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sam39

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  1. I had the same Howa you are looking at, It was 2nd hand, it also loved 55gr sako game head and home load 50gr blitz kings. got on well with fox and crows with BK and Roe with game heads Never owned a 204 (friends have). I think it has been summed up well as the 223 being a good choice, Its easy to load for and ammo off the shelf is ........ I presume, still is easy to find. Be confident the rifle is proven to shoot well.....Im sure it is but test it if you can if your not sure. Oh and I posted the trigger unit to Mike Norris and it came back sweet as a nut with a lighter requested pull, Well worth doing Good luck
  2. Good morning, I used to get on well with 50 and 55gr BlitzKing. But in a 1:12 twist
  3. Dr Rock That's a great bit of info thanks. I take from this a base mag of 5 is not ideal. Do you think it would be seriously limiting or doable? say would you be able to find and shoot a fox at say 60yards with a base mag of 5 please?
  4. Yes why not discuss? I see stalking as more risky, chance of a knife accident involving hospital treatment. Shooting vermin out of your truck window or on your farm is diffrent. i have decided to stop shooting at the moment. Got too much work on anyway and want to play it safe with my permissions and police
  5. Thanks for that it’s good to know what they recommend. Variations in measurement (from turret to front of scope) would have more effect at close range 0 to 50m. with all other variables it would be lost at 1000m happy shooting Sam
  6. Measure at the front get a micrometer measure barrel width below the front of the bell, measure gap between bottom of scope bell and top of barrel, measure scope bell add together and divide by 2. I don’t think it is a critical measurement anyway. Done with a ruler by eye would probably do
  7. Following................ do it all scope......long range varminting, good in low light but also will work say an add on Pard. I was looking at the Delta 3-24 x 56 ED? Does anyone have experience of this scope? the mag range and some general good feed back re Delta optics is catching my interest. 2 watch-outs pointed out to me were, if an add on could fit on with the ocular illumination? Is the tall dialing turret option going to block the ir of a Pard?
  8. Very sad, I did not know Mark but very much enjoyed his input on this forum RIP Mark
  9. Never got on to the game kings. I now use a 6mm to combine longer range gongs and roe legal for England, I did not feel the 223 was not a suitable caliber for Roe. Sako 55gr soft points were great. most shot at 100M some to 170M no way i feel is it a bit light weight at those ranges. I would say perfect. Its all about shot placement not 243 vs 223 I dont think anyone is shooting "90Kg +" deer with a 244? 25Kg Larder weight is a good Roe or are my scales broken?
  10. sam39

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    I don’t lube in side of neck when using neck bushing die. Just out side of neck Take the bushing out now and then, clean and put a bit of oil on it. Buggers for getting stuck in if left in untouched. this Die de primes, no expander and bumps the shoulder back. I clean well after every use. Bushing is .265 this gives me 1.5 to 2 thou neck tension
  11. I have also just got a z aim and get on fine with it. Its not that great as a normal sling but i have a hand spare when i use it like that. when the cross over strap is in place I think its a huge improvement. getting over fences and having 2 hands spare perfect!
  12. Thank you for this very interesting. I am keen to know what the best Axion is like vs the XQ38F.............real life experience.
  13. I have got on well with the z aim pro stalker . It’s not 100% perfect when used as a conventional sling but when the cross buckle is in place it leaves 2 hands spare for binocular use and climbing over fences great if you have a heavy mod and bipod buggering up the weight distribution of the rifle. Strap around the pistol grip a tad annoying but no big deal
  14. Interesting. Never seen a flock of pigeons on a potato field. Rooks pull a few out of the drills after the tops are dead but get a field next to a release pen birds dusting and pecking gives you a fair few green spuds with holes in! Only localised damage
  15. How long have pigeons and rooks (you tend not to get 500 crows together) eaten potatoes? ..........people that make assumptions “because they will always be here” don’t they make you smile
  16. I would be surprised that that is the reason the place is over run with rabbits
  17. 70% but my Dad always told me you need to put 4 down for every 1 you want to shoot. Returns are better if you have shoots next to you and everyone does there bit
  18. You or some one said you had to do big days otherwise you would not cover beaters pay and lunch? i know all the other costs I have been involved in it all my life. Some shoots make a lot of money. They shot big bags and often.
  19. I am aware of the costs and the huge amount of work that go into a driven days shooting. I was just commenting on beaters and lunch. If you are just doing something because you "enjoy it" you do not fall in to the category of commercial shooting I am talking about . Most of us do it because we enjoy it or we do it together as a team of guns and watch our shoot improve and develop
  20. How many beaters do you have? How much do you pay them....what do you give them for lunch? 200 birds at £45 a bird. I am available next season to come and beat for you.
  21. Yes, hands up, I have been there and done that but have you not found as you get older you get wiser you learn a few things in life. I have kept a game book since I was 14 (first entry 1 pigeon with my 20 bore) I could tell you exactly where I have visited, the bag and what fun we had but I wont bore you with that, I've been about a bit there are several of them. not giving the antis anything, as a group we can sharpen up a bit
  22. Yes I agree we need to stick together on this and Yes a well run shoot brings huge benefits to the country side and other species. Much of our green and pleasant land is there because of shooting and hunting. I just think the big days are bad PR. Who on earth needs to shoot that many pheasants in one day........yes I have been on a few big days myself in the past........ not any more. I shoot a fair bit and pick up, it would be a good start to see more guns taking a brace home at the end of the day. Better still putting 50 in your freezer at the end of the season to see you through. I know for a fact not many do
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