[Bloomin eck, a fox!]

Serendipity again SD. Good result

[So the plan is........]

Is there any flex in the forend Gav? Maybe the barrel is free floating until the gun is on a bipod and then the forend might flex under weight and touch the barrel? I’ve had this before. Just a thought, then I might be talking shite?

[Recurve bows]

1 minute ago, Gav said:

Aye when I were a lad

I’m laughing, but I I’ve actually still got one, going to dig it out if I have time tomorrow. Post a picture of it, make all you lovely lot so envious 

[Recurve bows]

27 minutes ago, Gav said:

Loving the price sticker...£7:30

[Recurve bows]

4 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Don’t know about bows but we got in trouble in early 90s for trying to shoot trout with a g10 repeater

Yerr, more chance of winning the lotto the g10’s made the gat seem powerful

[Recurve bows]

so I take it that “other missile” would include arrow?

[H&N.25 slugs]

I’ve got a tin of those grizzlies that my wife bought me. .35 cal I think, don’t know why she bought them in .35? Must be that she’s used to bigger calibres

[Thank you Phil]

make them keep the Wilko promise, take it back, it’s got a hole in it

[plinking good fun]

21 hours ago, si brown said:

and me mates weasel whacker thats bloody accurate 

That’s just reminded me, been in the back of the truck since Monday....

[Recurve bows]

6 hours ago, Gav said:

Its legal for fishing and broadheads are readily available. It's certainly not easy though. There are reels you can get to attach to the riser where the stabalizing rod goes.

That’s interesting Gav, I’m going to look into this. Always fancied a decent bow

[Recurve bows]

Good video that. I don’t know if bow fishing and spear fishing is legal in Britain, but I’d like a go at that. I bet the arrow heads aren’t easily available though?

[Tikka 17]

2 hours ago, ianm said:

I have always thought that the Hornets are the rifles that the hmr wanted to be and never was. I cured the poor ammo issues with my hmr when i got rid of it and bought a hornet instead. I had the 17Hornet but eventually sold it and bought another .204 instead. I might at some point get a .22 Hornet. 

Conversely, I was going to buy a .204 and then got the hornet. Different I know, but a .204 is most likely my next centrefire. I will keep the hornet though. The hmr might go, but for what I’d get for it, maybe I’ll keep it as a dedicated mouse gun

[V Mach]

They are accurate Mark. My .22 likes rws hobby. These were at 30 yards shot from leaning on the bonnet.

[V Mach]

7 hours ago, mole trapper said:

Here's mine after Lyn put in a v glide kit and fitted my slim barrel weight by Jonny neate.

It's great, but I will be honest and admit the firing cycle was not what I was hoping for.

I was thinking it would make it smoother to shoot, but it's actually the opposite.

Very quick and snappy. Not harsh, but definitely not smooth.

However Lyn's work is without question, I just bought the wrong product.

Looks like a nice piece fella. I’m surprised it’s snappy though. My .22 v-mac has just a dull “thut” and virtually no recoil. Is yours .177 or .22?

[Tikka 17]

16 minutes ago, philpot said:

Forest Lodge Guns have a nice .22 laminated stock Savage in s/h stock which looks really nice but not so sure about Savage. I am not going to jump as it is not something I need, it is more like something I fancy for hares and fox. 

Phil

Ideal for those Phil. Mines an hw60j, the trigger is superb. I can get Remington ballistic tip for £31/50 and I picked up some Remington 45 grain soft point for £20/50 which isn’t much more than some hmr prices.

[Tikka 17]

25 minutes ago, philpot said:

What do you use the hornet on RFB and which one is it.

Phil

It’s .22 Phil. Mostly for corvids, fox and if we need to thin out hares. Also works well on rabbits but makes a mess on body shots and often removes the head with head shots. With the wildcat evo it’s quieter than hmr with a rimfire mod. 35 grain ballistic tip superbly accurate and hard hitting little round and comes into its own past 100 yards compared to hmr.

[Xmas spirit]

Still a good result. What pellets are you using in the .25 rapid, and what ft lbs billy?

[Tikka 17]

25 minutes ago, Alsone said:

That's where I was hoping .17 WSM would fill the void and offer even better performance. However, it seems it's had it's own ammo issues that have stopped it taking off as well as it might have done.

.17 Hornet is a great little round but unfortunately crosses the line between rimfire and Centrefire, which increase the expense per shot beyond what most people seeking a rimmy want to pay. Great little cf round though alongside .22 Hornet.

Maybe the way forward will be case telescoped ammunition for civilian use. I understand they deliver higher pressures and are cheaper to produce. The big issue here is some governments won't want us getting our hands on them even though performance is only increased a little over regular rounds of a given calibre. On the green side, the polymer cases will need a good recycling scheme.

+1 for the hornet, cracking little round.

[This is one sweet HW30]

Get the Centra Spy Chromo Rez, looks like it should be a good ‘un
 

[Slugs by eley wasps]

9 hours ago, philpot said:

Poor manufacturing tolerances I am guessing which is not what I would expect from Eley.

Phil

I have a couple of tins of these and they seem well made to me. They shoot ok in my contour but at 30 grains, the range is obviously short. In fact, they feed really smoothly from the contour’s pellet fussy magazine, but so do h&n rabbit magnums and they shoot really badly in the same gun.

[This is one sweet HW30]

8 hours ago, Rez said:

Just checked out that link and there all Uber high end 10 pace match ones the sight would be worth 4 x the rifle... 

I’ll have a butchers for an air arms one. Nice one Phil.

The one in the picture is a Gamo super match Rez. 

[Slugs by eley wasps]

1 hour ago, bigmac 97kt said:

Well my crown has the new smooth twist liner in her and these slugs are no good what so ever

fist one came out fine the second did not come out had to remove the barrel to get the slug out

put the rest in the bin .

Im not trying any more,, pellets only lol

atvbjimmy

Is it the eley‘s that are no good in the crown jimmy?

[Anschutz Match 54 action in a hunting rifle?]

The 54 action is chambered .22 lr 

[Reduce 410 loads.]

I still have my garden gun, good for rats and short range squirrels. I use rws #10 shot Floberts and it throws a nice little pattern out to ten/fifteen yards. Quiet too

[Dry lubricant]

Thanks for the heads up Phil, looks good.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the way, do they do it in tingle?