895 is an excellent powder for 223. Hodgdon lists loads for bullets in your intended weight category as: 55gn SPR SP ...
    • Laurie reacted to ashray's post in the thread Best Bullet .243 for all UK deer with Like Like.
      the most accurate one in your rifle ! in my 243win the sierra 85gr game king followed by the sierra pro hunter were the best. you have...
    • Laurie replied to the thread Swiss range over a road.
      It used to be quite common for RAF airfields to stop traffic on adjacent roads as aircraft skimmed over them on landing or take-off. I...
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