Sterry
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My uncle was a gamekeeper and from the age of about 3 he took me along feeding, repairing fences, sorting out cover strips. then he "gave" me his old pre war .410 and i shot my first rabbit of many then we went to a dairy farmer we knew and i was allowed to shoot the collard doves around the barns even tho i wasnt at school yet. So on the estate i would tag along ferreting and had a harris hawk when i was bit older. now i do all sorts: ferreting, pigeon shoot, driven shoots, air rifles (rimfire is in the pipeline), member of a fly fishery thats very exclusive (took my dad 14 years of brown no
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webley .410 pre war bolt action, still got it and use it loads. i love it had it since i was what 4 or 5 now 17. uncle used it lots before.
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the smaller MTC scopes i've seen have been good for the money
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I know they have changed the law so that you can shoot pests i.e fox with larger calibres so if you wanted to i guess you caould do with just a .22lr and a .308 or similar? just food for thought.
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we're talking bout whos got the best gun not misses
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theres plenty of techno stuff i would like to get but would it really improve my bags, i somewhat doubt it will. atm all i have is a multishot PCP scope with IR (god send) and a logun silencer also well worth it, i would like a bipod and an NV add on thing but then just another thing for me to break
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i dont think so mate. but .410 do go cheap around £50 i believe.
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just like guitar whos voice has broke.
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Yup i do, taught for a bit too. I always wondered if anyone else on here plays guitar.
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well said, now come on lads play nice.
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Whats the deal here you wan £30 AND a decent catapult for this? or either or??
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i agree .22 are notorious for richoet but i would have thought the pellets from a shotgun would either smash up the trap or bounce back , and some what messy at point blank i would think, which is not good wwhen you are in the public eye.
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Its not required by law but it i wouldnt not have any, and its good to show land owners you are responsible and if anything does go wrong. Im BASC as well, they are very good and will also help you out alot.
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dispatching rabbits in snares
Sterry replied to aaronpigeonplucker's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
as its said muscle is proberly needed, when i first started i had no where near enough muscle and my arms were too short as well. Also remember that rabbits do twitch an awful lot after which can be off putting -
Those were indeed the days, green frog wellie boots and a webley .410, still got mine and use it all the time (gun that is!) Leave the poor kid alone, i always found people who took the piss were themselves balding and (rather sadly) middleaged. oh well, sure it not the case here.
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its alway tough guessing range from video but i'd say thy was around the 50yrd markish. I used to shoot on a shoot that had birds like that and lots of them, all the guns used 30" barrels with no4 in them and to this day people dont believe me when i say i used to use 4s on phesant.
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i would like to get one of those "add-on night vision" things that go on your scope, would be nice but when i got my first air rifle all i had was iron sights and a springer, was well chuffed when i was given a shitty 4x20 scope.
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its bit pointless as it was just a suggestion but surley a man whos job involves dipatching foxes in closed area has more use for a pistol than a keeper who could use snares rifles and other methods, if you catch my drift. but as we all know Firearms departments differ greatly.
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I didnt know cats and dogs were a major part of a sharks diet, despite the abundance of them m swimming around the open ocean.
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What worms could there be? if terrier men are allowed pistols for dipatching foxes and deer stalkers for deer, surely a proffessional pest controller would be allowed one as a "tool of his trade" if you like. but the FEO is the one who decides all
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that one i cant help you im afraid, best bet would be get in touch with your FEO, as it also varys place to place.
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can you not get a .22lr pistol for the means of "humane dispatch" and if your a pest controller surely they should grant an open. as for the .22 in a garden i think you are allowed because i remember seeing a pest controller shootin foxes in a customers garden on TV with one.
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I saw a new one for £49.90
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Steroids can be really dangerous. i know in people it has a load of nasty side affects like thinning of blood vessel walls and hemeraging of organs and the brain, as for creotine its not very good either my mate got kidney stones because of it. my opinion dont do it if you value your dog especially when its a past time gettin a few bunnies.
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I wasnt sure what the Z meant so i looked it up and i found out that its to do with breaking strain. 4z = 40lb breaking, 6z =60lb and 10z =100lb.