drum

It was Packham and co who triggered this purely to cause as much upset to the game shooting industry as possible.Why do you think they did it at nesting time?

And yet hes willing to halt the protection of ground nesting birds from predation from crows .Interesting.Who else have you worked with that hes more knowledgable than? Was his catch phrase "Blobby Blobby Blobby" by any chance?

You may well be right regarding posting pics online of dead foxes,however i think calling packham a naturalist is pushing it a bit,hes a glorified kids tele presenter who diagnosed himself with aspergers because he finds it hard to get on with people who disagree with him.

Ive been keepering for over 30 years,pheasant,partridge and for the last 22 years grouse.Its hard to say this but times and peoples attitudes to the shooting industry have changed,for the worse,its becoming harder and harder to justify what we do. So much game is being produced during the season that it has become practically impossible to give it away for free,never mind selling it.The meat has become almost a waste product and this is harder and harder to justify to the none shooting public.We really need to get on top of this "in house" before guidlines that make commercial driven shooting impossible are forced upon us by government. All of which has nothing to do with a temporary ban on shooting carrions which are having a field day on the local lapwing nests,that is just a discrace forced upon us by an ego driven ,meglomaniac knob head who goes by the name of packham. Drum

Im sure you will be happy with the z aim.Once set up they work pretty well.If you dont get on with it id happily swap with you. ATB

I would agree with whats been said about the niggleoh,works ok when side mounted but i found the rifle slopped about when mounted on the underside of the stock.Went with the z-aim.Much more secure in my experience.I have a niggleoh which i could let you have a lend of if you like.If you want to keep it i will happily sell it to you for the price of a z aim.

Its a 1 in 9 walther but 1 in 12 would be fine.

The sierra 63 grain smp is effective on roe,very easy to tune a load for too.I think the 223,if you are aware of its range limitations ,has a place in a stalkers cabinet,not an open hill caliber for sure,but for close range,forestry use its adequate.

I had cause to send one back for repair.Emails to ior went unanswered but opticswarehouse sorted everything even though it was originally bought from Border .Scope was sent back repaired and serviced so i was happy with the service.Took a month i seem to recall.

I have the factory hs stock on a cz and while it is a nice stock it is also very short. It certainly suits some types of shooting positions better than others. I'm sure you've handled one but if you havnt it might be a good idea to have a look at one before parting with 500 quid. Drum

I have shot a cz 22wmr for nearly 20 years,and to be honest wouldnt buy another.The ammunition is getting too pricey now ,and not many shops in this part of the country stock it.But saying that it is quite hard hitting out to 100 yards or maybe a little more,so long as the wind isnt blowing can be reasonably accurate .On a good day mine can hold an inch at 100 yards but any wind and its best to leave it at home.I run the hornady bt's in mine but the 40 grain hp's get the most out of the calibre ,the 30 grain loads really leave a lot to be desired at 100 yards.Also the last batches of hornady vmax i got had the same split neck problems of its 17 hmr cousin.Have shot fox out to around 100 yards and have been happy with the terminal effects though shot placement is critical and with any wind at all this becomes quite difficult to guarantee.Certainly, in my opinion, it kills fox size animals cleaner than the 17 hmr ,and i do have both,but as i,m sure you know there are better tools for the job. Atb, Drum.