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    Schmidt & Bender are indeed top notch scopes - amongst the best if not THE best, but they are useless for air rifles. The 8x56 you are loooking at will be set for a target focus of 100 yards and the 56mm objective lens will make the depth of field so critical at closer ranges,should you get it re-focussed (parallaxed) that you will only see your target sharp for a range of about 15 yards, say 25 yards through to 40 yards, something like that, with the 25 yard end only just acceptably fuzzy. For your money,and some change, have a look at the Lightstream 4.5-14 x 44 - glass as good as th
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    That's a bit of a sweeping statement, I'm having great results with RWS Superfield 4.51mm and Superdomes, they're hardly the most expensive pellets. ATB, John Are they the most consistent ones in your rifle? If so, use them The point I was trying to illustrate was that trying to save a few pence on pellets is false economy. I think it was a bit to cerebral for on here though.
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    I am a Nikon fan, the Prostaff is a great scope and reasonably priced. EXCELLENT lenses, not full of frills. See if you like the BDC reticule, I find it ideal. You don't need hold under marks for the 20 yarders, just aim a bit lower on the target.
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    Airgun pellets are as cheap as chips. Just get the ones that are the most consistent in your rifle. Cheap pellets are better because they are only £4.99 a tin of 500. Ignore the fact that you can't hit the target with them, they still go phut and make a hole in the fence. They are brilliant for the pellet maker/seller too, because you then blame the gun for the constant missing and go and spend more money on another one. £4.99 and you hit the target 3 times per tin. On the other hand, expensive pellets are even cheaper, because you can hit the bullseye 8 times out of 10. So the fact th
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    Write a polite letter to the Chief Exec of WH Smith then - NOT email, pick up a pen and write a proper letter, put a stamp on it and pos it in the collection box. I am going to post mine tomorrow. The stamp is already on it. Yes, I have signed the petition, but these are so easy to manipulate they carry little or no weight - a weighty mailbag through the door carries a much stronger message. Ask for a written reply at the end of your polite letter - do not become abusive, it negates the power of the written letter and will be discounted if you become abusive. State your reasons succinctly an
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    Big Al is your man!
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    They are all 'standard' ( choice of colours and lettering within the space available = 10 characters) are £50 including post and packing. Some people like a solid colour all over, like the brown HUNTSMAN one,other people like the shaded colour fading out in the middle. Price is the same. Thanks.
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    Colour and lettering of your choice. Maximum 10 letters (a space counts as a letter). Here are a few pictures of how they are made. This is just one. The backing is of nubuck, soft leather to prevent it slipping off your shoulder. Multiple holes for adjusting the length to suit you and your rifle. Hand tooled decoration and lettering Then stitching is done on an old, but excellent, hand operated sewing machine. The finished item, of this particuler one. Some detail pictures of other slings. P
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    Rapid, all the way. Get e decent used one and it will be a rifle for life - even if it ends up being a dog, don't get rid of it, just use it as a good base to build a good one out of it, it won't actually cost that much to make a poorly set up one sing like a bird, even if it needs some bits. Folks like Kev,Phil pr big Al will make it into somethinng you won't want o part with. Mine is an early Mk 1 and it is utterly reliable and so accurate. Agricultural, maybe, but that is why they last so long.
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    Because you would know! aye he would bark lol So there has never been a bull x that makes a noise? lighten up mate only pulling your chain lol Sounds like you found the weak link.
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    You call THAT a bike?
