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    Let us know how you get on. Yes N140 is a different powder to the N150
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    Hello NH So. what you are saying the distance from the lands at 2.350 will = 130 thou back? My background: Have been reloading best part of 19 years currently have two 22.250s + 2 other C/F rifles and reload for 5 other people including two other 22.250 users. Regarded as an anorak by my friends as I use top of the range gear. So............let me tell you this, my Rem 700 with bells on shoots sub 1" at 300 yds and currently the bullet is seated back 137 thou from the lands, My other 22.250 is an R93 and I have just bought a varmint barrel for it (dont ask me the price of this new
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    Apart from the other valid reasons mentioned, there is also the small matter of discharging a firearm within 50 feet of a highway. Lots of peoples back gardens are more than 50 ft from a highway. I think the actual wording is "50 feet from the centre of a highway" and only if it causes a nuisance to danger those using the highway. J. "It is an offence under the Highways Act 1980 s 161(2) to discharge any firearm or firework within 50 feet of the centre of a highway which is a carriageway, with the consequence that a user of the carriageway is injured, interrupted or endan
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    Apart from the other valid reasons mentioned, there is also the small matter of discharging a firearm within 50 feet of a highway.
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    Had mine for nearly two years. Before I got it, I had amassed quite a few knives. Since owning this one I have had no need to look at others. The gralloch blade is brilliant and the main blade holds its edge very well with only the occasional touch up with the Lanskey system. As it is a swing blade, make sure that it gets a thorough clean after use as if not it tends to stick - anyway a great knife - you will love it.
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    Only french hero I know is the Marquis De Sade
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    Yes they are ok If you want to look in depth at reloading, on U Tube type in Ammosmith - this guy knows his stuff and his videos are as technical as you want them to be
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    Quite simply - if you are invited to shoot on a driven day and you only have a semi, then you should ask your host if it is ok and he would no doubt ask the shoot/syndicate captain for advise. 99.9% of syndicates would give the semi the thumbs down. Therefore the right thing to do is for the guy with the semi to borrow an o/u or s by s. If he takes exception to that - then probably he is not the sort of person to invite in the first place.
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    Section 161 of the Highways Act 1980 (England & Wales) makes it an offence to discharge a firearm within 50 ft of the centre of a highway having vehicular rights without lawful authority or excuse, if as a result a user of the highway is injured, interrupted or endangered.
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    Is that because any calibre that has been used in a war is not allowed in some European countries? eg 7 x 57 Think you may be right about that - also believe this refers to France. Apparantly it is almost impossible to find a french military rifle as most were chucked down in the mud only to be trampled on by their fleeing comrades.
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    Not really Deker, There is a growing trend for the smaller callibres on pheasant. In fact the 28 bore is making a dramatic come back also
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    A friend of mine did a very good job with a roe deer skin and eventually used it as a mat near his fireplace, however it did not take long for the fur to start coming off the skin. When he finally enquired about this deterrioation he was informed that the deer's pins (fur) was hollow (unlike human hair) and when it dried out and was walked upon, this caused the pins to become brittle and bald patches developed - safest place is on the wall.
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    It may be near - the difference is that the benchrest boys can repeat it - I seldom shoot sub 1". On the other hand my other 22.250 (a more expensive factory rifle has difficulty in sub 1" at 300 yds - I am soon to change its barrel for one of the manufacturers's heavy varmint barrels.
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    Hello Keith Thanks for your informed response. I see you have a technical approach to your reloading procedures and I therefore tip my hat to you. Yes you may only have a factory barrel and not a custom barrel but that should not prevent you from fine tuning your rifle to be within a gnats crotchet of a custom barrel. One of my two 22.250 with a factory barrel and a few off the shelf extras has shot a sub .75" at 500 yds and a few times sub 1" which is comparable to your run of the mill expensive custom barrel. Whilst I appreciate that that in ordinary hunting situations a rifle that s
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    Keith To be quite honest and as you are fairly new to reloading, your best bet is to sit next to an experienced loader - that way you will learn alot more. Your problem with taking note about some comments on forums such as this and others could cause you a serious accident. If you are serious about your reloading you will need to forget about high velocities - high velocity very seldom equals accuracy. Have you a chronograph? if not, how can you measure how consistent your loads are - consistent loads should give a spread of less than 10 fps. Do you neck turn your new cases? What is t
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    There is an ongoing thread in the Rimfire Centrefire section
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    I have been making up rounds for a friend of mine's 204. I will just say this - when the barrel likes the ammo that is going through it, it is an incredibly accurate tool - his will group sub .25" and I have witnessed him shoot crows range found at 265 yds. However I would state that to get the best out of this calibre, precise homeloading is really the only way with calibre - if you are not a homeloader, then I would suggest something like the 223 or 22.250
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    What John G says is completely right When you are young is does not seem important to wear earing protection - if you are a regular shooter of shotguns or centrefire (even with a mod) by the time you reach middle age the damage has been done. For those who may scoff at what John writes - eventually your favourite words to use in conversation will be EH? and PARDON? We use two senses in the countryside - eyesight and hearing, without your hearing, how is that going to affect your success rate?
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    Why 22-250 and above? the hornet, .222, .223 are more than adequate fox calibres. Rick. Agree. but I think Langouroux was in reality referring to .22 centre fire rifles.
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    Trying to educate pork comes to mind
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    When its at home (yours preferably) it's the length from the headstamp to the point where the shoulder starts to bend in towards the neck - to be accurate with this measurement you really need a shoulder gauge http://www.midwayuk.com/apps/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?SaleItemID=479704 Works on the same principles as a bullet comparator
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    Faced with the problems you are experiencing Mr L and noting you are getting a new batch of cases, I would seriously consider putting you hand in your pocket and getting a decent neck sizing die (RCBS or Redding) The problem with always using your full length die is that you are putting unneccessary pressure on your case each time when in reality once the case has been fire formed you really only need to reshape the neck which in turn means that your cases will last longer. I am in the process of changing my R93 barrel for a new one and with the new barrel I shall be buying new cases ackno
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    Isn't the .22 CF legal for muntjac and cwd in England and Wales ? Yes
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    That is an interesting point Snap. If I may mention this. This was not with my 6.5 but a 22.250, I developed some rounds using a particular popular powder that produced a 5 shot group at 100 yds of less than .25" - went home and made up 10 more to try at 150 and 200 yds. The group at 150 were fine but the 5 at 200 were key holing - the bullets were starting to tumble big time. The point of my post is really a warning to homeloaders especially with the fast calibres like the 243, that if it shoots well at 100 yds, dont take it that the results further out will also be consistant without try
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    I note that the unnamed member was a witness to "all this cruelty" so it begs the question what he was doing on the golf course at the dead of night with (obviously) his night vision goggles on to witness this - perhaps no cars in the car park to do a bit of dogging - no wonder he did not want to be named.
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