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    I have a Predator 8 on my .270, excellent, you think a .243 is loud, try a .270 with a muzzle brake and no earmuffs! (No don't you can only hear hssss until next Tuesday) The Predator 8 is fully stripable and very well made, also not too heavy. Mine is now very 'hushed' just a smooth Whooom! in open ground it's no worse than a .410 shotgun, recoil is also reduced, not the cheapest but anything any good rarely is. Andy F.
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    Hi: I can't answer your particular question exactly. BUT whatever you do starting reloading is going to require you to spend a fair bit on day one (About £250.00+ min) at least! So that's about 10 boxes (200 rounds) of factory ammo at shop prices. I have been reloading for about 10 years now (4x different calibre's)and the cost per round I don't know, but one thing is for sure reloaded ammo is VERY VERY superior to any factory stuff, and you can try all and any of the bullets/powder combinations that take your fancy. If you shoot a lot of ammo or just want the best then reloading is th
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    Also you both need to send a covering letter to your regional Firearms office stating that you have either sold 'and placed into the permanent keeping' or 'taken permanent ownership of' the 'so and so' shotgun. Assuming you don't both live in the same county/police area this will tie loose ends. You don't need to send your cert's off, just cross the gun off yours and add it to his, your regional Police Firearms office will adjust the records accordingly. AndyF
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    Yes Sales patter and a load of cobblers. The 'Brooks' CZ trigger kit is VERY good it improves the trigger 100% and a modest 'Muppet' can install it with no problem. The 'Gunsmith' might be right if it was still 1965 and the best gun in town was a dreadful 'Tractorial' Parker Hale abomination. But it is not, the trigger kit just replaces the trigger tension spring with a 'thinner' less powerful one and applies a spacer to take up 'slack' in the trigger sear clearance. If you have no idea what I mean any decent gunshop will put the £20 kit in for another £20, do it.
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    Well done on the FAC! Short barrel = good, I had my 22" SAKO Finnfire cut down to 16,5", no difference at all tack-driver. All I've read tells me that .22 rimfire is all over in 15" of barrel, any longer is just slowing the bullet the bullet down, and just like the other guys say, a short barrel plus moderator makes a handy rifle that's easy to carry and equally easy to use from inside a vehicle. No contest a 16" CZ will serve you well, (I had a 16" CZ American 17HMR and that was very good).
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    Has anybody tried using a large Owl decoy to attract Crows into shotgun range? As the shooting seasons are now draining out from under our feet I thought I'd like to try something different to fill the time. I don't like shooting Foxes (Vixens) when there are young in the earth, (they can wait till later in the year), so the Crows/Magpies are going to get it. Has anyone any tips hints on the above, I have .22 Rimfire and 22.250 Centrefire to deal with any that sit out of range, but what about getting them inside 40 yards? AndyF
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    I have a friend who has the most 'peachy' varmint factory rifle i've ever seen, its a Saur Wolverine, it is the 'dogs' his is a 25.06 but they do it in 22.250 and .223, mine's a Ruger number one in 22.250, the guy's are right though, three thing to get right scope, scope, scope! I use a leupold VX3 6,5>20x50 LRT with varmint ret, scary expensive but in the end worth every penny, did I say penny? Enjoy your shopping AndyF
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    Ok my reccomend for HV .22 rimfire is either Winchester Lazer or Velocitor, both are premium grade make a very sharp 'crack' when fired, they shoot very well in my rifle (SAKO Finnfire Varmint), If I zero with Subs at 60 yards the HV are bang on a 100 yards. The only issue is the noise, it doesn't by my experience bother the Rabbits at all, but the locals will know you are around, so if near houses/gardens etc during daylight when folk are gardening / barbequeing etc and you are shooting a lot you may invite unwelcome attention, even though you are safe and careful! As for power and range in t
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    My advice! Hornet, not the best choice, either as a round or more especially for reloading, the case is very small and frail, get a .223, more powerful, better in all departments and cheap to feed.
