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  1. Alsone
    My friend in Derbyshire has LR conditioned against fox.
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    Deker, do you have a link to the latest one? Would be good to quote perfectly and send to my FEO. I was always under the impression it stated something along the lines of "less than 50yards for an experienced shot" Basically it'll save me having to apply for a 223 and then having to fork out for another rifle, mounts, glass, bipod and pricey ammo... Edit: google was my friend and found it immediately - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363016/Guidance_on_Firearms_Licensing_Law_v10_-_Oct_2014.pdf Actually Deker, what you've said there isn't ent
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    Deker, do you have a link to the latest one? Would be good to quote perfectly and send to my FEO. I was always under the impression it stated something along the lines of "less than 50yards for an experienced shot" Basically it'll save me having to apply for a 223 and then having to fork out for another rifle, mounts, glass, bipod and pricey ammo... Edit: google was my friend and found it immediately - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363016/Guidance_on_Firearms_Licensing_Law_v10_-_Oct_2014.pdf Actually Deker, what you've said there isn'
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    When you get into KV, ordinary insulation doesn't always work properly. It takes special insulation to guarantee protection against high tension. That said, they may offer something between complete to some protection. You just can't rely on them with HT. The one good thing about fence energisers is the relative lack of current.
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    Yep and you can always throw a Boyd's stock on it if you can't afford something fancy out of the showroom. Personally, I'd be tempted with that route anyway. Buy the cheapest stocked version then for £99 get a stunning laminate.
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    Only if we run out of stakes! ..and you thought only the vampires were going to bite.
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    Yeah there's a lot of factors though - the size of the energiser, the length of the fence and thus your distance from the energiser, the quality of the earthing, the amount of vegatation earthing the fence and spilling charge etc. My 0.2J energiser gave a definite muscle spasm and not much else. 1.2J really hits you. I would say it's dangerous to some at least with good earthing and next to the enrgiser. Probably some distance away and it wouldn't be too bad. Either way, after my experience with 1.2J I'd say avoid touching them if you can as they come much larger than 1.2J and if you'r
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    I have one round a pond. Got across it last week, not good, especially as I was around 3 feet from the unit and directly in contact with the ground with my elbow when my hand touched. Mines 1.2J @ 8KV. Been hit by a previous 0.2 J 6.5KV fence before, tense arm muscle spasm and some instant pain, but otherwsie OK. Just made you let go. Got across this one, it was like being hit by a horse in the chest, even after you let go. Spent at least 10 mintues feeling like I'd been kicked in the chest by a mule. I'm guessing the stock probably saved you from the worst, but be careful. The
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    What's your good reason, deer?
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    It's amazing how in Scotland you can even shoot Reds with a .22-250 but apparently it can't kill roe in England. Anyway, here's a lesson in recognition: Scottish Deer: English Deer:
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    Should have used a centrefire Ye just dont seem to be able to get the steel bullets any more got some silver ones, but I am saving them for a full moon. I prefer stakes myself. Or is that steaks? Either way, deadly at close range against both foxes and wolves.
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    Last time I got flamed for being a bit more specific but here goes, up to around 60 yards for the average shot, rf is ok for fox control if the shot is well placed. Maybe a bit more with supersonic rounds. An experienced shot can stretch that a bit further. At longer ranges, CF makes more sense and is more humane in so far as there's more leaway with shot placement, less drop and more retained energy. Deker is right in that it all depends on the range you're usually shooting at. If you're shooting on 84 acres and its relatively open, then you're probably going to be taking longer r
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    Depends what your licence says. As a specific calibre, licence conditions allowing (ie .22RF conditioned for fox), no it's not illegal. (If you're not conditioned with RF for fox, it is illegal but due to the condition, not the calibre per se). Assuming your conditioned, it will and does kill fox in the right circumstances but it needs a well placed shot, taken from limited range and is on the limits of being humane especially at the upper limits of that range. Unless you're shooting in gardens (open cert pest controller), around farm buildings or close to houses at night and from
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    I agree, no less safe than any other gun if handled properly and are visibly safe if you insist anyone using them has a breach flag. That's always the main worry on a clay shoot or formal shoot, that you have someone walking around with barrels that can't be broken and thus are pointing at people, without anyone ever knowing if the gun is safe. That's why on fomral shoots they tend to be banned or frowned upon. A breach flag overcomes that instantly as it both blocks the chamber and visibly shows others that the gun is in a safe state. I don't have a semi-auto, but if I did, I'd use a
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    Fair point. i misread that slightly and just focused on what constitutes "loaded".
