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  1. Deker
    thats what it says Problem is that if some city slicker hears a gunshot from 1/2 a mile away and turns round because he is either afraid or whatever, then you have completed the offence. Best stick to the 50ft "rule" in my view. My shooting runs along a motorway, feo inspecting the lad said, "technically you could stand on the embankment and shoot", well no you couldn't but he was mocking the 50ft thing. Juess, I've even had coppers pull up on the motorway because I've been walking down the footpath that runs parallel with a gun. I really don't think we need to get too
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    thats what it says Problem is that if some city slicker hears a gunshot from 1/2 a mile away and turns round because he is either afraid or whatever, then you have completed the offence. Best stick to the 50ft "rule" in my view. My shooting runs along a motorway, feo inspecting the lad said, "technically you could stand on the embankment and shoot", well no you couldn't but he was mocking the 50ft thing. Juess, I've even had coppers pull up on the motorway because I've been walking down the footpath that runs parallel with a gun. I really don't think we need to get too
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    As long as you have permission to stand in the middle of the road and shoot! The Law seems to have been mis interpreted over the years and many appear to understand you MUST be 50' from the road, that is not the case as you can see!
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    :hmm: I think that is a big generalisation. The OP said smallbore, he didn't say .22lr subs, and even then...... You wouldn't have to worry very often if you were shooting Canada Geese, because they are commonly shot on land, and if you hit the things on water, you would need to worry much less about the VERY SLIM chance of a Ricochet!
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    The Centre of the Highway business has also been debated many a time and that isn't strictly correct, what the legislation says is........ 161 - Penalties for causing certain kinds of danger or annoyance 1. If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, deposits any thing whatsoever on a highway in consequence of which a user of the highway is injured or endangered, that person is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. 2. If a person without lawful authority or excuse; (a) lights any fire on or over a highway which cons
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    is that just over water for steel what if shooting on fields If you are using a shotgun you cannot use lead even if they are in your back garden!
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    You can use it wherever you have permission and is cleared. If you have an Unrestricted FAC you can use it wherever you have permission and deem safe! I shoot a fair few foxes in built up areas, usually gardens!
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    I don't think it is any great secret that I am not a fan of the Hatsan after the barrel blew up on mine several years ago now. The fact is the Hatsan has gone through design improvements and better QA since then, but it still has a long way to go to get anywhere near the Remington.
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    Did I miss something, did you say fox IS Vermin or IS NOT Vermin?
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    This has been debated many a time, I'll go and get a cup of tea!
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    Is this an original grant or a variation? Variation could take 3 months without much trouble, Grant could take a year! Calling them 30+ times in 3 months is daft, that is every 3 days from the time you sent it in, allowing 6 weeks before you chased (not an unreasonable time), that means you have called them every other day. Chill out! Edit Just noticed NI, I'm not so familiar with the process there, so the comments above may not be entirely relevant!
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    Ha ha, don't you just love forums...... Scopes and reticles just get so personal, whichever way you want to look at it. The S&B has a well deserved reputation, but I take foxes and deer from probably about 10-250 yards, so, variable works for me!
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    Odds are you will need some written land permission for your FAC. If your family run a Pest Control Business you will need to show the police it is a business and they may be more accommodating. You can apply for and should be granted ANY Firearm you can justify. I never get hold of terms like "17hmr for vermin and sub 100yard fox" , why do people do this, you don't apply for "a .243 for fox and sub 1000 yard deer"?
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    We shoot off a bipod and have no problems! Had over 150 foxes with it in 2 'seasons' Are we talking the Hogue stock? I hate the thing with a vengence, but I am not aware of any problems with them, most owners seem to quite rate them from what I can see!
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    Ho Ho Ho, a lot of people posting here who don't post anymore! :hmm:
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    Me See below! :D
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    Get a good one you are fine, a bad one you aren't. On the whole they are good reliable well priced guns, some of the barrel threading/crown has been terrible though, UK Custom shop used to do them all then.
  20. Deker
    ...and never rely on eye colour for identification either, you get some surprises sometimes!
  21. Deker
    I remain sceptical, I don't deny it, yes, there are ammo problems and care is required. HMR ammo problems are well known, widespread and often debated. Can ANYONE post a picture/link to a blown up HMR barrel, with this much ammo grief one would expect this would be easy to find? Cheers!
  22. Deker
    Appearance and reality may well be different, many animals including rabbits, fox and deer etc will often twitch for a while after a well placed head shot. Rabbits are notorious for leaping about all over the place without a head! Many will tell you Deer will commonly run all round the countryside after a heart shot, but not with a headshot! The simple reason being you have disrupted the nerve systems and erratic electrical signals are being blasted all over the body, they are dead.
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    I'm not trying to be funny and I am well aware that there are issues with HMR ammo, one of the reasons the US no longer sells semi versions and posts warnings. BUT, they are 245ft lb and go through barrels thick enough to take a .308 @ circa 2500+ ft lb all day! I am not trying to belittle any firearm or ammo problem, all of which must be take seriously, but did you actually see this HMR with a Blown up barrel, and where was the hole and what dimensions was it, what happened to the shooter?
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    Without being privy to the pertinent information that i'm sure NiteSite would consider sensitive (more so if the profiteering I suspect is the case) I have no other avenue available to me but that of speculation by way of reason and logic using the comparative evidence available to me. The free market does indeed mean I have a choice what and from whom I wish to purchase goods. You mistake my case as some form of vendetta, I assure you it is not. My motivation stems from the perceived repetitive extolling (on this and other forums as well as in the 'comics') of the virtues of a product
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    It's a fair point but one which very few have much knowledge or understanding of in the early days...and some in the latter days as well!
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