gunner

9 hours ago, Breacher said:

What on earth are you talking about ? I dont care what you do to squirrels and have never commented on it !!

I thought bradders was talking about someone else not you , my mistake , i wasn't being serious anyway . Atb.

Mines using 23 grains of n133 but my 9 twist 25" so more pressure etc than 10/11 twist . SBK 39 is probably the most popular . My original load of 23.3 was slightly hot in summer so reduced . Mine can do half moa @200 no problem  . The last magpie i shot went about 8' into the air !!! Quite spectacular 

10 hours ago, bradders said:

He’s having a go at me because I’m not permitted to say things in jest and he genuinely doesn’t like me, but not to worry my illness will get the better of me sooner rather than later and then he can rest easy that I’m not around

He had a go at me to for ending a grey squirrel at long range , he doesn't like me either i think . I like your unorthodox approach to threads 

Thought it was Roland rat in that pic 

I was told years ago by a local gunsmith "Gloucester" 6mm was a recegnised fox caliber ? 

Very nice indeed, do you know the weight of the pse ? And how does it compare to say McMillan in weight ? I think there lighter but by how much? Thanks for any info.

I'd love to use larsens but am limited to time . I understand they work very well. But in a way I just enjoy blitzing them with fast lead too!

2 more today , seen another pair on leaving the farm , there time will come ... Also seen a family of adult and juvenile jays messing around . With a well placed rabbit for bait should get 1 or 2 . There such a stunning bird just wish they would leave songbird alone .

Hi all , it's been a while. I managed to get out last weekend with the 20 , and visited a Small shoot I'd not been to for a while. Most of the fields were in crop so no chance of a shot there but the farmer leaves 2 fields for sheep or cows and it's nice and easy , drive in shoot from vehicle window over bait! I seen a few rabbit and took one for bait for the magpies . After driving around the border of the 2 fields to help the magpies not get spooked, I dropped the bait and headed over to park up and wait. 2 minutes went by and Maggie#1 was downed. I'd set up at 200 . Drove over collected it and headed back.
The next one came after about 10 minutes. I missed high? Because on my initial drive round I'd taken a shot at one 405 yards on the far bank.it was a clean bore and windy and I'd prematurely pulled and missed to the right ! Oops! Been using my BR too much and this jewel is very light! BUT luckily it only moved 10 yards , i realised and rezeroed the turret and sent again to see feather flying- happy days . That was the last magpie of the day . That visit was overdue and the farmer wants rid of them so another trip will come next weekend once back from work...could not upload pics shame...

Buy 6 traps. Leave them in the shed for a few days, near the perimeter.

Then bait them with peanut butter, but do not set them.

Then set them all one night.

 

Other option is a dustbin (with optional water in the bottom) & a tipping platform, baited at the end. Use a small magnet to add a sudden (not progressive) tip.

I like this idea , i seen recently a YooTube vid on a scissor trap , it is pretty ruthless but needs to be done properly and ideally set in a way theres only 1 way to the bait . A few of these set up would work very well id think . Atb

Rifle: .375 double

Bullet: Hornady 300 grain DGX

Distance: 70yds

Notice the exit hole

 

The rabbit is left whole

Ellma fudd ? Is it wabbit season ?

or a coffee machine? :-)

Or a busty receptionist ?

Did anyone receive and use scorpion chamber reamer by any chance ? May be looking to have a set made but seen bowers earlier but didn't think to ask doh ! atb

 

Just go 17AH ( or 17HH) rather than 17 Squirrel. 200 yards is a fair way for 17AH let alone a short case variant. 17Sq will have a zero resale value, 17HH will be far better.

 

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Hi ally , i considered the 17 hornet a while back , but its too much like my 20 practical trajectory and speed wise , the squirrel will suit two of my shoots well , have an edge on hmr , and be reloadable , using the hornet parent case . Apparently QL recons firing 20 grain Vmax at upto and over 3100 , not too far from the 17 hornet , but quiter slightly . Resale value ? Its being built to keep and could allways be rebarreled back to 17 / 22 hornet . If you could see what im planning to build , its a little beauty .

what do you use for bait gunner?

I dont , on that farm anyway , they love to skulk around the farm near barns , farmers house is just to left , a small caravan park to the right and sheep almost every where else in the small field in between it all . There are alot more field futher out . However many i shoot there more replace them , i do cringe sometimes when caravaners are sat out in summer reading paper then my 2o prac goes off lol there only 150-200 away , hence i need a hmr replacement ! ( 17 squirrel ) should be the perfect 150-200 yard magpie basher , quieter than the .20 id imagine - but thats another story . Back to bait , rabbit normally works , theyl have the eye out fast and sometimes be gone , did that in summer in this farmyard thinking on it , only had to wait 10 minutes for the first ! That day i used air 177 - finished with 3 i think .

