harry mac

Get your self to an auction. I kid you not you will find decent .22s going for as little as a fiver. Obviously the better the rifle the higher the price. If you are going to get a BSA Rimfire go for the Supersport rather than the Sportsman 5/15. The Supersport is grooved for a scope. The Sportsman series hark from a time when telescopic sights weren't in general use and it's a proper pain to fit them with a scope.

Try John Knibbs for all BSA spares. Not guaranteed to have one, but he'd be the best bet. It's also worth asking if your local gunshop/gunsmith has a "junk" drawer. I managed to get an extractor for a Webley garden gun and a set of open sights for a PH 243 out of a bloke's "junk drawer". Yes, the Supersport was a rimfire long before it was an air gun. The old BSAs are nice rifles the fact that the Supersport can be scoped up easilly is a bonus. The receiver on my Sportsman 15 looks like a Swiss cheese where someone has drilled and tapped it for a side mount.

[quote name i jus read what you have written and wonderd how av u ended up at the other end of a lamp. were u poaching or was it bys poacher or do u share your shoot Shot a deer right at last light and stayed to gralloch it. As I was walking back to the car one of the beat keepers had just come into the area lamping for foxes. He picked me up in his beam and kept it on me until he had driven close enough to see who I was. Glad to say it was a vehicle mounted lamp, but I didn't know that until he cot close.

Try John Knibbs, he carries a full range of spares for all BSAs and most other makes as well. Or BSA guns.

Perhaps I should have known better than to try and write like an adult amongst Airgun World readers. Rant away Timelord, you're talking to yourself from now on.

What a load of crap your chatting mate tramps hide up in shop doorways usually and if they are in the field then I think they will have a camp fire to keep warm On one of my shoots I actually have a nomad (homeless) tramp and I'll tell you this he don't live in the fecking field, he lives in the wooded part for extra shelter... I think you are a bogus lefty as your left wing nanny state opinion has raised that sixth sense alarm bell in my head, giving me the view you are an anti?? If I'm wrong then I will apologise, but you've got to admit the statement you've just made here was totall

Best thing I had happen was when a sparrow hawk struck at on of the decoys in my pattern. H flew off looking very disappointed.

Scope mounted lights are all well and good, but I'm uncomfortable with them. Immagine you are lamping one night with your scope mounted lamp and you happen to illuminate a homeless person in your field, or someone walking down a lane 300 yards away, or a courting couple under a bush (you get what I'm on about). Bear in mind that at that moment it's not only your lamp that's pointing at them, it's your loaded and made ready rifle. "Never let your gun pointed be at anyone".

That's exactly what most firearms departments rely on. If you can demonstrate good reason for any particular firearm, and there are no valid reasons to refuse, the police are obliged to grant the application. Again firearm ownership is not a privelidge, it's a right. You just have to jump through a few hoops to exercise it. Also remember, DSC qualifications are not compulsory, and if your firearms department insists you have them they are acting illegally. Join BASC (or similar) and get them to do the arguing for you. However, remember that BASC also offer DSC training and courses, so may be a

Your original lin up looks fine to me. Any calibre 6.5 and above is good for a first time stalker, and .308 takes a hell of a lot of beating.

Been a DDM member for years. what do you want to know? Where are you based? P.M. me.

When you do the check zero on the target, make sure you have at least a couple of shots from the firing position you're most likely to use when taking the actual shot at the deer. Don't tke it for granted that once you've achieved a nice tight group off the bi-pod your shots will fly to the same MPI when shooting over stalking sticks. Shoot quickly, but don't rush the shot. And practice lots with a scope sighted air rifle or .22 before you go.

My dog can't even pick a rifle up! Sorry, couldn't resist it.

No, remember, barrels must be 24", which is a gnat's knacker longer than 60cm. Yes, it's meant to be confusing.

That's the first time I've heard that one. 'kin love it.