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    It's working now Si. Next challenge is to turn the cases around and see if you can get the pellet to end up inside the case! I've managed it once, in about a thousand attempts!
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    Erm... Psssst.... I think you forgot the link to the video Si!
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    The 95 is a good basic pattern. It's designed to work for people whose lives depend on it! I have all sorts of different patterns, realtree of different designs, 95, good old fashioned tweeds and I reckon that the actual pattern is fairly irrelevant. As long as the pattern breaks up the sharp lines of your outline, then it's more down to your fieldcraft than having the latest spangly pattern. For your budget I'd invest in a decent oversuit, you can wear different levels of insulation underneath for different seasons, so you will be warm and dry, which is 90% of the battle. Nobody can hunt effe
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    Depends on the temperature of the place you're hanging it, and how strong you want the meat to be. If it's in a properly refrigerated chiller at between 3 and 5 degrees, then a few weeks isn't too long, though a few days is better. If it's bunged in the garage/shed, where the temp is going to be more like 10 degrees, then a couple of days is probably enough, absolute max of four days. If it's warmer than that then the meat can go bad in a couple of days.
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    I agree with Dan, reloading solutions is a great shop, I've never seen so many bullets in my life! They have pretty much anything and everything you could ever want for reloading, and their prices are reasonable. Your main problem for reloading hunting rounds will be getting the bullets, as they can't post out section 5 ammunition. The only way to do it would be for you to get them to send to your local RFD, which might well make things very costly. As someone said above, cost isn't a good reason to get into reloading any more, especially if you are lucky and your rifle likes prvi, but if
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    Get a .243! It'll shoot 55gr flatter and faster than the 22-250, and can handle bullet weights up to 105gr.
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    Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Wurz. This shot was taken on a day we were culling some deer, he's just had a damn good wallow!
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    If you accepted a caution, then it's classed as a conviction.
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    The swift fires the same bullet as the .223 (a .224" bullet). The swift has a much larger case capacity, and so can achieve much higher speeds. The .223 runs at about 3200fps with a 55gr pill, the swift can push the same bullet out of the barrel at a very healthy 3900fps. This obviously means a much flatter trajectory and so easier shooting at varied ranges. That said, cases for the swift are more difficult to come by, and the choice of factory ammo is limited. The .223 is much easier to source ammunition for, and cheaper.
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    The answer really depends on if the land has been checked before. If it has been checked and cleared for the calibre you shoot, then all you need to do is make sure you have proper permission. There is no need to notify the plod (though it's often an idea to ring them to "check" if land is covered. They will record the check, and the more land they think you have the better your chances of getting the cert opened sooner). If the land isn't cleared, then you will need to write saying that you have a new permission and you want them to check it out. I don't know how long Gloucestershire are taki
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    If they've stated that the reason for rejection is that he is not resident in the UK, then they are factually incorrect. Of course, the United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland, where as Great Britain doesn't. It does sound rather flimsy, are you a member of a shooting organisation? You have to ask them, how the hell are you supposed to supply a referee who's known you for two years in GB when you've not lived here that long? It's nonsensical!
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    No reason not to use a set of sticks with a springer, as long as you rest the actual gun on your hand, using the same hold each time. The only problem would be to try and rest the gun directly on the sticks, where the level of support would be different depending on length of stick, surface etc.
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    Muzzle energies not far off the 30-06, a decent BC so good downrange energy delivery and higher velocity, hence flatter trajectory than the heavy old 30 calibre, what's not to like? A lot of the highland stalkers use them, and they kill anything if you hit them in the right place.
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    Of the two, I'd go for the .308. Nothing to do with a 30-06 being too much gun, or the .308 having less recoil, or even the option to shoot heavier bullets, as the .308 weights are more than enough for anything in the UK. The main reason is that the .308 is a short action calibre, making for lighter, stiffer guns. The 30-06 is a great round, and works well, but doesn't offer enough of an advantage imho to outweight the extra weight . The Swede is also a great round, or (unfashionable but undoubtedly highly effective) the .270, although the .270 is another long action cartridge.
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    Mike. The .22lr is no more inherently unsafe then the .17. A .17 can, and will, ricochet. Anyone who is willing to take a possibly bouncy shot with a .17, that they would refuse with a .22lr, needs to rethink their shooting. The police "know" that the .17 is safer? Really? This is the same police that firmly believe that a .308 is somehow more dangerous than a .243, because "it's a bigger calibre so must be more dangerous right?" I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as a safe rifle round, only a safe shooter. If you have the safe shooting aspect in place, then any round can be sa
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    Please don't think I'm having a go, but how, with extremely limited knowledge of what you are actually applying for, did you get an FAC granted? As for a choice between .17 hmr and .222, as everyone says, are very different beasts. The .17 fires a light projectile very fast, but because it's light it loses velocity and therefore accuracy quite quickly (and energy, I forget the figures, but the light bullet loses velocity like you wouldn't believe, and at about 150 yards the .22lr has more retained energy) and so foxes are only an option at relatively short ranges compared to the much mor
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    Most of the regulars will know what it means. Notorious (if not particularly clever) scammers, always had a lightning to sell. Low post count, poor spelling and punctuation. I could be wrong, but if it looks like a rat, smells like a rat and squeaks like a rat it's unlikely to be a cat!
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    http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/224700-bsa-lightning-xltacticalwalther-cp99/ Hmmmmm.
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    Old shot wound?
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    One thing to remember. Sectional density is accurately defined by measurement. Ballistic coefficient is discovered by experimental measurement, and the bullet companies do this in perfect conditions to obtain the best BC possible for their product. It's far more important that your barrel "likes" the bullet than a few points of BC. A high BC will mean a slightly slower loss of speed, and slightly less wind effect, but is meaningless if the bullet groups like a shotgun with the particular bullet. A point of terminology, there is no such thing as a bullet head. The projectile in a rifle
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    The Opinel are great. Take a fantastic edge, truly razor sharp if you're half good with a whetstone or oil stone, and seems to hold it well. I've never seen a stainless Opinel, but have had numerous carbon steel ones, and have never had a problem with rust. Be aware, they are classed as a lock knife, so would come under "offensive weapon" legislation if carried outwith hunting situations. You need to show "good reason" to have them on you in public!!!
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    He's not "trying to ruin your post" The rules say you need to put a price on an advert.
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    I've run a Parker Hale .22 mod on my WMR and it works fine. The WMR runs at 300 odd ft.lb, and the HV LR's are only around 100, so you'll be fine.
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    No such thing as a spent conviction for the purpose of a firearms application.
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    The convictions might be spent, under the rehabilitation of offenders act, but it is quite clear on the forms that for the purposes of a firearms application there is no such thing as a spent conviction. As for fraud, he should count himself lucky he's not up been banged up. The forms are perfectly clear, if he's been stupid enough not to declare something then it's his lookout. For the £10, I imagine it's a data protection request. Should the police have told him that records of his previous convictions are still kept on file, well, maybe. Under the DPA it depends on HOW the records a
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