Deker
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LOL LOL LOL The guy knows his stuff, he was the ben in Theoben.
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Name, address and tel number of the owner, address of the land if different. That's all you need but they love to see a written permission! In simple terms make their life as easy as possible, give them every bit of info you can, details of size, neighbourhood, topography, how long you have been shooting there, site plans if you can and or aerial photos, (multimap, emap, etc), and what you intend to shoot there. If you can, find out if the land has any existing approval! Continue on another piece of paper if necessary! (I have never seen or used a special landowners form, if on
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OK ...do you have one and if so what ft lb do you get from yours? It is meant to be 12 but my lad has just bought one and the best I can get after trying 11 types of pellets is 10.2ft lb. Short of buying a full tuning kit does anyone have any ideas how I can get this to about 11.8. Cheers Deker
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But he has built up a reputation formerley being half of Theoben, so......!!!
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Difficult this one......Tasco make/MADE some ok scopes, I don't know this one specifically but I would suggest something a little better on a .308. You also say 1000 yards...are you talking game or target, either way at that distance I would consider something more powerful than 9! My .22LR has a 3-12 on it and on Short Siberia (200yards) I usually wind that up to 10. My .308 has a 6.5-26 and whilst I often use it close to the bottom end I find I also use it a lot at 12-14 for both target and hunting up to about 250 yards! Deker
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DS I shall probably end up with a CZ American (WOOD). My .22LR and .223 are both black synthetic and I like them very much, but I like my wood as well! Ever since Sako finished the finnfire and brought in the quad I've gone off them, and the Anschutz is too heavy for me. Don't want a Ruger, Savage or Marlin. Cheers Deker
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Heart of Wales Me again, it's my 17HMR I am selling!!!! At the moment that sits between my .22LR and my .223. There is no doubt that it is fast and flat and has its uses out to about 150 yards but it does tail off quickly after this and being so light is easily bent out of shape. (And why the f**k is the ammo so expensive and difficult to find these days) The .22 magnum is not as fast or flat, but its not bad, it is much heavier and more powerful, arrives with a bigger thump and is less easily upset by the wind etc., and still works well out to 150yards or more. Ammo is cheape
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Yes mine is FAC running at 26ft lb. Zero is 40yards, and at that range I can empty a magazine (8 shot) into a 1p piece with Air Arms Field, 30-50 yards just aim and it hits, I can regularly take bunnies and squirrels to 60 yards. Still produces 12ft lb at 100 yards. I have heard about the Air Ranger and ft lb. To be honest I cannot see any point in pushing it anywhere close to that, there are only a handful of pellets you could use, (Dai Sung 28.5g, Eley Magmum 30g, H & N Rabbit Magnum 30g, RWS CA707 28.5g, (Daystate) Magnum bullets 40g, Varminter H.P. bullets 39.5g). All thes
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Agree with everything Macnas said. Think he has just about said it all but the choice of guns is also far more limited than 12g. That now makes the set of 4 flags....... Deker
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They have all come from a country park, or to be accurate, only around 25 acres of the park, I'm working my way around it. Its owned by the council and they gave me a call about their grey problem. After 4 visits , site survey, risk assessments, ariel and ground plans, and meetings with the top people they actually agreed to shooting. We have had to cordon off areas of the park and close them to the public whilst I go about my work. I had another 26 yesterday and 13 today so now it is 171 in 5 visits. I started in the area I knew was worst effected but would expect to be somewhere
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That seems a sensible option. Alternatively go for a higher velocity copper coated. That should go through quite cleanly (although it will tend to do more meat damage), and should leave no lead. Downside is ammo is more expensive and makes more noise. I think you may be a little too cautious though, people have been shi**ing out lead pellets from game birds, etc for well over 100 years, and whilst we all know lead is not good for you it has not been banned yet! Deker
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This is an old chestnut that I am asked about a lot. John and the BASC have it right. The simple fact is, that there is nothing illegal at all about shooting within 50ft of the highway with any tool (discharging fireworks also count) unless it causes a problem. That is what the law says! The sensible approach is of course to stay away from roads if at all possible but if not be very careful. Exactly the same approach should be adopted for footpaths, bridleways etc or for any plonker who simply wants to stroll accross your shoot. Deker
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I feel honoured that my humble efforts have been noted by member No1. Cheers Deker
