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  1. kenj
    I have had two bullet jams in my CZ452 HMR and still get split cases, despite a visual check per new box, plus the occasional flat sounding shot, a few that have made the rabbits dance, etc, but the HMR is still a fantastically accurate and effective round and won't be trading mine in any day soon.
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    Mine end up in game pie with pigeon and rabbit. Skin them just like a rabbit, taking just the saddle and legs.
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    Did you eat any of them?
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    I've had my CZ 452 HMR with a 16 inch barrel for about ten years and it is still knocking the rabbits down. I fixed the trigger and the woodwork, fitted a 3 x 12 Hawke scope, a Swift mod and narrowed the ammo down to Hornady 17 reds. I boresnake through once after every session, 1 shot, or 20. My last session on Friday got me 4 daylight rabbits in half an hour at ranges between 100 and 150 yards, allowing 2 inches hold over on the longer shot. No wind though. This was my blog. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/cz-452-hmr-varmint-long-range-accuracy-cannot-be-eclipsed/
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    I failed to shoot any rabbits yesterday, but shot two squirrels and a pigeon. Today cooked up the squirrels as per the recipe above, sliced and diced the pigeon breast, lightly turned it in hot oil in the pan, then added to the dish for the last half hour of cooking. Tried a tester in a bowl, it was really tasty. There was enough for two pies, one for tomorrow night's dinner. Never cooked squirrel before, but will again.
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    The same method works well for all those. I call it hunter's pie then. Pigeon, pheasant and rabbit mix well and make an interesting pie. I never seem to get enough squirrel to make cooking worthwhile and I haven't got the calibre for deer. Rabbit is my main quarry, hence a freezer full of pasties and burgers.
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    I usually bake from frozen. I've got a lot of foil pie cases and freeze them in those, then remove the cases and store flat in poly bags, getting half a dozen in a bag. The one in the pic was the reward for an afternoon making a load for the freezer, this one going straight in the oven. The cider makes a big difference to the texture and flavour. Homemade dry cider too.
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    I used Eley subs in my Magtech 7022 semi auto without a blip, but had supply problems in my area and was recommended Winchest SX in the blue box. They were unbelievably bad with that. rifle. This was my comparision http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/eley-22-subsonics-v-winchester-sx-subs-in-magtech-7022-mossberg-702-semi-autos/ . The answer was RWS subs, which cycle and are as accurate as the Eley. I still can't get Eleys and have just bought another 500 RWS, which I hope to be as good as the last batch. Any reports on the 42 grain Winchesters yet.
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    With the cold weather upon us, you can't beat a bit of comfort food. With rabbits easy pickings during the summer, I made up a freezer draw full of rabbits pies and have been munching through them since the first frosts. Having requests for more from friends, it was time to get busy in the kitchen again this week. This was my recipe http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/rustic-rabbit-pie-with-cider/
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    Eley and RWS in mine. Winchesters were one jam after the other.
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    I used to have a 17ft 2 berth sports boat with a 60hp engine, fishing out of Christcurch and we regularly fished off the Needles and Old Harry Rocks to the west. I had a spare 15hp motor and VHF. Even the brightest day could turn wild and had to struggle back to Mudeford a couple of times, once against a head wind and 10 ft waves and another, far worse, high waves and a tail wind, surfing down the waves. Each day had begun clear and sunny with occasional thunderstorms forecast. The boat coped well, better than the sailors, despite ten years of boat fishing. Ten miles off shore in winter, fis
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    I've had some good bags on the Blackwater, probably from the swim you fished. Went down there last week, but it was flooded. Managed a couple of 2lb chub under the tree on bread. This was a summer outing on the stick. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/perch-dominate-on-the-middy-stick/ Would have been better, but pike trouble like you.
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    It might be down to your "hold" on the rifle, although the barrel lock may be the answer, if loose. Try resting the rifle on your shooting bag, only holding the pistol grip, this should eliminate the bounce from the spring and allow a better assessment.
