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  1. andyf
    Ammo is the key, try GECO 42gr solids, I have a Sako Finnfire Varmint 17" barrel, deadly with these!
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    Ok Sausagedog : OK you are right! Yes I concede by 'Crappy Ammo' I really didn't mean 'Crappy Ammo'? Sorry, what I meant and implied was that harsh over the top reloads and probably far too many shots too quickly and between cleaning generally means (to me) that a centrefire .22 is more likely to be worn out and way worse under these circumstances than a larger calibre rifle. So best of luck to anyone out there, but I would NEVER buy a 'USED' .22 centrefire (except a .223) under any circumstances, but hey that's me?? Sausagedog want a well worn Ruger?? AndyF
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    Hi; I have a 22.250 for Fox, mine is a Ruger #1 single shot with a Leupold VX-3 on it and a Hardy Gen2 Moderator, I load my own ammo, and have settled on 55 grain Sierra hollow points! Anyway that's me, but I have looked and handled the Howa range of rifles at my local shop (Gunroom near Ivybridge Devon), I have to say they look and feel very solid, there is a good choice of barrel weights & stocks etc If I was in the market that would certainly be where I would go, NEVER buy a used 22.250 unless you know it's history they can be burned out very easily especially by not clea
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    Well: can I shoot??? Hello BASC, there are now plenty of stubbles here with Pigeons 'flanking' in, in large numbers, can I shoot them?? Please tick the box, CAN I DECOY PIGEONS etc Rotary and all the rest?? I also see that also that Pheasant & Partridge releasing etc are up for grabs, have you got that in control??? I run a syndicate so I hope so? Lets not get this one get away from us PLEASE. BET TOU HAVEN''T
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    Well: My non indexing (2011 from new) .177 HW100 is finally fixed and working. After too long (my fault) and 2 different 'fixit' shop visits, my Rifle finally works flawlessly! I took it back to Gun Room Ivybridge (the original supplier) who assured me it was OK; it wasn't. Then much later (2 years) to Helston Gunsmiths & £42.00 later no different (worse in fact 'cos it lost pressure as well as not indexing), then back to the 'new and revived' Gun Room Ivybridge, they had it for 3 weeks and allegedly cannibalised a 'NEW' stock HW100, but whatever they did they have
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    Hi: The Howa rifles are like 'Land Rover vs Isuzu'; Land Rover cars are actually fairly 'crap' but adored by many and Isuzu maybe seen as 'Jap' crap but are actually so very good but still classified as an 'eastern rim' 'bean tin', but would outlast and out perform a Land Rover all day forever. The fact is and 'we' have to acknowledge this is that Japanese engineering is really MUCH better than ours (even the 'kin Germans have to concede), So Howa rifles are very excellent (I have tried a few but don't own one). Anyway after 50+ years of Browning, Ruger, Sako and BRNO
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    YES What a pi** poor outfit, a magazine that ponders the 'future' of grouse moors (@ £100 a bird), yes of course that's you and me 'two gunning' in the butts NOT. They are about to feel the cold rush of the pigeon shooter that only joined to get the insurance. BASC you may be making some regional 'executives' REDUNDANT, best get ready for a minimum wage job flipping burgers? And not too soon.
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    Anyone remember the brazil made 55gr on a 'short' case? I got a couple of boxes just to see how the f**k a 55 gr bullet can get onto a 22 rimfire case? Looks really weird the bullet is as long as the case. At the time I had a 452 BRNO, which was a tack driving demon, these cartridges were I am told an effort to make a 22 revolver (USA ladies handbag gun) into something a bit more 'dirty harry'? When up close & personal? Anyway out of my rifle they tumbled hideously, going sideways through the paper at as little as 40 yards, Crap? No they weren't that good, still got a f
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    Well I can see where this is going! Remember Foxhunting, well now it's our turn, a new and very 'silly' licence thingy, means that you may choose to risk decoying and 'probably' nobody will even know you're out, but oh dear, a vegan dole recipient will notice you and film you on his mobile (which 'we' are paying for), then the full weight of the 'LAW' will dump it's warm smelly load over you! Good luck with that one. Also farmers will be very reluctant to let you on as their farm subsidy could be at risk, and that will be a no no. Pigeon shooting has been stopped and
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    Look you have passed the gate, you have a 'shotgun' condition on your FAC/SGC and you have openly stated here the you are shooting ball in it, so OH DEAR you have over stepped the rules! Who cares? NOT ME but there are a lot of 'knobbers' out there who do/might (i.e. like; people who ask "what should I do with .22 rimfire round that has miss fired, should I pass it to a RFD for disposal?' GET A LIFE just chuck it in the brambles, OH NO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING its a DEADLY prohibited THING!) Really??? Beware when there are 'those' out there, and of aware of pathetic knob-ends who
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    Remember what I said about the 'approved range' cobblers ages ago? Please don't get me wrong I have no bother or interest in what you do & as a very 'experienced' gun myself I fully understand that a muzzle loaded 'shotgun' with ball is about as bad as it can get for precision shooting and completely harmless. Anyway best of luck, keep your head down, just goes to show we are being watched by 'knobbers' with nothing better to do?
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    I have around 5 belts, 3 leather and 2 neoprene. I most often use a single one at a time as it's a convenient way of lugging 'enough' cartridges around for rough days, I load from my coat pocket & top up from the belt. Also it's a simple solution for decoying as 5 full belts = 125 carts, I don't wear them just drop them in the truck back and place them at the back of the hide. For driven days I use a nice old leather bag that holds 100+ and place it on the ground or hang it of the peg (if there is one).
