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    cheers guys, I was wondering when our resident gunsmith was going to show! I think skinny barrels grouping 1/2 inch-1 inch are just right for normal hunting, where you'd probably want more thickness is in shooting matches or prairie dog/gopher shooting, and seeing as we don't have any of them here, that's hardly an issue! apart from that some guys just like the look! Cheers DB
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    Hi all, cheers for the interest, I know mausers tend to have a wobbly bolt, but i'm talking about the stiffness of the action itself, the idea being that the little metal you remove from the action the stiffer it is and hence, more accurate plus a heavy barrel to vibrate less, but this dosen't always seem to hold true, as can be seen from the performance of the Kimber... DB
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    hi all, just wondering what peoples thoughts are on this. there seems to be a trend for "targetised" rifles for use in the field, with super stiff actions and heavy barrels. I understand the reason to be that a heavier barrel and action will vibrate less and group more tightly, so actions like the RPA quadlock & quadlite, barnard, and other "tube" type actions would be theoretically more accurate... right? well here's something to upset that. as you might have read, there have been a couple of tests of kimber rifles in Shooting Sports, the Kimber 84M Classic select grade weighing in a
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    I would agree, but what I'm talking about is not compromising on the rifle or the bullet, but choosing an unsuitable bullet for he species intended, if you are going to use 1 rifle for all purposes, then I think your bullet should err on the deer side of things to minimise on carcass damage, so choosing a bullet that will kill deer without the damage to the carcass whilst choosing something that will also do for charlie. Speer, nosler, and hornady all do a bullet or two that fit in, or are just outside of the weight parameters you give, I think that whatever bullet you chose if you shoot a fox
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    yeesh that looks nasty... if you want a new stock you could go down the route if synthetic, Mc Millan i think do stocks and inletting for the CZ rifles, wild dog stocks in Australia also do an already inletted stock for the CZ action... Cheers DB
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    I know there's going to be a lot of advice on this thread, but here's what I'd do. firstly get you'rself a moderator as I'm sure you know seriously cuts down on muzzle blast and recoil, reducing the thrust from the expelled gasses plus there'e nearly an extra pound of weigh hanging on the end of your rifle. this can help steady the rifle, but you probably don't want it too heavy. Scope is no problem, the place some people skimp on is the mounts, but 20 yards shouldn't be a problem so concentrate on your technique. flinching.... well there could be the problem, I get it and i'm sure most d
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    I think they may be drilled and tapped for mounts, but as they have a a grooved reciever, just go with the 2 piece sportsmatch mounts, I have those on my anschutz and they're fine, if you need more info, just phone your gunshop, I'm sure they'd only be too happy to help! especially if the might make a sale! DB
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    such light bullets tend to be designed for foxing, so extreemly frangible and will seriously mess the carcass up, the lightest deer bullets seem to be around 75 grains I think hornady do an interlock and tipped SST in this weight, as well as nosler ballistic tip hunting and a partition in 75 grains as well, personally I wouldn't go lighter than this as although you may achieve deer legal energy, the mess inside will be massive- go with deer bullets that offer more controlled expansion.
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    if you are going to be home loading then i'd go with something like the 6.5x55, as you can load as light as 60 or so grains and go as heavy as 150 or more, I have a friend who shoots 120gn norma ballistic tips through his sako and he say they are the business for everything here in the southeast, as you're homeloading you can get so much versatility out of the calibre, plus I think that .308 and .30-06 really are a bit much for the smaller deer species, even with fallow, and you're not going to be able to shoot far enough with the .25-06 for the flat shooting characteristics to shine through
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    Only problem with a bag or your pockets is that the cartridges can jingle about and make some noise sometimes. I use a cheap webbed type cartidge belt with elastic hoops for my .410 and get on well with it. Im sure it wont last me a lifetime, but for the money i paid, ive already had my moneys worth out of it. I haven't noticed any difference between cartridges in a bag or sneaking about with the rifle, compared to the noise of me walking on dry leaves it's negligible and I haven't noticed then jangling about because they may jiggle the first few steps but thereafter they settle int
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    ah now I get it though bear in mind that bare ground is an important habitat for lots of invertebrates and can allow colonising plants that depend on disturbed ground to get a foothold in an environment where there would otherwise be too much competition... but if it interferes with crops and they're in season then go ahead... I do apologise- I am currently on a BSc Wildlife Management Course..... with personal emphasis on the management bit
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    I don't have any experience with them, I much prefer a cartridge bag, it holds more plus there's nveber any chance of folds of fabric getting in the way, but I'd go for something leather, probably with a closed over loop
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    I would go for something a bit smaller on the mannlicher as it's a classic looking rifle and the T8 though good is pretty darn big, i'd look at something a bit more skinny like mods from ASE, their NS-3S over barrel design or ultra- the non sleving type, but i'd get it modded, if you don't want to use the mod, say for hill stalking perhaps or a lot of walking, then just screw the protective cap on! Cheers.
