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  1. Deker
    :thumbs: ...but I think I prefer the sort in #8......
  2. Deker
    They don't need checking every 5 minutes, what is your concern?
  3. Deker
    These..what shall I get.....threads are always a problem, nobody really knows what is in the mind of the OP, or their intentions, ability, land, etc. Personally I have rifles/ammo to cover pretty much any eventuality I am likely to encounter, and I have no use/interest in a .204. So for me the choice would be easy, the .223, ...(I already have one)......but others rate the .204 for their applications, so, as is so often the case with these things, one isn't better than the other, they are different, get what you think you want!
  4. Deker
    It's been revised, the latest version is in #6 above!
  5. Deker
    It's not big or clever, but I too have been there, many, many, years ago, that's why I can clearly and easily say, alcohol and guns don't mix, even air rifles and the morning after, absolute no no!
  6. Deker
    This Old boy is getting more confused, I thought the new type FAC was as walshie...has your region got it the wrong way round shropshire dan, or is it a lucky dip now?
  7. Deker
    Ok, bear with an old boy, the brain/memory cells are dying quickly at my age, on the New FAC (mine is still the old type) can you HOLD what you want but only buy a specified quantity? So we can all legally stock up vast quantities for the Armageddon!? Why did I think it was the other way round?
  8. Deker
    Did we ever get and answer/solution to the OP original problem?
  9. Deker
    Only if you put them in the right place, then virtually any calibre can, the issue is knowing where the right place is, you don't need a 12 to knock down almost anything!
  10. Deker
    Show a good reason to Open it ahead of the 5 year renewal, then keep your fingers crossed, it can be a bit of a lottery, but as mentioned most regions tend to Open it at renewal! ATB
  11. Deker
    when I asked the feo how long before I can get the ticket opened the quantity of ammunition used was quoted by him as a factor Every FEO and every Region has their take on this...certainly it may well be a factor, if you have had a FAC for a few years and used no ammo it may not look good, and as someone else mentioned here, if you have spent a day or two on a range you may well have used a lot. The FAC/uses must be considered, but anyone who suggests the amount of ammo used shows experience is deluded...just the same it can go a long way with some regions/FEO!
  12. Deker
    .243 V-Max, can't remember the distance but somewhere between 100-200 I think! and it was just the one bullet! That .204 is definitely a girlie calibre....
  13. Deker
    Obviously a girlie calibre........... .223 V-max, somewhere close to 200yards
  14. Deker
    Which Howa, is it really cheaper than this? http://www.czub.cz/e..._SYNTHETIC.aspx How much are these Deker? The Howa's can be had new for aa little as £495 Howa are good rifles for the money, no argument, but they will all cost more than £495 if you get anything better than the terrible Hogue stock! You will have to search and find the best deal for the CZ 527 Synthetic, but I would not be paying any more than £550, and you can use the stock it comes with, but it isn't the greatest in the world.
  15. Deker
    I've read great things about the Howa's, made in Japan to a very high standard. Only critisism I've heard is that the stocks need to be upgraded due to excessive 'flex' Probably the cheapest which is the Hogue stock, personally I think they are the most 'orrible, and worst stock I have ever used...but some people love them!
  16. Deker
    Which Howa, is it really cheaper than this? http://www.czub.cz/e..._SYNTHETIC.aspx
  17. Deker
    Yeah no doubting he was an idiot for taking a shot without knowing where everyone on the land was, no argument. However, if the calibre hadn't been prone to passing through and then ricocheting, the bullet wouldn't have been coming at me in any event. So 50% calibre, 50% idiot. Only real saving grace with LR that no doubt keeps those accident figures down, is it's limited range. Do behave, that is an incredibly naïve, uninformed, tree hugger response, loads of calibres go clean through quarry and it is the shooters job to risk assess EVERY shot. There can be no blaming the am
  18. Deker
    The .22lr is by far the most popular/widespread civilian calibre in the world, of course there are accidents, as with any rifle/shotgun and I personally do not have a statistic source of accidents/injuries/deaths by calibre in the UK/anywhere. But I have been in this business since I was a boy, I get around a lot, meet a lot of people and visit a lot of sites/ranges, and I could relate far more incidents with other guns than with a .22lr, even back in the pistol days! Somehow, many people have a misguided concern about the .22lr, the calibre has well known/documented issues, so don't b
  19. Deker
    ........and how many accidents/injuries/deaths do you hear about the .22lr? I must admit I've come with a guestimated 6ft of being shot in the head by one thanks to a ricochet off a path after the bullet had passed clean through a rabbit (not me taking the shot). All I heard was the wind in front of the deformed bullet and then it passed somewhere over my right shoulder quite close in. Needless to say I wasn't too pleased with the shooter for taking a shot whilst I was out in front of them (albeit well to the side and out of sight - they did however know I was on the land ahead). It w
  20. Deker
    ........and how many accidents/injuries/deaths do you hear about the .22lr? There was at least one last year if i remember correctly, didn't a bloke shoot himself in the head with one whilst rabbiting. Not a direct result of it being a .22lr, that could/does happen with any and all calibres, and not unheard of with shotguns either!
  21. Deker
    So, on what parameters do you rate the .22lr and subs the most dangerous if you don't know of any accidents/injuries/deaths?
  22. Deker
    Yes, the bolt/extractor throws/ejects the case in the opposite direction to right handed so the extractors are opposite!
  23. Deker
    ........and how many accidents/injuries/deaths do you hear about the .22lr?
  24. Deker
    Out of curiosity, do you actually need to shoot out to 300 very often? On the foxes I tend to find it is only the odd opportunist shot I have to take anything much past 200 yards, the vast majority of mine are under 200, actually probably under 100!
  25. Deker
    Why didn't I think of that?
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