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New Caledonia have Rusa not Sambar

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Sambar stag venison backstrap crumbed with rappe pesto - magnificent

I took Remi for a walk in prime Sambar country. The main reason for the walk was to see If I could push a 4X4 track down to the river. Steep rough country. The dingos were howling up on that ridge in the left of this photo. The Sambar stags have been beating the hell out of the Sheaoak...

So you could post the photos here?

Got a link? I attempted to find it without success.

Forend is close to being on, final smoking in to do. At this point it is weighing 6.7Lbs, but that is without the butt stock screw and I am going to balance it out with a big steel nut to clamp in the butt stock to balance out the rifle. Hopefully I can get to 7lbs.

Yes, they did get considered, but I believe the 338-348Ackley Improved will get more use than the Alaskans would.

Totally agree, that getting the stock rough machined is good value for money, as long as you can find a pattern you are happy with. Going to make the barrel band sling mount as they don't take too long on the mill and rotary table. I now prefer the traditional lace on slings as they are very...

Yes, he has Geoff Slee's original pattern. I don't know of anyone else with a Siamese Mauser pattern in Australia. The Siamese Mauser is not exactly mainstream.

Frank de Haas thought that the 30-40Krag was more suitable than the 303British in the Siamese Mauser, but I am sure that you could get either to work. Unfortunately this action had previously been openned up for 45/70 so it was not suitable for 303 British.

Yes, I will be filling the rear sight screwholes with screws and filing them down to the surface. Same safety as the 416WSM, as it will clear the scope. I am going to leave the barrel slick - no sights as this calibre needs a scope. But I think it will get a barrel band front sling mount. I need...

Chamber and extractor slot are cut and barrel fully fitted and torqued. I also mounted the scope to see if it cleared the barrel and bolt handle = all good, it fully functions. Not in love with the bolt handle, but it is functional.

A ring of 3mm alloy TIG wire. Provides a point contact area which allows the barrel to pivot axially without marking the barrel and get the bore lined up. Others have used thick copper wire, it just needs to be softer than the barrel. At the other end, any tube that can be crushed by the spider...

I clocked up the first 150mm of barrel bore to be concentric with the lathe axis. then went around to the muzzle end with the indicator found the point of maximum runout. No barrel is perfectly straight so you have to work with what you get. The best setup is to have the point of maximum runout...