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    Only Browning's UK importer can bring guns to England/Europe. So you could start by finding out who that is and ask them. The problem is that the whole import/agent thing is ALL about selling goods, (guns in this instance) and making profit, and NOTHING to do with you wanting to buy one. They would only I suspect be interested in importing a batch i.e. at least 100+ units to make it worthwhile, and pumps are not that popular in the UK to start with. The idea of paying to import a single gun and delivering it to you just to see if 'Ruster' liked it must bring a wry smirk to the businessmen
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    About FoxPro animals; I have a laugh with mine now and again, on a still dark night just outside the village the' Coyote Howl' makes all the domestic dogs in earshot bark and generally 'go mad', they haven't heard a Coyote before but they still react. There's also a 'Mouse Squeeky' sound that sound like a dozen Gerbels on happy pills and also a Starling distress, these attract all sorts of stuff, even an Owl or a Buzzard in daylight. The Crow fight brings the local 'blackbirds' all over you they hang about even when they've seen you. I haven't tried the Chicken Distress for real, I'll giv
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    .22 CCI Velocitor HV do well enough, not to far though 75yds max.
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    FoxPro; (Me again) I've used mine to fantastic effect over the time I've had it, but the only downside that has emerged is (my experience) that it fairly quickly gets 'blown-out' in single location and the local foxes avoid it like the plague, so I have to refrain from using it for at least 6 months before it will work again. Usually I revert to my varied selection of mouth blown calls, which always work. Of course the main attraction of the FoxPro (and other remote electronics) is that is placed away from the shooter and give a great advantage. AndyF
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    You should try to get that gap to less than 5mm, almost touching is best, but at least you can now take the mount your using in the photo to compare to others to get the right 'lowness', measure the gap in the photo and work from that. Sportsmatch are spot on for rimfires with dovetails, also the 'reach forward' type format gives you a much better chance of getting the eye relief correct.
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    FoxPro as well, bought mine in Texas 5 years ago.
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    I've never had much joy with any 55gr FMJ bullets, they tend to be cheap and often not very 'cheerful'. I had a CZ 527 in .223, it was my first centrefire, brand new looked the part but I never got it to shoot anywhere near 'well' or even consistent. My scope was not the greatest ( Simmons Whitetail Classic), and I started to reload at the same time but after nearly 12 months I gave up and bought a new Browning A bolt Varmint (22.250) instead, that was MUCH better, and when I could afford it I bought a better scope (Leupold VX3), that combo was excellent. As for bullets Hornady V-Max an
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    I shoot a Ruger #1 in 22.250, had it for 5 years, after plenty of reload experiments, using 'posh' bullets i.e. Hornady V-Max, Nosler Varmint and contrary to what the 'books' say? Mine shoots with 55gr Sierra GK hollow points, over 34grs of R15, so what the!! Going to the CLA Saturday & Sunday, see you there? AF
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    Any 'high street' brand Winchester/Remington etc, because you will want to get the same each time, and gunshops don't keep a variety or 1,000's of any centrefire because it's expensive. So the 55gr expanding softpoint is the most widely used for .223, that's what they'll have, it may not be the absolute best for your rifle, but unless you reload your best to stick with the common stuff. Also although you must/should have looked into this first, centrefire ammo is scarily 'dear' compared to rimfire, you may spend £20.00 just getting the scope zeroed.
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    I bought a Lee Load-all in America for about £30.00, and started loading up shotshells just because I 'could'. It's not really worthwhile costwise but I'm a keen (3 calibre) rifle reloader so had the main facilities in my workshop plus a few years experience, I am working round to making birdshot from scrap lead, but I suppose from that the main reason if there was ever a lead shot ban it wouldn't apply to me would it? AF
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    No not Baikal's that time, I think they were Fiochi's (Italian, but no Ferrari). I have used Baikal's though, lots of flame and very 'sooty' you end up looking like Fred Dibnah on a bad day!
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    I once has a duff box of shotshells, several had no powder, so a muffled 'phut' but even then just the pressure from the primer alone was enough to eject the plasiwad and shot out of the barrel and about 6 feet in the air. Almost funny, but if it had stopped 1/2 way up the barrel and in the heat of the moment (i.e. Pigeon Decoying with birds all over you), a second cartridge might have blown the barrel apart?
