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  1. ratbuster
    Fireman, don't know if these are a " bit " common in the UK, but the gun which would fill your ticket would be a vintage Crosman 622 Co2 rifle. As the model name says , a 6 shot, .22 caliber Co2 model from the 70's, not very expensive, unless in mint collectors condition, but a great ratting rifle. http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2013/10/the-crosman-622/ They do turn up here and are sold for prizes around the € 100 in good condition.
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    Mr. T. message received ! Trapping anything except mice / rats is forbidden in the Netherlands (except live traps with special permission) so i wandered about the use of them Fens. I know you can only use approved traps on vermin, and I really liked the way the rabbits were trapped according to the photo's you've showed. Think it's a fast an humane way of catching and killing the animals. Should have thought that shooting that snared fox with a shotgun would show much more damage to the fox,
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    Nice bunch of rabbits does a Fenn type trap always catch around the neck ?
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    Magnificent fish, really love fishing for Tench, have some really good, but small waters around here. Nice bag !
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    For that purpose (ratting) it's a very fine rifle,only drawback is you need bright weather to make the best of the C02. As ratting is mostly done in colder months, that could spoil it a bit, but the temperature on a chicken farm (inside) will be significant. Should also keep the C02 bulbs in your coat pocket to get them a bit warmer before putting them in your rifle.
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    Think that was the reason a lot of armies choose the Browning / FN GP as their standard sidearm; Sturdy , reliable and good on target.
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    Not bad for freehanded shooting from 25 meters ! (where did you live in the Netherlands ? even in this country one can enjoy pistolshooting without to much red tape )
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    Do have a Sheridan model F in .20 on Co2, great little rifle, doing around 25 good shots on a bulb in bright weather. Outside temperature is important to get a proper " power " output. Only use it on paper targets, around the 500 - 550 fps mark velocity, depending on the pellet I use (JSB exact 13.1 grains or H&N FTT 11.4 grains) it will be doing between 7 - 9 fpe.
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    Hear, hear, as you use to say. Think you got it right Deker; circumstances and ability, and the .22 lr will do its job and very humanly !
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    Don't think it will be very effective, because the velocity of the .22 WMR is much higher than that of a .22 lr. To get the most out of your silencer you should stay below mach 1 aka subsonic. http://www.hornady.com/store/22-WMR-30gr-VMAX/
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    Looks to me like a broken firing pin or the spring behind it has weakened, shouldn't be to big a problem to get it fixed.
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    Nice gun !
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    Having a Savage model 24 combination rifle / shotgun in 20 bore / 22wmr, I keep my rifle shots on fox under 100 meters. As Deker said rightly, it comes to making the best of the ammo in combination with your rifle. I'm using Hornady V-Max in 30 grain and that combination work OK for me. Also have used RWS SP .22 WMR (40 grains JHP), great cartridge as well, but rather pricy. For getting a dedicated fox rifle stick to a CF. much more versatile
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    My biggest problem is my impatience, I know the drill, but sometimes I'm simply too hasty and spoiling the shot accordingly I'm using a .20 Theoben Countryman with an AGS 9x40, doing 14.8 fpe with JSB Exact 13.1 grains, great little rifle
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    Really enjoyed that one, as said before; keep them coming ! Good music as well.
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    Hope for the landlord that his pub is still that crowded Lovely picture, can't imagine having something like that going on in our cities these days.
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    Great shooting that is Coypuhunter, great gun as well !
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    Sadly lost this lady after more than 14 years, last october. Great family dog she was
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    I know, had one while serving in the Dutch Army. Can be a real pain to get it properly adjusted , but once fix it's a hell of a pistol
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    It's a French Yataghan style bajonet: In 1840 the French produced a bayonet whose style was to affect bayonet design across the world for the next 50 years. The 1840 model had a distinctive recurved blade, based on the North African Yataghan swords. Why the shape was chosen is open to conjecture, the shape gave a longer reach with the long blade and the curve ensured that the blade was out of the bullet trajectory, of course it may just have been a styling exercise. There is a theory that the choice of blade was the best compromise for a blade between thrusting and slashing; In some areas
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    Not regretting selling, but not buying when I had the opportunity One of the Daystate 9 mm air shotguns, but still have the picture they send over
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    Freestanding from 25 meters, not bad at all: .22 LR and home loaded .38 prove to be a bit more accurate. Got to learn the tricks of that High Power Coypu hunter and it will be just as accurate as the .38.
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    I have tried both types of cartridges (Federal / CBC (Webley based) & CCI) through a 6 mm smoothbore " shotgun " (original 50's German made Falke garden gun in # 1 bore) but my advice would be : keep your money in your pocket, they are quite useless beyond 15 feet. They used to made these guns and cartridges for very small vermin control e.g sparrows, starlings and mice. Even on a rat sized target they have too little power and pattern to do any good. A 9mm Flobert aka # 3 bore garden gun (its bigger brother) is useless beyond 15 meters even with a double shot cartridge. These won't
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    Nice ! thanks for sharing
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    But it also can look like this
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