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    What is fiddling? Where do you draw the line, they all go out canvasing to try and sway your vote, they all promise the earth if they win, they all sit outside the polling station, they offer lifts to voters, they all slag off each other, etc etc. Yes, they all try to fiddle it any way they can!
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    WARS COMING

    Deker replied to micky's topic in General Talk

    Why the **** can't the world learn to live together!?
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    The GL are dribbling back, they have been tweaked, tightened up, and more defined. Fact is we are our own worst enemy, far too many people will still think...…………...its on the GL so we can shoot it! That was never the case, still isn't, and what gave Packham the ammunition to cause this grief in the first place. Hopefully there is more awareness of the GL conditions now, but I'm convinced the old attitude will raise its head again.
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    Crack on within the terms of the GL.
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    Three new general licences for the killing or taking of wild birds in England will be issued at 00:01 on Friday 14 June. The recent call for evidence demonstrated a range of impacts that individuals and groups experienced as a result of the revocation of licences GL04, 05 and 06, including crow attacks on lambs and ewes during lambing, the risk of predation for eggs and fledglings of birds of conservation concern, and public health issues caused by pigeons in urban areas. A summary of the evidence and the government response will be published shortly. The new licences will allow users to
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    For clarity, I didn't find this or remove the nest, I arrived on a clients site today and was presented with this and asked what could have done it! Cheers!
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    Closest Glis Glis I've found is 20 miles north of this location!
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    Think I'll settle for mouse!
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    This is apparently an old Blackbird nest, it was approx. 6feet from the ground and has been removed as you can see. Inside was found the Kumquat as shown. Looks like the outside is largely removed and left whilst the inside gone/eaten! There are no squirrels in the area, and the edges of the single Kumquat shown seems to be showing beak marks rather than teeth...I could be wrong.... the big question, what would take Kumquot into and old nest to store/eat it? Cheers
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    Quite, if actually says things are being delayed and its frustrating and BASC are trying! Carry on by all means within the terms of the latest GL's and Individual personal applications as required!
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    You have PM.
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    A moderator on any firearm where the bullet is faster than the speed of sound will only ever have an effect on the propellant crack. Wildcat Moderators were always pretty decent on centrefires but have never really transferred this to their rimfire moderators. The Panther is expensive as you mention, but I think I'm right in saying it can be purchased as a 17 Specific mod, this may give it an edge on some which are commonly 22/17. I'd be interested to hear myself if anyone has one and can give it an impartial review! HMR ammo is all faster than the speed of sound so you will get a so
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    Ok, I'm thinking about investing in a new FAC Multishot .22 PCP. To run circa 25-30ft lb. I'm after an accurate, reliable, workhorse, this is a working tool, not an ornament. Not really looked at them for a long while, suggestions please...oh yes, as economical as possible without compromise of effectiveness/quality! Cheers
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    We're not allowed to complain about that!!!!
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    Mine is circa 2000 and FAC. I have an indexing/magazine turning issue, and now it seems a leak from the quickfill adaptor at the end of the reservoir. I suspect the gun could do with a good service. Anyone know who works on them these days, preferably as near Reading as possible, but if needs must I'll have to travel. Cheers!
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    https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/reviews/shotgun/17hmr-calibre-sound-moderators-review This may help but it's a few years old and times move on. I run a Sirocco SM11 on my HMR, the second! The first died and Edgar Bros replaced under warranty. When the second SM11 dies it will get a SAK just like my WMR and 2 x .22lr! Edit Personally I think the Sako mod has the edge on both the above for sound moderation, but the difference is minimal, the minus for the Sako is length. SAK wins overall for me without doubt!
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    An area not really covered yet is WEIGHT. For most people and rimfires in the field, a heavy barrel is NOT required, some just like them, for other tarts like me, I have no desire to hump around a great lump of unrequired steel, Light barrels are just fine for most applications. Plastic stocks, particularly on rimfires are also very useful as well! I can spend a long time in the field and even though I'm used to carrying around a centrefire, ALL my rifles could be termed light, and they ALL work. Whilst I understand your desire to get out and buy something, try and give the mat
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    My understanding is you MUST apply for an individual licence first. You can then continue with the Pest Issue if it is urgent, even before you receive a yes or no reply. You can't carry on simply because your FAC says you can deal with XY or Z pests!
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    My .308 lives almost exclusively on PRVI 150g SP. That works for me on 3 fronts, it delivers circa 1" at 100 yards, its well priced...and it does the job! Mine is a Remington 700 SPS, and frankly is a pussycat to shoot compared to most .308/7,62 I've fired!
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    Not a big area for me generally, my last sewer job was about 18 months ago, but you are right....whatever the job I have heard tales of previous efforts from Pest Controllers numerous times. 1env coincidentally doing some deals on sever rat equipment at the moment!
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    I'd say that's pretty near the mark.... As you mentioned about the gun side...for most Pest Controllers that is a very small part of the job. I specialise in these sort of jobs and get work from a lot of other Pest Control companies who I have built up relationships with over the years. They tend to advertise all services but are more than happy to sub out that side of the work to me. I'm not at all convinced I could survive if they didn't, I personally don't get enough shooting work for full time work, so that's good for me. I'm more than happy to pass them the fleas, bed
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    There isn't one! The .22lr with subs and a mod can be very quiet and I take lots of foxes with them VERY CLOSE in peoples back gardens, but it would definitely NOT be my go to rifle out to 120 for fox. The WMR will cover all your bases except noise, the ammo is all HV as far as I'm aware, I don't think there is subsonic WMR ammo, frankly, if there was, it defeats the object of the longer distances anyway! I get the noise sensitive part, but how many foxes (shots) will you take in a session? One off cracks are commonly not heard/noticed/reacted to. My WMR has a SAK on it,
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    Indeed, but I only take the pics when something notable happens, it is surprising how little damage there can be sometimes (quite often), even with very destructive ammo, yet other times there is total devastation. I remember being out with a pal a few years back after the deer, we were in an elevated position looking down into a valley adjoining some woods waiting, a rabbit turned up and he took the shot with the .308, just over 100 yards from memory, the .308SP went clean through and then dug a very obvious trench in the valley, but when we picked up the rabbit it took us a few moments
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    You are moving generally to very different price points talking about Savage and Tikka or Anschutz in the same breath. The Savage will almost certainly do the job, as I have said before the CZ works for me in the field, the likes of Tikka or Anschutz will not give you any more accuracy, repeatability or reliability than a CZ. Some just want one of them and of course that's their choice! Be wary of the Sako Quad, they have never really taken off, they work just fine for some, but unless you have a dedicated scope for the job, then swapping barrels is a pain for many, they are n
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