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  1. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Morena Curly. The pictures are in the Marlborough sounds. Pukatea bay. Oposite French pass. You lived in two very different places over here. I like Whangarei & Timaru 👍 Hope that you had a good time over here. Youd know that to get all things muzzleloader wise pretty tough place for...
  2. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    Kia Ora Flint & stell. The sights are iron. Tap sights.( if that's the right term?) They work ok. Front sight is pretty different than back sight. Being a V & front sight is a post & bead. I'm back at Tuamarina today for mahi ( work) I could send you close pictures when I go back home if you...
  3. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    Morena You are 100% correct. Euans gun is .58 Thanks for your message. I'm glad you had a good time in my country. I traveling when I was younger & equally had a wonderful time in the USA. & met such lovely folks aswell. Theres a lot of good people out there 👍 Have a awesome day Notcy Bob.
  4. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    Morena &Ata Marie Euan, Thank you VERY MUCH for putting your Tony Hawkins up on picture. You did really well Matua 👍 Aw flooded me with pride to see it.realy enjoy hearing your storie about how well they were shooting ( & the shooters) let's not forget that point. You know Ewan when Tony...
  5. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Kia Ora West Islander 😉 Good to see we can visit each other again. Gosh lot of (whanau) family here & I bet over the ditch greatful to get together again. Looking forward ourselves to get your way one day. No not really, a few remote people I comunikate to .between (mahi ) & works 175kms &...
  6. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    We love where we live too. Dont take it for granted. The birds are Flightless like Kiwis but they are Wekas. Very inqistve, they will come right inside & contanly do. Much to Rose's annoyanc.😳 They hav great chrakter . & will run off with anything not tied down. Pretty hard to work kn...
  7. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    You are welcome. The y are Wekas. Flightless birds. Lots around home.
  8. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Kia Ora ata maire Mr Foley,. How nice to hear from you again Matua. Aye , I will for sure. At mahi right now. Head home in a few days I'll send a picture of bullet. They are BEAUTIFUL 👍 Big heavy smooth & shiny. Nice to talk again Matua 👍
  9. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    That's our front lawn. We live in the South island of New Zealand. In the upper Malborough sounds. It is indeed a great place to live.Mayny place s are boat access only. It's a lousy day on photogrf. Our place is 700meters to sea level. Front lawn is flattest place on property 😳 shes steep...
  10. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Thanks for your message, you make your luck mostly Joemolf. That's my take on life. I think that we ALL are pretty lucky. We all share a like interest in a amzing Hobby,Sport,recration, & it's reale neat that in this day & age all of us here from all over the planet can converse.that to me...
  11. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Kia Ora ( Hello) any of those 3 would be great to own & be really nice to work up. This is a Gibbs (style ) not actual . Lot of NZ features on her. I'm just about to walk down the road & head off to (mahi) work . I'll put a bit more about rifle when I can. Never guessed thered b this much...
  12. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Morena ( Good Morning) Lee shaver sights 👍Shes very smart arm . Thanks very much.
  13. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Kia Ora Willows, aw your one lucky fella. I'd give my right nut for a whitworth 😳 mmm maybe not.
  14. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Rocky Mountain morning

    No time beter in the day Phil. A very good morning to you.🌅 (Kai pai Morena )
  15. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Yes good spotting. I'm a south paw so I've adjusted it to suit my old eyes & having lock & hammer on the right a bit. Dose look weird I admit. Thanks for thinking of me on that. Its pretty tight👍
  16. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    Morena Boomerang Shes a really different one from all my other rifles. Paper patches VIG heavy smooth bullet. Took me some time to get that sorted. & the sights took me some time to work out as well. But after all that ,really impressed with her.
  17. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    Morena ( morning) Euan, I don't supose you could send a picture of your rifle? I'd be really interested to see it. Kind regards Chris Nga mihi
  18. Pukatea Bay Boy

    NZ made target rifle.

    This is a NZ made Tony Hawkins barrel. Target gun. I was lucky enough to purchase this rifle early this year. I'm still working it up. I'm not famliar with tang peep sights . & the front sight even has a spirit level. I want to shoot 1000 yards one day. I'm up to 400 yards as yet. Great gun👍
  19. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    Just come in for my weeks shift. Thank you to all for your posts. Wonderful to hear that Tony's legacy lives on here & oversees. Heres a few more pictures of my .45 , its had a stock repair where a tang sights broken off in the past. The stock is made from Totara a hard wood ,but after...
  20. Pukatea Bay Boy

    Tony Hawkins Hawken

    My English is terrible 😳 made in 1970s 1980s should read.
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