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Hello: 'Shorts' won't ever cycle through your Magazine, because it's made for 'Longs' SUPRISED you muppet? If you try them (I think you might have by now) They just 'fly' out and drop in the grass! You can single load them with difficulty (I know because I was you some time ago I'm a 'Muppet' to), and after all the trouble, what happens? they shoot 1" low at 20 Yards, but I'm sure if you could bother to zero these they would be as consistant as all the other 22Rimfire cartridges we can buy. The bottom line is that these are perfectly good ammo, but were made for pump action 'gallery' rif
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RWS low power . Am I right thinking that they fire the same bullet as a "short "?. A dumpy little 29 grain thing . All i can say is that I've used two types of short and both were straight enough at domestic ranges . One I can't recall the name and the RWS 25 which turned out to be quite pokey which kinda blew the purpose of using them !. Both were target loads with no hollow point .Maybe that made a difference . It is interesting to know that the low powered ammo you've tried was'nt very good . I've probably learned more from this thread than you have
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At the range(up to 30yds ) I was shooting it was spot on . To be honest though, you'd be better off looking for some low power long rifle ammo. There are options that fall between the standard sub-sonic loads and the rather weedy "fairground" CB caps. I believe that to get the best from "short" ammo the pistols and rifles designed specifically for its use have a different twist pattern to deal with the shorter bullets . It is also a mistake to think that all .22 short ammo is by nature low power . Some, like the RWS 25 ,are very potent little rounds and will outperform
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If you are going to treat the place as somewhere convenient to go on a regular basis and cream off a few bunnies then it might be taking the micky to actually ask for payment . If you get offered a few quid "petrol money" accept it with good grace and a smile though!. One the other hand if the guy seriously wants a big reduction or as near as possible a wipe-out job you might find yourself slogging away under pressure to perform . If you do succeed you will deserve some financial compensation and a bit more next season to keep on top of em . How much compensation will depend on w
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Yep, Tyler -Littlehampton it is . Malt. I actually don't mind the odd d*ggie -they do taste well -but something is'nt quite right I agree . The days when we curse their greedy habits as they take bait after bait (always when decent bait is in short supply !)are seemingly less common. Round here the big tandem trawlers from outside the area are considered to have done quite a lot of damage to the once famous Kingsmere Rocks and other rough ground (not to mention the scooping -up of nets and pots of the local inshore fishermen ) which has definatly changed the fish habits . Conser
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The place was alive with gars. So much so that every time a bait was retrieved one or more of the wrigglers would tail it up to the boat .
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A few of us spent today bobbing about in the English channel. Apart from a quiet spell when the tide was running hard we had bites all day and managed to hook enough to keep us on our toes . Surprisingly we had no d*gf*sh ( tiz a jinx to mention the word onboard ! )and apart from a couple of tiny pout everything caught was a decent size . Bass ,black-bream , undulate ray ,pout,mackeral and garfish all found their way into the boat and I also managed to haul up a velvet crab!. As usual we took a couple of good fish each and the rest went back. Mind you with the tandem trawlers targetin
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Also,many commercial still-waters are artificially stocked and don't rely upon natural regeneration .Based on this arguement I can well understand that commercial and club still-waters can justify staying open all year. Even if it means foregoing the magic morning of the 16th when your float hits the misty water after a three month break in search of the first tench of the season . On the other hand ,part of the mystery and sporting nature of angling is not knowing what "your" river will turn-up in the coming season after being lightly fished through the winter and rested in the spring .
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Turns into one of these.
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Yes. I use them for feral pigeons at short range and I've head shot three or four foxes around farmyards when I've walked into them by surprise. I've never used them or test sighted them at more than 30 yards but at this range I've never had any need to re adjust my sight -which is zeroed for .22 long cases . The drawback is that they have to be fed by hand which reduces the rifle to single shot.
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For a budget working tool that might not be as stylish as some of the otherCZs but would do the job just as well I'd go for a second hand Brno/Cz 2E model. I'm biased coz that's what I did damn near thirty years ago have never regretted it .A mate sold one recently for £175 with a moderator and scope and said it was like parting with an old friend . The Silhouette would probably be my choice If I was buying today .
