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  1. Alsone
    Not reading at all Deker, my FEO actually advised me to do this, albeit this was 15 years ago. His advice at application was if granted and when I decide to purchase a gun, fit a cabinet and then call them for an approval inspection and under no circumstances was I to buy a gun without having the cabinet approved first. He also told me they were more lenient on granting SGC's than FAC's. I can only go off what was said. Then again they did have a bad reputation at that time. If you buy and install a cabinet before your certificate is granted, you've lost the best part of £100-£250 if i
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    I'm just surprised it was still alive. I'm not in any way rubbishing your story, but I am very surprised a cat could take a hit in the head from a .223, never mind one that left its eyeball outside of its skull.
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    Personally I wouldn't install a cabinet until AFTER you've been approved. Most forces will approve the cert and then carry out a security inspection separately. If you buy and install 1st, what happens if it's refused? It's cost you a lot of money.... I don't know what you've done in the past but its by no means a done deal that you'll get a grant although they are fairly lenient with SGC's compared to FAC's. It's all going to depend on what and when. One more point, shouldn't need saying, but don't buy a gun if the cert is approved until the cabinet is approved otherwise you could
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    Thanks.
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    SLightly off topic, but just out of interest Elliot, what video editor are you using to generate your titles as they look very clean. My text always looks a little blurry once rendered.
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    Do you think this is better from a neighbor seeing point of view than dropping the whole cage in a trap? bearing in mind it is not a tame animal and is likely to be going mental when you slip this lassoo over its head/ peg to the ground etc etc. Be a lot quieter in the trough tbh. I think if someone saw you do either and you ended up in court both options would land you in it. I don't see how putting a cat on a leash could be seen as cruelty but I'm, open to proof otherwise. Even the RSPC use pole lassoos around stray dogs etc. As for drowning an animal, that's a dead cert cruelty
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    Yeah you would get ricochets in the farmyard itself. My reference above is to a trapped cat which you could take out and peg out in a field. I wouldn't advocate firing a shotgun against concrete or into stony ground. I've seen someone take a pellet in the lip from 40 yards from a dry stone wall!
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    Just for the record, not sure if it was a joke or not, but dropping any animal in a trough of water will land you in court. If you need to despatch anything, then outside of a bullet or LD, you're likely to land yourself in trouble. Personally I'd slip a leash on the cat using a lassoo style end, take it out of the cage, peg the leash into the ground or tie it to a fence and then shoot it with a shotgun. Anything inside the cage risks a ricochet in my opinion. I'd also wear safety glasses (shooting glasses not diy) when shooting at close range just in case.
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    Twice the price but tbh you'd have to be shooting a lot for it to make any difference. The only people I know who go through huge amounts of ammo are target shooters. For most sporting shooters a walk around is 3 or 4 rabbits so that's a £1 to £1.20 for the walk around. Hardly pricey! Even a good morning of dedicated shooting might be 20 rabbits. With a HMR that's less £7 for the morning. Still cheap for a a full morning's sport. I think what you buy is going to depend more on: 1. Noise and how much of an issue it is 2. Range On noise, the .22 with subs is all but completel
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    Ah sorry.. Totally missed that. Note to self don't post late at night when you've been to the pub!
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    No expert on this but one of the most important aspects as I understand it is the Generation (Gen) of the intensifier used). As I understand it, the higher the generation the better and more reliable and longer lasting they are. Unless its changed, they used to go from Gen 1 -3. Gen 1 being the cheapest and 3 the best.
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    Checkout the scope review videos of Tybosaurux Rex on Youtube. There he examines every aspect including turret tracking.
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    Or if you're quick, go to Sportsman gun centre - Nikon Monarch Scopes 1/2 price! http://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/category/Optics/Nikon_1/
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    No they had CF's 1st and then applied for .22 RF's quite recently. They don't know I'm potentially after a CF and equally they don't do wind ups, both are really serious about what they say and do. I've known them 20 years and never known them wind up anyone. I don't in anyway disagree with anything you or Dan or Deker have said, In fact I agree entirely, but I have no reason to disbelieve them either. All I know on the cabinet point is that they claim that the force concerned have approved the arrangement. I have a shared cabinet with the wife and we have to have all calibres/fi
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    I agree Charlie. They both work in legal, he was employed in the Courts, so whether or not that did them any favours, I don't know. Like I say no reason to disbelieve them and they do have the guns for definite. The shooting they do is at a lodge owned by a friend in Scotland, so maybe they had a written letter from him verifying that, and that was enough, plus the fact that they said they wanted to deer stalk in England as well on bought days. I really don't know. The other strange thing is they share a cabinet and yet say they don't have each others calibres on their certificates (hi
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    By choice they only stalk in Scotland. I can only go off what they're telling me but they're saying its completely open for both England and Scotland. I've no reason to disbelieve them even though it seems an unusual grant. I think they did DSC1 though, its somewhere in the back of my mind. They say they specified deer but didn't specify where, just that it would be various estates by means of bought days.
