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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by .338 lapua » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:02 pm

Safarigent sir,

Zubin has in depth knowledge of the IOF .30 (incl other firearms) :) ,please do check his posts,He is a great guy to talk to, :cheers:

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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by lakecity_shooter » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:29 pm

Congratulations for the additions Safarigent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by Safarigent » Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:48 pm

thank you all.
zubin especially.
i was, er, thinking of asking a good gunsmith to do the required work for me.
i dont have a lot of time and not the mechanical capacity either.
does anyone pop into your mind?
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by nm » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:24 pm

Awesome.....Safarigent....

You have led the way and deserve It....

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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by The Doc » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:21 am

Safarigent wrote:i was, er, thinking of asking a good gunsmith to do the required work for me.
does anyone pop into your mind?
I would suggest Bobby Sidhu in Patiala . Meanwhile how about letting the forum know the procedure of procuring a 30.06 rifle from the NRAI ?
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by .338 lapua » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:10 pm

Dear Ab sir,

If you want to change the stocks I would suggest buying it from Gill timber's they have very good quality American black walnut,the cost of the wood is equal to Burma teak and has very good grain,and Bobby siddhu is a very competent gunsmith you may avail his services as I believe you stay in Delhi. :)


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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by Safarigent » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:02 pm

Procedure:
1.after getting permission from the police for addition, go to the nrai office.
2. Write a written application requesting them to sell you a rifle.
3.pay the money.
4. They will ask you to get an affidavit, a copy of which they will provide.
5. Take the affidavit and give it to them, take your rifle.
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by shooter50 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:42 pm

338 Lapua wrote:
Really beautiful,Is that IOF .30,anyways a very nice looking rifle shooter 50,I guess not the ammo looks like .300 win mag.
Thanks Lapua, That is a 9.3 x 62, a very popular caliber in Africa. It is not an IOF rifle, in proper hands I feel the IOF can well match this piece, all this tempts me to try out my hand at the IOF 30-06, where is this Gills Timbers? does he have walnut blanks? are the blanks superior to Kashmir Walnut? I am totally out of date so please enlighten me.
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by .338 lapua » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:36 pm

Dear shooter50,

I thankyou too, I might not be in a position to say if it is superior to Kashmiri walnut,However I think that the piece of wood sent to me from Gill timber's had plenty of grain compared to other walnut wood blanks that i came across.I am sure Kashmiri walnut is at par with the (foreign) ones but as I understand from our experts it is not allowed to be transported outside Kashmir.

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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by z375 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:55 am

I had read an article in an old G&A magazine that was written by the late Jack Lott, his opinion was that the Indian varities of walnut were amongst some of the premium grades available anywhere in the world, I'm quite sure he was referring to the Kashmiri variety in particular. Jack Lott was a highly respected gun scribe and an ardent big-bore nut, so nuff said. :mrgreen:
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by vivekpeter » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:40 am

Guys,

I just met up with a friend here at my place who bought a new IOF .30-06. He claims he has some problems with chambering the cartridges with the bolt. He says he has to press the magazine a bit at the farthest end and keeping it pressed, if he latches the bolt, only then the cartridge gets chambered.

Has anyone come across a similar problem like this? Or please let me know how to deal with the same so that I can help him out.

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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by Katana » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:35 am

ab,

You make it sound so simple!

Anyway, does one have to be a member of the NRAI or a State RA to buy the rifle from them? Or would they sell to anyone with a license?
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by Safarigent » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:24 am

@katana: Its anything but simple.
They sell only to nrai members.
I cant get hoppes no.9 shipped to india!!! :(
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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by hks2056 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:06 pm

It is reliably learned that 2012 model of IOF 30-06 will come with spare 5 shot magazine.Quality control of the rifle has been made more stringent. For those who are in the market to purchase 30-06 should await supply of 2012 production rifle.

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Re: IOF 30-06 Rifle

Post by miroflex » Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:42 pm

Hi HKS,

Thanks for giving us great news on Independence Day. When can we expect to see the 2012 model with arms dealers in the country?

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