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Actually never found this , exact opposite in fact people, both this and other side of pond,, have always been very open with loads and tips/tricks. Found this very helpful when taking up BPCR. Would suggest if this is prevalent in you current club then join a different club! Brds Terry ps personally anyone who can only win by having a tech advantage as opposed to being a better shot is deceiving themselves

Thank you for the clarifications gents, it has not changed since I last looked a good few years ago. Bottom line, useful tool to keep plod and a land owner happy but in real terms not much gravitas. Brgds T

Question, can you still obtain a DSC 1 certificate without ever actually seen a deer or even standing in a field where one might have been at one time?….. asking for a friend 😉

Clearing out for house move so a few items surplus to needs: 22-250 dies, L E Wilson’s FL neck bushing sizing die, takes Redding bushings, .247 titanium nitride installed £65 delivered Forster bench-rest seater die £45 delivered Or both for £100 delivered .300 Remington SAUM RCBS Gold Medal neck bushing die set, .312 bushing in place, micrometer seater £70 delivered Muller 12gauge shotgun chokes to fit Beretta Mobil or Benelli standard multi-choke barrels. Ref: https://www.premierguns.co.uk/muller/aa0214 2 x U2 and 1 x U1 chokes, £90 posted All items listed in ‘as new’ condition.

Just had the 5th barrel put onto my 6.5x47, been running this same rifle in this cartridge for must be over 15 years now, not a high volume shooter nor do I run this cartridge to hot. just trying R17/RS60 with the 123g Scanars and first go round is looking good ( for me), last week at 900, slight R to left wind. In my rifle that is using 41.7 grains, CCI 450 primers, 42.2 g also tried but no accuracy gains. MV is a surprising , but pleasing, 2910. Barrel is a 25” Benchmade 1:8. Need to test this powder some more as I believe it can ‘spike’ quite quickly with temperatures but need to do some more digging on this. N140 has worked for me previously but with less MV.

Furyan, yes but you do not seem to be able to receive pm’s, tried to contact you direct T

As per title , moving house so sorting thru’ excess. Air Arms S400 MPR FT pcp air rifle. fitted with MTC 4-16 Mamba lite scope, Weihrauch supressor and Rowen Eng hamster. Original AA air stripper available. Overall rifle’s in excellent condition, metal work as new, stock has a couple of very small dents ( very small). Very accurate rifle £480 delivery method tbd Sold pending funds etc. March Scopes Gen 3 rings, 34mm dia 37mm top of rail to CL of scope. As new in box £60 delivered SOLD WeatherFlow blue tooth wind meter, talks to apps such as StrelokPro etc. In original container, as new £40 delivered SOLD Helicon-Tex waterproofs, ECWCS gen 2 Parker ( size 41-45 chest) and over trousers (size 38-41), both multicam, in a Gortex material . taped seams etc. Very good condition, only used a couple of times ( required camo for specific competition) excellent condition, jacket cut for shooting, etc. NB ‘Gortex material’, not actual Gortex, Helicon Tex’s own version that is identical now patent has run out. £45 delivered

Zeiss/ Hensoldt Spotter 45 or 60 are good, not built the wrong way up like the Leupold, not that civilian use this matters 🙃😉

Yes, but you just give the pumper bottle a shake.

It works very well, went over to this a good few years ago and have pointed others onto it. cannot remember the ratio off hand, but 12:1 alc to lanolin rings a bell. Cheap house plant spray pumper bottle from local garden centre works a treat. Same base constituents as commercial products but 1/10 the price.

Shameful plug: just selling a fast twist 22-250 which handles the heavier 80g bullets. Concur you could run ‘F-Class silly’ loads but sensible loads and still plenty accurate enough with acceptable barrel life.

apologies, slight off OP subject PBG, It’s linked to the softer cast bullet that ‘obdurates’ when smacked by the BP exploding. Bullets are cast around the 20:1 lead/tin where as bullets for smokeless can be, by and large, any old mix. The fully filled grooves (canulars ) will not compress so the base of the bullet stays sharp and ‘pops’ out of the barrel rather that farting out one side and inducing a wobble on hand snap shot of cast canular’ed and slick PP bullets all for 45 cal (.458”) BPCR’s , 45-70, 45-90’s etc.

