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    Not out of the factory it isn't. Nothing to choose between them, literally a few FPS unless you compare bullet weights like for like, then the .22-250 is a heavier round for any given speed. So in any given bullet weight, the .22-250 is faster and has more energy. eg. 40gr 4,224ft/s vs 3,900 ft/s in favour of the .22-250 and 300ft lbs more energy. Can't comment on reloading. From the wiki (as fastest source): .22-250 .204 Ruger: Not saying there aren't other advantages to the .204, but on velocity and energy, the .22-250 takes it.
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    It doesn't matter if the Mrs. is blowing the magical flute, if it gets the foxes in... That's all that matters Dan.
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    Just get the cheapest stock available and then buy one from Boyds. For £99 its going to be a good investment.
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    So you need to call them closer in for a rifle shot than with a shotgun! That's where I've been going wrong!
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    Interesting. Looking at this: http://www.bisley-uk.com/products.php?c=305 It appears you have a Widgeon call??????
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    I wonder is a domesticated rabbit has escaped and inter-bred with the wild ones? I don't know, it's just a guess, but it might explain the difference.
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    Does the land start or end at the fence? Also, is that a football net and thus ground at the top of the 1st picture?
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    Yeah but he did mention that he might use an air rifle for that purpose. I was just pointing out that even an air rifle is potentially dangerous when used on elevated targets unless you ensure you have plenty of land behind the trees that you can see is clear of people (remembering that an elevated shot will travel much further).
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    Personally for birds in trees and rats I'd use the shotty. It's very risky firing any type of rifle into the air (all Firearms (FAC) are a definite no-no and potentially revocation / jail time) and even 12ft lbs air is risky. If you miss a target, the the rifling ensures that the pellet will travel for an extended distance as viable. Apart from the fact that if it leaves your land its armed trespass, it's still capable of causing injury on the way down. By contrast, whilst you still need to keep shotgun fallout within the land for legal reasons, the pellets are harmless and spent on th
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    Nothings going to be that quiet even with a moderator if supersonic, there's the biggest issue. Different calibres do have differing muzzle blasts so you can lose some noise there, but you'd be surprised how much of the noise actually comes from the supersonic crack. Get a box of .22 HV and put them through your LR with the moderator on. I going to bet you will be surprised at the volume of the report. When I was out shooting with my friend, I did exactly that, (shoot a HV out of a moderated Sako Finfire that's almost totally silent with a sub (quieter than my precharged 12ftlb moderat
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    I can't see any excuse for duff ammo though other than money saving and quality control. Wouldn't the companies rather charge £14 per 50 instead of £12 per 50 and produce faultless rounds? There must be ways to prevent duff ammo in the 1st place and ways to prevent any rounds that circumvent the initial measures from leaving the production line, eg weighing, Xray analysis of casing etc.
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    Join SACS, is all I can say. 17 Acres is easily large enough for a CF unless its criss crossed by numerous public footpaths. I find it very hard in the absence of widespread public access that there isn't a safe direction to shoot in! My friend in Derbyshire had a .22RF cleared for around 2 acres. Now I know a CF is a different kettle of fish, but still, there are people on here getting refused RF on more than that. He now has an open ticket in any event. I didn't think they cleared land in Scotland anyway? I was under the impression that all Scottish tickets were "Open". B
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    Only about a £1 a box on top brand off the shelf ammo.
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    .17 HMR is a necked down .22 WMR case, so you're not going to find .22 WMR quieter than .17 HMR. Anything is loud compared to a .22 sub, even some air rifles!
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    Yeah it's rubbish though that quality control isn't stopping affected casings reaching the consumer though.
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    When I first read that I thought - 'no, he has got that wrong, there is no such law' It is actually in the Law as well and not just a certificate condition, and it can be found in the Firearms Act according to the Firearms Guidelines. Taken from the Firearms Guidelines Nov 2013 P. 28 Hope that clears it up. Just didn't want anyone making any statements of how they use their ammo that might be unclear to the casual reader and land them in hot water.
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    You should be clear in your post, that you were zeroing with them. Remember the use of expanding ammo is illegal against targets unless zeroing. Re the ammo, in my opinion cracked brass should never get off the production line.
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    A cracked neck is surely a manufacturing defect through and a surely quality control issue, isn't it? Surely it's nothing to do with the calibre beyond perhaps it being more difficult to manufacturer consistently, otherwise every bullet would be bad. Surely if there are issues, then there should be an automated Xray process of each bullet off the production line with defect recognition software and a means of rejecting said bullets. eg: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/05/foxconn_adds_x_ray_inspections_to_reduce_defects_in_apple_products Maybe one way to get something like th
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    In fairness Charlie, I don't think there's anything wrong with the calibre. It seems more to do with the quality control during the manufacture of the ammunition.
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    Don't forget to have a look at Boyds. You'll be changing that stock in no time. Nice can still get better.
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    @800yds, 338 Lapua, the utlimate calibre. That said, you'd be lucky to get it for deer as its big game certfied for good reason purposes. It's also responsible for the longest ever recorded successful sniper shot - 2,475m (1.564 miles) and the British sniper completed 2 successive shots on target, killing both combatants! BTW, my friend has a .30-06. He's highly satisfied but I can't comment beyond that as I have no experience of it. Looking at the tables, it's pretty much one of the most powerful of the Deer calibres in pure energy terms (for good reason purposes). However, there may
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    ....and a good way to get prosecuted. You could potentially be in breach of safekeeping requirements as the ammunition is technically yours, but even if abandonment applies (don't know the position regarding ammuntion), if anyone finds it, you have potentially unlawfully transferred Section 1 ammunition to someone who has not produced a Firearm Certificate authorising them to acquire it, another offence. Best way to dispose of ammo is via a RFD. Otherwise disassembling it into it's component parts may be an option as most of these don't count as ammunition, although I'm unsure here
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    Nothing wrong with 20's but if you're getting a sore shoulder from a 12 then you're not holding it into your body hard enough. Bruising is usually the result of space between the butt and shoulder that allows the butt to be accelerated back into the shoulder as a result of the explosion. Close the gap and what you get is a push against the body rather than a bruising impact. It only needs to be millimetres of gap to get bruising impacts. In my opinion, the only people who really need a smaller guage are children, women and slightly built men as then the body weight is too low to absorb
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    Yeah it's usally about 35-40yds isn't it? Beyond that they separate a little but if it makes any difference given the spread, I'm not sure. Theoretically as the bottom barrel shoots higher I believe it's supposed to compensate for the drop but I'm not sure there's enough of a difference tbh as the barrel is only about 1 inch lower than the top anyway. Could be urban myth!
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    The order doesn't really matter so long as open choke fires 1st (you're banking on shooting closest in with the 1st shot and the quarry turning away if missed and flying / running further away, although the bottom barrel is more suited to longer distance in theory as it fires higher so some will always choke the bottom tightest). I think the reason why some guns allow you to change the order is probably for clay shooting as then on a sporting range, you can change the firing order according to the stand without having to get the choke keys out. ie if 1 stand has pairs with the 1st bird clo
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