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    A brilliant thread. I still own the CZ Relum .177, that I bought new for £7 in 1962. Over the years it was brought out to deal with the occasional rat, or squirrel. About ten years ago I fitted a new spring and PTFE washer, which pushed the power up to 11 lb. The rifle is light weight and ideal for ratting and barn pigeons over open iron sights. I lent it out to my neighbour recently, who shot several rats in his garden. No training needed for 10 yard shots. I have a Webley Viper .22 PCP, Career 707 .22 FAC, Magtech .22 semi auto and a CZ 452 .17 HMR, but still enjoy the satisfaction of k
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    I'm with Deker on this one. Definitely a Magtech fan. This has a place alongside my CZ452 .17 Varmint. This was my latest Magtech outing. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/magtech-22-succeeds-on-a-woodland-rabbit-hunt/
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    I've really struggled this year to get enough apples together for a decent batch of cider. I usually get snowed in with offers, but this year seems to have been a bad one in my area of Berks and Bucks, with many trees completely bare. I've just started 3 gallons this week and hope to get another batch going, if more apples become available. My blog: http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/cider-making/
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    I can't get .22 Eley subs in my area and after a few trials, including a nightmare batch of Winchesters, I've settled on RWS in my Magtech 7022 semi auto. I've only had one mis-fire in over 250 rounds so far. They shoot straighter than the Eley, but don't seem to have the same rabbit knockdown power. Maybe the HP is too small?
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    My Boresnake was very tight the first time I used it. At the end away from the brushes was a woven in loop, I assume to pull it back and forth, this loop was too bulky to easily pass through the action end. I cut through this with scissors, which allowed the two thicknesses to pass through with a pull. I only drop the brass weight through from the action end, which sometimes takes a few bumps, as bits of debris can build up in the barrel. Usually only one pull through is needed. I usually put a drop of gun oil on the first brush, before entering the weight into the action, oiling and cleaning
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    I get £2 each for large rabbits from three butchers. They only want head shot and guts out. I leave the kidneys, liver and heart and lungs in. Any spots on the liver, I don't hand them in. They prefer .22 lr head shots to the HMR, but still take them.
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    It's happened to me twice in my CZ452. Once click-bang and at the top of the barrel, the other time click-smoke like the OP. This was with Remingtons. Like the OP, I had to pack up and go home, following a long walk back to the van. I used various lengths of 5/32 brass rod (.156 dia) protected by tape, to tap it through from the action end, plus plenty of gun oil. It took a lot of tapping with a hide mallet. Stopped using the Remmies and went to Hornady and have had click bangs, but dead rabbits on both occasions. Both cases were split, when checked afterwards. Of 25 fired recently, nine had s
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    Nuff said.
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    When I applied for my FAC I already had permissions on various farms for a 12ftlb rifle. I had used the BASC card to put the name of the farm and phone number down. Of five, only two were prepared to sign it. One nearly refused permission, when I said the police would want access to the land. At the FAC interview, I had Google maps of all the bits of land and got the OK, the FO suggesting I have .17 HMR in addition to .22 FAC air rifle and .22 LR, as it would save me applying later. After about two years, following a site visit to check out suitability for .22 LR and .17 HMR, he recommended I
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    I have replied on this topic before and must be fortunate to have had licences from South Bucks Police and now Berkshire (Thames Valley), where the name of the farmer and his phone number have been sufficient. I have an open license and use whatever rifle I deem fit for the quarry and safety of the public. When I took over on a farm due to the death of the previous owner, the new owner, a barrister, would not sign a permission slip, saying in law I did not need written permission, and any such written permission could be used as a right to shoot on his land, requiring him to go to law to end
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    I Boresnake my HMR after every outing. Some people say this is not enough, but mine is still spot on. On the subject of split cases, I've had one bullet still in the bore at the crown end, or silencer, that was hit by the next bullet, after a misfire. (I know I should have checked the bore before chambering another round) I also had a round stuck two inches up at a later date. Fortunately I checked the bore this time. This was an old batch of Remingtons with cracks. Recently I've been using up some Hornady blue tips with no problems, only to have a click-bang and a shot that fell short of a
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    I've had them from light grey to fawn, to dark brown and black. One permission had some very big charcoal grey rabbits, until I shot them. This was a semi rural area and I always guessed they were escapee pets.
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