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Anything like this ?.
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Aesthetically there are prettier and more refined rifles but a good workaday choice would be a second-hand Brno. You won't worry if you put a dink in the stock and they are accurate . Mine's 28 years old ,has fired so many thousands of rounds it's worn out two firing pins (the only work ever needed)and still shoots a lot straighter than I can !.
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The unpainted version reminds me of an AGA for some reason. The only person it has to please is the fellow who has to carry it and if he finds it easier then its a success !.
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Yep . I've just got a bit of new permission . Covered in blackthorn . It will be twice as bad by autumn . I'll need someone young and fit to crawl in there and set the nets . No ,seriously ,we'll give it a go sometime . "Are you sure I can't bite it just a little bit ?." My mate tranfixed by an approaching alien spacecraft at the end of a hard days ferreting. He begged to be abducted and probed but they said that they'ed met his sort before and just took the rabbits . I reckon it was the noises from the Mk3 locator that attracted their attention .
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Not the best quality picture and not a massive bag but its quite atmospheric and a reminder of the colder times .
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have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper. dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil I th
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You trying to tell me she had 3 out of 3 on moles????? ive heard this boast on hares in the past, but on moles?? everybbody knows the sheer speed and turning ability of the mole, although they do lack in stamina,over the 1st 100yds i dont think there has been a dog born that could match thier explosive speed,dream on 6pointer Nah mate its possible but not [bANNED TEXT] a whippet . Gotta have bull blood for moles .
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have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper. dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil I th
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After a few seasons the more experienced ferrets actually seem to relish their arctic summer and willingly enter the bottles without the aid of tubes or force of any kind. It does pay to mark any bottles containing the ferrets to avoid confusion . A mate -who shall remain nameless-set-off rather hurriedly for some early season ferreting only to discover himself pouring a pint of perfectly good Newcastle Brown down the burrow whilst his best jill lay in suspended animation between a leg of lamb and a box of Lidl own-brand choc ices .
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It serves a double purpose. Originally, before the advent of refrigerators,country folk in tied accomadation would keep their ferrets cool and free of what was known as "the sweats" in hot weather by placing them in earthenwear jugs in the Estate's ice -house. With the advent of refrigeration and freezer technology some clever person ( Plummer's name has been suggested but the smart money is on a certain Captain Birdseye )took this method of keeping ferrets cool in summer a step further by actually forcing them into bottles and placing these in the freezer between the end of Mar
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Do you wear glasses or have you changed your glasses recently ?. I once found I was shooting like a blind man at rabbits though on a range I was spot -on. Eventually I realised that zeroing the rifle with my head/eye /glasses orientation set up for the perfect prone shot was one thing but shooting from a different position was causing a tiny degree of distortion through my glasses. I noticed this when a doorframe appeared curved in my periferal vision when wearing my usual specs . I guess its the curse of age -the specs add that little extra factor to be considered in the relationship betw
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I was out at the weekend. Everything was wrong as far as traditional ferreting was concerned but it was a paid job that had been delayed by the wait for some rabbit netting to be erected . Basically any bunnies fenced inside the wire had to go whatever the time of year and whatever size . It was also so hot I was ferreting in t-shirt and shorts. I felt like a character from one of the late Fred Taylor's Aussie rabbiting tales . It was slow going . The adults were sticky when it came to bolting but surprisingly I had no lay-ups . My secret weapon was the '410 and a pocketfull o
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Quite right, heat and ferrets don't mix well. I fill some empty coke bottles with water and freeze them Thanks for reminding us all! can you please let me now how you get the ferrets in the bottles as im haveing trouble getting them in thanks Its down to training Phil. I start mine as kits by letting them run through bits of drainpipe. By moving on to sections of 1 and 1/4 inch downpipe they get the idea of squeezing through smaller diameter tubes . The next stage is to use drinking straws (obviously not those bendy novelty ones that come all twisted into bizarre shapes
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we have quite a few on the Sussex estuaries from time to time . I believe they were common in mediaeval (just how do you spell that word ?)days in this country and were a favourite hawking target .
