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    WHOA THERE!!! definitely not a good idea to shoot into trees with anything other than an air rifle, purely because the bullet has so much more energy and will go so much further, so unless you own scotland or a private estate ot a gazillion acres, I wouldn't recommend it, if you mention it to your FEO, he could concievably consider revoking your FAC, because at least in the UK it is regarded (rightfully so) as extreemly hazardous especially considering how densley populated we are...
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    yup seen that before!! just a bit of a twit!
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    aah cheers guys! I reckon the only thing I might find not to my liking is the stock, but you don't know untill you've tried it! Thanks again DB
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    1) Do you mean the internal ring? If so, sprung steel. No ummm how best to explain.... I think the bolt has a rear shroud that rotates off to disassemble the bolt, it's right on the back of the bolt behind the bolt handle.... it just looks a different colout to the bluing/coating on the barrel and action so wonder whether it is anodised aluminium, steel, or plastic? I hope I explained it well enough! Cheers DB
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    Hi thanks for the reply...... do you find that your trigger hand touches the safety wheel when you shoot? I ask this because I tend to grip quite far up the pistol grip squeezing the trigger more at an upward angle instead of straight back... plus from the pictures I've seen, the safety wheel progresses quite far down the top tang area of the grip.... Cheers DB
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    uh oh, it looks like i'm dragging this into a calibre debate Bruce Potts wrote an article back in january in the shooting times about the 6.5x55 being the all-round caliber, perfect for anything in this country, i'd suggest that your bullets are deer bullets and the fox isn't thick or heavily built enough to allow them to expand ... so i'd have a look at hodgon's (I know i didn't spell that right) load data or whoever else and try some reloads, BP loaded some 85gn Sierra hollowpoints over 44 grains of Varget or H4895 at 3250 fps or a Hornady 95gn V-Max over 42gn of Alliant RL 15 or the same
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    HI all, I have a question for you Steyr Mannlicher owners, specifically relating to the Pro Hunter, 1) What is the bolt shroud made from? it looks different from the action.. is it plastic or some sort of die cast aluminium alloy? 2) how do you find the stock, it looks a bit odd, especially that hollow just behind the pistol grip, and does the forend flex as it looks quite slim... 3) lastly, how do you find the safety? has nothing worn unexpectedly? as I understand the safety wheel is made from plastic... Thanks guys, I've just been looking at these for a while now and there w
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    absolutely none, I close one eye for the shot (obviously not the one looking through the scope! ) but I only really keep both eyes open if the rabbit won't sit still and my left eyelid is getting tired, if you "get my drift" it can help having two eyes open for aquiring the target, then close one eye....
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    I think that any noticeable POI change would come from a fully bedded barrel and stock in wood, as most if not all are free floated nowadays I wouldn't have though that would be such an issue, perhaps there would be a tiny variation where the action is bedded, changing the pressure it is held into the stock with, but hardly enough to make a difference in a sporting context, but a valid point nevertheless.... I think the main thing about a synthetic stock is how easy it is to care for and it doesn't matter it it gets dirty, you can just wipe it off with a damp cloth....
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    Oh ho ho ho around 1K aaah you'll have a big selection then, seriously consider Schmidt Bender, I have on of their 6x42 hungarian models on my .17 HMR- seriously good bit of glass,- awesome light transmission and contrast, if you're willing to spend almost all of your budget, then i'd recommend S&B's 3-12x40 or 3-12x50 at £919 and £939 respectively, though if I were buying a new rifle and scope, I'd just stick with 8x56 in either the A4 or A7 reticles, (German type heavy posts @ 3,6 and 9 o'clock and thin wire from 12:00) but then I wouldn't want to afford to spend a grand on a scope (un
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    PACHMAYR!!!!!!! seriously, I had one of these grind to fit pads installed on my S/S and it really soaks all the recoil out of the gun, ask to see an example of the work carried out by the shop though as you don't want to fall in to the same trap as I did, as in pretty poor workmanship! I have one of the 1" Decelerator pads - really very good! with regards to rubber/not, I have had no problems with my pad, just don't slide the but up your coat/shirt that's all mount the gun in a little more positive fashion and you'll be fine!
