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My pal phoned the other day to say he had bought some of these pellets after seeing rave reviews on the web / youtube so we went to our local rfd who has a 25mt indoor range as part of the shop. My pal had managed to get both .177 and .22 so he could try his two FX DRS rifles, in short the outcome was excellent with one hole groups in both cals. I had taken my fairly recent purchase BSA Ultra .22 and my FX Wildcat .22 fac to try them in. The Ultra was not a roaring success however and compared to the AA Field pellets they were not as tight a group, 20mm at 25mt so not good enough for me but
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The guy never came back on the site so I don't think you will get very far on this occasion. Phil
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I would be tempted to contact Sotherby's as they have the staff who can advise the value and if it is something they could be interested in and don't be put off because its Sotherby's as they have lots of people with queries such as this. Phil
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One of my favourite forms of shooting although I tend to shoot a good number of them on top of the various barn roofs at my dairy farm perm. A great pity that I was told no more shooting at this farm until at earliest Jan 25 due to cattle virus so nobody other than farm staff allowed at present, looking forward to next year and get back on the job. A summer evening knocking down ferals, crows and a few woodpigeon chucked for good measure, really good sport. I remember shooting a feral off the rooftop earlier this year and as it hit the ground one of the farm cats appeared from nowhere, grabbed
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This version of the Dreamline was called the Streamline which I had and a lovely gun it was just do not know why FX changed the name. I am sure you will enjoy that. Phil
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Nooooooooooo way
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I think the AGT is heavier than the hw100 depending which model. There is also the hw110 which is just as accurate as the hw100 but much lighter, I had two hw110 in both .22 and .177, wish I had not sold them. My buddy has just bought an FX DRS in .177 with a .22 on order, very light a very accurate, I am hoping he may sell me one of his hw110 guns at the right price. To give you an idea of the hw110, I popped on a nightsite onto my old .177 , laid out 5 used shotgun cases on their sides so we were looking at the underside of shell, my wife who has never had a shot with the nv on, shot each c
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I have had similar thoughts a while ago when my rfd brought in a pair. I had a play with one in the range, extremely accurate on the 25mt range with one hole groups. Just as the impact was so different when it came out, so is the AGT, it has it's own feel. I did not buy one as it could not afford it, would I buy one if I could afford it.........well that is the question, I don't know, having had the impact and loved it, I think I may stay with FX because having had several FX fac guns, I have no reason to move away from them and if I were buying either of them as a sub 12, I would not spend s
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The Webley Raiders are well worth having at that price because they fetch more than those prices in the shops. There is one in my rfd at £400. The old BSA Mercurys are nice, I have one which is a nice gun to shoot. Phil
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The second photo and that smile says it all Jimmy.............................................. that is the look of 'I am having this ' ! ! ! ! By the way, I think you are far too old to be jumping about on a tramolene my dear OLD friend. Phil
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Nice one Jimmy
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Whilst the information is valid, this is the AIRGUN section so perhaps you need to post this in the rimfire / centrefire / shotgun section where it is likely to find more people who will be grateful for the info. Phil
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Home WWW.THERATWORKS.CO.UK Phil
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Just got back from 2 weeks in Suffolk at our favourite place, Highlodge shooting ground where we rent a lovely lodge and the lake is 20' in front of our verander. The weather is normally spot on in early September but this time we had some rain and high winds along with cold nights. As with british weather, it soon changed and the sun blasted down and out came the fishing rods.................................I would normally have around 6 carp per session (not the big boys like we have in my syndicate pond however) but not this time, the lilley pads had been cut right back in my swim and the
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Read the last comment above mate all sorted now.
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Yes indeed clean kills, the distance is 10mt for each shot which may sound weird but from his office window there are some stone set at that range so it has been a case to take the shots when the quarry is at that range. This is easier than it sounds because the vermin come into his site from the same spot so it is not an issue to get them in the right place. Phil
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Yes Simon you are the man I referred to with a springer fac and I can tell you Darren, to see Simon use a springer is a sight to behold. One day at his house we were tinkering with a AA TX200 HC that I had bought and was getting nowhere fast and bear in mind it was a dedicated right handed gun with a curved over comb, Simon is a lefty but nevertheless he put three pellets on top of the one he used as a target at 35mt and when I say on top of eachother I mean exactly on top...................pissed me off no end as I was rubbish until one of our members sorted it so even I was able to produce s
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Give them a call
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I think Crawfords in Scunthorpe had a couple in second hand when I was in the other day. Phil
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Welcome aboard Dafid but after ten years I doubt if Cedric will see your post. Phil
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He is on facebook if you don't find a number. Phil
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Very good. Did you fit the reg yourself. Phil
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Well don't bloody sell this one Jimmy. Phil
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This morning, after giving the barrel a final clean I decided to run a string of shots to see how many were on zero before starting to drop off zero. Now my garden is only 15mt which is not strictly ideal but nevertheless I thought it a worthwhile task, not that it was a task and that I have to tell you it blew me away, 6 mags in and still on point of aim, that is 60 shots, I then put up individual spot targets with a 4mm spot..................... 7 mags and just on point. I filled the gun to 230bar and it is now just about on 100bar so now I started to see the drop off and at 78 shots point
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Well for some time I have been wanting a sub12 for close shooting on ferals, corvids and rats but as this type of shooting is not a big part of my shooting, I was not keen on spending too much money on this gun and as I have been renewing a fair bit of my fishing gear, the pension will not go very far so the search began a week ago. I had an HMR 17 rifle that was not getting used at all so a deal was required in order to secure a sub 12 for me. First gun on test was a rather nice Zbroia straight pull gun in .177 with a really nice stained black stock. One of my Airmax Compact scopes was
