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  1. Alsone
    All a bit of a joke really. What makes a parcel of land safe for .22-250 and not .243? The .243 whilst it ultimately can reach further if set up for long range, actually has more bullet drop than a .22-250 at typical scope zero'ed ranges, and so is less likely to leave the land where the perimeter is at ranges of over 500yds. Both considerations belay the fact that you should be using a good background.
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    I think you're wrong on that one. I've seen sea otters bite the head of fish off in 1 bite and literally bite through the skull. According to scientists here, the bite force of the sea otter is around 80lbs of force. https://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/robust-jaws-and-crushing-bites-allow-sea-otters-specialize-their-diets Whilst that's only around the 2/3rds the force of an adult human, it's a lot given the size of the animal relative to a human, and humans don't have incisor teeth like this: I can't comment on freshwater otters. However, I'd imagine th
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    Any other lawful quarry gives you the ability to shoot them provided, as Walshie says, they're classified as vermin and shootable under the terms of the general licence. The general licence keeps changing atm, so probably worth downloading a copy from the BASC website just to make sure crows and rooks are still on there and still lawful. I'd be surprised if they weren't but species have been taken off in the past few years, most notably Herring Guls. Goes without saying really, if using a rifle, only take birds that are grounded with a good background. In fact just came across this link p
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    100% an Otter. You can see a pic of the feet here in this Zoo (?) shot against the glass, plus the powerful tails a giveaway: As for the cause of death, inland it's likely predators are going to be man, eagles and foxes in the UK. Most smaller animals are otter prey. Otters are members of the same family as badgers, mink etc so pretty powerful. Can't rule out dogs but less likely. There are numerous instances of dogs and otters socialising and more aggressive dogs will have difficulty catching an otter. It's not impossible, but it's far more likely by stealth by eg by Mr. Fo
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    Cute.
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    You want a Labradar (as opposed to a Labrador, shooting the latter to find out the energy is just cruel). Unfortunately, they, the Labradar which costs around the same as a Labrador but is resuable, costs as much as your gun. Well proven though at least with "proper" firearms. https://mylabradar.com
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    Yeah I know, just mentioning it was a proper club. My friend swears by his floated one for accuracy. Maybe he just got a good one.
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    A friend of mine has a 700 which had a custom trigger put in it instead of the Remington trigger replacement during the recall. They use it for target shooting at a Home Office Registered Club and are highly satisfied. I guess maybe it comes down to differing opinions. In fairness, they probably don't have the range of experience you have Deker, so maybe they've never experienced a higher quality rifle. The only feedback I've ever received for it is they absolutely love it and are competitive with it. I do remember they had the barrel free floated as well though.
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    783 is a cheap rifle SRP of $399 compared to $1,126 for 700 series. Beyond that, I can't comment. However, I suppose something has to give somewhere as at that price it's cheaper than a CZ. If it's new or 2nd hand shop bought, take it back to the shop. If it's 2nd hand and privately bought, then you might need a gunsmith to look at it. Doesn't help the OP but one thing I do know is the 700 is a very good rifle trigger apart, which is easily replaced or fettled.
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    A lot of back filling. I've been on a public range after the practice runs and the area was re-opened for public use. There wasn't a mole in sight. A few trenches though.
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    I thought you said an A10 when I first read it.
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    That sounds like a lot of lead for such a small animal which just = wasted money. I'd be very surprised if you couldn't make a humane kill with a 32gr No:6 pigeon load. People use No 3 for fox, which are only a few tens of thousands of times larger than a mole. Personally, I think 3's are a bit small for fox, but plenty have made humane kills with them. The only reason I can see for using large shot is if you're trying to shoot through the soil to the mole rather than shooting it when it pops it's head out. There's no doubt only a couple of inches of soil will stop 6's dead.
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    I have experience here. When I needed help, even though I wasn't a member when it all began, they gave me hours and hours of assistance, literally 30 or 40 hrs of free advice and help. It's a long time ago and maybe things have changed, but I'm very grateful for the help I received from the BASC. You also have to remember when reading about people's situations on forums, you don't know if they are disclosing everything. eg. It maybe they didn't receive help because the case lacked any merit. No insurer is going to pay out for costs on a case without reasonable prospects of success. Treat forum
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    It might be still worth joining the BASC and taking advice now if you can afford the fees. If nothing else, you get magazines for the next couple of years and a cheaper new car if you buy one. I suspect from what you've written above, it sounds as if the incident with your son is being used as the reason for denial unless your medical history is recent and only recently resolved, as they're clearly wanting distance between something and your application. I'm pretty sure you have a right to the reasons. Be aware, the refusal will stay on file and can count against you in future application
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    I'm afraid you should have taken out insurance by joining the BASC before making your application. You will be able to join now and you might be able to get some advice, however, they won't usually represent you for something that happened before you joined. If refused, your option is to appeal the decision at Crown Court. However, you need to put together evidence to show the police made a wrong decision based on the evidence supplied. That won't be easy without some guidance. If you're lucky, someone like the BASC might still advise you on that. Beyond that, you're going to have to
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    Dynamite fishing as it's known is a well tested technique and illegal in most countries because of the damage that dynamite (not bangers) does to the surrounding environment and because of the indiscriminate fish killed. Yeah the shock kills / stuns. I'd imagine it might be possible to stun fish with a rifle shot because of the shockwave ahead of the bullet if it was near enough to the target.