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    I saw them and asked tonight, its completely open England and Scotland, although they only shoot deer in Scotland.
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    Have you ever used a shooting bipod stick Ian? I haven't but wondered if these were the answer as they give you the elevation to get a background in most circumstances. eg. http://www.uttings.co.uk/p109735-deben-bipod-shooting-stick-ss7002/?gclid=CJqlyq7Z37sCFZLKtAodsg4AFw#.UsV3KrSAo4g (this was the 1st one I found on google not a recommendation or otherwise). There's a more expensive version from another manufacturer here: http://www.bushwear.co.uk/Product/primos-trigger-stick-tall-bipod-gen-2 I know they're popular with some deer hunters but was interested to hear opinions on the
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    That sounds like you're stopping the gun as you pull the trigger. With a shotgun you need to keep following through.
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    That the one on your BM Dan? Yes mate I see they do a nice 3-9 x 50 for only £60 more (£295) for more light at dusk.
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    Take a look at this, there are one or two good scopes recommended here at the cheap end as well as the mid and high ends. Emphasis is on long range shooting but some of these have small lower end zooms. At the cheap end, he seems to recommend SWFA: BTW Hutchey if your zero changes with the magnification adjustment by a significant amount over short distances, then this its not a great scope. It should hold near to zero over short distances. Discussion on Fixed vs Variable Scopes here including holding zero (it also includes some of his shooting clips at the start at distance
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    Deker, whether or not I have a rifle is irrelevant to the question of whether or not I can carry 11.5lbs or 10 3/4 lbs, all day. Rifle, shotgun, back pack, all the same in weight terms (admittedly gun slips are a bit more clumsy) . If my reply on light weight rifles came across as arrogant, then I apologise to all concerned. I was merely pointing out that people are not all built the same and one persons heavy isn't the same as another's. I also find it hard to believe that 3/4 lb is going to make a lot of difference unless you're already at the limits of what you can carry - it's a whole
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    Deker, I don't think there's a right or wrong answer here, it just depends on your own strength, build, preference. I've often slung a shotgun on the back and then emptied out at least 2 boxes ie. 50 or more cartridges into my pockets at a couple of ounces each - that's over 5.5lbs in just in cartridges which with the gun takes me way over 11.5lbs, in fact around 13lbs. The hardest thing there is not the weight but the cumbersome bulges in your pockets! If you personally don't believe in heavy barrelled guns, that's fine. There are a lot of opposing opinions on the subject and if you h
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    Yep I'm not convinced that an extra 3/4 pound (ie 340 grams) makes any real difference to the average person. Lighter than pretty much any heavy barrel Varmint/tactical sporting centrefire you can name! Interesting you say that because there's only about 3/4 lb difference: The Howa Hogue .223 in heavy barrel weighs 8.5lbs: http://howa-rifles.co.uk/hogue/4-hogue-heavy-barrel-varminter.html Add a Harris Bipod, 10 oz :http://www.uttings.co.uk/p103130-harris-model-1a2-br-bipod-6-9-inches-solid-base-hb1127-ia2-br/#.Urxy6bSAo4g Add a Nikon Monarch 1.5-6 zoom Scope (midd
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    ....because I don't find it difficult and 3/4 pound is nothing, but then again whilst I'm not some huge lumbering hunk, I'm not a particularly small or slightly built guy either... I think at the end of the day its each to their own. Buy what you fancy and what you believe in, as belief in your equipment is an important factor to accuracy as well. I believe in heavy. It reduces recoil for definite. Many would say it increases accuracy, certainly the military think so, but then again they shoot at much longer ranges, and rabbits, deer etc don't shoot back if you miss them! However,
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