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    Dammit, gotta be up early so heading to bed now, guess I'll be watching it tomorrow evening on 4OD then. Thanks for the reminder though!
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    Can you shoot the rimmy at work? Lol .atb. .ste. Rimmy shmimmy, this is a job for the .243! lol. And the 12 bore of course. I might see if I can video it with the phone, could be interesting!
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    This is kind of true, but I've always thought that less than a fag paper separation means the barrel is likely to come into contact with the stock during the firing cycle, so it's not truly free floating. Neil, if the fag paper catches it means the gap is a little on the thin side. What's the stock on that rifle? If it's wood, I'd get some fine sand paper and a piece of wooden dowel slightly thinner than the barrel, and gently ease the channel where the paper catches (you'll need to take the action out of the stock to do it) until you can smoothly pass a fag paper all the way down to
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    I have a 1980's Parker Hale 1200 Deluxe in .243, un-moderated with a Nikko Stirling 6-24x50 scope, which I feed with 105 grain Geco soft point "T Mantel" ammunition. She'll make clover leaf groups at 150 yards, and shoots nice and flat, with plenty of terminal energy to take any British deer. The rifle set me back £200, the scope was £55 a couple of years ago, so all in all a cheap, reliable system that I'm happy to take out and won't be horribly upset if she takes a knock or two. Next project is to get her screw cut and fit a mod, not sure what yet, but I've heard good things about
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    Got any rizla's? If not then any thin paper will do. wrap the paper around the barrel and slide it up towards the action. If it goes all the way without catching then it's free floating. If it doesn't, then it's not. Any thin stuff will do, tracing paper, dental floss, anything like that.
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    Right, that's it, I'm taking the yellow pages to work tomorrow and testing my guns for penetration. I shall post the pics on here!
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    Hi. I've put up a post in the "rimfire, centre fire and shotgun" forum with a poll, about the possibility of building a range just outside Swindon. I'm sure that most of you have seen it. I'd appreciate if anyone who might be interested in making use of such a facility could pop up the page a bit and register their vote. Obviously there's no obligation, it's purely market research, but the more opinions and information I can get the better. There's a full write up on the main post, but what I'm looking at is a 100m range, certified for all calibres up to, say, the .300 calibres (th
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    The 10-22 is a good basic action to start from. Some of them are very accurate "out of the box" but most need a little work, normally a new trigger unit and sometimes a new barrel. There's no inherent reason why a semi should be less accurate than a bolt action, though when moderated the semi will be noisier because of the noise of the action cycling. My Voere semi is capable of accuracy plenty good enough for taking bunnies out to 75 yards, though I normally like to stalk in closer, just for the challenge. Most semi's will give you that sort of accuracy and performance with no problems.
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    Alistair, the address they want is where you'll mainly be living, or more precisely, the address you'll be storing the guns at. Whether you're doing the course by distance learning or not is immaterial, just put down where you are living. If you don't intend to keep guns, but just need the SGC to cover you for carrying guns at work, during shoot days etc. then tell them that when you have your interview.
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    Yeah, I have an old Webley that I've used to kill a few rats and squirrels in traps, though I tend to reach for the rifle in preference to it these days. The pistol is handy in very tight places where the rifle won't fit, but other than that I prefer having the extra power.
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    Hunter. For lubing your pellets, you need an oil that won't "diesel" when you blast it with high pressure air in the chamber, so no, normal oil won't do. I use the Napier pellet lube, which seems to work well, and isn't so expensive. Most importantly of all it shows no signs of burning at any time.
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    No air pistol is recommended for hunting, they just aren't really powerful enough. Sure, IF you can reliably get to within a few feet, and IF you can place the pellet in the skull, then a full power pistol will kill a woodie. However, unless there is something wrong with them I'd say you're unlikely to get within about 30 or 40 feet of a woodie, which is far beyond the range of a pistol. The "ratcatcher" CO2 will give you a little bit of extra power, and the longer barrel gives you more range. I wouldn't use an air pistol, except for rats at very close range!
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    Dane. Valid point I grant you, the risk is low, but with the cost of .22, or even .17 rounds, anything "out of the ordinary" would cause me to remove the round from service. It'll most likely not be a problem, but is it worth the risk? A priming problem would suggest a faulty round, and I would assess the risk of a misfire as relatively high, with the attendant risk of getting a round stuck in the barrel, which is obviously dangerous. Also, if I am pointing my rifle at something living, then I want to be certain that when I pull the trigger it will have a reliable effect, the concern that
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    Unusual for D&C to cock up like that. As it's their mistake they should sort it straight away.
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    As someone above said, if he asks where you're going to keep the keys, tell him "somewhere safe where only I will know where they are." and brief your spouse/partner/parents/kids/lodger that if he asks them where the keys are, they don't know! Other than that, he's not really there to catch you out, and unless you tell him you want the shotguns to go on a killing spree there's not much you can do to foul up your application. Best bet is to be totally honest, if you don't know, say so and ask for his advice (a bit of ego massage goes a long way in building a good relationship). Remember, th
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    Ok, on a range, the normal procedure is to keep the rifle pointed downrange for 30 seconds, in case of a "hangfire". Then on a range you would indicate to the RO that you have a misfire. He would then take the rifle off you and deal with the problem. In the field, keep rifle pointed in a safe direction for 30 seconds to a minute. Then carefully ease the bolt up, making sure that none of you is in the path of the bolt if it is pushed back by the round discharging. Draw back slowly and make sure that you retain the round separately. Check the back of the round. If it has a shallow indentatio
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    Hi. I've been asked to look into the viability of building a smallish rifle range just outside Swindon. I've put up a thread in the powder burning section, and I'd be grateful if anyone who thinks they might like to use the range could pop over there and fill in the poll. Click here for the thread Obviously it would be built to take cf calibres, so would be more than capable of use as an air rifle range, and there is a good clubhouse existing, so if you have any ideas/feedback, either post it on the thread, or pm me. Cheers! Matt
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    At the kind of price point you're looking at, I'd be considering a Logun, or the Daystate. Once you get above a certain level, your accuracy is never going to match up to what the rifle is capable of!
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    Sporting Targets in Riseley, shouldn't be too far away, and they won't need SGC for you to have a go!
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    If it's only a couple of small spots, then a screwed up bit of ally foil will get rid of it brilliantly, without damaging the good metal. Never seen onion used, and wire wool works but can damage the metal, whereas ally is harder than the rust but softer than the barrel steel so doesn't damage the barrel. A good squirt of WD40 left for a few hours first will help to clear worse outbreaks (and prevent recurrence)
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    GL, you don't need to show "good reason to hold" to get a shotgun certificate, unlike a FAC where you need to show good reason for each weapon you want!
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    Simple, energy! .22LR, 40 grain bullet at anywhere between 900 and 1200 fps, about 100 ft.lb. .22 Hornet, 40 grain bullet, 3000fps, about 700 ft.lb energy.
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    22 Answers on and still not answered the question Yes he did, post number 7! Yes he paid, and it's an English Bull Terrier.
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    Depends how hard you throw it! But if you fire it, depending on shot size and cartridge make up, loading and velocity, gauge...... How long's a piece of string? How serious is serious? I certainly wouldn't want to stand closer than 70 yards to a 12 bore with a game load, but a 9mm garden gun you'd be safe at 30 yards.
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    Holmesy, I'm going to assume that you hold an SGC. A 20 bore will do everything a 12 bore will do. You might have a bit less margin for error, but I know people who have a great deal of success with the 20.
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