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  1. Deker
    And I didn't say a wee dopey cheap scope, I said you don't have to spend £500. And I am telling you that is the case anyway! There are loads of scopes available for way under £500 that work just fine in the field, and in many cases on the range, on a rimfire or centrefire. None of these below have fallen apart, lost zero, broken, gone milky or become unusable in the dark, and I have never had to refuse a shot because of the scope. .223, .243, and .308 The most expensive here is way under £100 and they all work, the .223 scope is still available from JSR for £47,( http://www
  2. Deker
    I once heard it said the world was flat. That's bollocks these days, technology and CNC has moved on a pace since early scopes, there are some excellent inexpensive scopes about today, there is no way in the world you need to spend £500 on a rimfire scope for general field use these days.
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    Moderators have more uses than simply sound suppression, but be careful of size/weight/balance...and of course cost. Loads of people shoot without them, but in the UK we tend to quite like them, possibly because we are a small island and commonly have neighbours in fairly close proximity. You are never going to get a centrefire with HV ammo down to the noise levels of a rimfire with subs, but speaking personally I am happy with the package my mods deliver on all my centrefires.
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    Shows what he knows then, I have a mate who has never cleaned his .222 in around 18 years of owning it, and it is still a very very accurate rifle, more rifles have been ruined by over enthusiastic "cleaning" than shooting. Makes you wonder why there is bore solvent, copper remover, brushes, rods, etc etc etc.............. apparently nothing needs cleaning? :hmm:
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    Mixxy has never gone away in all the years it has been in this country. Feel free to tell anyone you like, but it is not a notifiable disease, and any Vet knows it is a constant threat!
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    The thought of a Hornet goes through my mind from time to time, I have rimfires up to WMR and my centrefires start at .223, so there is approx. a 1000ft lb gap there. The logic seems the gap should to be filled, the reality is I have never found the need, there just doesn't seem anything in the UK ideally suited for a Hornet, and I have been looking for many years trying to justify one, but I can't. Now, as a one gun tool, the Hornet is quite useful, but I have a lot of others so I struggle to find the need.
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    They have different strengths and weaknesses, that's why I have both, and a couple of .22lr as well! But as I always say............. my WMR gives me a feeling of confidence!
  8. Deker
    Unless something very strange has happened, if yours says 12 on the action then you can be pretty confident it is 12. No idea about this 1-10 T3 in .223, there does not appear to be anything listed on the Tikka site about a 1-10. http://www.tikka.fi/pdf/datatables/TikkaT3Datatable2014.pdf Perhaps an email/call to GMK or Tikka will confirm if a 1-10 is/was available.
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    Top is my WMR with standard un-proofed SAK, it has been on it since I bought it new about 4-5 years ago, its fine. Second is a Sirocco, on my HMR, when that dies (the first Sirocco did) it will get a SAK, the other 2 are .22lr, and run on SAK anyway.
  10. Deker
    As you say, some of the earlier models were a joke and even dangerous. Hopefully they have learnt from their mistakes, if they have addressed the design and quality control issues then the new guns may well be ok. ATB!
  11. Deker
    Any idea how old the gun is? Up to around 8-10 years ago they were 1-12 as standard, then they started making them 1-8 as standard for about 2 years and then went back to 1-12 as standard, which is where we are today with a 1-8 available special order. So, my suggestion is they have not made a 1-10 for over 10 years, if ever! Someone above has suggested they did make a 1-10, I am not aware of this, but they may well know more than me! Edit Mine is a Stainless Lite .223 1-8, I got it new about 8 years ago, if is fine with anything from 40-80g but tends to live on 50-55g SP o
  12. Deker
    Atmospheric conditions can produce odd bullet travel sounds, frost, rain, damp, fog, etc. Try a zero target to see what is happening at the important end!