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    The trout is a good catch if you excuse the pun as the water refracts the light and the fish are never normally, where they appear to be from the surface. Makes it very difficult to nigh impossible to successfully shoot them. I think that's one of the reasons traditional fish spears have spread out prongs.
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    I don't doubt it for a minute Walshie. Deker asked why some forces / the Home Office put limits on certain calibres and I gave a reason. It doesn't mean .22LR is unsuitable for fox. It means it's suitable to certain distances with a certain skill level. Suitable to further distances with a higher skill level, and at some further distances beyond that, or beyond the persons maximum range for their skill level, the ratio of kill to wounding starts to increase in which case in the interests of being humane, there are better choices to be made. There's absolutely no doubt you can have too much pow
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    I have done it with .22LR. It's as I said above it's not about whether or not something will kill, it's about margins and instant death and repeatability. We all know .22lR will kill fox humanely out to 50-60yds. Some would say further, but again we're talking margins. HMR will kill fox further. However, there becomes a point where the risk of wounding increases and the percentage of instantaneous kills for joe average starts to fall / potentially fall, and it's at that point that where it's time to consider something with a little more punch. Yes there are lots of factors involved. But people
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    We can argue all day about what's suitable. As I've often said before Deker, you can kill anything with anything. There are people who've killed wild boar with .22LR and people who've been killed themselves in accidents with 6ft lbs air pistols, something that weight consideration vs energy would suggest is impossible. The choice of calibre for hunting all comes down to skill and humanity. Depending on who you believe, it takes between 35-115ft lbs to kill a fox and at least 1 reputable site (one with the low figure) suggests a maximum sized 1.5" lethal zone at 35ft lbs. The latter p
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    HMR is a bad choice for that location. I know the Peak District, the majority of it is high, very exposed and the moors are frequently very windy and HMR doesn't buck the wind very well. Even in the valleys the wind can tunnel down although only you know your exact location and it's quirks. HMR although accepted as fox suitable is still quite marginal in power and on completely open land, you're probably unlikely to be shooting a close range. Again wind drift might cause wounding. 40 acres is small but equally, given the windy location I'd suggest you probably want a CF for more velocity
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    You're probably right Deker although I have heard differing explanations. One way a bullet can be sub sonic but also supersonic in theory is it's possible for a tumbling edge to be supersonic whilst the rest of the bullet is not. A good example of this is the tip of a helicopter blade where the blade may be subsonic but the tip may be supersonic (it travels a further distance that the rest of the blade so the tip is also travelling faster than the rest of the blade). That could happen with a folded out petal on a bullet. However, I suspect you're right and I was wrong, it most probably is ju
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    When you say not 1 ric, just be aware most don't make the typical cowboy ping sound. A look at the tracer video will show that most ric's are silent (at least from the shooters pov). You're only going to get the ping sound when the ric breaks the sound barrier. Otherwise you might not hear a thing. I never heard a thing from the one that came towards me up until I could hear the deformed bullet pushing the air out of the way. Then it was a quiet rushing sound not a ping. Like I said above, caution is the way forward. There's no need to be over the top but equally just be surroundings awar
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    I'm glad you've put your mind at ease. Ricochets aren't predictable, they usually arise because of the factors already discussed, stones in the ground, shallow angles, wet grass. There's nothing you can do to guarantee you won't get a ricochet, just try to avoid conditions you know are likely to cause them and try to shoot in a direction where they'll be unlikely to leave your land if they do occur. No LR ricochet is going to go 1000 yds or even 100yds. The deformed bullet will nearly always lose energy at less than 100 yds. I would estimate the one in my case travelled around 40-50yds after t
  25. Alsone
    He wasn't supposed to be shooting. He was taking care of some maintenance in a barn. I told him I was going to go down the property with my air rifle whilst he was doing that. So I went out, he went in the barn doing maintenance. He knew I was out and in which direction I'd gone. After about 20 mins, I was walking back to the barn along the edge of field adjacent to the path through the property but behind a broken line of bushes that were acting as hedging, when he in the meantime had come out of the barn, and instead of waiting for me to return, had spotted a rabbit on the stony path, decide
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