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  1. andyf
    The Hornet is OK, but it does have drawbacks, like the ammo is expensive and not available everywhere, also the case is very fragile (if you reload?). Rifle choice is also a bit thin, not many new ones around. My choice if I were you would be .223, but I have a 22.250 and used to have a .223, and to be honest there's not a significant difference, save a bit less powder and small primers, just as loud. That said you may have trouble getting a ticket for a .223 as you already have a 22.250, well I dont know? I guess it's .223!
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    Kill some stones boy, 'USE IT OR LOSE IT' .22 Rimfire ammo is very cheap, 17HMR is TOO dear and therefore an expensive and uneccessary TOY if you have a .223, your mate clearly doesn't use one rifle let alone 3, a tight budget doesn't wash if you own 3 rifles and 3 scopes? Get real. Again USE IT OR LOSE IT (you have been warned)
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    When I had a 17HMR I had the same thing happen Twice, like you I was on the case and realised that something was wrong. Both times it was Remington ammo, I think the primer in the rim didn't fire properly as the main powder was still intact? Anyway I decided a long time ago that the 17 was good, but no use to me, and got a 22.250 instead, I have a .270 for Deer and used to use it for Foxes as well, but having the 17 proved useless for Fox and just filled Rabbits with Copper shards, so reloadable .22 centrefire was the Fox rifle for me.
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    I've tried most of the 'usual suspects' down the years, in about 7 different rifles, but I keep coming back to Winchester Sub's. Eley and RWS are just as good but do shoot to a different 'spot' and need zeroing accordingly. One suprise was 'Magtech' Sub's I only had a couple of 500 bricks before my local shop ran out, but although they were 'cheap and cheerful' to say the least they were spot on, and had the biggest 'bucket' sized hollow points I've ever seen, no runners! The worst? Well CCI get the 'Oscar' crap is doing them a favour, Remington Sub's were second to this, though not becaus
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    Right Buddy; It doesn't matter whether your FAC is open, closed or folded. You need a Shotgun Certificate if you want to aquire a shotgun. Most folks start out with an SGC then move on to an FAC hence the 'grey' area in the other posts! Get the form fill it in etc etc AndyF
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    The Lee kit you mention is fine to start with, get one! I've been reloading for 17 years and still have the original Lee Anniversary gear I bought back then, true I have since the bought loads of other more 'exotic' tools, but for starters the Lee kit is not just OK it's plenty good enough and better than you are at the moment. (In truth the more expensive stuff is better made and more durable, but on day one when it's all brand new NO DIFFERENCE) You need to get in practice and use the tools, A good point is that its hard to load dangerous rifle ammo as the case capacity is just about as
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    Only Questions? Without having your gun to hand its hard to be able to figure it out? 1. Can you fit the forend to just the barrels when they are separated from the stock/action? 2. If your gun has ejectors, maybe the ejector springs/bar in the foreend are in the 'fired' postion, and therefore 'in the way' and need to be re-cocked? 3. Are you sure the forend you have is the actual original one? They all look the same but they will not 'transfer' to another gun even if it is the same make and model. Try and test the above? AndyF
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    I have 2 Centrefires, a 22.250 and a .270, I don't routinely clean the barrels of either, the 22.250 gets a 'push-through' after 30>40 rounds, or if I get an unexpected miss or poor shot. The .270 doesn't get that much put through it, and is superbly accurate, so 'if it isn't broke, dont fix it' is my plan for that one? I do dry and wipe down my rifles after every use, but not clean the bores. BUT when I clean my rifle barrels I do it with care and attention, the 'boresnake' or any 'pull through' should be put on a bonfire, you scrub the crown with cord and 'screw' it, really dont use
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    200 Yards, you must be having a laugh, please don't shoot anything with a BIG rifle (or anything else) until you have the skill, it's not the make of rangefinder you need to decide on! It's the basics of deer stalking. STOP RIGHT NOW and get some help!!