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These guys are all good blokes, I have bought stuff from all of them, fortunately Andy is only about 10 miles from me but I see him a lot at Bisley anyway. If you have a decent "buy" and "hold" on your certificate it is worth travelling to see some of them as their ammo prices can save you a fortune. Deker
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I had this problem really badly when I first used shotguns, looked like I'd been in the boxing ring after a shoot. The problem may well be a combination of gun fit and mount, but it will guarantee be at least gun mount. Always difficult this one to resolve over a thread, make sure the gun is firm in the shoulder and you are looking properly down the rib. It's best if you can to have someone watch you, they will soon be able to tell you where you are going wrong. Get on top of this as quick as you can or bad habits will form which will be painful and hard to break! Deker
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IF it is .223/5.56 the Tikka has a tight twist rate of 1in 8. The rifling is also quite fine so I would simply suggest a fairly heavy load, as you have already got the heavy barrel version you can put anything you like up it, also remember the barrels are made by SAKO, but just the same you will probably find a round that suits you and the gun after trying a few!!! Just because someone else swears by Rem/Federal/Sako/etc/etc it doesn't mean you will like it even if you have the same gun! Sadly I can offer no info on reloading as I don't do it! Deker
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hi Deker can you put up their sites please W.D Peterlawman.co.uk TFSA.co.uk Black-powder.co.uk (Midwayuk.com) Peter lawman and TFSA sites are easy to see ammo prices on. If you are struggling with Black Powder just give Peter a call, I bought a few hundred .223 55g HP Wolf from him 2-3 months back, about £16-£18 per 100 I seem to remember! Tell them all who sent you...I might just get an even better deal next time I buy stuff from them. Cheers Deker
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Just to try and answer some of your questions.....10 in total went to my Game Dealer, he has been asking me for some for a while, a couple are for him personally and the rest he put straight into a local restaurant for a "Special". It was all a bit of a trial run and no money changed hands this time...although I have been paid sensible money for shooting them. If it all works, an appropriate deal will be struck. The staff at the shoot site had quite a few each day, a few friends have had some and so have I of course....the rest have gone/going to Fox bait...and very effective they are
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Never shot so many before in such a short period! Wed 52 Thurs 27 Fri 53 Total 132 10 went to my game dealer, and the staff at the place had a few each day for the table.......so how many are left? Gun is a Falcon running at 26ft lb. Oh yes, and that's me under the hat! Deker
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Wed 52 Thurs 27 Fri 53 Total 132 10 went to my game dealer and the staff at the place had a few each day for the table.......so how many are left? Gun is a Falcon running at 26ft lb. Oh yes, and that's me under the hat! Deker Pictures copyright Deker 11.2007
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Wed 52 Thurs 27 Fri 53 Total 132 10 went to my game dealer and the staff at the place had a few each day for the table.......so how many are left? Gun is a Falcon running at 26ft lb. Oh yes, and that's me under the hat! Deker Pictures copyright Deker 11.2007
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You say bullets... my ratio of bullets to Pigeons is about 98-99%...this is on the ground of course. I would tend to use a shotgun almost all the time for pigeon and would expect over 70% evey time in all situations, close decoying almost 100%. Deker
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Peter Lawman (Peter L) or TFSA (Andy Allwood) or Black-Powder (Peter Starley) ...look them up on the web...you will be pleased you did! I just paid £16 per 100 for 62g 5.56/223. At 200 yards grouping is about 1 inch worse than Rem/Federal but unless you are into serious competition who cares. They all charge about the same and ammo tends to be Barnaul or Wolf (both Russian) Oh yes....they all sell a lot more than just 223. Deker
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The Stinger is 1640ft sec at the muzzle and 191ft lb. It is a 32g copper coated Hollow Point designed for hunting use. Regardless of whatever anyone tells you (and what you might expect from the figures above) the grouping is far from good! They do also chamber tight in my CZ Silhouette, cause occasional loading problems and as mentioned above are f*****g noisy! I have settled on the Velocitors now, they are more consistant (although still not good) and at 1435ft sec and 40g arrive with a thump! You will also note they do not come anywhere close to the power of a.22 centrefir
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Unless the 595 is different to the T3, the 9-11mounts will NOT do the job.....they are much wider, not sure how wide although I should as I have a T3 Lite. I have the Optilock mounts on mine, frankly I think they are f*****g awful, especially as they cost me £. If anyone does know something else to do the job I would be pleased to hear! Deker