  13. Deker
    If I select the .22lr as the tool of choice over the HMR or WMR for a job the ammo will almost certainly be Winchester HP subs, I used to use Magtech HP subs but the price has gone daft. The reason being accuracy and terminal ballistics. These will be close range fox, and the massive HP has a good chance of opening well, creating a large wound tract and delivering all its energy if the fox presents with a body shot, head wise it works well too of course. Many will suggest the Eley is more accurate, at close range the difference isn't worth talking about for most people, and they are not a
  14. Deker
    Agreed, but the act of shooting a fox with a 12ft lb is not illegal, it may well, however, lead to problems under the mass of cruelty legislation we have in this country. i thought it was illegal pal A common misconception bought about I suspect by the media......... Headlines like "Mr XXXXXX was convicted of cruelty and causing undue suffering after shooting a fox with an air rifle!", may well lead people to think that. The air rifle itself has nothing to do with it as such, if he pokes his eyes out with his fingers he may also have been convicted, that doesn't make fingers ill
  15. Deker
    I note you have reigned in various comments from your post above, and how is the FAC coming on, do you have one yet, what FAC rifles do you own? You are saying everything that doesn't need saying, of course a rimfire isn't suitable in every case, did I say it was, so why do so many people say you need a centerfire, is that suitable in every case, NO! A rimfire is most certainly suitable in the cases I mentioned which reflect what the guidelines say, of course it isn't suitable as the distance stretches, neither would a centrefire be suitable for deer as the distance stretches either, but you
  16. Deker
    Come on Alsone, do you have a FAC yet? A look at page 121 of the New Home Office Guide will show you that HMR and WMR is approved for fox, and so to is .22lr in the right circumstances. Get any shot with any ammo a bit off and you will wound rather than kill, there are plenty of deer that wonder off after being shot with serious calibre rifles. People always seem to talk about fox as though you are shooting them in the next county, first off fox are easy to track and train, and commonly people know exactly where they are going anyway, so can lie in close ambush and just wait. Secon
  17. Deker
    Illegal, please elaborate, and where do you live? Cheers
  18. Deker
    Agreed, but the act of shooting a fox with a 12ft lb is not illegal, it may well, however, lead to problems under the mass of cruelty legislation we have in this country.
  19. Deker
    Most people will suggest what they have, the fact is there isn't a world of difference between the moderation of most of them, but there is a world of difference of fittings/size/weight/price. The T8 does a decent job of suppression at a half decent price, but it is large and quite heavy, whatever you get, don't expect it to be much better at suppression over a T8.
  20. Deker
    .223, .243, .308 First got this mod in FULL length for the .223 (you can see the original tube top right) then converted it after a while to the Compact, subsequently bought a Compact for the .243 and the .308. I could not tell any difference to my simple ear on the .223, either Full or Compact P8 so I'm happy. Its also fine on the .243, and I am more than happy with its performance on the .308 (its been on it about 6 years) but there is a suggestion the Full may have an edge when you get up to .308. It has done me fine on all the calibres though, and they are still near as good
  21. Deker
    BASC guide is as good as any.
  22. Deker
    Good Luck to you Davy! :thumbs:
  23. Deker
    My rifles are all field tools these days, not target (although they get a lot of range use), if I can get inside and inch that works just fine for me. PRVI gives me that in .223 55g SP. I have heard a lot of decent comments about GECO but I have never tried them, at the price and performance I'm getting with PRVI I have no need to!
  24. Deker
    Life isn't that simple! The .22WMR is currently the most powerful Rimfire readily available in the UK, but some ammo runs out of energy quicker than a HMR, so the HMR may be more powerful at times at some distances. But that isn't the story. There are a lot of ammo types/weights available for the WMR, far more than the HMR, the 30g Hornady V-Max is excellent in mine, and stops everything when used appropriately. The WMR/HMR/LR will most likely kill a fox to about a mile, if you got lucky, but it is far more down to you where you put the bullet, and the bullet type as opposed to ho
  25. Deker
    :hmm: Of course you do, but there are plenty of times the fox IS close. I never understand these comments, do we always say, for example.... a .243 is suitable for a deer, as long as it isn't more than a few hundred yards away? Just what is the difference? You use any calibre/ammo within its capabilities, and there are plenty of times a rimfire is enough/more than enough, for fox! :thumbs:
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