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  1. Booties ditch SA80 for C8

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    l remember a letter from an RM armourer published in the now sadly defunct Handgunner magazine, listing the deficiencies of SA-80. He’d been induced to write in by a “straw/camel’s back” moment that had just occurred: one of his booties had been cleaning an SA-80 in his presence, and - using nothing more than arm power and an issued pull-through - had managed to tear the barrel free from the receiver.

    The sight of the bewildered man, receiver in one hand, barrel swinging free from the cord in the other, had compelled him to break silence.

    maximus otter

  3. Hawke Vantage 30: Allen key size?

    in Riflescopes & NV

    Posted

    l’ve just bought a brand new Hawke Vantage 30 WA SF IR scope. lt didn’t even occur to me to bring home the packaging and supplied Allen key, as l have a large collection at home in both Imperial and metric. So, obviously, l don’t have the correct - tiny! - size.

    What size of key fits the three grub screws for the zero stop in a Hawke turret, please?

    maximus otter

  6. Hawke subsonic reticle available for Strelok Pro?

    in Riflescopes & NV

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Rammer223 said:

    Email from the man himself 

     select reticle with name "Rimfire .22 (Subsonic), Vantage 4-12×50, Hawke"
    - Tap the "Settings" button on the reticle screen and UNcheck the checkbox "This reticle is in the First Focal Plane (FFP)
    - Enter Min. magnification as 4
    - Enter magnification the reticle was calibrated for. This is 16
     - Enter max. magnification as 16
    - Close Settings screen
    - set by slider magnification you want and holdovers will be recalculated to this magnification.
    Igor Borisov

     

    Thank you very much!

    👍

    m.o.

  9. Hawke subsonic reticle available for Strelok Pro?

    in Riflescopes & NV

    Posted

    I'm having my well-loved Sako Finnfire Varmint refurbished, and replacing a good but inappropriate Leupold 'scope on it.

    My question: I use Strelok Pro as my ballistic app. It has an excellent range of reticles, but I can't seem to find an exact match for the one I've ordered, which is the one included in the Hawke Vantage 30 WA SF IR 4-16 X 50, Model 14-293.

    (Illustration is from a slightly different model of 'scope).

    Have I missed something, or has Mr. Borisov just not got around to including it yet?

    maximus otter

     

     

    Hawke-Rimfire-22LR-Subsonic reticle.jpg

  10. CV-19 Lessons

    in Planning

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Popsbengo said:

    🙁 So you don't think it's a good idea to protect others then?  You could be going around spreading the virus to vulnerable persons but, hey, no worries, your paranoia is fed.

    Let's hope your selfish action doesn't inadvertently result in a fatality.

    Cue pile on...

    Pugnacious, rude nonsense.

    maximus otter

  13. Case prep

    in Handloading

    Posted

    l do, with a simple hand tool; large primer size at one end, small at the other.

    Obvious products of combustion remain in the pocket after firing; and it’s quicker than visually inspecting cases after tumbling, then having to clear tumbling media from the flash hole of 80% of the cleaned cases.

    l’ve just started to experiment with the memsahib’s ultrasonic cleaner. This may be the ultimate solution.

    maximus otter

     

  14. Gun retailers deemed 'essential service' by federal government

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Popsbengo said:

    Morals ? For sure many criminals are immoral and deserve retribution but what about other factors like extreme poverty, or desperation, or social pressure or mental illness?

    eg.  I'm not sure me shooting dead a desperate person for stealing some food would be a moral act on my behalf.

    I did 30 years in the UK police, 23½ of them out on the cobbles as a uniformed beat officer. I very rarely dealt with anyone who stole food or drink, other than for resale, or luxury food/drink items for their own consumption. Theft of beans, cornflakes, cheese etc. (the kind of stuff included in food bank parcels)? Close to zero.

    I would argue that genuine poverty, let alone extreme poverty, doesn't exist in the UK. There are, however, a lot of people who consistently make poor choices...

    maximus otter

  16. Gun retailers deemed 'essential service' by federal government

    in General Discussion

    Posted

     
     
     
     
    On 4/21/2020 at 8:51 AM, phoenix said:

    ...in the USA, in the same circumstances, they panic buy guns!!...entirely irrational reaction

    Bruce

    "At least four states in the U.S. have started to release inmates from their jails to protect vulnerable inmates as coronavirus infections have begun to appear from within."

    https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-starts-release-inmates-coronavirus

    "The Seattle coronavirus crime data is staggeringly high. As of Friday April 3, burglary cases were up 87% over the previous 28 days..."

    https://mynorthwest.com/1802378/rantz-seattle-crime-up-after-coronavirus/

    maximus otter

  17. Going shooting during Covid-19

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    10 hours ago, Bob57 said:

    Yep I couldn't belong to a forum like SD where until you've had 3000 posts you're slapped down by some of the older residents for posting something which isn't quite to their liking...

    My stalking mentor, a professional stalker on a large estate in Scotland, said that “The standard of debate on SD would disgrace an 8-year-old.”

    l found this out to my cost when l posted some carefully-researched information about a popular stalking load. All of the Colonel Faw-Faws (who seem to swarm on SD) pounced on me to tell me that what two different makes of chronograph - in the hands of two experienced users - had indicated, couldn’t in fact have happened. My polite attempts to restate my case were met with them metaphorically sticking their fingers in their ears and chanting “La-la-la, didn’t happen!”

    maximus otter

  20. Kuiu harness and Swarovski EL Range bins

    in Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, Lasers, Windmeters and Barometers

    Posted

    I've just received my new Kuiu binocular harness, ordered from the USA based on its reviews. 

     

    I want to use it with my new (2019) Swarovski EL Range 8 x 42 bins.

     

    On opening the package, I've fallen at the first hurdle: The securing of the Kuiu harness to the bins depends on the bins having a permanent loop attached to each barrel. The straps of the Kuiu thread through said loops. Unfortunately, the new Swarovskis have only a flush-mounted pin arrangement for attaching their own strap:

     

     

    Swarovski EL Swarovision Pro 10x42 Binoculars ...

     

    I can't even detach the paracord from the Swarovskis' own neck strap to connect to the Kuiu, as it's held inside a sealed buckle-type arrangement.

     

    Am I missing something, or do I have to fork out £15 to send the Kuiu back to the States?
     

    maximus otter

     

     

     

     

  25. grab bag knife

    in Bushcraft

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, terryh said:

    MA,

    Had one for years, never been ‘that’ impressed 😒

    looking for ‘paper/tomato’ sharp 😎

    Brgds T

    l, too, have had one for years, and l can put a shaving edge on a knife with it in five minutes.

    maximus otter

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