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    Been a .20 convert since 1996. Wouldn't use anything else in either 12ft-lbs or higher. I run my Rapid at around 900fps (23ft-lbs) and gain extra shot count. I can set her to push them out at around 975 fps (29 ft-lbs), but the shot count HALVES. For a couple of thumps of the foot I would rather have the extra in the tank. I have three rifles in .20: Theoben Taunus (break barrel) Theoben Rapid 12/200 Daystate Huntsman The other rifle I have is a .22 Theoben SLR and that isn't gong anywhere! BUT I have to force myself to use it over the others, .20 is that much more efficient, both i
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    Is he your only dog? Or is there an older, experienced dog for him to learn from? If not, try teaching him yourself - you will need to be able to run on all fours and pick a rabbit up in your mouth though. he is a young dog, he has to learn and without anyone to teach him, he has to learn through trial and error and practise. For a youngster on his first rabbit it sounds as though he did very well - you have missed the point, eery one of those pick ups he LEARNED SOMETHING. He got more practise at mouthing the rabbit - maybe the rabbit kicked him as he picked it up. At least he didn't give up
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    No it is not all doom and gloom. It is not illegal to go lamping for rabbits or to take them in daylight. It is illegal to run a hare with more than one dog and to take them at night. Whoever has started this thread is not giving ALL the relevent information. If stopped, write down the collar numbers of each police officer and make notes of what exactly is happening, with times. They cannot prevent you from doing this unless they arrest you - for which you would need to have committed a cime, not just be suspected of it. At the end of the matter, the police are responsibl for the conditio
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    Try not to use a wide angle lens when photographing your dogs - it distorts their conformation. Something around the short telephoto range is the best.
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    Probably, but barrel cleaning is for guns that use a powder for propellant that leave a residue of burnt powder and salts in the barrel. This left overs attract moisture and cause corrosion, that is why rifles and shotgun barrels get cleaned. Air rifles do not use any corrosive chemicals and just have lead forced through their bore - lead does not attract moisture from the atmosphere that creates a corrosive acid and so they do not need cleaning. Every pellet you fire scours the bore for you, leaving a trace of lead from its own skirt as a barrel liner. Leave it alone. The process of drag
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    This is something being raised by a clip board driver who simply doesn't know the law. Sleep easy. They might make a song and dance, but what the housing officer has said has no basis in law. The council cannot dictate what activity you carry you out that is within the law, even if they don't like it. You could be a knife thrower and keep your knives at home, otherwise illegal knives perhaps, but not in the context of your activity as a knife thrower. Now, I can see the confusion from the Housinng Officer - if you were keeping illegally held firearms (as in pistols or other illegal firear
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    Hey no probs. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was offended. Not at all. What has happened to the DOC - i am not allowed in anymore since Tony changed the syatem over. It doesn't let me log in or register. Am I banned?
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    IDEA? Yes, save your money and buy a second hand Theoben - it will be 10x better and about the same price. There was a Fenman Countryman sold for £200 the other day, hardly marked. A rifle that will outshoot and outlive your Webley, even if you don't fiddle with it.
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    Thanks Rob - Ferrty Andy, he has answered it all for me. Where are you? Why don't you try one from someone who has one already? I am in Staffordshire. You are welcome to have a pllay with mine at the farm. All of them if you like!
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    Huntsman is great.Mine is .20 as well It does what it was designed for. I have hunted with .20 almost exclusively since 1996 and nothing would drag me back to try .177 again. I had an Olympus and it was deadly accurate,but I had too many runners with it. Pigeons heart shot wouldn't always tumble and I would have to fetch them. The .20 just has more knock down - head shots won't make any difference, but the .20 is better in the wind too. I am not just saying this, I have dipped in and out of the others over the same period of time, I still have my .22 SLR98 and will not s
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    Doberman cross. Cumbria fell reds.
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    It is only the stock....you can get a stock later if you want to. I prefer my ancient and battered mk1. It just DOES and that is good enough.
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    It is very easy to stop a dog pulling. I hate to see those long strong leads on a reel wit the dog on the end straining - the owner thinks they are doing the dog a favour by allowing it a longer leash and bigger radius, but in actual fact they have no control over it - thatis why it is straining! When the dog is young, first starting to learn obedience and you are lead training it, take a wrap of the lead under its belly. It is clipped to the collar, then led back over its back and a the end put in a half hitch under its belly. If it pulls the lead tightens on its belly, it soon learns it
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    WHY? Are you really that vindictive?
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