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    I have two Nightforces and a Swarovski - to be quite honest they are all very good and in my opinion will do the job you have in hand. My advice would be to find someone local and get to look through a few of the scopes on your list to see how YOUR eyes see through them.
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    Now I know how we get hummels !!
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    I had a monthly standing order to Barnardos which had been going about 4 years and having seen the video, I too through my internet banking cancelled this standing order and advised Barnardos of my reason. Whilst I accept what you have written CBW, I feel that this organization has stepped outside of its remit and entered the world of totally misinformed politics. People like myself and trappa are in a stronger position than most by using our veto which hopefully will have more effect than sending a complaining email to get a standard response back from them. Peter
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    Spot on John with your suggestions - these scopes are generally bomb proof
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    There is generally quite a difference in a driven day and a walked up day cost wise. In my neck of the woods which is festooned with commercial shoots the going rate per bird for driven pheasants can vary from £30 to £50 per bird - however, most probably wont get out of bed to do less than a 250 bird day. Some small syndicates sell in order to reduce their overall costs, a days shooting for a team of guns shooting anything from 50 to 150 bird days - usually £20 to £30 per bird with the terrain the birds fly over usually dictating costs. Dont forget on even these 'small' days you wi
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    Hi One of my stocks is a synthetic off roader and the other is (dare I say it) the expensive wooden Luxus - still, just drilled a pilot hole and (with the barrel off!!) screwed the stud in. Just make sure whether you or the gun shop does this that the tip of the screw does not come anywhere near the barrel when screwed in
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    Hi reddeer I have a couple of R93 and have Harris bipods fitted to both. All I did was screw in a swivel screw and attach the bipod as usual. My stocks on the R93 are in wood and the other synthetic
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    A variation that I have use on the last 6 new rifles I bought Firstly and most importantly give the new bore a thorough clean before you fire the first shot - reason? some manufacturers coat the bore with an oil based substance to prevent it from rusting during transit and storage. Anyway Fire 1 then clean Fire 1 then clean Fire 1 then clean Fire 3 then clean Fire 3 then clean Fire 3 then clean using also a phosphor brush Fire 5 then clean fire 5 then clean Fire 5 then clean using also a phosphor brush Fire 10 then clean Fire 10 then clean Fire 10 then clean usi
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    I think not, what makes you think this...there are some (many) shoots where they are frowned on, but nothing illegal...you can perfectly legally shoot a game bird with a rifle if you want as well!! Im a keeper on a grouse moor and carry a gun in the line when there;s to many birds left at the end of the season. i used to carry my auto untill two different knowledgable head keepers told me this. You can only shoot game with a rifle if you have it down on your cetificate. You can only shoot whatever it says on your FAC, but there is nothing illegal about shooting a game bird with
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    You are quite right John - just me being light heartedly mischievous - I should get out more and that is the problem, I have a lady with organic farm pestering me to reduce some of the 40 + red hinds but just today dont fancy sitting in a hedge facing a 25 mile hour wind with a chill factor of 0c Peter
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    Er........that is, you mean the permissions Not with you DH Sorry SS didn't think my post was putting myself forward to shoot on your land. Have access to over 20K acres - would not really have time to slip over to Wales. Actually to most of the forum members lamping means the taking of foxes and rabbits at night with a lamp. In my book looking at something else living is simply 'shining a light on them'. Just a different word choice I suppose. Peter
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    Er........that is, you mean the permissions
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    Good pictures there also a nice shot of those pinks. What range were you using for the targets you shared with us? Do you use a butt bag? I know at this time of the year (especially where you are) when you are cold and trying to shoot straight, the results can be disappointing. Not being picky, but referring to the Tikka, are you giving the rifle the right sort of barrel clean? Asking as rifles have a habit of a build up of carbon in the throat (which you wont see with the naked eye) and normal cleaning will not remove this carbon. In fact there is really only one substance that wi
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    What you have written is what I ALWAYS do - even if the land owner has said " just help yourself, come and go as you please" Because what has happened on Deker's permission could happen to any of us and it could be that we become the culprit especially if we are the sole user of that ground. Lets face it poaching is on the rise and morons shooting at night out of a truck window at anything with eyes is becoming quite common. In my area 2 years ago a woman had her horse shot one night by a poacher who perhaps thought the horse was a red hind. I therefore cant strongly recommend to this
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    The reason why shooting organizations recommend heart lung shots is quite simple. If you watch say a roe deer feeding you will quickly notice that the head/high part of the neck is regularly lifted to scent or look around, whereas the rest of the body is static. it is almost impossible to judge when you have the cross hairs on its head when is the best time to take the shot. A deer dozing in the late afternoon sun can make the head shot more of a 100% certainty. A deer running off into cover with a bottom jaw hanging off ain't a pretty sight - I know it happened to me once. Yes you can wh
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    This neck of the woods - Red £1 per ib and Roe £1.20 per ib from a game dealer
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    The little owl and the sparrow hawk plastic decoys are very effective in bringing crows and particularly magpies within range, but keep still when these corvids are about - one small move and they will bank away. I have shot many using these decoys with an air rifle with the decoy sat on top of a fence, they will come down and sit on the next post to the decoy especially during the nesting and fledgling season..
