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  1. Deker
    This is a pretty serious calibre and the rifle has a pretty serious price tag.... EEERRRRRR!!!!! What did you list on the FIR 101 that you wanted to shoot with it ..this is not a back garden plinker?? i do shoot at a club just not comp for my own gratification(the back-bittin upsets me,lol)& am lucky enough to have alot of uninterupted moorland to shoot over with exelent back stops and a 700metre disused quarry.of course I research the guns capabilitys before i bought it.just to realy start tounges waggin its on my FAC for target shooting and long range control of deer(& open
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    In the short term not necessarily. In my experience just about all wildlife takes a similar view to the elements as we do, if it's really dire then lets stay at home. The fox WILL hoard and bury for the lean times, if he has supplies and they are not frozen beyond retrieval he will use them! The time will come regardless when he, and every animal has to find food, therefore lamping in the snow is not necessarily a waste of time at all. Can be very productive in areas of virgin snow and pretty easy to track things as well of course..can also be very unpleasant for the shooter at ti
  3. Deker
    The one you hit everything with!
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    Help me out here everyone...yep, I have Tikkas and I don't have an issue..have I missed something..everyone says they don't like this...can someone tell me quite why and what their issue is??? Cheers!!
  5. Deker
    This is a pretty serious calibre and the rifle has a pretty serious price tag.... EEERRRRRR!!!!! What did you list on the FIR 101 that you wanted to shoot with it ..this is not a back garden plinker??
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    If this is what you are seeing then you have some, certainly none round my way, that I have seen!!
  7. Deker
    Flippen' ek, that looks like it weighs a ton, each to their own, I'm a tart and happy with light guns for field work.... I have CZ Silhouette HMR and it is zeroed to 100 yards, that is what I want, there are suggestions 125 is good, bottom line is you zero it where you need to!! I tend to clean mine between about 20-150 shots, some say they NEVER clean them, not sure I'd be happy with that, but don't overdo it. The HMR has a TINY bore so take great care and do it properly! Bore snakes do not clean barrels, they just give them a once over until you can do the job properly!! Mine l
  8. Deker
    This makes interesting reading... http://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/Firearms%20Licensing/Downloads/item9674.pdf Particularly this bit...... "If firearms are transported on public transport they should be covered in a suitable slip/case and remain with the holder at all times, except when carried on an aircraft, for example."
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    There is a lot of good eating there!!!
  10. Deker
    Many, many rimfires, especially .22lr, can and do last people a "lifetime". There are obvious checks such as crown, rifling, bolt action, overall condition, etc but the most important thing may well be to decide what you want it for and if it offers what you want!! Does it have dovetails, is it cut for a moderator, can you get spares, do you want art or practicallity! Not a lot of point in saving money buying a gun only to find it has cost you more to service, repair, fit scope and mod etc, than buying a new one to start with!
  11. Deker
    dont mean to be funny mate but i would like to see that. the world record for a 5 shot group is just under a inch at 600 yards. and this is with a custom 6.5-284 which as you no is a bench rest rifle. The record is just over an inch at 1000 yards. That's 10 rounds not 3 or 5. and i seem to remember it was a light bench rest fired from a prone position with a rest and bag, and i will add, don't go thinking a 6.5-284 is the be all and end all of calibers, you don't need a barrel burner to get accuracy, or for that matter good performance. a bog standard 6.5-08 A square better known as a 260
  12. Deker
    Because it's different circumstances. Your home is where you are going to be keeping your guns permanently, you will be leaving them there when you are out of your house for hours, days or weeks at a time. Going away for a few days shooting is unlikely to mean that are going to be leaving your guns for too long or going very far from them. It's important to understand that the condition on your cert applies all the time. However it doesn't require that the guns are stored under precisely the same security arrangements wherever you are. You need to ensure that they are subject to "reasonabl
  13. Deker
    You have to take all reasonable precautions! In general whilst camping it would seem to be safer to leave the gun in the boot, and bolt/ammo in glovebox, whatever, locked, and hopefully alarmed car. On the face of it this would seem a much better option than in a canvas or nylon tent. The situation needs evaluating and the best options taken...so a car can be fine!!!
