Recent content by Sambarrmann

I bought some Meindl boots in 2010 for tahr hunting in NZ, as they were the favorite with dudes who did that. They have been good enough and the Gore-Tex linings certainly work - but I wonder about their ultimate reliability. I went buffalo hunting in our Northern Territory in 2019. My American...

In case anyone is wondering, my interest in milling or filing the rail would be to line up the old reticle-movement scopes I use. Modern mounts with no windage adjustments may indeed be more robust but, if they don't get the scope within about three inches of zero with the reticle optically...

I like that idea of machining the piccatinny rail. In fact, I wonder if it might be used to give windage when other scopes with rings are fitted, if they have enough adjustment to tighten up a bit. In such a case, of course, you might only want to narrow one end of it, in which case a file might...

Furthermore, Scrummy, I don't suppose the book I sent you dated from after I discovered there were a couple of mistakes in the table on p119 and that those mistakes had caused me to draw a wrong conclusion on the difference in 'excess hidden field' (tunnel vision) between old scopes and modern...

Hi Scrumbag, sorry I didn't get back earlier - maybe I missed seeing your last post about my book. I don't know what other stuff I sent with your copy but the story moves on. There's a gunsmith here who wrote a book on precision rifle shooting; he goes to so much trouble getting image-movement...

Yes Colonel Rimfire, there's a lot to be said for the simplicity of compact 'iron' sights and, despite nudging 70, I can still use them reasonably well. One of the arguments I make in my book, however, is that if makers had continued with the Bausch & Lomb concept, instead of the modern rubbish...

I'm not sure how many other Aussies don't like image-movement, Scrummy - maybe my book has had more effect than I know. A lot of the old timers like Pecar and old Kahles scopes for their toughness and reliability but I don't think too many have thought out what makes them so tough. Maybe some...

Thanks caberslash, yes, Pecar and Kahles were the premium scopes here during the 1960s (Zeiss and Nickel were around but rarely seen) and those who know still want Pecars - probably because it was the only brand that seems not to have folded to conventional image-movement. Finding a good Pecar...

At least your mail is moving. I've been trying to send a couple of my books overseas, to RSA and India, but the PO won't take them because planes are not presently taking mail there. Is that perchance a Pecar gracing your Sako, Caberslash?

Well, I've learnt something here, guys. Ruger 243's variable is not branded 'Champion' but the dot in the circle on the turret suggests it does have a constantly centred reticle. Does tunnel vision increase as the power is turned down? If not, I would be inclined to think they may have gone back...

"You’ll get name for yourself if you keep up the rail against modern scope mechanics! K" So be it, Klenchblaize. The modern system really is a disgrace, esp. when used on hard-kicking calibres against dangerous game. This is not only because of the fragile mechanics but because it has to have...

"Your riflescope has a defective reversing system..." Of course it has! That is the Achilles heel of almost all scopes now since keeping the reticle constantly centred means the erector set is suspended on spring(s) to bounce around inside the scope. The one real advantage of this cursed set-up...

Yes, great service but at the price of those scopes I'd have expected more than glue holding it together. Still, you know my position: when Zeiss surrendered to image-movement about 1975, they really threw in the integrity towel.

"Unfortunately , this is a problem with gallows type receiver sights . I've fixed a few over the years . Williams 5D and FP sights have the same set screw as yours that locks the height in when using the quick release feature . It gives no support to the arm though , I've bent a few myself . One...

Yes Scrummy, that looks like a much better idea.