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    They are legal quarry, but like anything should be left alone if causing no harm, or cant be eaten. Just my thoughts on the subject before I get slagged off for saying it, views were asked for and this is mine! I'm with Maltenby on this. I have a stoat family in an old wood pile in my garden and they share that part of the garden with 9 bantams - the bantams have never had a problem with the stoats but the rats have. Weasels are great mousers (better than a cat) Personally I think these 2 species have had a bad press and a lot of the bad things about them have been handed dow
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    If, as you say you will be securely fitting a gun cabinet, that is fine. I would only question why you feel there is a need to fit that lock to the outside of the cupboard, reason being, if someone broke into your house that lock on the outside would in fact attract them to get the jemmy out to investigate further. Just my 2p worth
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    The chart is all to do with some sort of Bullet Drop programme called a DROP-IN-SATOR , apparently different calibres need different "sleeves"..no idea what it's all about..just ignore it..the charts can be useful though!! Very useful however there is an assumption there within the chart of the feet per second to give the quoted results. However all rifles will give a different reading feet per second wise, even with identical bullets. If you home load that could cause quite a discrepancy in minute of angle calculations dependant on the the amount of powder behind the bullet, not to me
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    On the matter of 'virtually non existent' ricochets, I would just like to say that a friend had an HMR .17 and I clearly remember when a target was put out to 175 yards, out of 15 shots (to establish the hold over) we both heard it ricochet 3 times. I believe the reason for this was that at that range the ballistic tipped bullet looses much of its energy and therefore no longer become frangible
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    hi dicehorn what 22/250 have you got mate ? i will be using the 50 grain bullets trying nostler and vmax. but i have been told the 52 grain amax is very good to and even though there target bullets im told alot of people use them on fox to ? and they do the same job as the vmax ? Hi Jamie One is a Blaser R93 Luxus the other is a Remington 700 tactical with H & N stock with triple crowned barrel and Jewell trigger I actually use the 55 gr V max - this IMHO is the weight this calibre was designed for the remmy is 1 in 12 twist isnt it ? mine is 1 in 14 im sure so 50 mi
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    hi dicehorn what 22/250 have you got mate ? i will be using the 50 grain bullets trying nostler and vmax. but i have been told the 52 grain amax is very good to and even though there target bullets im told alot of people use them on fox to ? and they do the same job as the vmax ? Hi Jamie One is a Blaser R93 Luxus the other is a Remington 700 tactical with H & N stock with triple crowned barrel and Jewell trigger I actually use the 55 gr V max - this IMHO is the weight this calibre was designed for
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    You will enjoy that Jewell trigger Jamie, I have one on one of my 22.250 - just about the best ones to get. Will you be shooting the 50 or 55 gr heads? If at any time you have a problem getting your 22.250 to group well, come back to me. The recipe I use is fantastic and the same in both my 22.250s, also my friends CZ and another friend who has used this recipe in his 22.250 AI My best at 100 yrds with 4 shots is .182 ins - and I'm an old codger
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    Jamie g has got it spot on regarding both sorts of air. I had a Theoben Fenman and another springer the name of which escapes me - both quite accurate FACs but with the recoil, took a lot of getting used to. Now have a Theoben S type at 52 ft lbs - ultra accurate with pellets right through rabbit's heads at 60 yds. Have rim and centre fire rifles but always have plenty of time for the air especially where there is a risk of ricochets that one can get from any of the rim fire calibres.
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