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    Comes around time and time again for obvious reasons, and my answer remains pretty similar. What do you want to do with them, how deep are your pockets, and then it's largely down to personal preference. There are those that will suggest Anschutz and Sako rimfires may edge the CZ 452, and I'm not going to argue, but the difference for most shooters is inconsequential. ALL my rimfires are CZ, my boys are CZ and many I know have CZ, never heard any complaints yet. Centrefires offer a lot of choice and a lot of price variations, the X-Bolt is meant to be OK, but most reviews of most
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    Not so sure it's about living and learning, just a different approach, and many people like this way of ending up with what is, a personal gun ...I'm probably just to tight to throw the unwanted bits away... Don't forget to try as much different ammo as possible, and whilst you are playing around with the gun check the crown, and make sure scope, mounts, mod, etc, etc are tight!! Would I be right in thinking you have already given barrel, action, etc a good clean as well??
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    Always difficult this one...NEW Stock, Trigger, magazine converstion, bedding is almost guaranteed to add up to more than the price of the original gun! I always take the view that I would rather spend a bit more on the gun to start with and get one that works. We each have a view and like to approach things differently, but I never could understand buying a gun and then throwing a load of it away!! Personally I don't see a Hogue or magazine conversion helping accuracy in any way, change the trigger by all means and sorting the stock may well do that!! On the other hand, just w
  17. Deker
    Lets not get carried away here. Quality control at manufacture could, and is part of this but many other "tweeks" can be made depending how "bad" the gun is too start with. It has to be admitted that any reputable company will be able to improve your factory gun whatever, but you have to look at the starting position and what you intend to do with the gun..if you are already grouping at 1" out to 200 yards or even 100 yards, what benefit will it be to "many" to bring this down to 1/2inch. Lots can be done to a Rem 700 but I have no need for the tiny extra benefit for cost result! Mine
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    Just thinking about this a bit more...I have done shooting holidays/ breaks/visits/invites to a number of different areas, Devon and Cornwall, and Scotland in particular strike me as pretty laid back. I have had maids walk into the bedroon with guns/ammo/lamps/clothes all over the place and they have not batted an eyelid...I struggle to see that happening the closer you get to London, etc!!! PS, always ask the Hotel/B&B if they have any gun storage facilities, many do in well known shooting holiday areas!! Whatever, always let the hotel know you have guns with you!!
  19. Deker
    There are still a lot of rules about this, but the simple advice is to keep them as secure as possible, keeps bolts out of guns and as far away from each other as possible, keep everything out of sight, where possible, keep ammo seperate. The rules are basically common sense,...the boot of a locked and alarmed car is often acceptable but not everything together, it is always a good idea to have some "bits" seperate, even if this means some are less secure! You need to take all reasonable precautions and show due dilligence in doing so, you will only find out what that means if everythi
  20. Deker
    Take a look here, anything you want give me a shout and I'll see the best price I can do for you......VAT just gone back up 2.5%, missed your chance in 2009! But I'll still do you a good deal!! http://www.djsproducts.com/
  21. Deker
    You trying to Hi-Jack this thread???
  22. Deker
    20lb or more is always a good fox..with the winter coat it tends to make them look even bigger!!
  23. Deker
    Try it and see if you get a FAC/SGC!!
  24. Deker
    Just had my new .22WMR chopped to 19", hope the same holds true for this calibre, but as I'm probably never going to be able to check, who knows! Seems to work ok though!
  25. Deker
    They certainly do not contact your doctor every time, but you must give them authority to do so and depending how you complete the form, and what they had for breakfast on any given day they may well! You must be honest!!!
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