Not sure re missing or gaps in lube for smokeless ( which I’m assuming you are using with shop bought hard cast bullets) but if using with BP then full lube grooves are a must to stop the base of the bullet deforming. T

ARC can make you a reamer, UK based and to date I’ve had 2 very specific, very different reamers from them and been pleased with results.

Surely a 22-204 is just putting a 204 back to its parent case the 222 Magnum? Seems to me that some of the time it appears to be a cartridge finding a solution finding a problem? it is ‘nice’ to try new stuff but if there are existing proven cartridges already doing the job then some of the efforts are a bit unnecessary. Just a thought

Personally I'd go for a Winchester 97 pump if you could find one, allowable for CAS (or at least they were), faster to shoot and reload. Just my 5cents T

I believe the subject cleaning rifles is very personal and does not have an absolute answer, most folks agree a bore guide is essential after that it is down to what works for you and your rifles. Also your attitude to cleaning i.e. scrub the snot out of the bore every time to use the rifle, even if just one round is fired or a more result/inspection driven approach will drive your method. There are some very good chemicals available now, how they are used will effect their efficiency - down to you to find out. Personally I seldom now use a brush, if I do it is nylon (like the blue Flitz items). Apply and remove solvents etc. with the VFG felts. Think using a bronze brush with a copper solvent is chasing you tail - will the solvent not show blue as it is trying to dissolve the bronze brush? - but here there I go questioning some else's method = I'm wrong to do so, it's your method! . Bore scopes are now cheap and a very helpful tool. T

JCS, I shoot with this group, good fun and definitely a challenge. There is an open have a go session at 300 yards on the 19th March at Bisley, BYOR or rifles available and set up to go. 200 & 300 yards very do-able, 500 becomes ‘interesting’ T

Have some pin gauges that came with the expander mandrels certainly shows up even the hint of a doughnut and consistency of your processes. Each to their own, I certainly do not think what I do is right or the best, but I’m happy and obtain results I’m looking for.

Looking to sell some knives and assumed there are knife equivalents to UKV out there? Any recommendations or experiences you could share. Also my issue is sorting valuations - again any ideas welcome. Thanks in advance

As there's been over 5 million Rem 700's made and some of them are pretty low grade '$340 in Wally World' version there are going to be a few issues, do not think you could expect anything else. Triggers are normally swapped out as the 1st upgrade but basically sound design, yes bolts come off now and then, not common, but does happen. You pays your money and go from there. Issues for firearms not limited to Remington, Marlin has had in 'interesting; history. Even now there are problems, I recently purchased a 38/357 Marlin and the whole of one rifle groove from Chamber to muzzle was basically missing (deep tooling chatter marks), Marlins response 'we test them for accuracy then ship i.e. no one looks down the barrel. They did change out for a new rifle though. T

Not tried Eley products as yet. The Chamber on my rifle has been cut to the Nevius design, Nevius being a member of Lapua's US team ( https://www.lapua.com/teamshooters/kevin-nevius/ ) who developed a chamber design to suit Lapua ammunition then made the design public plus advice on chambering, he did say that the chamber would work with Eley if the lead was changed to 2 degrees. So Lapua and SK have been my focus and I'm getting good results out to 500 yards. Caveat: A supplier batch tested in my rifle R100 ammunition gave good results so I'm planning on using this for LR i.e. past 200 yards. Re. manufacturers and ammunition grades. From my understanding and talking with suppliers, all 22rf manufacturers grade their ammo by batch. The RWS guys explained that a machine is set up and run slowly with sample taken out and checked during production, this is R50, when the consistency starts to drift the machine is sped up and the next grade down is produced. So lower consistency 'Tenex' becomes Match etc. Nevius chamber FYI

The SK flat nose match works well in my rifle, unfortunately I think they’ve stopped making it 🤷🏼‍♂️

😎 retirement present (well 'planning on retiring present') - but don't tell the wife 🤐

200 yards is quite 'do-able', this is 20 round group shot at Orion on a bit of a wet/mildly windy day: Vudoo, Centre-X