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    Whatever make/type you use, the object (42mm) should be as close to the barrel as you can get it. Also the reach forward Sportsmatch sets allow you to set the eye relief much more easily, and keep the mounts ideally at each end of the parallel body of the scope.
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    My shooting buddy bought one new back in the 1980's, I remember it was very similar to the then current Beretta's. He used it without any problems for over 20 years, I reckon he'd still have it now except he emigrated to Australia! Nice looking lightweight gun, decent wood & finish can't go wrong with that. AF
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    A £300 SKB must be a nail, leave that well alone. As much as I like my Model 23 Pigeon Grade, be aware they have coil springs, that means light strikes, also mine has a tendency for the right barrel ejector kicker to be a bit tired, so Left ejects Right does 'most' times. But I wouldn't trade it for an SO Beretta.
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    I've got a Ruger #1 single shot, had it for 7 years and it's very good. Only quirky thing is Ruger have their own design scope mounting interface and ring sets. No other make of mount fits only Ruger's. It's not a big deal, but I wish they hadn't done it.
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    .223 ammo is in every shop (next to the .243 & .308). As for pesky Rabbits, any .22 centrefire turns bunnies into a red cowpats (not tried a 22 Hornet I must admit, got a 22.250 myself) , So not much use in the culinary dept. for CF Rabbit! Stick to the .22 RF for bunnies, nothing better. .223 for Foxes and maybe a Rabbit if the Fox doesn't turn up!
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    Sorry bud £300 won't make the spec you've got. But the only 'common' ones like you want are indeed SKB or Winchester Model 23, (I've got a 23). Expect to pay £600>£950 for the above. But a half tidy AYA SS ejector can be found in the £300+ range, nothing wrong with them. AndyF
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    You boys must have concrete shooting benches all over the farm? And Rabbits that stand next to range markers to help you out. Cos at 150 yards through a (less than £750) scope a rabbit looks like a mouse on 8x, zoom up to 20+ and you'll wobble all over the county. But I guess you'll be head shooting 1/2 grown bunnies out there?? I guess I must be rubbish, or have bad eyes (shooting for over 50 years). Ho Ho
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    I'd get a .22 first if I were you, way cheaper to run and a good way to 'learn' firearms. Mucho plenty ammo @ £50+ per 500. But hey it's your birthday, and your money so fill yer boots.
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    Think they were also marketed as the 'AYA Matador', hence the 3" chambers and beaver tail forend. Good luck with that by the way, a lightweight 28" SS with 50gr 3" Mags, that'll make your eyes water, safe but a bit fierce.
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    SAK on my .22 RF - Best I've used and only £40 Wildcat Predator 8 on my .270 - Very good on such a 'boomer', but heavy and large. Riflecraft Hardy Gen3 on my 22.250 - This is exceptional, lightweight and very good suppression, Highly Recommended. Nothing at all on my 7x57 Heym, noisy a F***k but a peach to carry and shoot.
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    I use 32gr felt in No5 in my (old) fixed choke game guns (Lylevale branded to my local clay ground). For pigeon decoying I might go down to 7's. Fox AAA or BB sometimes SG (I load my own for these). These days I buy a 1,000 at a time, but it takes me ages to burn that many off but I know what I want, as a beginner I expect you will buy 2 to 4 boxes at a time, that's fine try the lot see what YOU think.
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    17 hmr for Fox, not really, nowhere near enough zip, maybe 'cat' size cubs right now at 75 yards, but adult Foxes at 100+ NO WAY It's up to you of course, maybe a centrefire is not available in your circumstances, but if it is I think you should use it.
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    I use Sub's because their quiet, not that the rabbits seem to be that bothered, but with all the houses dotted around here the less 'they' know I'm about the better as far as I'm concerned. Continual crack crack etc too much like inviting bother, and with rabbits I am shooting a lot of ammo all the time. I use centrefires a lot as well but seldom fire more than one shot infrequently, and it sounds like a shotgun anyway, but a .22HV is very recognisable and a lot of people know what it is! If your in the middle of nowhere fine, if not beware.
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