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  1. Deker
    How old are you? Best of luck but I don't understand the question, is that a new language, Stalk is commonly associated with Deer, perhaps it's just me but put it simply for an old boy to grasp. Deer and .22lr?
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    Not sure what the date has to do with it......my last Club FAC went the whole term and I forgot to sign it, pointed out to me by my FEO at renewal, who kindly turned his back as I grabbed the pen! :thumbs:
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    I hear what you say and I'm not defending anyone, I'm not Personally easy with 150 yards fox with the HMR, but then again where do we stop with the .243, etc.? I have probably taken a handful over 300 yards (.223/.243) but I know 100% a pal dealt with them at 400yards +, and of course there are anecdotal stories much further...is that cruel/irresponsible, where do we call a halt? Tricky, and just thinking out loud really!
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    As I say many times, this will be down to situation and experience. I have taken numerous foxes passed 100 yards with a HMR, and plenty of bunnies passed 150 yards with it. On that basis there is a logical argument to suggest 150+ yard foxes are ok, but for whatever reason, I tend to stay a little short of that on foxes! Just the way I want it!
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    Are you seriously saying the wording for your HMR condition on your FAC says CLOSE RANGE FOX? And what distance does your FAC go on to say is close range or is that simply left to you?? I wondered that as well, I wonder if you are required to lazer range find for every shot then incase it oversteps the mark by a foot or two, bloody ludicrous. Yup Never seen that before, is there actually a definition of close on your FAC? To be honest that is the biggest load of rubbish I have ever seen on a FAC, just what does it mean, my close, your close, police close, RSPCA Close????
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    A 12ft lb .25 can be an excellent Rat tool, but I don't see it as a rabbit tool. The age old debate of .22 and .177 will rage on forever, it certainly will not be resolved here. .22 for me! ....and God forbid someone says .20, why does everyone say its the best of both worlds, it isn't (or it would have caught on and taken the world by storm which it hasn't), its the worst of both, doesn't fly as fast or flat as a .177 and doesn't make as big a hole or hit as hard as a .22! Have a nice day!
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    I see where you are coming from..... so in theory that makes the CF grant more likely! Flippen daft game just the same! Edit I'll be off in about 45mins to a Free Range Chicken Geese and Duck farm where Charlie tries to get dinner, its a regular gig, I keep shooting them but they keep coming year after year. The fox adapts to their locking up time throughout the year and turns up just before they head in for the night, and I know their routes, .22lr is the tool of choice for many reasons, not least because most are shot about 20 yards away! I'll be taking a scan round the whole
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    Peanut butter is always first choice for squirrels, always works for me, general baiting or trapping!
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    Yeah as CC said, some counties won't grant any rimfire for Fox. Personally I see that as an advantage. Each to their own, but you would probably change your mind if I was stood next to you totally legally removing foxes with my .22lr and your region flatly refused to grant rimfires for fox, as is the situation when I visit a pal of mine in the Midlands. Absolutely crazy...especially now, as the Home Office suggest HMR is a Fox calibre!?!
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    The HMR is a Superb Fox calibre, as is a .22lr, WMR, Hornet, .223, etc etc if you use it as required and within your capabilities. NONE is better than the other, some are better in different situations that's all. As for not being up to it if you make a poor shot, the same could be said for any calibre. You shoot any calibre within its capabilities, that means bigger calibres can shoot further making the odds of a bad shot as much, if not more likely, than lower power at closer ranges. No calibre is better than any other calibre on foxes, they are just better/worse in some circumsta
  12. Deker
    Are you seriously saying the wording for your HMR condition on your FAC says CLOSE RANGE FOX? And what distance does your FAC go on to say is close range or is that simply left to you??
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    That just goes to show how barrels each have their own preferences. My T3 Hunter .243 is fine with PRVI 90g SP, that is its main diet, 1" all day. I'll be more than happy to relieve you and anyone else of any 90g PRVI they can't get on with. Cheers You can have my privi's not sure what the correct way to get them to you is? I dont think Im meant to post them. for £12 a box prob not worth the hassle. do you ever come to Bath? Unfortunately that is an issue isn't it, I should be over Marlborough way before Christmas, is that close? Cheers
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    That just goes to show how barrels each have their own preferences. My T3 Hunter .243 is fine with PRVI 90g SP, that is its main diet, 1" all day. I'll be more than happy to relieve you and anyone else of any 90g PRVI they can't get on with. Cheers
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    Did you change the spring, I'd guess you can get to 3.5lb with the original CZ spring?
