sir-wal wrote:Hi all, please excuse me for dragging up an old thread but i was scouting around the net looking for a magazine for my mod 788 222 and came across this forum and had to sign up to post on here.
Where ever i have looked they either don't ship to Australia or are asking an arm or leg for one which is frustrating so does anyone know where i can get one at a reasonable price ?
Back in 2011 it was stolen along with 8 other firearms while i was away from home working, nothing worse than coming home to see the mess made of my cabinet to get them out of there, some were very old and had more sentimental value to me than anything else.
Other items of value were stolen as well.
During the last gun amnesty it was handed in to a gun dealer missing it's case, sling and magazine but i was amazed it still had the scope on it and whoever had it even cleaned up the stock and it looks quite good.
Anyway.......enough of that, can anyone point me in the right direction to get one at a fair price ? Tried one of the local gun dealers and he said he cant get one and good luck with finding one.
Cheers
PS
I have enjoyed reading all the posts on this thread and the only problem i have ever had with mine was not long after i first bought it, a few of us were out fox shooting one day, i had my trusty shotgun in my hands with the 222 slung over my shoulder, we were walking along when all of a sudden BOOM !
Everyone looked around wondering who just fired a shot but were mostly looking at me as if i fired one, i took the rifle off my shoulder, pulled the bolt back and it ejected an empty case so what the hell happened here and how ?
A further inspection found deep rubbing marks around the safety and trigger area from my gun belt for the 12g, it was enough to knock the safety into fire mode and then knock the trigger.
I have never used a gun belt since and this is going back nearly 40 years ago.
Once again cheers and thanks in advance for any help.
Magazine prices here can be extreme anyway, it's a small market, sometimes you can buy a complete rifle for a little more than people ask for the mag. Brownells.com.au might be worth a try. They don't have the .223 mag listed but the .308 mag is $50.
https://www.brownells.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&path=21300&product_id=13283You can try ordering from other US dealers bubt then you need a B709, a US$250 export fee, on top of the freight.
I know people happy to pay $140 for magazines, but I'll stick with my $60 mags.
As for your ND, there is never any reason to have a round chambered when the rifle is slung over your shoulder.