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  1. Deker
    I'm not clever with metals or welding but I'd guess this is some sort of high tensile steel, I'd guess welding may be a problem. No doubt someone who knows more than me will be along soon. Are you actually in Newcastle, there is a RFD round here who is actually an engineer/tool maker as well, I'd guess he may be able to make one, but worth exploring RFD etc your way for someone with the right skills, or parts. ATB!
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    Without writing another chapter of War & Peace it is sometimes difficult for people to grasp posts. I am not advocating the .22lr as a daily 100 yard fox tool, this was an illustration to those who struggle to stop them with HMR. Generally if I was expecting them there, or there abouts, I would use the HMR or WMR, if they pushed out much further than 150 yards probably the .223 and so on. Mine is zeroed at 60 yards, it has a 4" drop at 100 yards, so on the still clear (daylight) evening the fox presented, and was ranged, I knew where to aim, I was prone on the bipod, squeaked him
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    :laugh: Assuming is bad, yes, I regularly shoot .22lr at paper at 100 and 200 with lots of different ammo, so I know, and why do lots of people have .22lr conditioned for fox? Obviously you don't have a lot of fox experience, they are quite easy to stop, just deliver it to the right place and they fall down, whatever your region and you think, the fox is dead, it took one shot with a .22lr sub and it was a decent size fox, argue as much as you like about it being irresponsible, its dead, it worked, and if the same situation developed again I would do the same and end up with another d
  4. Deker
    100yd shot on fox with a .22 ??? irresponsible shooting imo ……no doubt you will come back with some statement of how " if you did not feel confident you would not have taken the shot" don't matter how you try to gloss it over ………..IRRESPONSIBLE…… if it was a suitable rd for foxes at that range my FEO would put fox on my .22 rimfire …..he won't i wonder why ??? …….it don't take much working out why he won't :laugh: I think the dead fox showed it worked, that means either you and/or your FEO know jack, I also regularly use a .22lr at 200 yards, I know what it can do, and what I can
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    21lb and 20lb fox, both with .22lr and subs, the 21lb was 100 yards exactly! No, I don't get "way too many runners" with any rifle! I do a lot of Fox work, indeed my first pest control company was Fox Control, which is now part of my larger pest control company. I use the right gun for the job, sometimes that may be a little rimfire and sometimes a fairly hefty centrefire, every now and again a shotgun, whatever, I am not paid to miss.
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    Blowing eye sockets apart isn't the way to stop them. If you must put one in their head try here............ He stood there looking at me, that little dark spot on the top of his nose between his eyes, that's where the HMR V-Max went in and turned his brain to pulp, he didn't walk off anywhere! Like I said...... You were either aiming in the wrong place or outside of the rifles comfort zone.
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    Honestly, yes! and I wasn't the one who wrote I had way too many runners with a HMR anyway! Its about knowing your gun, selecting the right gun for the job and only pulling the trigger if you are confident. If you are familiar with the pic it seems a bit odd you should make the post you did then, if you knew fully well other people are perfectly capable of droping the fox with a HMR but apparently you are not! How about another then.....
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    I struggle to see how anyone can have the balls to come on a public shooting forum and admit such incompetence. You were either aiming in the wrong place or outside of the rifles comfort zone. That isn't a fault of the rifle, it is a fault of the user. Shot close to just over 100 yards, 4 shots, 4 fox, No runners, HMR 17g V-Max
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    Have to be very bad ammo to do so. Certainly surprised me. Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with HMR per se. It has it's place ie long range rabbit control, close range fox. Where it falls down is on ammo quality and that's down to the ammo manufacturers as I see it. If .17 can be made in other calibres including centre fire without neck issues then why can't it be made in .17 HMR? If it was base failings due to a weakened base due to it being thinner being rim fire, I could understand it, but round the neck, I find much harder to swallow as an inherent issue otherwise the nec
  10. Deker
    Who said that is impossible, any bullet from any calibre in any barrel can lodge in the barrel!?
