Deker
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Deker replied to bigmac 97kt's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
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Seldom easy but always good to see the demise of magpies.
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Sorry, but every time I see that X-Trail it brings back memories of mine, mine was even the same colour. Had it for 8.5 years from new, the longest I have had any car by years. I'm, on my second Land Rover since, and soon to be my third as mine has gone back for Warranty repairs 14 times in the last 14 months, the latest time for a new engine (balancer shafts Fubared). To cut a 14 Month long story short, I have at last convinced the Dealer and JLR my car is a heap of S*** and they are supplying me a new one. Oh, How I miss my X-Trail!
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Nothing wrong with Air rifle and Hare as long as you do it right! Very few Hare in Berkshire so I don't see to many, but I would personally use a bit more than 12ft lb if I was out after Hare, apart from anything else it gives me a bit more range.
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Possibly! I'm no expert but fox mange can transfer to dogs and isn't easy to treat...or is that just a rumor spread by Vets trying to make a living!?
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Can't remember when I last used a short, must be 10 years+ since I let go a long. Anyway, cycling from a magazine can have issues with these. will be interesting to hear a bit more when you have had some time with them! Cheers. Edit...Is Airgun the right section?
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Its up to you, as always scopes/reticles get very personal. As it happens I have an old Hawke 6.5-26 on my HMR, slightly bigger than any of my centrefires. Sort of got used to it, but I can't remember ever using it past 6.5!
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Are you still waiting for the rest of the barrel? ……...and don't expect too much if you ever do get a DPT Mod, you will hardly notice the difference over the SAK.
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Mine to!
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Still one of my favourite films, a lot of the stars are no longer with us though!
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What a career, you have to be good to last that long Respect!
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I don't know how they get away with it, saw a couple BRAND NEW on Ebay recently (From China ). Think they were about £79.99p delivered.
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Unfortunately I am old enough to remember when solid lead was the norm for .22lr and field work (and no moderators...then along came the Parker Hale...and what a problem it was to get one on ticket). HP was around in small doses, and then seemed to sort of just turn up over a few years. Solid does/did/will certainly work on all the same quarry the HP work on but a bit less effectively if you are not quite so spot on with the delivery point. Just the same, I can't actually remember the last time I used solid .22lr in the field, never goes through my mind these days to use it!
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Where do you get this from? I've never heard anyone say I don't use .22lr HV because they are very noisy. That would mean people hate virtually every rifle/caliber!! If you need them you need them, regardless of noise, if you don't, then why are you using them? As regards POI, that's easy for most, back in the day my sub zero was 60 yards which gave me a HV zero of 100 yards with the ammo I was using, easy! In the early days when I was out with my .22lr with subs I would always carry a magazine loaded with HV for a quick change, just in case! HV .22LR will next to never giv
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Who knows from a picture, but it does look like some sort of a blood clot, and the look of the ear would back that up. The eye of the rabbit looks mixxy as well, that could have something to do with it!
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Anyone who has done this has blank days. Gives you a chance to take in the nature around you, and check phone messages etc...then you look up and see a rabbit tail darting back into the hedgerow!
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That's another thread, and maybe true. Big cat sightings are pretty common, and/or unexplained incidents. I suspect there are unreported escapees and/or the occasional deliberate release (and I'm not just talking cats, pretty much any pet). Just the same you need breeding pairs for anything viable and that's where things can come unstuck. Who knows?
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Seems to me you are working for the Re-introduction of the Lynx Party! Any re-introduction WILL cause issues of some sort, they will not simply hide in the undergrowth and do nothing, anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.
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I think any suggestion of re-introducing the Lynx to control deer numbers is stretching things a bit too far. We live in a very different country to when Lynx last walked these shores. There WILL be instances where they take pets/livestock and even children and adults, then some tree hugger will simply blame the people and say the Lynx was provoked! I can already see local groups being formed to go and deal with the rogue (don't know why its turned, they are normally docile) Lynx terrorizing an area! It will only take one incident then the media will start calling for them
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https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/sheep/exclusive-sheep-farmer-speaks-out-over-horrific-lynx-attack I just don't see that any benefit of releasing them can possibly outweigh the negative aspects! They certainly do not often attack people, but we all know they will at some point, and what about children and pets, let alone assorted livestock as above!
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That was a new one to me as well but a quick search would seem to suggest it does happen to a small extent!
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For Air rifle (distances) I would very much agree. But as I said earlier, it's down to circumstances and situations, "PERSONALLY", I can't think of a situation where I was ever out with an Air rifle and said, hell, I wish I had a Shooting Stick!
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/11457882/Wild-lynx-to-return-to-Britain-after-1300-years.html
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It down to situation and need, I have very rarely found a need, so the trade off carrying one all the time doesn't work me. I can very commonly find some support if required and I have a bipod attached almost all the time to my rifles anyway! Edit …...Just noticed this is Air Gun section, do you actually mean sticks for Air Rifle?
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With Max. Detection Human @ 2500m and overall Max around 4500m it may be a little overkill on an air rifle!
