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Hi all About 1,5 years ago I bought a sauer 100xt in 308, rifle shoots well with my preferred ammo and took it out a handfull of times (6). Recently I noticed that the recoil pad started “rubbing off”, resulting in black stripes on clothing where the rifle rests / is manoeuvered during drives/hunting and in the place I store it . (Easy enough to clean off the cabinet, stains are near impossible to get out of my clothes that don’t even stain with oil…) I contacted my RFD and they sent me a new recoil pad free of charge, it arrived today and what do you now? It rubs off black as

Hi all I’m looking for a shooting sticks-tripod and found about three, the primos, rifleman and fiery deer. The two latter are almost half(!) the price of the primos… has anyone on here tried them? They will only serve for the occasional quick shot with an air rifle after very short stalks.( fac, invasive geese shot on sight within our permitted area, all cleared by law and permits) and for shooting from chair here and there if the rabbits make a mess in the horse paddocks and the owners complain. So no long stalks in all kinds of weather,… thank you. atb A.

Not really, they are found either dead or dying/disorientated with clear signs of diarrhea. We do have a lot lot out there

Hi all, looking at one of these to mount on my leshiy, any experiences here? Was hoping someone could tell me the outer diameter of the objective bell so I can figure out the height of rings needed atb!

Hi all I was wondering if anyone here could help me with the following: over the last couple of months people have been finding dead or dying roe deer, all have some bald spots in varying degrees of severity, all display severe weakness and all have (had) severe diarrhea. I’ve been looking at bovine viruses or parasites that could have been transmitted but that would not explain it fully. Has anyone here seen anything like that? It seems to be concentrated to a single province for now. tia A

Hi all Am looking for a thermal spotter to aid in doing more accurate headcounts of game, mostly hare, roe and pheasant where we hunt. Does anyone have any experience with the xm30f or xq35 for the purpose of spotting rabbit, hare or roosted pheasant and if so at what distance? Roe should not be a problem because of their size… thank you for your time!

Hi all as I passed my hunting license tests I’m on the lookout for a hunting-jacket within the “budget”brands as they call them here… all have good looking offerings but as I have no experience whatsoever I hope some of you might chime in with experiences etc. Mostly I’m looking for quiet-ish, stand up to a fair bit of rain if caught in a good shower, breathable for some rough-shooting I might do, game pocket is a plus. Longevity is a mayor point… Warmth is not a big issue as I always buy a bigger jacket and layer up underneath and carry a small waterproof or poncho in my pack. Th

Hi all I was wondering if anyone has any tips on what to look for when buying a second hand o-u shotgun? My rfd has a couple of nice fabarms for sale that he claims are from a deceased older gentleman who hunted with them. I checked the following : clean barrels, no cracks in the wood ( a couple of,small dings/ scratches but nothing mayor), opening and closing feels solid, front end is quite stiff to take off (rfd said it is because it was likely seldomly taken off) , no pitting or rust inside or out, a slight dent in the top rib… He says it is a steel action, (any way to iden

For now, the only (european) company that I found making a special nontox barrel was steyr or anshutz… a six land and groove instead of 4 and slightly less pronounced to reduce pressure,…) sadly it is sligthly too expensive for me right now?

True, but when you go into it, check the length of the 200 grain bullet and compare it to a 168 gr mono bullet… the 200 grain is slightly shorter and would be shot at lower speed, thus stabilising… ( I don’t have any practical experience but have been reading and watching everything I can for the last 4 weeks so as a keyboard warrior I’m not sure how that holds up in reality of course…)

Thanks all for chiming in! I’m going to err on the safe side and go for the (sadly uglier) 1:10 twist rifle… if I had access to more types of bullets/ munition for reloading,… I’d easily take the 1:11 twist sauer ( still might later on because I’m a sucker for pretty things… ) but alas, as a small country with few hunters, shops just don’t stock their shelves the same way they do in larger countries where hunting is (very) prevalent… for example, my local firearms dealer stocks 1 (!!) shotgun shell type in 20gauge… 4 brands of 308 ammo in just about all the same weight and grain. Do I need

Hi all as I’m looking at buying my first rifle I’m bumping up against the following : I really like the sauer 100 in 308 with a twist rate of 1:11. I’d prefer to use nontoxic bullets ( since lead might/will get banned anyway… and here where I am, all nontox in 308 are 167 grain and up. I did calculations on bullet stability using bullets of equal length and these came up as unstable… has anybody had any experience with this? Real life experience beats calculations any day… kind regards A.

Hi kimE, I was hoping there was a way where I would not have to guesstimate ? I guess I could put up a ruler and measure the distance between horizontal posts at 30 yard intervals at my most used magnifications, this should give me a quick idea of range given that I can guess the size of the animal correctly. ( or just use rangefinder if there is time). I do plan on, once I get my own spot with high seat or mirador, to set out some markers so I’ll always know the distance… same thing wih the vertical post for range compensation I guess… I wish they made a reticle like the

Hi all was wondering if anyone has some recommended reading or experience ranging with a “classic” reticle? ( german ret 4 or modern equivalent,…) I understand mil and mrad scopes from my airgunning days, but for my future hunting rifle I was looking at a more classic version as I believe most shots would almost always be under 100 yards and the hunting scopes (with the desired magnification range, …) here hardly ever come with a ranging reticle. ( I know ranging or bdc turrets can be had but at high cost). Pbr is one thing but for the longer shots I’d like something that gi

Thank you for the info! Rifle should not be a problem, hoping to get either a anshutz 1782 or a bergara wilderness ridge in 6.5 or 308… (can’t seem to decide on synthetic modern vs classic wood ) 308 ammo will be easier to get over the counter as 6.5 is only just gaining some popularity for hunting in The area (france, belgium, germany.. I really like the Bergara ba13, saw you own one in .300 blackout, how do you like that one? As they are on the cheaper end I’d love to try one for small game / survival but all calibers seem a bit much for that… ( we can only use centerfire ammo so was thinki