Mr_Logic
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Yes, I like those too. Shame about the price tag though...
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Tried him, he has sold all of the F/TR at that price :-( I shall likely get something as cheap as possible for now, give the long range target shooting a good go, and either upgrade this rifle or get a custom one made. Lot to learn first though.
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Hunting what, with what rifle, at what range? Cheers muchly
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Agreed. Being new to this stuff, I am always cautious, so anything I'm not 100% happy with I chuck out.
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I couldn't really afford the Savage But I'd rather pay a bit in credit card interest than £700 just because some berk screwed up the economy!
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Falcon Optics. In that price range, I doubt you'll beat it, unless you can find a secondhand Leupold in good nick. I had a Falcon which I sent to my brother. It was great. Optically pretty good - not in the same league as Leupold +, but bearable. It also had accurate adjustments, and you can get metric adjustments to go with your metric (mildot) reticle. Recommended.
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Right then... Looking to get a rifle for long range target work. One day I might like to shoot F/TR - the appeal of everyone using one calibre is a good thing for me. So, that means 308, even though it's going out to 1000 yards. I was going to get a Savage F/TR, at 1100 they were just about affordable and hideously accurate. Sadly, they're all gone at that price now, the new ones are £1600-1700, which is OTT unless I get to do this a hell of a lot. So, next step down the tree... What to get?! Choices thus far: Remington 700 VLS (or the straight Varmint with the nasty plastic s
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Yep, 3-6 grand for the rifle and a fiver a pop. Not cheap by any means...
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For long range crows, your best bets are 204 Ruger or 17 Rem. My choice, despite my current 204 issues, would be 204. 17HMR is a 150-yard rabbit gun. 200 yards stretches it, so if the shots are mostly long range, get a sensible calibre. If you opt for CF, you can reload for not much more than HMR ammo anyway, and with the CF you'll hit more stuff, so it makes 'em count
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Hornet uses a 224 bullet these days too, it was 223 once upon a time though...
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In this day and age £250 is a fair enough price for one.
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Can see details of the moderators on there, but no offer - I must be being blind.... What sort of prices are we talking, since I can't find them on my own... (muppet moment, must be!)
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Where are the details of this offer? Might be interested myself.
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For fox and deer, S&B is much better. Besides him trying to make money, the AGS will have had more mag than the S&B at those prices, he may have thought that you would benefit from a bit more mag, and for fox he may have had a point. But, the glass on the S&B is top-notch, if you did want the mag, you could consider Bushnell Elite 4200, Leupold VX-III, or if you can find it, Zeiss Conquest. Of the three, the Zeiss is the best optically. All of those are much better than the AGS and will be in the price bracket of that S&B.
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If I Remember Correctly
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Recoil on a 22-250? You big girl Although I will say one thing - it is nice seeing the bullet strike, especially at night.
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Softpoint is right. By law you must use soft, hollow or ballistic tip (ballistic tip IIRC can be called softpoint, the law was written before they existed). In a deer calibre the ballistic tip is set up for deer so it expands more slowly, but most 243 ballistic tip is for fox, so it explodes. IIRC there is a 95gr which is OK. 100 or 90 gr SP puts a nice humane hole in them while still allowing you to eat the animal. I shot with 58gr v-max once (roe, obviously) and it looked like a bomb had gone off in this thing - the bullet didn't exit, we found the fragments under the skin on t
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Either works well. 22-250 if you're going to shoot much over 300 yards though, makes life that bit easier. In 22-250 beware the glut of heavy-barrel rifles out there, unless your rifle never leaves the motor they're too heavy. Stick with light barrel unless you're: Insane Huge and very strong Target shooting I made that mistake and it meant I sold my Sako 75, which was a fabulous rifle and I still miss it...
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Anschutz 525 .22lr Any Good !
Mr_Logic replied to mike white's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
True, CZ511 a very reliable semi auto, but beware the trigger, which is insanely rubbish. -
Roughly 3700fps. Have a look at their website, www.accuratearms.com. Max load is 37gr, which meant to be 3819 fps. Knock off 100fps or so for the half grain (probably slightly less in actual fact) et voila, 3700-ish. Also, remember that your scope adjustments are almost certainly not 1/4 or 1/8 of an inch, but 1/4 or 1/8 of MOA. MOA is very very nearly spot-on 1 inch at 100 yards. therefore, multiply up in yards and divide by 4 or 8 depending on 1/4 or 1/8 MOA adjustments. Beware the scope with inaccurate adjustments though - what you see is not always what you'll get
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they are, but they are happy at well over 3400fps, don't break up or anything. Speer do a 33gr TNT which does break up much over 3400 though.
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er, turn down the mag a bit?
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Anschutz 525 .22lr Any Good !
Mr_Logic replied to mike white's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
I had one and it was a bag of shite, STRONGLY suggest you avoid. -
There is no hard and fast rule to weather it will shoot or not from a factory rifle depends on each gun in question.... my .243 would never stabilise a 100g bullet but my mate would shoot them great both same guns... twist rate etc... Its a good cal. no doubt about it but the one shooting 3/4 inch at 100 i would leave, It should be shooting at least 1/2 inch in the right hands, so test fire if possible, good luck. That's with factory ammo though Snap, seemed OK to me tbh. Will check if I can test it though... Mr L i have seen the ruger .204 shoot 1/2 inch with fact
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Only caveat is that Hornets do have a slower twist, I might try the 40gr in mine but from what I see the CZ 527 probably won't stabilize them