Author Topic: love to tinker (Read 727 times)

dodd3 · « **on:** January 26, 2006, 10:25:04 PM »

here in west oz cant get blow tubes for black powder cartridge cuns,so i made my own 45/70 case drill out the flash hole to 23/64 one pice of 23/64 aluminium arrow shaft cut to 2-3/4".wrap the cut arrow shaft from one end of the shaft for 1-3/4" to make it a snug fit inside the 45/70 case push into the case so the untaped part sticks out through the rim of the case and push clear tube on to the rest of the shaft one blow tub as can be seen in the pic's.

bernie

cam0063 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2006, 04:16:41 AM »

Dodd/Bernie, hello from the Sth west of West OZ. Good work on the blow tube. Looks to be a big swing to borepigs for range shooting Stateside.... Have you used them? I plan to order some shortly.

cheers,

Cam...

dodd3 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2006, 04:25:12 AM »

cam where are you from i am from the south side of armadale brookdale. have you seen the bore snake,s for cleaning your barrels never seen one in the gun shops just on the net .whot do you shoot

bernie

cam0063 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2006, 04:44:34 AM »

Hi Bernie,

I am further south of you in Harvey. Just south of the fire, that has now begun to burn again... Bore pigs are different to the Boresnake. Tho I have never used them - yet... You push the damp borepig thru your barrel after each shot. There is some info on them in BPC News. under product reviews. is some info on MSN's BPC forum, maybe here too. Rick Morrill in Texas makes them. They sound good from what I have read and heard from shooters...

Sold the last of my BPC rifles last year, they were more collector than shooters. Now re-buiding a shooting collection, with 2 in the making and another in planning stage.

Cam...

dodd3 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2006, 02:50:02 PM »

cam i used to go pigging way out the back of harvey dam inthe seventy's

got some big pigs out of there.the fires were lit by a fire bug wherent they when they catch the b------- he nends to be floged and sent to prision for twenty years hope it dont get to bad again hope noby gets hurt and no house's are lost.

bernie

cam0063 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2006, 06:04:29 PM »

Cheers Bernie,

Looks like the firecrews yesterday and last night got on top of the fire again. The sky north of me looks relatively smoke free now. I hear you on the flogging. I got the whip! I am not real accurate with it, but guranteed to take some bark of the fire bug... Then an Irish knee-capping maybe in order!

I am running cattle out between the Harvey dam and the Stirling dam where you use to hunt. Wild pigs are still here and have been in good numbers the past 2 years. Have had a fair amount digging on my place... The Boars are still good size even with all the poaching going on. I have a pet one here, tame as dish water. If he didn`t spend the days sharpening his tusks on the wire mesh till they break, he would have a good set! he still scares a few visitors if he gets out of his large pen

Cam...

dodd3 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2006, 09:40:15 PM »

cam got this pig with my .54pedersoli muzzel loader 18 months ago not far from boddington on a friends uncle's farm never had a camarer at the time but these are the tusk's he was a big bore put him down with one shot from the .54 120 grains black powder and a 415 grain mini bullet.
brrnie

Ray Newman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2006, 07:49:32 AM »

Bernie: RE, above tusks--how much did that pig weigh? From the size of them, it might have been a big one?....

dodd3 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2006, 06:36:18 PM »

ray he was very close to 500 lbs he wasent the usual ferral pig we normaly see round here he had very small ears shorter snout very deep chest looked
like a greyhound on steroids he looked very much like a russen bore i thought all my christmas's had come at onece his top grinders were 2-1/2inches i gave those to a guy i work with.

bernie

cam0063 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:22:57 PM »

Bernie great tusks! You did well... At 500lbs, that is one "Big" pig too. I haven`t come across one anywhere near that size. Ours seem to be more compact razorbacks - typical big plated shoulders, smaller rump, long snout and razor. mostly black, but some speckles, even seen 2 near all white...

Tusks of size are not easy to come by either. Most are well ground down thru foraging summers... I give summer a miss for Pigs here usually as with less green pick and soft ground around, they forage more along the creek and river beds. This is where a lot of Pepermint trees grow. once they dig around the roots it sure taints the meat! Some people will trap a few. my neighbour has a trap out now, and then feed them on grain a while to kill the peppermint and stronger gamey taste of summer.

Boddingtom shire is only about 20 mins from me and the town of Boddington 45 mins or so. My brother was on the gold mine there for many years till they moth balled it. He said they would often see pigs on the haul roads...

Its Marron season right now, so my area is full of people at the dams and river all trying to get their quota and blueing with each other over their turf... I got to keep an eye out for poachers right now. Normality will return soon - I hope!

Cam...

dodd3 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:02:51 AM »

cam no wot ya mean about marron season gave up going years ago, ive sprung a few poachers from time to time at the back of the wungong dam while bush walking in the middle of winter they normaly crap there dacks when they see me lol, must think i am a rainger seen guys fishing for trout as well they are tempting fate if the wungong dame rangers catch them big fines especaly for maron,for the benefit of the guy's a marron is like a fresh water lobster. work again toomoro not such a bad drive now i get onto the tonkin h/way exstention of forrest rd then turn left onto ramford rd and strait into canningvale takes me 20 minits now instead of 35minits .take care.
bernie