Mr_Logic
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Good going, always satisfying when you get a troublesome one.
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You really can't beat the CZ bolt actions for a bunny gun, they shoot straight, they're reliable, they're cheap and they're not really ammo fussy. In all honesty, what more can you really ask for?!
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The Howa range is readily available, they are imported by Highland Outdoors AFAIK, then sent to Wildcat, who do the predator mods, for screwcut. My Howa is a beast for carrying about, in that I have to rest it on a fencepost or its big bipod in order to be able to shoot it even vaguely accurately. Prone, it's a joy to shoot and the action mated to a light barrel would make a great hunting rifle. But, Remington do the SPS for the same sort of price, and it will probably outshoot the Howa by a slim margin, and it can be customised where the Howa can't, really. Remington would be my c
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It was a really horrid evening, absolutely foul, and the scope got really soggy too so very hard to see out.
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I would stick with the 243 if you are going to shoot foxes, or 308 if you aren't. RWS offer a good choice, I like mine and clearly you do If you want something fairly light then Tikka as you have in 223, or Remington because they do the SPS with a detachable magazine in 243 and above. The SPS with our ASE mods was still well balanced (I checked it when I was 223 shopping) Or Browning A-bolt, which is light with a good trigger and detachable mag. And a reasonable price. Or Howa with Hogue stock for 400 quid, nice accurate rifle. Personally I would avoid anything other than
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sound moderator for my .22/250 Remington
Mr_Logic replied to a topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
1. Wildcat Predator is on my 223 and is good. Have an ASE on my 243 and is heavy but also pretty good. 2. Whichever ammo works well with it now, no need to change. -
Guys, chill. Leepy, I don't get the point of shooting 28 bunnies and leaving another 20 if it's vermin control. If you're controlling vermin, you shoot as many as you can, simply put, because otherwise the farmer will get someone who actually does the job. I can understand leaving them for sport, or if they want some but not all. Round here, though, all we get when asked to control them is "Bloody rabbits are destroying XYZ, please get rid." Congrats on the rabbits you did get, clearly you had a good time out shooting. As to which is best, well, my bullet gun will do more than you
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I have to say I agree with Deker, what is the point in leaving females if you're shooting for vermin control? if you're not shooting for vermin control, have you really got the time to process all those?!
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As a 243 fox shooter I have to disagree Is it necessary? No, not really, but it gives the additional range of a 22-250 with the versatility of being able to shoot deer south of the border. My 200+ fox wasn't particularly messy, just had a sensibly sized exit hole, and my God they go straight down. All that said, were it not for the deer rules, I wouldn't own one, I would have stuck with my 22-250.
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Went out with Deker this PM after bunnies and other vermin, on a few permissions of his. Kicked off with pissing rain, but a magpie stuck his head out, Deker did the necessary there so a good start. Moving on, different permission yielded a bunny, and several misses Then we went to the last place and got cracking. A good sign when we drove through the gate to see a rabbit at 10 yards, which was still there when the rifles had come out of the boot. Rabbit shot, we moved off to the fields. I spotted a pigeon through the gate and shot that, too. Sadly I got the shot right and the bullet
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i don't agree, I think a 22LR is a very capable fox tool. It's about shot placement and self discipline. If you shoot charlie in the head at 60 yards, he really, really isn't getting up, and he's straight down to boot. Sometimes, especially round here in Berks, land is small, and people get grumpy about the noise of a rifle (yes, even with a mod, and yes, it's bloody silly, but there you go). So the 22LR is the tool - it's quiet and lethal, you just have to get the field bit right to get in range. AND... you have to be disciplined - if a shot ain't right, leave the fox alone. If you follo
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Good going mate
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I had a CZ511 and still have my 10/22T. It cycles subs all day long no problem at all. it's accurate, too, and great fun. That would be my tip.
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If he asks nicely I can't see it being a problem tbh, so long as he has done a fair bit of shooting in that time (which they will only judge by ammo use anyway)
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Hmmm.... I wonder if Remington use the same stock then, simply because it looks identical to the one on my Howa, which is a US stock in any event. I guess it's possible It's a lovely stock, but the rifle is somewhat heavy to carry for an evening.
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Good going Is that a Howa I spy in the top picture? Sure looks like one if it's not What's the calibre? That foot sure was manky, amazed she could run at all, not least with that hole in her!
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I shoot Norma 58gr Vmax at foxes and I have yet to find one that didn't die PDQ. It shot bull after bull at a target the other day too, so very accurate (from my RWS Titan6, so not directly applicable I'm afraid). At deer (only roe) I use 85gr Federal hollow points.
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Because that's what I happened to have with me at the time...
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best foxing round for tikka t3 lite
Mr_Logic replied to onelesscharlie's topic in Reloading and Gun Maintenance
Does the rifle shoot that bullet accurately, and are you happy enough with the cost of it? If the answer to both is yes, then stick with it. Most of the time, finding a bullet your rifle likes is the hard part. They all kill foxes if you put the bullet in the right place, so accuracy is number 1 priority. If you want to save money, there's Wolf at the really cheap (and it does the job for me) or Prvi for a little bit more, or American Eagle 50gr HP for about the same as Prvi. -
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As a Hornet shooter, like I said, apart from cost it's perfect.
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223 or 22 Hornet Hornet is the perfect compromise round, it's effective on rabbits without being too messy, and foxes to 175 yards. Ammo's not cheap though unfortunately. 223 is overkill for a bunny really (in that it CAN be messy, but isn't always) but it's cheap.
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Hate to say this, but, you're the one using it, please tell US if it's any good
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Good going
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Legally it doesn't matter if it's feral or not, and i don't mind in terms of whether it gets shot or not. But I do think that if you shoot Tiddles you need tell its owner, just so they aren't worried sick about their precious moggy. If someone shot my cat and didn't tell me, I would go apeshit if I ever found out who did it. Not the shooting of the cat, but the letting me worry.