samphire

Too right .

chronographing your sportsman steel amo might change your opinion. I am guessing 1400 to 1450 fps 1550 is going to put typical 3.5 inch steel loads over pressure. I do not like agreeing with Les he is an inland goose shooter( crop protector or opatunist call it what you will) ) he is masquerading as a Wildfowler on a wildfowling forum, but there is a big difference .

Agree there were some quite nasty Chinese quads around in the early days of Chinese imports brought in by small firms just bought as cheap as possible and these were a bad advert for the cheap Chinese bikes, i have to say these were not that common most seem fine and for what they cost they can be a good buy, taking feed out to pheasant feeders checking livestock how tough does it need to be if you are not towing weight or using it over rough terrain, woodland rides drain bankings and grassing areas are not always rough and even small 90 100 125 size quads can serve a purpose i think if you m

Super accurate round overshadowed in popularity these days by the 223 but not on performance.

we will just be useing semi autos 70mm standard.and as far as I know we are only shooting over decoys inland.cheers for the replyThe winchester canard ammo in32gram 4s Or RC hyperfast are good choices for close shots like you will be doing. What you need to do is test several boxes of different cartridges in your auto and get together with your mates or encourage them to test their ammo too, pattern them at 40 yards should be suitable for your trip decoying, you could try different chokes in your gun if multi choke if not just test for pattern pick the most even tight pattern most pelets in

You most probably want a sling a little more conventional. but i do have one of these i like using its handy piece of equiptment i have found and durable. http://www.cabelas.ca/product/4951/safari-rifle-sling

we will just be useing semi autos 70mm standard.and as far as I know we are only shooting over decoys inland.cheers for the reply The winchester canard ammo in32gram 4s Or RC hyperfast are good choices for close shots like you will be doing. What you need to do is test several boxes of different cartridges in your auto and get together with your mates or encourage them to test their ammo too, pattern them at 40 yards should be suitable for your trip decoying, you could try different chokes in your gun if multi choke if not just test for pattern pick the most even tight pattern most pel

Sorry i was talking about loose bullets for reloading Kranks list them looked cheap never used them myself i load Sierras Barnes and some times Hornadays.

Not much help but i remember you had to live in Scarbourgh area was around £60 £70 a year but no phone number or anything not living local had no chance of getting in so lost interest. Good luck they had good acreages apparently this must be 8 or so years ago now though.

The free strelock works ok, free from apps store give it a try.

Some good info in the posts above the comets on silent communication between the hunter and dog ring very true to me, far from a dog expert of any standard 40 years of usually three often four working dogs at any one time, i have gained some experience but still got a hell of a lot more to learn. Dog for deer way i look at it come in debatable two types companion dogs these work at trail you work together tight dog may notice something you have not you being aware of the dog observing it all the time can feed you back valuable info time spent with the dog among deer hunting or not is never

As cheap or expensive as you want it to be, you can start with one of these an inexpensive inline die you can stay with one move on to others or go to conventional press and die set up, with any detail changes like hind presses in between. The Lee loader is in the .223 and its a way to produce accurate ammo on a tight budget. i wild add good scales RCBS or Lyman Hornaday and similar and case trimming set up case mouth de burr tool and a suitable screwdriver to clean primmer pockets that and primers cases powder and bullet heads you are loading about £50 max for tools. Available in .2

Very true.

£12a hundred for PPus in 50 grain is cheap and if they group well with your set up and the bullets work on target the saving is considerable, and could be a factor if you are shooting big numbers of round wiping out vermin and jobs like that. you have to decide if you shoot enough rounds in the field to make cost a concern, look at the advantages on accuracy you get if any on the two pick the best is my advice accuracy first cost second by honest with yourself giving up accuracy even though the savings are considerable is about weighing up the difference and will any difference impact your

Currently run Yamaha 600 grizzly had this 5 years no problems to speak of, and this replaced Big bear 350 we had 10 years were on coyote 225cc Yamaha 3 wheeler before that, so suppose we are yamaha fans. We do have a 250cc two wheel drive China quad a GEO i think it is titled by AEON, has been very reliable use it round sheep and feeding horses never had a problem i could not trace straight away and nothing that ever cost any money has snapped broken or fell off, Thing that is not good on the chinese bikes quads can be cheap electrics but simple and easy fixes and once teething troubles iron