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    IMO I would go for the grade 5 wood and the glossy blued metal every time...... like you get on the top end Sauer rifles... however as most of us are not made of money, I yould go for the wood/blued option or the synthetic/blued option just because they look better, plus with synthetic stocks you can take the action out of the stock, clean and oil it and put it back in, torquing the screws up the same as when you took it out and it will still hold it's zero Latest interest is the CZ550 American in blued/kevlar stock config.....HERE
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    one disadvantage I have seen mentioned was the speed of repeating, ie getting a good grip again for a quick second shot. what are your experiences there? second shot? what's a second shot? should always concentrate on the first shot, and strive to make it the only one. aye this is true, but no matter how good we try to be we all make errors and will invariably at some time in our sporting careers have to take a second shot either to shoot a wounded animal or because we missed speaking of single shots, they don't half look good, (see ruger no1 in .45-70 ) but I would still want
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    well, I'd be looking at the flush fitting chokes so there's not really a lot of anything to get a hold of to tighten them up so i'm just wonderin' for that reason whether thay accept a standard choke key or not...... cheers
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    Hi SS, with the teague chokes, do you have to use their tapered choke key or can you use a regular key ie the type with the 4 notches, as the teague website is pretty rubbish and dosen't show whether their chokes have the 4 notches to accept "normal" choke keys, as this may be the deciding factor! I don't really wat to have to buy another choke key as well! cheers
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    Hi all, I'm looking at getting another choke for my shotgun, I normally shoot 1/4 and 1/2 for everything, game and clays except for ABT and skeet where I might change them, but I want another choke for shooting heavy steel loads, I know the maximum recommended constriction for steel is 1/2 but I want to be on the lower side of this to reduce stresses so I'd opt for either another 1/4 or the 3/8 choke that both companies offer, as I hear that with heavy loads the pattern can actually be better with a smaller constriction with a greater pattern evenness and fewer gaps. What I'm asking is this
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    hmmm I personally don't like them as I feel they restrict the range of grip options they offer likewise an overly agressive pistol grip like you see on match rifles... for this reason I like a shallower pistol grip this may be more of an issue when carrying them and they appear more to lend themselves to prone shots, however these are my opinions and I don't actually own a thumbhole stocked rifle..... like others have said it's all down to personal reference and as time goes on I may be bent over to the dark side
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    this is the thing, I went and had a look for him , but there are so many holes and thickets around that area that it would have been impossible to find him, plus my dogs wouldn't have been much help considering they run off if so much as a penny rocket goes off I do have a rifle- .17 hmr but it was hardly the right tool for the job, when a chance fox appears when out rabbiting then fine, but not on running game, especially with others in the field operating machinery...
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    Hi all, I gotta query for y'all, I was out shooting yesterday (bloody hot it was too) and the smallholding I was on was just finishing their oats, so I was walking alongside the combine and a fox shot out of the corn, he was quartering away, (i was shooting 34g BBs) so I shot and bowled him over arse over tit, (with both barrels) I reloaded, just in time to see him having got up from where he had been trying to get through the hedge and run across in front of me, I shot again (missed) and he ran off underneath a gate and was gone, having hit him good enough to stop him, I'm pretty confident he
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    I'm no expert, but .243 is what a lot of people use, but a .308 will cause much less meat damage, there's no real "best" caliber
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    I'll bet that lot set you back a bob or two pnse!!! nice rifles...
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    The only reason I got steel is because I don't really want to be paying the heinously exorbitant price for the hevishot type products or bismuth.... which last time i had a look was £25 for a box of 25 in 2 1/2 inch versus £6 for the 3" steel...
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    hmmm I think I am with many shooters here in the fact that I don't really shoot enough pigeons to make a difference, and I think that most shooters shoot primarily for sport, the crop protection is a secondary thing and crop protection can only really be done in standing crops or on drilled seed beds protecting the emerging crops or the seeds so shooting them now is really only for sport? and I don't really think that public health/safety are factors in goose shooting but I would wait 'til the season anyway..... though I hope they will stick around until then!! anyhow I don't want t
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    Hi all, I went into the gunshop today (actually to buy a new shotgun ) and I asked for some goose loads (steel) as the season is close and there are(usually) some geese that like to come down and feed on the stubble of a friends small holding. Anyhow, he gave me some 3in Lyalvale steel cartridges loaded with 36g of no.3 shot. He seemed to think they would do the trick, what do you guys think? I probably won't be shooting at extreme ranges, I would have thought I'd have to limit myself to 25-30 yd max... any takers? Cheers DB10
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    I was just cleaning my car (VW Fox) the other day when I had to wash the boot liner out of the blood from any number of rabbits and pigeons which made me think I should start this topic, "You know you're a fieldsports enthusiast when...." so I turn this over to you guys, what do you do/discover that makes you think you're addicted to fieldsports?! Cheers! DB10
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