Went out early afternoon to do some magpie culling , on 1 farm . Using my 20 practical ranges were relativeley short around 200 yards . I park up in farm yard and set up just under barn , shooting off top of van / i regularly do this . So got magpie #1 in first field about 180 something , waited a while and heard another chattering up in tree above its comrade untill it decided to come down - pissh-smack ! Waited a bit longer and another eventually came along - pissh-smack again ! Tidy 3 in bag . Spotted a 4th but a long way out , i ranged it at 550 so decided to pull out the 6br , dialled the 10 odd moa wind acounted for , shot and it went just over its back ! Bugger , but from a clean bore so , had it been a fox , different outcome . Never mind , the best shot i switched back to the practical as a carrion crow @370 was skulking around a field to the right 3¼ moa dialled aimed a hint right -no wind in barn ! but it was about 1mph in field , waited for right moment , sent it and he went down - luvlee jublee , i absolutely love this 20 it hardly ever missis !

Bump anyone got anything new for us to perv at ?

Great news hope it works , will try son . As for Lucy - she is everywhere !! from the film - you know !

thats what i thought, yes just the normal plex reticle and in 2nd focal plane. this is my first dialing scope so looking forward to it. havnt had a chance to look through one tho, so hope it will work nicely on little bunnys at 500 yards or so. the reticle should be fine anof for that and a bit of long range target shooting. if anybody has a looking throu the scope veiw of that plex redicle would be nice. thanks.

Sean , i bought one sometime back now , it looks clear , crisp , reticule looks medium thickness ( Z-plex ) , recon it will be good for bunnys and crow out to past 500 i recon ok i have only looked thru it and played with turrets , im waiting for 6BR slot to come back ( thats wat its goin on ) , thats going to be my crow fox and First deer gun

Opportunistic little ba××tuds , skeet lol , you mite as well use a punt gun on em , an ARV may be there pretty soon lol. May need tree surgeon for tree they were in . Im on the hunt tomorrow for our black and white feathered quarry ! Will post if i have decent results

Todays hunt / Sunday , ok i didn't manage any magpie , but i managed to down 3 woodies and 4 carrion, all but 1 crow was taken from the top of 2 or 3 trees in my valley shoot , - Perfect backstop etc , its only 120 acres but perfect rifle sniping ground . Wind was strong and variable and wasn't 90 degree either , all shots between 260-280 apart from the last shot .

I spotted and decided to try and stalk a magpie , using a large bush to conceal my approach . When i got down and sighted in heed gone . But not 5 minutes had passed and a young carrion was near the same spot but a little futher out . Ranged @329yards . Steep downhill / cosine effect etc i knew it would be about 1"/½ to 2" high impact . So dialled 2moa - kept cheaking grass / tree tops / sheeps wool on fencing all giving me a better idea what wind was upto , it paid off ,i shot , he momentarily jumped and landed on his back wings open but now still.

Funny thing was when i got there id got him in the head but aimed for body , in my hast to shoot id aimed centre mass but still impact seemed too high so i cheak my zero , 1 " high @200 !!! Then headed home , good shot i thought

25.2 grains of Hodgdon Vapour behind a 26" air slug.

Actually this load could be perfect for stalking point blank butterflys !

Well guess who got 3 magpies today and 6 other corvids today ? Mememe But the 3rd magpie smashed my pb on magpies @380 yard head-shot too ! In a valley with almost still wind . This shot was made a whole lot easier as looking down the line of flight , i was blessed with those light fluffy things in the air , out to 200 ish they were coming head on but from there onwards and at target they were sliiightly right to left . So i aimed 1" right - sweet when i seen him tumble out the tree . Think my previous was 278 yard .

but two of the other corvids were also 373 and 351 yards , missed my first clean cold bore at 170 odd , but after that hit everything dead !

Great targets and service. The delivery driver had quite a struggle finding out house, but he got there in the end! Can't wait to try them out

Same as , had an invite the other weekend shootin one of these gongs and crows for a day , and enjoyed these gongs so much i ordered a couple 200 & 300mm the other day less than 48 hours later they at home ready to go , great service great targets . 600 - 1000 yards here we come

I love this precision work and admire smiths . Id also love to see it being done , what caliber is it ? 6.5 sumink? - oops edit ! Saum

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