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  1. salukiwhippet
    Might be worth a letter to the firearms licensing manager first, then go to BASC if that doesn't do any good! Depending on the ground, 30 acres might be too small for HMR but Sec 1 airgun should be fine! She should definitely have looked at it though! Which constabulary is it, just out of interest? James
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    What calibre and what's the land like? Is it visible from the house? James
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    Not shooting the messenger at all mate, it's just you're the first I've heard say that, and I speak to folk all over the country in the course of my work What are we looking at on page 82? Definitely says .222 (and 17 rem and .22H for that matter) are reccommended for fox. James
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    Never heard of that, ever Mark! Completely against HO guidelines too. HMR and HM2 fair enough, I don't think they should be used on fox in 90% of circumstances - in fact, I'd rather use a .22lr than an HMR - those little bullets are just too unpredictable in terms of terminal ballistics. Hornet's hardly in the same league as any of the rimfires though!! Mind, I was told that HND in Game and Wildlife, DSC 1, and 5 years experience wasn't enough for an open ticket so not much surprises me these days! A letter to the FL manager sorted that out! James
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    Alistair at the Gloucestershire Gun Company had sheets of it the last time i was in there.
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    As said, all licensing depts will approve .22hornet for fox, so .222 will be dead easy! Legal for munties and CWD in England and Wales, plus Roe in Scotland. They are getting less popular, there are still several makers that do them though - CZ being one. I have an old BRNO in .22hornet and I love it, would think the modern equivalent (CZ527?) would be lovely in .222. Don't discount second hand rifles either, all mine are older than me and all will shoot straighter than I can! James
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    There are some very nice Keepers round here as it goes.... James
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    Shooting season's over mate, no-one will be shooting game until August (grouse)/September (Partridge)/October (Pheasants). Nice to see a youngster wanting to get involved though James
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    Naaah, no problem at all chap! They're good little units, best of luck with it. James
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    Haha, thats the photo of my old Vomz I took when I was selling it! Blast from the past! Best of luck with the sale! James
  11. salukiwhippet
    Ummm, not quite right - five pellets or fewer, or if any pellet is bigger than .36", an FAC is required. James
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    Blank ones from here - http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=24069&cat=Forgings, £9.72 each James
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    Probably worth trying some different pellets - As said, BisMags are hard and quite pointy, maybe exaggerating the tendency to shoot through. I have good results with RWS Ultra Mags in my ultra - they're a heavy (9+ grain) flathead and don't half pack a wallop - even on rats. RWS Super H Point can be good too if your barrel likes them! Certainly cheaper than a new gun!! James
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    Assuming we're talking brown rats, they're not native anyway! Not sure if they'd be regarded as naturalised but they've certainly not been here as long as say the rabbit. James
  15. salukiwhippet
    The bang being the dummy launcher of course, what with shooting the pigeons in the circumstances you describe being illegal and all...
  16. salukiwhippet
    Unfortunately not - it is a Spring Trap by the definition of the law, and requires Ministerial approval before it can be used in Gt Britain legally OTC Hmm, but where's 'Spring trap' defined? That one bit we've all quoted makes no attempt at definition! James
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    I still think that the second provision in that piece - the breakback bit - is what applies to this one. It looks very similar in function to a snap-e in a bait box. James
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    They refer to the little nipper, T-Rex type of trap. Yeah I found that too, still not very specific. Good old DEFRA! I can't find a definition anywhere. I'd suggest that these tube types are no more different to T-rex/nippers etc than the talpex/talpa (or the dreaded talpirid !) is to the 'kind commonly used for catching moles in their runs' in 1958. James
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    Is 'breakback trap' defined anywhere? Most kill traps work by damaging the spine, so could be said to be breakbacks, and that looks not dissimilar to a Snap-E type in a bait box in function. Or is the problem that it could conceivably be used against squirrels etc? Not trying to start a row, just curious chaps James
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    Ummm, how are springers affected by altitude? And I don't think the bit about bowhunting's very relevant to the UK, with it being illegal and all.... Good effort though! James
  21. salukiwhippet
    Likewise, Thanks John
  22. salukiwhippet
    We will remember them. James
  23. salukiwhippet
    Sounds like a Mk 6 fenn job to me, you may well get away with ferreting it but I wouldn't take the risk - your call of course! James
  24. salukiwhippet
    I get mine from this place as I only tend to buy a few at a time - http://www.ratbait.co.uk/talpex-mole-trap-490-p.asp Normally arrive next day. James
  25. salukiwhippet
    Doubt it, what with releasing trapped rats to a dog being illegal and all. James
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