nemasis243 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Just had a spin in the truck down to a local farm just to check the zero on two of my rifles , its better than saying to the girlfriend im off shooting again I stuck the 17HMR in and my old faithfull 243 as I am out tonight on a new farm which I checked out yesterday and the farmer says theres a few charlie about there. I stopped the truck about 100yrs from a cattle feeder and sat there for half hour and shot about a dozen crows , I must say that little round is a demon. I then went out to a spot were I can get a bit more distance and had a nice shot at a crow at 210yrds, I must say they dont look pretty after a 58grner gives em a slap, the 243 with the 58grn Vmax is very flat out to 280yrds so its put the dot on him and sqeeze Will let you know how I get on if the fog dosent come in tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag1933 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Hi Nem. Your crows seem to be remarkably stupid ! What are they Carrions, Rooks or Jackdaws ? When I shoot one of mine [Carrions] the rest fly off, assuming more than one was present, and may return with some friends to circle making a lot of noise then disappear. On one or two of my farms I have a local Buzzard which soon appears to scavenge. In my case it is one shot and on to the next farm. Over the last 3 years I have shot 504 Carrion Crows [plus 20 this year], probably all the stupid ones and in the process educated most of the others. On one problem mountain farm at lambing time I leave my motor at the farm and get him to drive me around in his as they are used to him being about and not getting their arses shot off. HWH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Its a mix of all three, what I tend to do is every time I shoot one I pick it up and move it out the way , there are that many flying round his yard it isnt long before another couple land on one of the feeders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag1933 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Aye. They don`t like to see their pals ventilated but my Buzzards think its wonderful judging by the speed of appearance after a shot is fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Aye.They don`t like to see their pals ventilated but my Buzzards think its wonderful judging by the speed of appearance after a shot is fired. What are you using to spoil the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag1933 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 HI. .243 Sako and 75gr V.Max., 40.5gr Vit N140, Fed 210 Gold Medal match primer, Norma or Geco[RWS] brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramble basher Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 you just can't beat shooting crows when there sitting out at 300yds thinking there safe like this chap sunning himself yesterday afternoon and here he is up close and in bad shape not enjoying his day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Im 243 as well with58grn vmax- 43grns vit140, Lap brass and fed gold primers,2.604 OAL. If you havent tried them try that load I have set up a few 243 rifles for people and this round shoots very well in them all. ITs very flat going out at 3680fps. hits like a brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfox Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Nice going lads, I only had to potter out the back door today, there is a big ash tree next door about 30 yds behind my shed and it was full of carrions young and old ( obviously a wife swapping party) and with the precharged air rifle ( silenced) three of them got so excited they fell out of the tree by that time their mates had got well wound up and were flying round making a great racket, after a minute or so two silly ones came back into the tree and just had to join the party on the ground By this time I noticed the air was getting low ( 3rd pellet fell out the end of the barrel!)so I went in and filled it up , came out again and all the crows had gone, but two magpies were very interested in the crows on the ground, so much so they failed to hear the 18gr pellets sneaking up from behind . What a morning and still in the slippers so to speak, I have to say the HW100 is so quiet that they dont twig whats going on until too late. Redfox PS next door came round ( knows nothing at all) and asked if I wanted them to eat!!!, I said no I couldnt think of a recipe that would make them palatable, so he binned them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikka 223 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Well done they don't like the .223 either with 40 grns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramble basher Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 thats going to sting in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbuck2 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Well done guys i do like the look of them crows inside out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag1933 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Carrion No. 23 of `08. V. Max. rule OK !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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