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    OK I'll try and make it as clear as possible. Firstly a '.22' is the size of the 'hole' in the barrel (5.56mm if your Metric), so both 22 rimfire and 22 centrefire are 22's OK got that then? Now it gets a bit more 'engineering' the rimfire is very well described because the 'rim' of the 'bullet' has the firing compound that makes it go BANG inside it, however the Centrefire has a separate and dedicated 'primer' in the middle of the brass case that achieves the same thing. The BOTTOM line is that the 22 rimfire case is also 22 in diameter and contains very little powder, but the (varied) 22
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    I have a Leupold rangefinder, VERY good!! I use it 'all over the place' when I pitch up in a high seat I range all of the local features, Trees, Stones or What have You, Then when I'm decoying I set the decoys at 30 yards for the best shotgun pattern, no question a very valuable piece of kit! Andy F
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    Shooting Boar in Tennesse. I went to the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee 2 years ago, $2,000 for 3 days (4x People) in an enclosed forrest area. What do you think? We used the 'estate' rifles because it was just too much hassle to take my own. But I had a Ruger M77 7mm REM Mag with a decent scope, my buddy chose a lever action 30-30 Marlin we went to the local Walmart to buy some ammo for practice on the improvised range at the lodge (I wish it was trhat simple here), Very good to say the least, my guide was called Cory Looper, he had the ZZ-top beard and the V8 truck to match, 23 yea
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    I've read the other posts, lots of squabling? Anyhow, my 10 Pence Worth, firstly high mag scopes are very fine and good, !BUT! in the daylight, on a range, off a bipod, sat in a comfy chair etc etc. Try shooting unsupported in the wind and/or rain, then 'you' try and hold it still enough at any Mag higher 8x to get a 'head shot' I don't think so (at least I can't do it, maybe I'm rubbish, or maybe I'm just telling it like it is?). Now for scopes, a half decent Leupold or Schmidt is were you should go if you can afford it, (Circa £350>£500>Lots More) But failing that good 'airgun' s
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    The CZ is hard to beat, I've owned loads of different .22's down the years, and several CZ452's. Currently I have a SAKO Finnfire Varmint with a very expensive Leupold VX3 scope on it, and nice as it is, it really is NOT better than an out of the box CZ, one major factor is that as you don't reload rimfires, therefore 'we' all use the same ammo, and thats most of the 'quality' issues put to bed in one go. Don't get me wrong my SAKO is s**t hot, its shoots cloverleaf groups of Winchester Sub's at 100 yards, and maybe the equivalent CZ might 'only' manage a 1" pattern on the same target, but t
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    Good one! First rate good gun, (By the the way you spelt CHOISE wrong it's 'Choice' lets hope your spelling improves with your shooting! AF)
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    Sounds OK to me, The only 'bother' with Ruger rifles is that they have a dedicated Scope Mount system that is really 'DEDICATED' that being you have to use Ruger mounts, and if you are 'Picky' (Like Me) a Leupold VX3 30MM LRT won't fit on the mounts you get with it?? Also the 22-250 is a hot round, the barrel is only good for 2,000 rounds. But after that I have had several Ruger rifle's and none of them have been 'BAD'. AndyF
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    Hello: 'Shorts' won't ever cycle through your Magazine, because it's made for 'Longs' SUPRISED you muppet? If you try them (I think you might have by now) They just 'fly' out and drop in the grass! You can single load them with difficulty (I know because I was you some time ago I'm a 'Muppet' to), and after all the trouble, what happens? they shoot 1" low at 20 Yards, but I'm sure if you could bother to zero these they would be as consistant as all the other 22Rimfire cartridges we can buy. The bottom line is that these are perfectly good ammo, but were made for pump action 'gallery' rif
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    Try them, why not! Really though I've used them for years as the last chance shell foxing in my 3 shot Semi, they are really good for busting Squirrel Drays and Crow's nests, also for up close smashing through brush and scrub. A word of warning, they carry a long way and richochet of hard ground very badly, (one .22 rifle bullet is bad enough but 9 x .38 calibre lead balls going here there and everywhere is far from funny). The pattern is non existant, you can fluke a fox from 120 yards now then miss one from 40 yards 5 minutes later, also I've found that choke has the opposite effect wit
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    Yes of course you can, you can buy new nickel plated reloading brass from Midway UK, so that wouldn't be very clever if you couldn't put them through a die would it? The 'anoraks' out there will tell you that nickel plated brass could damage your dies because it's harder than the steel the die is made of etc etc DOH! I don't use them much, but my .270 reloads have 3 different weight's of Nosler bullets all of which have Yellow plastic tips, so I bought 20 Nickel cases to load the 150 grain bullets that I hardly ever use (Red Deer only) so that I can tell which is what,I've shot and reloaded
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    £37.00 for a brick of 500 Winchester Sub's, don't buy them by the box! Only 500 at a time. Bought those from Norman Clarke at last year's Gamefair. AF
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    Well you haven't said what ammo your intending to use? But if it's High Velocity a 60 yard zero will require only a tiny bit of holdover for 100, (realworld about half way from the 'cross' to the thicker part of the vertical stadia. But if it's Subsonic you'll need to go all the way to the top of the 'thick' bit. All the above assumes you will have a duplex reticule, but airgun/rimfire scopes these days are available in all the varieties, so maybe get a mildot or a varmint ladder type then check out for yourself by zeroing then moving back to 100 and determining which mildot or ladder point
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    You can't 'cut down' a multichoke shotgun barrel, as you rightly have already noticed the end is threaded. Anyway the barrels are soldered together and the top rib has a finished end. Just trade it in for something else if your not happy, cos chopping bits off will make it worth nothing, and will invalidate the proof marks. By the way the long barrels are there to improve the swing not stop it, if you try a shorter gun you may find that your not so bad off anyway, by far and away the most popular clay guns these days are 30", but a lot of older guns will be 28". Put that hacksaw away, y
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    Hi, start at the 'start' you can't reload 17HMR, it's a rimfire and £15 for 50, no reloads so forget that! As to the .204, well it really doesn't matter what the centrefire calibre is, you still need the same tools That's a press, a reprimer tool, a set of dies and a drawer full of 'stuff', and to help costs along you will need cases, powder, bullets and primers, lets guess at the least cost for all this, £300 should cover it! So you see you can buy 300 factory rounds before you start to break even, so it's up to you? The issue here is twofold, how much ammo do you 'really' use, and are
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    seen them 2 mate there all over the place Shot a 'milky' doe on Tuesday night, (South Devon) having said that, nothing unusual down here, been like this for at least 10 years? What's happening in your location? AndyF
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    around hereI shoot a 22.250 it's as good as it gets However your 220Swift is 'cooking' So 'give it to em', it's only a bit more 'naughty' than my 22,250!! BE NAUGHTY!
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