Recent content by old 30-06

Yes, bring it on !

I am not, and never have been, a leftie do-gooder. I was intending to give a "heads up" to anyone thinking of purchasing a 700 to check what it is choked. I do not like non-lead, but enough leftie do-gooders have allowed it to be forced upon us. Most 700's will not be able to fire steel.

My father bought a Webley and Scott 700 brand new from Greenfields of Canterbury in the 1960's. It was a very good gun. He used it all his life, and it never went wrong. However, they came half and full choke. My father never altered this, but it could not shoot steel now.

There is nothing wrong with a quality second hand rifle, if you know where its come from. My Sako 75 in 30-06 was purchased second hand for £600. It is really accurate. Last month I was just outside Port Elizabeth, South Africa, having taken the best part of a day and a half to get there...

Hi everyone. Thank you for your responses. I have PM'd the first to contact me with my details. The only item needing a new home is the choke key.

Hi, Like most of you on this forum I have a lot of stuff hanging around that is just gathering dust. My wife has called me a hoarder, very unfairly. So I will list some of it here, and if you want it please send me a direct message, and then a stamped addressed envelope. That way I have very...

I think you are over thinking the problem. You do not need to splash out on a new gun (or wait months for a variation ). Weight of a gun is an issue if you have to carry it far, but you are high seating. You may be seated for several hours (recovery time) and need to feel confident with the...

I have just got back from hunting in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. I took my 30-06, and my friend took his 416 Rigby. I shot everything (Nyala, Kudu, Blessbuck, Warthog, Impala, and Springbok ) with my 30-06. Almost every shot was 200 yards plus. I was a one shot wonder. My friend shot...

I have used a funnel trap in the past, without a call bird. It proved very effective on the crows. It was sighted in a remote corner of a wood, not in plain sight, but the crows found it alright. From memory eight was the best overnight catch.

Just got back from Africa. The Professional Hunters there were all using Hawke spotting scopes.

Welcome to the site from sunny Sittingbourne in Kent.

303 ? Oh deer, oh deer. I have my smug face on, as I have just done a 0.443 inch 100 yard group, off the wing mirror, with my Sako 75 in 30-06 with 180 grain Speer hot-cor's. I am stoking it to the gunnels with 59.7 grains of Hodgdon Superformance, to give me 2850fps.

I am off to the Eastern Cape at the end of this week. I will be taking a pair of Chinnon compact 8 by 25 binoculars with me. You have to carry a lot of all sorts of stuff a long way to get there. Big bulky stuff gets in the way and, therefore, gets left behind. Keep it simple and light, and...

I have a Zeiss scope which has a scratch on the objective lens that you can clearly see. When, however, you look through the scope you cannot see it. I have a pair of Optizan binoculars that have a 2mm foreign body knocking about in them. When you look through it you cannot see it. Do not...

Welcome to the site from sunny Sittingbourne in Kent.