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    Maybe many a 'Murder' of Crows that consistently and annoyingly never settle closer than 130 yards (don't do metres). Must be 17HMR heaven? AF
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    Remember you can only carry ONE RIFLE at a time, so having two is bad enough, 4 or more (e.g. me) is just mad. Anyway I have had all sorts of deer calibre rifles, and after many years and many deer I personally favour the 'bigger' ones, currently a .270 and 7x57, never lost a deer yet! As for Fox dead is dead, a .270 is no better or worse than a 22.250. I reload so have a few .270 110gr Vmax's in the wallet 'just in case', but if needs must i.e. no time a 150gr SP gets used, as I said dead is dead. Good luck with this one. AndyF
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    Foxes: Yes it must have been a good year (last year) for them (Foxy Loxy). Been out stalking today and when speaking with the farmer he told me that on their Christmas family 'anything goes, pheasants + shoot' (in January) with 8 guns and in our best stalking woods amongst a good few gamebirds they shot 6 foxes and saw several more. Last week in the high seat (same wood) I had 2 Fox come within 20 yards of me, and 'would of' except I couldn't risk the noise, as I had seen several Roe near bye. I guess the hunting ban has really started to kick in after all these years?
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    40 Acres is a very small area. A centrefire 22 is the best you can pitch for (maybe a .243) but a .223 or 22.50 is where I'd be looking. AF
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    Good project these cameras, some time ago I got a couple from Lidl of all places? Looks the same as yours, I paid £50>£60 something each so yours is a good buy. I have had good success with a 'hamster' rabbit bait, guts pulled out and still attached, pegged down with a garden wire noose, all and sundry seem to like these, Crows, Magpie's & Badgers particularly, but Foxes of course. I even got a Roe doe sniffing the carcase a couple of years ago?? AndyF
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    Hi; I had a 525 semi auto from new back in around 1983, it was very accurate and 'pretty' reliable. I had a Parker Hale mod on it (as that was just about all there was back then), but it made the gun a 'yard+' long but still balanced. I shot hundreds of Rabbits with it, mostly with Winchester Lazer HV, or Win Sub's for a quieter signature. That was the beginning of the end for it really, because new neighbours here and there with horses and one field, new bungalows popping up in the corner of once deserted fields meant that shooting rifles nearby was not received
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    Well done for leaving them, those Grey's are precious. I have a 'very' few on ground I shoot, they used to be shoot-ably prolific back in the 1970's and even then we restricted our take to a brace apiece, these days if there are two feeble coveys were in luck? Next door reared and released a decent amount of Redleg's for a few years, when they were 'fashionable' so, we got a bit of overspill and shot some especially after Christmas when they were dispersed, but I noticed they soon disappeared and as far as I can see never wild bred. Nicest eating gamebird in my o
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    U. Sounds about right to me! I have 4 rifles, 3 Centrefire + a .22RF, they all have their purpose, but at the end of the day I enjoy the good old '22'. My shooting buddy & me have said for years that if we had to rely on something in a 'no rules' world and we could only have one gun, it would be a 22 all day long, no shotgun even. The 22 can gather anything that 'flies swims or crawls' in our manor, it's so versatile. I read somewhere that historically a well known hunter regularly took Red Deer with a 22RF by choice. Just goes to show re shot placement etc. Anyway
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    Fine rifle the BRNO 22's. Anyway for what it's worth, I zero Subs at 50 yards, which roughly is 3" holdover @ 100 yards, and 'happy days' HV are just about spot on the zero point at 100yards. AF
  22. andyf
    Dry the gun first indoors, not on 'the radiator' just in the dry broken open or bolt open and leaning on the wall usually overnight. Shotguns I do 'freehand' i.e. Break down into 3 'bits' patch the barrels twice to clear the gunge. then spray in solvent leave it for 5 mins then wire brush, then mop, then patch again to clear & dry. Then 3 in 1 oil lightly sprayed down both tubes. Rifles I only bore clean after 50+ rounds (150+ rimfire), but if the gun is wet when coming home I do the above & make sure no moisture is still around, I always take the moderator off and
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    Well yes I know that it is possible to reload (more like recycle) .22 rimfire, but the original thread was asking in innocence if reloading 22 was not 'possible' but worth it? As Meece so correctly says if you had to you just might, but as we know the 22 RF is made to be expendable, and is in fact a difficult proposition to reload to say the least, even in a 'have to' situation most non practical folk would be lost cos they don't understand how the thing functions to start with, let alone considering how to get red match material into the currently fires brass rim?? S
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    Looks like Winchester's response to Stinger? I remember the Xpediter name but don't think I ever had any, those Stingers are a pile of Poo in anything I've ever owned, also Remington Yellow Jacket, green box with a Wasp on the front, the ones with the 'weirdy' gold colour washed conical bullet & massive hollow point, made a good Crack but shot pattern instead of a group! The stinger case is longer for the shorter 32gr bullet, in my SAKO you can feel the case snag the chamber end and I have to give the bolt a decent shove to close it. I was given some ancient W
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    Are you MAD, yes you probably are? Centrefire RELOAD yes Any rimfire reloading ????????????? Yes you are MAD That's like saying can I re-tread my landrover tyres with a Stanley knife??? NO YOU CAN'T
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