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    there is a season from the 1st sept to 31 jan. apart from the fact that you'd be breaking the law by shooting them now, they are nesting so it's not a good idea to leave dependent chicks by shooting the parents. plus I've never seen them fly apart from across a pond to get into some reeds so they're not really sporting targets as they're pretty dumb.. but other than that... what exactly are they doing to cause such a nuisance, rabbits, eating grass & crops, foxes killing young lambs & poultry, deer fraying and eating crops, but moorhens? I've never heard of a plague of moorhens.... I t
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    Hi Mark Get yourself a good 2nd hand (german) Schmidt & Bender 6 x 42, best scope for that calibre, wouldnt pay anymore than £300 though. Good luck with the new rifle I have to say german or hungarian it makes no difference, I have a 6x42 hungarian S&B on my HMR and it's outstanding- lets you shoot with every available minute of light- I am lead to believe that the only difference between the hungarian and german models is the location of their assembly- everything else is the same
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    aye that he has!, It's a shame that not all have the same ideals and opinions as he!, I phoned the landowner on one of my permissions to report the nights success of one fox, I mentioned that regrettably if was a vixen who had obviously been suckling cubs, he didn't see it that way, I guess any good fox to him would be a dead fox, dependent young or no...., i found it startling coming from a farmer, even one who farms sheep who are, as I see it guardians of the countryside, well i might have risen in his good books, especially as I haven't had the permission for long at all.... DB
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    aye that it is, but I try... having said that I have just gotten in from shooting around lambing ewes and shot a fox with my HMR in the near dark, but was gutted to see it was a vixen , I can only hope that death finds the cubs quickly..... I shouldn't think they're too far advanced at this stage..... It's not nice and I wouldn't deliberately do it, but I have been asked to shoot charlie so that is what I do personally I do feel guilty about it, but I console myself with the fact that, a) the fox could just have easily been run over by a car (this permission is right next to a busy mai
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    the way I see it is that you should extend the same care and aim to dispatch all quarry in the quickest manner possible, doesn't matter if it's a rat, rabbit, duck or deer, respect for quarry goes the same way as well, for example laying or putting down shot birds instead of lobbing them at the hide or game cart or throwing foxes or whatever into the hedge, I may be one of the few here, but I think respect for quarry is one of the most important things you can have and should be taught from day one. the same way that deer have seasons to avoid leaving orphaned young, I try and not shoot ob
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    I just stick mine in a slip behind the back seat ammo and all, as I'm in the car, If i know i'll need to go somewhere and leave the rifle in the car then I pass a plastic coated steel cable through the trigger guard and around the rear seat hinge (with the rifle in the boot) and put a padlock on it with the wire coming out of the back of the slip, I'll then put the bolt in the glove box or take it with me if I have some big enough pockets allong with the ammo. same with the shotgun but I leave the ammo in the boot as I can't really discreetly drag a cartridge bag around town.... DB
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    TBH I wouldn't be too concerned, Sako are a good bunch as far as I can make out, but if you're worried about the barrel change issue and want it fixed, then I'd go for the Anschutz, same performance, better build quality IMHO- I didn't like the triangular plastic bolt knob and the plastic trigger guard, so I went for the Anschutz- can't go wrong, but as for how they shoot, I don't thing there'll be much of a difference, but for peace of mind I'd go with a fixed barrel option, and as far as I'm aware, there is no fixed barrel quad available- the "quad" bit was the selling point! Cheers DB
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    you can easily measure the twist rate of a rifle, just push a jag with a patch on it down the bore so that it turns with the rifling, then take a piece of tape and fold it round the rod near the handle so that it is facing upwards. put a mark on the rod either with a pen or a piece of tape then push the patch down the bore, when the tape has made a full rotation, put another mark on the rod at the datum point you chose for the first mark then measure the distance between the two marks... so going on the content of this thread, you mates rifle'll probably be a 1 in 12" I'm just guessing he
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    carrying on rough shooting, pigeons, bunnies, fishing and of course clays...
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    another late entry- the bullet may also make a difference- with the 20gn soft point being better then the ballistic tip for charlie, though I have heard it isn't as accurate, I haven't shot any through my Anschutz.... DB
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    I have the 6x42 on my HMR, but I would not recommend it for an airgun unless it is FAC rated and most of your shots are out a ways as I find it difficult to focus both the target and the reticle on targets closer than about 20m, but of the two I'd go for the 6x42... 8x is really far too much mag on an air rifle scope plus it'd look daft- that scope isn't exactly short! (though it is shorter than a variable scope....) DB
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    I have it listed on my cert as "vermin & fox" for my HMR.... but if you wanted a calibre to purely shoot foxes, .17 HMR is the wrong choice- .223, .222, .22-250, (you get the idea)is really where you should be looking I have shot two foxes with the HMR- both quite yound and so fairly small- one between the eyes at about 40-50m and one in the chest at about 30-40m, both dropped like the proverbial sack of poop.... I think it'd be fine for foxes out to say 80yd, but only on a still night so there is no chance of the bullet not going anywhere except for the brain, then it'd work, anything
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