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    A .223 has a decent Ballistic Coefficient to buck the wind to a degree at sensible distances i.e. when it has the majority of it's energy retained. You can shoot when it's very windy but like Irish said, you have to choose what direction to shoot, which is either into or with the direction of the wind. A HMR is very light but will still shoot into and with the wind, across it on a very windy day and you'd be struggling.
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    They're both roughly aligned to the same distance, Depends on the situation and what choke is in what barrel. If it's anything other than clays, I like it as bottom first.
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    You need a variation on your FAC in order to "acquire" it. You will need to send off the form and £26 for the variation and when it comes back authorised, then you can have it tuned or do it yourself. But once you have adapted it to FAC level, you must inform them within 7 days of when it goes over the 12 ft/lb limit. As for filling in your FAC, if you've tuned it then you fill in table 2, if the gunsmith has tuned it, then he fills it in.
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    Even with the same ammo but different batches can cause a shift in zero. At 50 yards its not going to make much of a difference but having bought a few different types/makes of ammo, then when you come to first zero the rifle, see how they all compare and how much the zero shifts with each one at the same distance. You'll have an idea then.
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    I've had a T-Bolt for a few years, cracking gun. Very light for walking around with for a start and the action is father than a regular bolt. The type of round will vary from rifle to rifle for the best results, mine doesn't shoot anything particularly badly. I tend to stick to either Winchester or Remington subs personally
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    Specsavers
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    Howa springs to mind in that sort of price range, maybe a tad more for a new rifle, but as Chuck says, that's without a scope, mod, mounts, bipod, sling and everything else you'll be wanting. No necessarily needing but it is quite addictive once you start. I would keep the age of the rifle sensible, i.e. under 3-5 years old depending on the rifle and if you know some of the rifle's history then even better. For instance I wouldn't by a second hand centrefire that had been used for target shooting if you tried to give it to me, you never quite know how many rounds it's had down range and
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    The serial is just the manufacturers number so they may be able to date/model it for you by email, "NP" is nitro proof and "719" is the actual bore size without choke. On the underneath of the action, it may have a model or some letters.
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    The Miroku is a good gun, I have two, one is an MK38 Trap gun about 10 years old and the other is a HSW Grade 5 skeet gun with 26" barrels made in 1981. Even after all that shooting and I know it's providence so it has had at least 50,000 cartridges through it, its tight as a drum. By the looks of it, yours is the same era and as long as the bore is in good nick and the barrels are tight on the breech it'll last a very long time.
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    I know what you're saying Dek, it's just as Paulus said, in an sensible world, the guidelines would be statutory for every force in E&W. Deerhound, go out and buy one of these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Eargesplitten_Loudenboomer Give the licensing manager a heart attack. It is after all, just a .22 Rifle.
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    Perhaps I've confused you Dek, I meant that I can't see any reason why someone can't be issued a slot to acquire any calibre up to and including what the land is cleared for and within their good reason, For instance, a piece of land is passed for up to .243 and the applicant wants to shoot Fox, Vermin and AOLQ, then I don't see why they are issued with a slot for a specific calibre. If it's passed for a .243 then surely they should be allowed to purchase anything .243 and under without any change in the risk factors. To my mind, a less restrictive approach would save FEOs time as
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    every calibre has potential to do harm in the wrong hands regardless of size and power, if you require a 22cf for fox then i doubt weather mr fox would care if it was a 222 or 22.250 if you put in for a calibre specific variation then that is what you will get, if its a new application they will decide on the maximum calibre the land is permitted for, if that's 223 then why carn`t the applicant buy a 222 instead or any other 22cf for that matter. I agree with that Paulus, I can't see any logical reason why if a ground is passed up to say .22-250 or .243 why someone can't buy any r
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    Sounds like a sensible argument for a .243 and you obviously have "good reason" to acquire one, Don't over complicate things worrying about a DSC course for Deer or even having it on your FAC. The course is not compulsory or a legal requirement in order to obtain Deer. The FEO can be as awkward as he/she likes, he still has to prove quite conclusively why your good reason is not enough, which it seems to be, and why by owning a .243 you'd be a danger to public health and safety any more than owning a .22-250.
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    The cut and dry solution would be for them to put the right calibre on the certificate in the first place But where Firearms licensing is concerned, the Law's an Ass.
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    When I had a slot for my second .22 it came back as ".22RF" I clarified with my lot at the time who didn't seem all that confident, as if they hadn't been challenged before and eventually said any .22 rimfire. However, what my lot say and what someone in the next county says can be two totally different things. Just look at the mess some of them get in over the wording of the "Estate condition" for borrowed rifles. Err on the side of caution but I would be happy to purchase any .22 rimfire providing someone will sell it to you, ultimately, be it a .22 LR or WMR, they both fire .224
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    Not knowing exactly what the land looks like it's very difficult to give a judgement. I wouldn't be using a shotgun because it's proximity to buildings and the noise issue. For me it would be a moderated .22LR with subsonics where I have a solid backstop. I doubt they would be that difficult to get to within 30 yards of which is a comfortable distance where your view is unobstructed. I would suggest there are three general licenses which would apply here, to kill them to prevent the spread of disease, to prevent the destruction of flora and fauna and to preserve public health an
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    Yep, their error, their problem
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    Its not 50 yards, its 50 feet from the centre of the highway which would include any public road, footpath, bridleway etc Is the road a public road or a private driveway? Even so, the 50 feet rule only applies if someone on that highway is interrupted, injured or endangered. Providing none of those happen, there is no offence. You can shoot Canada gees outside of the wildfowl season for public health reasons and damage to crops or livestock feed. Is there a safe backstop there somewhere, i.e. the banks of the lake or something similar? Does anyone you know have a rimfire ri
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    The .222 is a joy to shoot, I've had one since I started shooting rifles and still have it, a CZ 527 American. As Charlie says, it's one of those calibres that is good in so many aspects, hence why it was the calibre of choice for target shooters for years from the 50's to the 70's.
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    Only 4000 rounds from new? If so, that's nothing for a .22 WMR, I would be expecting something closer to the 40,000 mark before the barrel is worn out, if not a lot more. It sounds like its not cocking on the second shot, so either the cocking spring/mechanism is too tight so the energy of the first shot isn't strong enough to re-cock it or a locking lug has worn so it doesn't engage and lock the hammer back on the second shot, If you've stripped it right down and can't see anything obvious, then it's a gunsmith's job
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    Apart from the .22 Hornet, the .222 is the lower end of the common .22 centrefires in terms of velocity so I wouldn't worry about a second hand being burnt out providing it doesn't look like it's been used for target shooting or by a professional pest controller and is under 3-5 years old. If you can afford new, then buy new. The Tikka and Howa are both very good rifles, the Tikka perhaps having the edge on build quality over the Howa
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    Have you cleaned and stripped the entire gun? Firing mechanism, springs, cocking lever, lugs etc? How many rounds has the gun had through it?
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    Never heard of anyone being asked to complete one as a condition of an FAC being granted. I know that BASC run such courses or at least have run them in the past, Your FEO is being overzealous in making that a condition of grant, get in touch with whichever shooting organisation you use and ask them for advice, if you don't belong to one, then I would suggest you join. The centrefire courses BASC used to run were a few hundred pounds if I remember rightly so membership of a shooting organisation for a year isn't going to break the bank. A course is not required by law and I believ
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    Quite rightly so
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    I'm fairly convinced the OP has had his question answered
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