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Being semantically pedantic (& to be fair), I was probably making 7 out of 10 hits over the approx. 30 rounds spent... rather than the "almost every shot" I glibly recalled. (Though while plinking away that day, it did seem like hitting almost every shot... and it did feel mighty impressive... 😀) And to be even fairer, the really impressive stat with my wee rig currently is the 5.1 SD I'm getting with this batch of Match. So if my back of fag-packet reckoning is in the ballpark, the top of the bell-curve was going consistently into sub 40cm vertical at 720m... ps. Is discussion of vertical dispersion at silly ranges strictly off topic? Anyway, apologies too if it is.

No mate, I wasn't in that context. Apologies for confusion. After hitting on that nice wee .22LR initially (& taking the perfect opportunity to show my own wee ELR practice rig) I went on to expand generally on the OP's topic, & concur with his own preferences for using higher mag when & wherever possible. (I shoot ELR mostly with a 28 & a 3028 Nosler & often shoot suppressed. I know all about managing recoil... )

BTTT...

Nice .22eLR... I have one of its brothers from various other mothers. 49.1Mil dialable in the Toric topped system (655m with Eley Match) & with a further 48Mil marked holdover on the reticle to theoretically take an Eley Match out to 970m. So far I've had it hitting a 300mm plate almost every shot at 720m in good conditions. Not bad for a wee .22... On the OP's original point, with most long range shooting, magnification is 'mostly' your friend & if you've got it, flaunt it. I mostly like & use lots of mag too (rarely off x40 on my March FX shooting Long Range modes). I also try never to compromise available mag to fix bad positional or poor shooting form & follow through (unless push really comes to shove in timed competition). Cheers.

Bump...

A reluctant final act in my long and slow conversion over to FFP scopes for all my rifles. (And consequent painful loss of 50x power capability ) Ok, these scopes need little introduction here, and this one only saw the light of day on special occasions. As can be seen, it's immaculate. Virtually like new. Features: ED & HD Glass (Significantly reduces chromatic aberration, improves colour faithfulness & image sharpness). Illuminated Second Focal Plane DLS-1 MIL Based reticle (SFP - Best for ultra-precision). 30Mil Internal Elevation - 0.05 MRAD Turret Clicks. Fully Multi-Coated (FMC) lenses (Excellent light transmission & optical brilliance. Locking Turrets with Zero Stop - Side Parallax Adjustment (10m to infinity). Wide Angle (With extremely forgiving eye-box & among the best eye-relief in class). Waterproof, moisture-proof, nitrogen filled. £1200 Posted (RMSD).

Hi caberslash. Good shooting & a nice write up of a great competition. (During which I suspect we suffered alongside one another crawling around on the final day's 3k fizz (before squarely nailing the baddies (in the most valuable manner possible... ))) I look forward reading about the rest of your comp...

Sold. Thank you.

Price includes tracked postage...

Also available for collection.

Here for sale is my Lyman Borecam Digital Borescope in excellent & little used, fully working condition. This is a stand-alone system, i.e. everything you need to minutely inspect your bore is in the box, including hi-resolution hard wired screen for ease of use and bomb-proof reliability. £150. Cheers.

"Reloader Brass Annealer" machine for sale in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Also comes with the ".308 Win" disk for .308/Creedmoor etc. and the ".300 WSM" disk for WSM/WinMag/RUM/28Nosler etc. £210 Posted Now sold. Thanks everyone...

Understood. I'd thought, perhaps incorrectly, that you'd missed in the VCR that there exists a prescriptive distinction in law between primed empty cases and live assembled ammunition. (Made fuller in consideration of Chapter 2: Definition & Classification of Firearms & Ammunition (Ch 2.11), in the Home Office Guide on Firearms Licensing Law (Dec21)). In summary, I think it's safe to conclude that from the numerous legal perspectives mentioned in this thread, that primed empty cases are not ammunition for the purposes of any of the relevant Acts.

To be fair, Laurie, the VCR does mention it (primed empty cases), and that they are grouped similarly with primers. By omission therefore, because it is otherwise prescriptive about primers and primed empty cases, it implies a separate legal distinction for live assembled ammunition. I'm therefore 100% sure you're right that the legal position clarified by HO lawyers referred to back in the day still prevails today, and my batches of primed empty cases will continue to stay on shelves in my reloading room...

This is correct. We can infer this conclusively from Section 35 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act (handy given it's shown above), because both a primer and a primed (otherwise empty) case are both grouped together in the Act with no further distinction or qualification; and therefore neither can be considered live assembled ammunition as we understand it in terms of the 1968 Act, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (i.e. that which would only be made legally held by virtue of the slots on our FACs). To view it another way; it must follow that because as we all instinctively and correctly know that a primer (of any given flavour) is clearly "NOT" live assembled ammunition, then neither can be a primed (otherwise empty) case (of any given flavour).