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    Back in the day when I used HV in the .22lr my CZ really liked Remington Yellow Jacket HP, they were 1500ft sec and about 32g I think, they worked well but supply was an issue. Second choice, and much more commonly used, was the Velocitors. They are relatively powerful for a .22lr and did work quite well in mine, but the HP didn't expand that well (compared to the Yellow Jacket) and there were plenty of times they went clean through the fox hardly noticing it. As HV goes in a .22lr I found them pretty good though!
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    It was a few years back now at a Council owned Nature Park. Around 172 removed in total and 91/92 in the picture I seem to recall. The picture has been all over the world and featured in many magazines! The park was overrun and they were decimating everything, so numbers had to be reduced, anyone could have done it in the circumstances, just happened to be me that got the job! Back to the topic.............. ................... the Magtech 7022 is a cracking bit of kit for what it is! there was a member called loumick selling one on here a while back including mod/scope and
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    It was a few years back now at a Council owned Nature Park. Around 172 removed in total and 91/92 in the picture I seem to recall. The picture has been all over the world and featured in many magazines! The park was overrun and they were decimating everything, so numbers had to be reduced, anyone could have done it in the circumstances, just happened to be me that got the job! Back to the topic.............. ................... the Magtech 7022 is a cracking bit of kit for what it is!
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    Its not exactly rocket science when you get them apart is it, frankly they are basic engineering! Keep an eye on it, the wooden stocks do move, hot/cold/wet/fog/frost etc.! Its an idea to take them apart now and again to clean and get a thin film of oil over the hidden metalwork. Trigger now hey!
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    I would imagine they would be better for squirrels and corvids. That are at a further distance ?? Were it would be reckless/dangerous to use Lr ?? FAC Air can go anywhere opposed to 22lr needs signed off for each bit of land ?? What do you use your FAC air for Deker ?? What model and FTlb is it ?? Not a lot, but odd jobs crop up, birds usually, pigeons in underground car parks, warehouses, factories, offices, supermarkets, barns, etc., squirrels sometimes, not often the need for it on rabbits as I use the other tools, but if you don't have other tools it will definitely give
  21. Deker
    I have 2 of the old Deben Lead acid battery traditional gun mounted Lamping kits, one has a 12v 50w Xenon Bulb rated to 400 yards (a tiny bit generous) and Nightvision. We are living in an age of rapid change, some of the Torches today are incredible and getting better all the time, and in some cases night vision is excellent and prices are getting into the realm of the masses. With regards the clu-lite shootalite, does anyone actually have one, how the hell do they get a 1000m beam out of a 12v 50w Xenon Bulb...or is that advertising baloney? Complicated market place today, good l
  22. Deker
    Never had the cause to try but it makes sense at the right time of year!
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    I would buy a box and try for what they cost. I haven't used them for years but they were as good as any in mine, the odd bang and the odd thud, and in my CZ they did chamber tight, but so did several CCI varieties!
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    I'm really not sure of the story on these, the original Philippines model was excellent VFM and sold steadily for years at around £200-£210. Then it all went tits up, production stopped, Chinese copies turned up and their reputation went down the toilet. They are available again now and made in the Philippines as well I understand. That is the story as I know/see it, if I have bit wrong or someone can fill in more detail that would be great. I don't normally carry these but I can offer Brand New current production models WTC 3.5-10x50 Super Nightview at £160.00 including deliv
  25. Deker
    I don't believe there is any wholesale requirement to rush in and play with/change/get kits for, the trigger on the CZ rimfires. We all have different expectations and requirements and safety comes into it as well, the trigger kits can take the pull down to less than 0.5lb which is way to low for me to feel comfortable in the field. My CZ .22lr is on the original trigger and is fine, my original WMR was fine, but both my HMR and latest WMR were awful, so both got the Brooks kit. IF you consider you need to play with the trigger I believe the Brooks (other kits are available) is the
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