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    Common sense indeed, That subtle difference of "whether loaded or not" makes a big difference, along with the possession of ammunition regardless of whether it's in the rifle or not. I dare say whilst traveling in your vehicle from one piece of land to another with a loaded magazine in your pocket and a rifle also in the vehicle would be a "reasonable exuse", can't say I'd like to explain that to a Magistrate though. Well if you read the Act as written then I don't think you'd need a defence of reasonable excuse - clearly on purely the wording in the Act as reproduced above, ha
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    They can't do that. If they've granted them a licence as a fit and proper person to hold a firearm, then I understand they cannot revoke that unless they can show the person is no longer a fit and proper person through their actions since the grant or undeclared issues prior to the grant ie they lied on the application. A change to the law that renders previously acceptable spent convictions as no longer acceptable might also have this effect but even then whether or not it could be enacted retrospectively on someone who has behaved in an otherwsie lawful manner since a perviously lawful g
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    I've seen differing opinions on the magazine issue as well. Would be good if someone could pose this question to the BASC for a definitive answer. My own views have always been that if a magzine is loaded then yes in the safe it has to be in the separate ammo compartment - it's still ammo whether it's in a contained in a magazine or a manufacturers carboard & plastic carton. I don't think there's anyone who would believe to the contrary. As for the other questions, commons sense says that a loaded magazine if not in the gun is not a loaded gun. It cannot be fired. That said I h
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    Sell it here as well in Sellier & Bellot ammo: http://www.simplyammo.co.uk/ In fact foudn this in the Wiki as well:
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    If they haven't go one, that's exactly the information you need. Once you know the thread pitch, dia and screw length, you can get a single screw for a few pence or even buy a pack if you have to of say 10 for 20 or 30p. Not only does the latter fix your problem, but it gives you spares if that particular part is prone to getting lost / damaged. I needed a machine screw recently for another use, contacted a company (manufacturer) that were trade only, and they were so nice, they sent me a pack of 10 completely free of charge including postage!
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    I found this site: http://www.gunrestoration.co.uk/servicing-repairs/gun-service.asp Otherwise. why not find out if there's a screw manufacturer in your area that makes non metric srews and take the gun down to them to see if they can either find a screw to fit, or make one for you. It sounds like you're looking for a countersunk head machine screw like this: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=set+screw+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=rsI-VLvgHMeq8wfgjIDQCA#safe=off&rls=org.mozilla:en
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    The whole wider crime thing makes me think this is very much like random checks on drivers. When the police want to stop you, they'll find an excuse. After all, are you going to look up local crime trends after their visit to see if they'vre gone up or be a party to government terrorisom intelligence? If you do and they haven't gone up, who do you complain to, the police? There's very little sympathy for gun owners anyway, so even an independent panel isn't going to be overly sympathetic against increased security checks. Then even if they were found to be making an illegal visit,
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    Well at least you won't get beheaded if it wasn't who you were expecting! https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117794/security_leaflet.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117636/firearms-security-handbook.pdf
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    I see it as just another way to try and catch people out and reduce legal gun ownership. Yes your cabinet should be secure at all times and yes your guns should be stored properly. However, ask yourself this, how many times has someone forgotten and left a bolt in rather than putting it in the separate ammo cabinet where a force requires that (it's mentioned in the 2005 security guidelines), or maybe been in a rush and forgotten and placed a part box of ammo or a magazine in the main cabinet (maybe they placed it down whilst locating the gun, then forgot)? Yes it shouldn't happen but I bet
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    Do I take it you're thinking of a Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag, .44 Mag or similar?
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