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I like it when a plan comes together. I received the H&N hornet .177 on Monday evening. I had a quick look at them and Jeebus they are pointy! Immediately after this first observation, two more followed: (1) the brass points are not perfectly centred on some of the pellets (a bit like a hat at a jaunty angle ) (2) the skirts are definitely not that clean inside Now, I'm sure I remember that spinning an object along an axis induces precession (or something like that) if you've got bits and bobs where they shouldn't be. Bad news, especially considering the price. I decided

Some feedback on the JSB heavy pellets. Thanks to these two, I have been able to recover some pellets (although in fact the one at the top of the photo was a headshot and the pellet exited and smashed into a brick behind the squirrel). The pellet on the left was from a side heart shot. The pellet was recovered under the skin of the opposite shoulder. The pellet on the right was from a centre chest shot after the squirrel was lying down. It was an unnecessary mercy shot that ended up for some strange reason travelling from the centre of the chest (impact point visible on the photo

I've finally managed to shoot an adult male. Previously they were always female, or really young males. I went for a headshot with a .177 JSB heavy as it was following the same routine over and over again. It was going to the feeder, picking up a peanut, going on top of the feeder and eating the peanut with its back to me while being quite motionless. I have gone off headshots most of the time now, but as its behaviour was quite predictable, unlike all the smaller squirrels that keep on moving like they've had 10 cups of coffee, I couldn't resist aiming for the base of its skull.

I tried the super hollow points, but they always give me two small groups separated by 3/4". This seems to be a problem with pellets around 6.5 grains and 13 grains. It must be down to the internal workings of the spring gun. Today I tried the JSB exact heavys on a magpie (they've been too aggressive towards the song birds lately) and I was really impressed by the result. It was a broadside heart shot and the magpie didn't even twitch, it was just bowled over and stone dead. Obviously, the pellet exited with quite a bit of energy (there were many feathers spread on the ground on the exit s

Hi, it's a long time since my last post, but I've been busy reducing the squirrel population here (although whenever I shoot one, two more seem to take its place). Because I get bored quite quickly doing repetitive tasks, I've been testing the pellets giving me less than 1/2 inch group at 30 yards on the squirrels to see if there is a difference in performance. The rifle is still my trusty .177 HW77K with (very) heavy laminate stock. Here are the results: H&N Baracuda power:Large channel wound on a headshot on a squirrel climbing down a tree. No pellets recovered but I couldn't

I assume not. The buggers chew through anything to get to the food. Plasterboard, timber, mdf, nothing stops them. My feeder is now falling apart and it's not because I've shot it (ok I have shot it a couple of time...).

No dog. Holy hand grenade!

Thanks for all the responses. I feel silly now as points 13.33 to 13.35 of the guidance to the police are perfect answers to my question. I had made a beeline for table 77 and missed them. The bottom line is that it's possible to do what I am teying to do and should be straightforward if the FAO applies the guidance notes.

My current club does not allow it, so I'd have to become a member of another club, which is not a problem. It just seems a bit weird (and expensive) shooting targets with a 45-70 or a 375 H&H

Hi! I've been doing some internet and forum searches but I can't find anything specifically answering the question that is now bothering me. I am mostly a target shooter and therefore will have good reason to ask for the typical target calibers, but I'd also like to do some hunting. I can think of several countries where it would be easier for me to hunt boars, warthogs and the likes (Europe and West Africa spring to mind). Has anyone requested a hunting caliber for hunting exclusively abroad? And if so, what needs to be provided to demonstrate good reason? The other solution would be

I just wondered whether anyone could clarify a point for me regarding the "conservation" part of the general licences. I have setup a bird feeder that used to attract robins and other song birds, but now it only attracts tons of magpies, crows, rooks and woodpigeons. I have no evidence that they are damaging the other birds, but the smaller birds obviously do not come to the feeder anymore. Am I then allowed to shoot the corvidae or is this not in the spirit of the general licence?

I'm not going to cover myself in glory, but this is my best attempt at precision with my HW45 and FTT this morning (two hands hold) . List of excuses: - too much coffee - just cleaned the gun, it probably needed more pellets to settle down - I need to clean that gun as it diesels a couple of times during every session - zero not set for 20 yards I know the pistol can do a lot better than this, but it is quite hard to master. Regardless of all this, chairgun shows that it just doesn't have enough power. I like it because it is so heavy with the scope it make shooting it a

I have an HW45 and I can't see myself using it for hunting. There isn't enough power left at 20 yards (or even 10 yards you might argue), it is VERY hold sensitive and I cant get one inch groups at 20 yards and the scoping options are limited. Now it has a konus 2-7 scope but even with that it's hard to be precise when punching paper. I have to agree that a rifle is the only option.

Mickey, thanks, I'll bear that in mind. I'm not too sure exactly what I need right now. I've got neighbours that are probably opposed (for religious reasons) to the lamping of rats I do in my garden. They're nice so I'd rather switch to NV to avoid offending them. If I get a powerful IR source, even poorly adapted cameras might be good enough for me as the rats are 20 yards from my shooting point. You can find the name of the company doing the bracket on the apple store if I remember correctly.

The colour is slightly purple. If it can't be used as a scope, it might still be good enough to use to scan large areas without using a NV scope and the gun it is attached to. I might treat myself to a nightmaster to see if this works. It is close to Christmas after all.