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  1. splitcane
    +1. Beautifully made, top quality materials, superb design. Really excellent bags. Lots of room (and pockets, and straps and pouches within pockets) for bipod, rangefinder, pellets, targets, lamp, cleaning materials etc. Well padded. Not cheap, but then wouldn't be this quality if it was. Worth every penny. Here's a link for the one that fits my S510 with mod attached: http://www.tacfiresystems.co.uk/store/rifle-cases/drag-bags/aim-50-drag-bag/
  2. splitcane
    Exactly the same thought had occurred to me, Skot. At 40m, the pellet drop over a meter from a sub-12 .22 is enough to make it worth knowing whether it's 40m or 41m. What I used to use when zeroing and finding aiming points: 50m tape measure from muzzle/mod. What I use now both for this and for hunting: laser finder from eye. But which does ChairGun use?
  3. splitcane
    LMFAO TC They - or somebody like them - did a highlights of the Six Nations, too, on YouTube, which is also great. totally off topic, but still......
  4. splitcane
    First Test - the best bits brick by brick. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2013/jun/23/lions-australia-brick-by-brick-video
  5. splitcane
    You haven't said how much you want to spend. Not much point in suggesting a Light Stream (which I would because they do a very nice first focal plane reticle model) if your budget is more Hawke or MTC, nor if it's more Zeiss or S&B (gulp), for that matter.
  6. splitcane
    The judge lost his balance.
  7. splitcane
    Very clear, looks conclusive, no possible defence. Shouldn't take more than a couple of viewings to adjudicate that one. New captain, please.
  8. splitcane
    Quite - unless we're watching the other code. Some SH refs think as though they're in League.
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    So far nearly 95,000 have signed the petition to get the appalling changes to the legal aid system debated in the House of Commons. It needs another 5,000 or so. Every voice counts, and it's not too late to add yours. Do sign it, and not by any means just for the sake of those involved in shooting. The proposals would impact on not only on those who shoot, but on just about the whole of the British criminal justice system. They would be grossly unfair on all those falsely accused (and yes, it does happen far more often than many like to believe) of almost any crime. They run counter to the bas
  10. splitcane
    So far nearly 95,000 have signed the petition to get the appalling changes to the legal aid system debated in the House of Commons. It needs another 5,000 or so. Every voice counts, and it's not too late to add yours. Do sign it, and not by any means just for the sake of those involved in shooting. The proposals would impact on not only on those who shoot, but on just about the whole of the British criminal justice system. They would be grossly unfair on all those falsely accused (and yes, it does happen far more often than many like to believe) of almost any crime. They run counter to the bas
  11. splitcane
    Thanks. I appreciate the suggestion, but I'd only then have to shoot them anyway (it being illegal to release trapped greys into the wild, of course). The combination of both a very visible static trap and the gun in the garden would probably create worse problems than a simple, quiet, shot from inside the house. Shooting over bait is the best way (as previously demonstrated!). The moment has to be very carefully chosen, though.
  12. splitcane
    We have an example of this two gardens down from us: white, dead wood showing all over a large, mature lime. I'll try to get a photo when the light's right, although it may not show sufficiently well in a snap. The drey to whose occupants I attended a couple of years ago, and which is only 30 yards or so from the lime, was re-occupied this breeding season. Over the winter, almost every thin twig, and certainly all the new ones, were stripped. The previous owners used to take their own anti-squirrel action when they had little visitors and as a result their tree was pretty much untouched (a
  13. splitcane
    The smaller Lightstream is very good (4.5-14x44. The bigger one's SFP, I think.) but pricey unless you can find a good one secondhand, which is not that easy. And before you think it, I'm keeping mine!
  14. splitcane
    What he says. Wouldn't give sfp a second glance now.
