bigpete wrote:Ive looked at the brownell ones,problem is,brownell Australia has a really bad name lately...
Stix wrote:Thats because you didnt read the instructions for the reel...instead you followed a rainbow flag to the frock shop...
"Setting the drag" entails making use of an adjustment on the reel which allows fishing line to be released from the reel before its breaking strain is reached...
It is NOT dressing up in an old lady's flower print frock while flicking your thin little stick around on a wharf on a cold blustery day...or any day for that matter...!!
Bill wrote:I guess a lot the complaints comes from what constitutes an unfinished stock, I've bought a few Boyds, few project Mauser unfinished stocks and a few martini cadet unfinished stock and generally the barrel channel/ action area would be 90-95% finished to allow for variance in barrel, action and bottom metal differences. The rest of the stock 95%. what i saw of my mates stock was like 85-90% finished and poorly done. goodluck Pete
bigpete wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if I do just go for a boyds to be honest.
His email response didn't exactly fill me with confidence...
Bill wrote:Martini stocks predominantly came from Georgievski, had a few from Slee but I didnt like his fore end patterns. George makes a lovely stock in various styles but as his age has gone up so has his price lol. Still going, havent been to his new location. I also took the time to visit Vardy and select timber, worth the effort and price saving.
I have an excel spreadsheet of stock makers with numbers if your interested but ph numbers may have change.
Stix wrote:bigpete wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if I do just go for a boyds to be honest.
His email response didn't exactly fill me with confidence...
I once enquired about a stock with him...
Emsil & 2 calls, finally got a reply a few weeks down the track--ssid he would get back to me...
A year later i got a call saying he had what i was enquiring about.
Not bitching...just saying how my experience played out...