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  1. Alsone
    The trouble is in my opinion, there have been decades of propoganda from the anti brigade with the main shooting and countryside bodies keeping their heads down and simply hoping it would all go away for fear of bringing more draconian laws upon themselves on the back of those popular ideals. The result is ever since the 80's we've had this false idea spread that if you leave nature alone, it finds it's own harmonious natural balance. From memory this started to come out around the time of the tree protests etc. That idea propogated on social media and through one or two anti news outlets has
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    That's the future case in .277 sig fury , but it isn't released yet. Visit the SIG wesbite. The cases aren't available separately either as it cannot be reloaded yet as no existing dies fit due to the altered rim. How many of those are popular calibres? 7mm Magnum, 30/30, 357m. Most of the commonly used calibres are derived from military and wildcats. Without developments we don't get new calibres and advances. Surprised you're so closed minded to advances. I'm begining to think you don't like change. You don't drink old timers coffee do you....?
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    I'm lucky, you'd need about 200 foot of rain to reach me!
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    Sausage, nearly every "mainstream" calibre started out life as either a military or wildcat calibre......223, .308, .22-250. 220 SWIFT, .17 + .22 Hornet, in fact the only common ones I can think of that didn't are .204 Ruger and .222. I don't believe they do in this cartridge. Even the .227 Sig Fury isn't released to market as of yet and the 6.5 version is a future development. Visti SIGs website and it shows the cross rifle, the only rifle chambered for that cartridge is yet to be released and there's no .277 sig fury ammo listed. Also, realise you cannot fit these h
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    Conflict has no bearing to hunting but case developments do. The biggest limitation has been pressures and now pressures can be safely increased it opens up the way for more performance. As you say, there may be implications for bullets but having said that, 3,000fps is low compared to a .204 or .22-250, albeit they're driving lighter bullets. ..and you as well. Even standard .30-06 is known for it's recoil although it is an excellent deer calibre. .458 SOCOM.
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    Ultimately I don't know. What's more interesting is the cartridge rather than the calibre as the cartridge design opens up the way for much higher pressures in almost any calibre. In some there may be no advantage but in others, it may be possible to squeeze much higher performance whist keeping reasonable recoil.
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    It's already being offered to the civilian sector. No matter whether it's adopted by the military, sig have said they are going to push it out as a civilian calibre alongside a future 6.5 Sig Fury. I believe the military version isn't designated .277. I thought the military verson was designated 6.8mm but it works out to just over 7mm using conversion apps, so who knows. By backworking the figures, against 6.5 Creedmoor, 25% more energy would be: 2853 ft lbs using the figures for 140gr 6.5cr (2,283). That exceeds .30-06 on both velocity and energy in a package offering almost certai
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    OK please don't roast me on this, you know how I like to explore new calibres. ? There's a new alternative to the .308 / 6.5 Creedmoor that's coming out soon (also a 6.5 version coming for those who absolutely must have a 6.5) - the .277 Sig Fury. Exact figures aren't out there but it delivers a 140 gr bullet at in excess of 3,200 fps. Barrel wear is still being assessed but as it's under consideration for use in the New US military's machine gun (!) you'd have to assume it's reasonable. Only perfomance figures I could find were 6-9 feet less drop at 1,000yds than 6.5 Creedmoor (yep
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    If you've got fine strands you can judge windspeed too.
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    @Foxhunter are you sure the rabbits weren't dead and jumping around through nerve impulse? I've seen rabbits travel 10 yds down a hill side from their shot point by nerve impulses jumping for @ 5-10 seconds after being shot. On examination, the skull and brain was missing leaving no chance of the animal being alive. Seeing the devastation hmr can do I can't conceive of a rabbit being wounded by one except with a very unlucky shot. It's often the ones headshot with no brain that hop. Presumably the removal of the brain fires stored electrical impulse down all the nerves. The ones bodyshot often
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    The other problem with herbicides, even natural ones, is rotting vegatation release harmful gases and lowers the oxygen levels in the pond. Far better to remove it and use Barely Straw to prevent it from coming back.
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    Yeah you can buy the extract but since it became popular in ponds, it started to cost a fortune. 500ml was £17 last time I saw some. Take a few bottles to treat that lake!
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    Barley straw - takes time to decompose though. A weed cutter as well is what's really needed.
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    There are always going to be problems with any predator. The whole issue is and arises from Urban Conservation Conspiracies about natural balance and that everything is cuddly and if you leave it alone the countryside will find it's own balance and fluorish. The trouble is those self taught conservations have learnt this from Green extremists, hippie camps and internet social media not Universities. The reality is and will always remain, man has unbalanced the countryside with crops, and this side of everyone starving, that isn't going to change. The only answer is and will remain to artifical
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    In Yorkshire they're that hard they don't use tcissors. Trouble is pellets leave jagged edges and you have to be careful not to get them in the eye when trimming mfringe. Saves money if reloading though. My uncle said he's so delighted with the money he's saved, he's going to give the missus some extra T Bags, Yorkshire style of course.
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    Don't talk to me about dog biscuits etc. Bought the dog a nice marrowbone. Cost me £2.50. Gave it to the dog. He stripped it back to just marrow, left it in the yard, gone this morning. I bet the bones on Usain Bolt don't disappear that fast! Suspect has to be Charlie as he's previously been sighted in the area. ?
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    No I don't work for them! https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/mossberg-500e-hushpower-20g
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    No offence taken Ben. As I said it's marmite. I got the double entendre.
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    Never heard of them being harmful but I'm far from a badger expert. So far as I was aware they like worms, slugs and carrion. Thanks for clearing that up. Never knew they attacked lambs and nesting birds.
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    I don't mind, .17's are marmite you either love them or hate them. By contrast .22 lr gets too much love. very versatile but has it's faults.
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    .22 LR - Great calibre that can't be beaten for silence, but a high ricochet potential due to low velocity and it's failure to fragment the bullet. Sounds like you've seen the light. Overall, it sounds like we have a new mouseman.
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    I believe culling has all but been abandoned in favour of vaccination following an ineffective and bungled culling program. At the time, effective vaccination couldn't be made as the TB test couldn't tell infected badgers from vaccinated ones. My understanding is there was far too much animal rights heat for the government to handle, the culling was piecemeal from what I read (rightly or wrongly) due to rules preventing shooting if members of the public were anywhere in the vicinity - by that read miles - not so much safety as it seems most weren't directly blocking sites standing in the line
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    Hornady is a US company so in the UK there are importation and carriage costs on top. Also volumes are higher for any given ammo in the US as far more shooters so bulk discounts probably also pay a part on many ammunition suppliers prices. I'd bet the average US gunshop shifts in a week what a UK gunshop shifts in a year, if not more.
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    Must admit I always fancied an SX3 / 4 but obviously a semi. Any gun that can cycle that fast is probably going to have a reliable mechanism. Also look well made but you'd expect that from Winny. So much for not owning shotguns for zombie defence... Seems to be no shortage in stock at Sportsman's Gun Centre though if your hearts set on a pump. There's also a brand new Winchester SXP pump for a bargain price of £376. The 28" is in stock, I didn't check the 26" option: https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/guns-and-moderators/shotguns/mechanism/pump-action
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    I'm guessing the guns under wraps until you've finished the stock and fettling. I'm kind of hoping you went for one of these as I think they are superb - less than 6lbs with a heavy barrel and a lovely laminated stock: https://en.browning.eu/t-bolt-target-varmint-stainless.shtml However, I suspect CZ or Anshutz...
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