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    only takes 3ft lb apparently I have heard 3-4ft lb many a time, no idea where it comes from, but as a 12ft lb is perfectly capable to a reasonable distance I guess it isn't far off!
  12. Deker
    Well dont buy a Jag if you can't afford the Petrol !!! Its pretty obvious if people are selling their HMR and finding a .22lr does the job they didn't need a HMR anyway.
  13. Deker
    Ok, I'll hold my hand up and say I got bored and didn't read most of the OP, and have skipped a lot of the replies. What is this thread about? The HMR has been about for well over 10 years now and debated at length, what more needs to be said?
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    NO, it isn't common and I don't have that issue even changing ammo brands, something smells strange here, either a very bad batch or whatever.... :hmm:
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    This is a well known and long established issue, this goes back to 2007. Whilst every word may not be quite 100% accurate today, the fundamental problem remains, and will remain until technology advances to solve it (don't hold your breath). From Bob Palmer at Hornady, Published in Shooting UK 2007 CCI makes the cases for all the .17 HMR ammo and loads it for the different companies. When they make the cases they draw the case out to a .22mag case that has a straight wall. Then the priming compound is put in the rim of the case. The case is spun to put the primer evenly in the rim. Afte
  16. Deker
    This subject really should be pinned, it comes round and round again. The manufacturing process of HMR ammo is flawed, the annealing process or lack of it, leads to split cases at the neck, sometimes before, and relatively commonly after firing. This is nothing to do with individual makes of ammo (many of which are made by CCI anyway), it is the manufacturing process, and as our knowledge and technology stand this cannot be solved. It does not itself cause a problem in firing/accuracy/safety, although I would be much happier if it didn't happen. Hang fires, no primer or powder,
  17. Deker
    Give them to your local rfd next time you buy ammo from him. He'll be able to dispose of them. Anyone who has a problem with split HMR ammo feel free to save them and I'll happily take them off your hands and dispose of sensibly. Thank you!
  18. Deker
    As shown, no damage at all, flexible rubbery sort of stuff, black, waterproof, it's even clean, fits whole boot floor, just sold my X-Trail and have no further use for it, really useful just the same, (I've already ordered one for the new motor), open to any inspection and probably best if you are able to collect from Reading, I have no idea how I would pack this up and ship it. Fits model 2001-2007. Absolute steal at £22. Cheers
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    Ok, I broke my X-Trail so I've just picked up a Freelander2. I'm after some mudflaps, definitely front, and probably rear as well. Does anyone have or fitted these, any recommendations or ones to stay away from, and important..do you have to drill wheel arch, or anything? Cheers
  20. Deker
    I had 3 points for speeding at my recent renewal, I also had 3 points for speeding (different of course) at my previous renewal. Not an issue, but I don't have any previous record for anything (except minor motoring).
  21. Deker
    This is a common situation in my experience, I am often called to sites with a Rat issue, which is actually coming from another site. Difficult and delicate normally as the other site will never accept it or pay for treatment, so diplomacy is required. However, in some cases if progress with adjoining sites cannot be made a call to report the issue and ongoing H&S risks must be made to the Council for action.
  22. Deker
    Rats in the loft to eating Swan..... :laugh: Never tried Swan myself but did endeavour to eat a black backed gull many years ago, these look enormous in flight but are pretty skinny in reality, either that or mine was just exhausted and starving....... ...another experience I will not be rushing to repeat!
  23. Deker
    Call them what you like, the old fashioned break back (or modern variations/incarnations) work, the problem from a Professional Pest Controller point of view is monitoring/checking/body removal/legislation.
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    I've dipped in and out of this thread, so have missed a bit, but experience over the years has shown me not much but flies/maggots actually have any interest in eating the fox. Personally, I tried a nice bit of Fox rump well roasted and seasoned many years ago, I have no desire to repeat the experience.
  25. Deker
    You can only generalise over any animal behaviour, there are always exceptions to the rule!
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