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    There is a similar analogy to cars. In the 'good old days' you could tune your car a great deal to make it much better than standard. Slowly but surely manufacturers woke up to what tuners were doing and these innovations were taken on and became standard. I remember 'porting clylinder heads' grinding them out, fitting bullet nosed valve guides, flatter heads on valves, scatter camshafts, ratio finger rockers to increase lift, cooled inlet manifolds, LCB exhaust manifolds, trumpet tubes of different lengths on carburettors, balancing crankshafts, offset boring piston chambers, skimming c
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    I have not tried the HW - so no experience of it. However the AA S410 is an amazing gun. I like the bolt action, it is smooth and simplicity itself (I tend not to like side-levers). They are just as accurate as each other. Its just a personal thing. Both guns probably represent the best PCPs out there. My only criticism of AA is they have not really done anything innovative in recent years. The S510 etc is not really an innovation, its an incremental development. I dont know why AA have not sourced what the constants are with what tuners are doing to PCPs and then make that the stan
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    More popcorn mac? :laugh: Never owned a Daystate, but must be honest and relay back what I've heard from some gunshops (the owners, not the custormers) - and its not great. Pretty much what's been said already. From what I can see around here in the world of PCP, HWs and AAs dominate (on the whole).
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    Stunning. I had a more 'basic' longbow from SFS when they came out. Only kept it a couple of years, but great fun. Yours is a stunner.....
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    To the person who wrote the OP. Please listen to the sound advice given in this thread. These guys here, in this forum, know what they are talking about. The advice was also free! Please dont go around shooting airguns out of a van window when on public highways etc. There may be other ways you can get the woodies, and I'd suggest thinking about that would be time better served, rather than in a jail cell. Go watch the woodies with some binoculars, where are they roosting, where are they feeding, flying to, why are they there? Can you get permission to legally shoot those locatio
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    Great Info John I'm just about to join a gun club....there is a waiting list!!!! Looking forward to it
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    Lovely.....
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    I've never really had a problem with shooting .22 in woodland. Never. I really think its up to what works for you. If you're too lazy to stalk.... get a .177 That was a joke btw......
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    Wow John, that's really bad that you had rimfire coming into your garden. I think the part of the law which states your pellet / ammo must not go beyond your own bounday would cover that so he would definately be in the wrong there. His shots must remain on his land. I'm learning a lot in this thread!
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    What do you want to do with it? Hunt? Get what works for you (.22 or .177). Targets? .177 People here, including me, have our preferences, but our preferences may not be right for you. Calibre debates are pointless in a hunting context, as both can do the job equally well.
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    where in the country is it? Sorry if its a silly question. Edit: Oh...OK, found it.... Manchester
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    Thanks TimmyTree.....so its the 'shooter' that needs to be 50ft away (i.e., discharge of gun) from the highway or whatever, which was what I had thought, though some nice clarification there about 'highways'. Great. PS - by chance I bumped into both my neighbours today and explained to them I'm getting some straw bails and what it is for. They were totally cool and one asked if his son could come round and have a go sometime (so nice). They did, both by chance, tell me that a guy who lives in a house about 30ft from the bottom of our gardens - is an arse, and will likely complain.
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    Thanks Daz Both you and Bigmac are giving top tips here. As I have said elsewhere, my shooting perms are mainly in the lake district and I'm lucky in that I shoot a couple of stately estates with 15,000 to 25,000 remote acres. So on the whole up there, I've never had the need for any of this. The police leave you alone. However, I am thinking of getting some perms down here in the midlands and I would never have thought to do any of this. Can't thank you both enough for this 'heads up' Great advice.
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    Murphydog - nice one and thanks for the time and effort you've put in on that. I am still a little confused as to whether the placement of my target needs to be more than 50ft away from the centre of a highway or not, but I might go talk to the fuzz about it directly. Is it possible to call them and get them to come round and assess the situation - or would that me wasting their time?
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    Hey Bigmac Great pics man, perhaps a bit of 'overkill' for a surburban garden.....looks cool though..... Brought back memories from when I was a teenager and worked on farms. I had to bag those big babies.......bloody hundreds of them....but that work paid for my HW80 back in the day...
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    Hi John Thanks man, really appreciate your view on this. I think others reading this discussion will also benefit. I just want to make sure i'm 'bullet proof' (pardon the pun) if the Rozzers come knocking because of an idiot neighbour
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    Hi Simon Many thanks for your continuued guidance - I really appreciate it. I'm more used to shooting in the Lake district, very rural and remote - no one really has an issue and the majority of people subscribe to the 'country way' of life and accept it, even if they do not participate. However, I'm based (for work) in the midlands most of my time at the moment - very different - populated - lots of law and although I always shoot within the law I am more conscious here of trying to keep neighbours happy, especially in my new place. So I've decided to go the extra mile. I want the
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    Best to learn it as part of fieldcraft....its not that hard.
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    Hi Timmy Yes, I agree thats my interpretation. My problem is what if you have an 'anti' claiming it is causing distress etc.....its subjective. I guess they have to make the case and provide some form of evidence. Hence, the burden of proof is with the claimant.....? Would you agree? What about service routes or access routes to properties? I.e., what if, at the bottom of your garden you have a shared access route (bascially for service providers) do you need to be be 50ft away from them (and your targets). Agreed, points very well made, I would
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    In addition, both I and my target were more than 50ft from any public highway (so def legal)...but I'm not sure of the wider rules here. I think only the shooter actually needs to be 50ft away from a road. Is this true? So imagine you walk, from a road, 50ft into a field, then turn and shoot at something in the field, but back towards the road.....is that legal? I do know of a case from about 40 years ago (my uncle) where someone did get fined for not being 50ft from the road when shooting, but he was shooting into the field with acres to spare behind his shot / target. Nonetheless, ag
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    Its important not to be intimidated by people threatening us with the law all the time. I'm seriously thinking of printing an A4 copy of the law out on paper, and having it on me when i shoot, to shut these people up. I can only imagine what really did happen...... In my OP, that guy could not get past the fact that a '.22' with a 'scope' is NOT a bullet rifle.....it is legal.......providing the rules are being followed.
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    Hey guys, might be nice to explain the procedure of log numbers, etc when out shooitng / lamping. I for one, have never done it, but the land i have to shoot, i rarely lamp, and its very far out of the way so never had an issue (so far!!). Anyway, what is your general procedure whenever you go shooting and particularly, lamping. Apologies if this is off-topic for the thread.
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    Great post and thanks for sharing. Good that you were so reasonable.
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    Hey "TheOne" Great story. Getting the permission in writing is the way to go. I'm so pleased it worked out - but its nearly always an 'anti' person trying to push their philosophy that cause the problems.
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    Thanks Simon Oh, yes I know pellets bounce off ply, but I thought if it were in between to rows of bails, the straw would prevent that and its really window dressing to keep neighbours happy as they might not thing that straw is enough. Do your straw bail providers supply Birmingham area? I was thinking of coarse straw (not soft hay), tightly packed into a bail. I've been reluctant to use my steel pellet catcher, although the safest thing, it is loud and that's what got me in trouble the first time. I'm thinking of placing targets on the ground some yds infront of the straw bails.
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