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  1. Night Hunter
    Round here the snow is too crunchy it sounds like your out with a batallion with tacky boots on,I had a walk round my permitions one night just to see where the foxes and roe had been if you know where you are likely to spot charlie you can then sit and wait because they do not half stick out in the snow ...but wrap up warm
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    Just stop the selling of dogs completely,genuine lads with good stock will have a que as long as thier street of people who want to buy thier pups lets face it anyone who breeds to sell could be tagged a puppy peddler and that includes all the big names in the breeding circuit,at least it would stop all the petty bickering on THL caused and fueled by puppy peddling.... Just My Opinion
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    I had a T3 too mate and did not like that either apart from the other problems I had with it but I upgraded to the sako 85 and the build quality is like night and day sako has a bolt release button to allow the bolt to be opened when the safety is firmly on but i had to part with a good bit more cash for the sako but worth it in my opinion
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    same problem pal ,it as slow as a week in the jail
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    Hm... at 2.300" there would appear not much left of the shaft of the bullet before the ogive exposed above the top of the case neck ( mine is 2.355" however I have 37 gr of N150) I am not overly concerned, but if me, I would probably try a compremise instead of 180, I would look at say 150 thou back - if it preforms as well group wise as the 180, I would adopt the 150. - at 150 it is nearer SAAMI spec. Peter Hi peter, I will try loading another five at 130thou back and five at 150thou back and compare to see what happens as the group at 130 thou back that I tried with the moderator
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    Hi Mal You know what? I reckon at 180 thou back your barrel is starting to appreciate your efforts! It is not uncommon when developing different loads for your barrel to take (usually) one or two shots to climatize itself to the different pressure that a new load/distance entails - this is why 5 shots always gives a better indication of a batches' grouping - my bet would have been if you had put a further two into that target your group would still have stayed more or less at .420 I assume you are using the horizontal/vertical lines on the taget to line up on with your crosshairs? Anyway
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    Hi peter ,I managed to do a five shot group with the same 35gr of varget powder load but seated back 0.180" back from the lands ,seems like I need to settle a bit more before starting to shoot test groups as 1st and 2nd shots were quite a bit out (1.580"apart) but the last three shots were quite close (0.420" group).
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    Hi peter,I got out this morning to test with mod on (0.800"group)and mod off(1.550" group) I used a bag to rest the butt on and shot with both eyes open results were better group with mod on but think I flinched due to recoil with the first two shots with the mod off,i did notice that on both groupings the third and fourth shots were very similarly positioned next to the vertical line of the target and in both shots were 0.150" centre to centre
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    Sorry late in replying as above - been off shooting pheasant with my syndicate. I expect you have already done the mod test by now? Peter Hi peter,Im just in from work the weather up here has been terrible so I never got out with the rifle but I did however lighten the trigger a wee bit just to crispen it up ,hoping to do the mod test in the morning and I will let you know how I get on.
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    Hi Peter when I had my remington 700 I shot off my left shoulder (very well)I found this comfortable as the rifle was ambidextrous,I then bought a Tikka T3 which I also shot off the left but could not settle with it the rifle had cheek pieces etc added for comfort but I could not seem to settle with it and then I was told by a gunsmith that the barrel had sulpher inclusions so I decided that a new rifle would sort everything out.When I was looking for another rifle it was discovered that I was right eye dominant(I had been shooting for eight years off my left) therefore I was advised that
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    Hi Re 130 thou back. I am assuming your 1.5" group was a round affair - as opposed to vertical/horizontal stringing? Assuming you have measured where your lands is correctly (with an AOL guage) and with the bullet seated at 130 thou back I assume that the bullet head still has about 100 thou more travel before it touches to ogive? - if so you could afford to seat the bullet perhaps another 50 thou in the case giving you 180 thou back from the lands. (my bullet head has approx 40 thou left before it touches the ogive) 35 gr would give you a little over 3600 fps which is about right for a 55
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    you could always carry your batery in a shotgun cartridge bag
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    Whilst I dont have the book, many reloaders say that the 'ABC of Reloading' is the best book out there. Can I recommend you to this site http://ammosmith.com/ There are many instructional vids on U Tube - some are a little worrying, however the above site by Ammosmith has loads of info/vids on reloading - many quite technical but at least it gives you an understanding to the question - why? See you are married - your hobby can co exist with a wife - difficult at times, when my wife complains I tell her I would rather be gazing at primer pocket holes than looking at holes on por
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    You have pm mate
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    I tried them a while back and found them totally useless,rats never even broke thier stride
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    If I have no joy with the varget that I have I will certainly try the N150 next. I just came accross your recipie for it on another thread. You said that you tried H380 how did you find that it performed behind the 55gr heads The H380 performed quite well but I found it was just not consistent. NH you must always take into account that that any recipe (brass/primer/powder weight etc) given out on this forum or others are good really only for this or that guy's rifle - every manufacturer's tolerances in the making of the barrel are different within certain guidlines - even 2 barr
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    Put pineapple chunks in his meals,an old greyhound trick spot on mate can i ask what does pinapple chunks do? well,would you eat shit with pineapple in it :sick: feckin classic
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    If I have no joy with the varget that I have I will certainly try the N150 next. I just came accross your recipie for it on another thread. You said that you tried H380 how did you find that it performed behind the 55gr heads
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    Thankyou for the info dicehorn,I have loaded some test rounds 0.080" back from the lands and the others are 0.130"back from the lands will be interesting to see the difference in the groupings,Hope to try them tomorrow weather permitting ofcourse,I used to load using N140 but found that it was a very dirty burning powder thats why I decided to try the varget.
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    Hi,Ive been reloading for a while but always reloaded to just under the recommended max oal which is 2.350" I have recently measured my rifle and found that the actual oal with the bullet touching the lands is 2.480" it has been recomended that I only reduce this by 0.010" to take the bullet head back from the lands but on some websites it recommends reducing by between 0.050" and 0.080" or is it better to start at the recommended max oal of 2.350" any advice would be greatly appreciated,I will be loading 55grain v-max with 35grains of varget to use as a starting point in my new Sako 85 22-250
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    If after holding a firearms certificate for 10 years with deer and fox on it i applied for a renewal and was told i now required to have dcs qualifications before my renewal was granted i would certainly go to court to fight it especially since this has not became law ,it seems that some police forces try to impliment things before they become law......Police state or what......i would like to hear the answer in court when i asked why i require to have dcs qualifications when foreign stalkers do not bearing in mind that the argument that they hold a certificate relevent to dcs would not wash a
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    I would recomend the lowa boots or meindl they were designed by two brothers who went thier seperate ways hence both very similar and very well made you wont be dissapointed mate
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    ive been told by many that the h380 is a good powder pushing 52 grain amax or 55 grain bullets. what col where you using before I think it was about 2.348inches which is just short of the 2.350inches max col mate
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    you will probably find that he will ask where you intend to keep the keys the answer should always be ''somewhere safe that no one else can access them''
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    Robin at Cluny Clays seems to have good stock but its always best to call before traveling theres also two shops in kircaldy fife field sports and another one but not sure of its name its opposite rejects store think its called were game
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