  15. splitcane
    They predate small birds, too. A couple of years ago my son and I watched a grey squirrel catch and kill an adult sparrow. It was shortly after it had fledged its young and in a hedge a couple of yards from our back door, so we had a completely clear view of the hunt and the kill. It went in, came out with the bird in its mouth, alive, then killed it within a couple of feet of us. We've not had sparrows there since. A few months later, it also discovered, in the fruit cage at the bottom of the garden, a taste for raspberries. At this point it discovered how accurate my S510 is at 25m and w
  16. splitcane
    Signed it yet?
  17. splitcane
    I've just edited my original post in the General Airgun discussion forum to include the web address at which it is possible to do something positive to prevent these proposals - a petition against them on the official Government web site. I thought that, as this thread merely refers to mine, rather than moving it, I'd better post it here, too. The petition doesn't specifically mention firearms because a lot more categories of offence would be affected than just firearms, but don't let that put you off. This affects shooters - and perhaps especially air rifle shooters, given the issues arou
  18. splitcane
    In case anyone misses my edit of the original post, here's the web address at which it is possible to do something positive to prevent these proposals - a petition against them on the official Government web site. It doesn't specifically mention firearms because a lot more categories of offence would be affected than just firearms, but don't let that put you off. This affects shooters - and perhaps especially air rifle shooters, given the issues around the 12 ft/lb law - at least as much as anyone else. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/48628 Do sign it!
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    For those who've not seen it, (as I hadn't until a few minutes ago) his explains. It deserves a storm. http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/news/538267/Legal_aid_reforms_impact_fieldsports.html And here's something positive to do about it: a petition on the official Government site for such things against the proposals (couched in general terms, not specifically to do with firearms, although don't let that put you off!) http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/48628 Do sign it!
  20. splitcane
    There's one that hangs about my sons' school playground and nicks any unguarded lunch items, then runs up the nearest tree with them - whole bananas, apples, sandwiches, Wotsits, you name it. They call it Stealthy Steve.
  21. splitcane
    Don't forget second hand. You'll get a better sight for the money, and anyway, it's always good to avoid paying the Revenue its 20%.
  22. splitcane
    The zoom (first one I mentioned) is particularly good value, I think. I have one and it's a very sharply defined and very adjustable beam as well as ridiculously bright for the money. Square, though, which I still find weird. Takes an eternity to arrive from China, though. And the batteries supplied are not great, although they'll do. Replace with Panasonic equivalent if they give up.
  23. splitcane
    These are good value and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XM-L-T6-1600Lm-LED-Zoomable-Zoom-Torch-Flashlight-2-x-18650-charger-/290699895571?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:3160 but look at his other items, too. Lots of stuff like this on the Bay but they'll take weeks (maybe months) to arrive. Otherwise this, perhaps? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XM-L-T6-1600Lm-LED-Zoomable-Zoom-Torch-Flashlight-2-x-18650-charger-/290699895571?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:3160
  24. splitcane
    Not a question of "money or sense" but of on what one wants from a bipod. For more decades than I care to mention, I have had a list. For a start, it had to be able to detach from, and reattach to, a gun instantly, unobtrusively, and absolutely reliably, without tools or fuss, so that I could go from hedgerow stalking without having to carry a pound odd of unnecessary steel under the muzzle to long range staking of (some bloody shy, very gun-educated) warrens without a pause. Secondly, all the adaptations/variations/modifications for all the terrains, uses and circumstances I'm likely to find,
  25. splitcane
    Well, if you really do want the best and are prepared to pay for it: Accu-Shot Atlas V8 LW17. UK distributor is Tac-Fire Systems http://www.tacfiresystems.co.uk/store/airgun-section/bipods-airgun-section/accu-shot-atlas-v8-lw17-bipod/ (great company to deal with, by the way - genuinely helpful). With a pair of leg extensions (which are definitely worth having), that's £292 worth, plus the cost of an inch of Picatinny rail on the fore-end (£25 http://www.tacfiresystems.co.uk/store/rifle-accessories/bipod-and-monopod-accessories/accu-shot-bt20b-bottom-aais-rail/). Is it worth it? I think so
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