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    As you don't have a shotgun certificate I doubt you will get far with anything but a .22 or 17HMR for a 'first timer'. You will need the land suitable as well. Anyway a .22 is ok for Fox but only close in, no more than 60 to 75 yards. But in truth you should not be setting out foxing with anything less than a .223, best of all a 22.250, but for now you are stuck with a rimfire.
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    I have a 'Foxpro' remote control caller, I bought it in America, but you can get it here. YES it's the best thing out there! the remote works up to 700 yards so after all my previous experience with mouth blown calls, and a heap of dead foxes, it's still beats the competion into a pulp. The main advantage over 'personal' calls is that 'YOU' are not the scource of the squeeking, the scource is were you decide it will be, so you can hide up in a convenient spot sighting the Foxpro in an equally convenient location, then press button 'a' to activate the call and wait for the action to start. T
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    I have a 'Foxpro' remote control caller, I bought it in America, but you can get it here. YES it's the best thing out there! the remote works up to 700 yards so after all my previous experience with mouth blown calls, and a heap of dead foxes, it's still beats the competion into a pulp. The main advantage over 'personal' calls is that 'YOU' are not the scource of the squeeking, the scource is were you decide it will be, so you can hide up in a convenient spot sighting the Foxpro in an equally convenient location, then press button 'a' to activate the call and wait for the action to start. T
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    Yes: From a 'former' 17HMR user. Get a Dewey rod from 'Midway UK' (Brace yourself £35+), make sure it's not to long/short, check your rifle's barrel length! Then from Rimfire magic get 'some' brushes and a couple of jags, I say 'some' brushes i.e. 4 or 5 at least as they don't last very long as the bristles are very short and bend over and cease to function after 4 or 5 uses! Also I really recommend that you get a bore guide, if youve got BRNO then 'easy peasy' either way Rimfire Magic web site has the 'stuff'for most common rifles. Use a decent copper-solvent cleaner as you are now fir
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    Hi: I've had a 'Foxpro' for 3 years (bought it in a Tennessee 'Cabelas' when on holiday). Yes it's very expensive for a vermin control 'helper' i.e. $500 (£275 'ish). But Oh dear! it is the Dog's B**locks. It has a remote control that works up to 700 Metres, imagine that! I have shot Foxes that had !NO IDEA! where I am, just a bleating Rabbit 'over there' somewhere. Yes this is the answer, but it costs too much. Andy F
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    Hi: Why even think about being on the 'edge' of legality with a .223, just apply for a .243, with 100gr bullets it is deer legal, but it's also a recognised Fox calibre. Down here (in Devon) our Firearms people are very pro, so if you have the land/permissions NO PROBLEM. If I were you I would apply for a 22.250 and a .243 you don't have to buy both or either, but you have 5 years to close the deal. Andy F.
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    Good choice! 22.250 is my favourite, I have owned most of the the 'others' at some time (i.e. .222 .223 22 hornet etc etc, but not a 220 Swift). Really the quality of the rifle is the key, all of the above will kill Fox out to 300 yards with ease, I've had all sorts of rifles and scopes, these days my fox rifle is a 22.250 Ruger No1 with a Leupold VX3 6,5>20 x 50 LRT on the top, with handloaded 55gr Nosler ballistics on 34gr of R15 you can't miss if the 'x' marks the spot when you squeeze it off. The 22.250 is a mild recoiling relatively low noise round (without moderation), it's my choi
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    Good choice! 22.250 is my favourite, I have owned most of the the 'others' at some time (i.e. .222 .223 22 hornet etc etc, but not a 220 Swift). Really the quality of the rifle is the key, all of the above will kill Fox out to 300 yards with ease, I've had all sorts of rifles and scopes, these days my fox rifle is a 22.250 Ruger No1 with a Leupold VX3 6,5>20 x 50 LRT on the top, with handloaded 55gr Nosler ballistics on 34gr of R15 you can't miss if the 'x' marks the spot when you squeeze it off. The 22.250 is a mild recoiling relatively low noise round (without moderation), it's my choi
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    Well done you! My buddy has a very good and discrete gun cabinet behind the front seat in his 'Landi', best I've seen (or not seen in this case) He cut a standard 3 Gun 'cheapo' cabinet down and re-welded the result, bolted it in behind the cab seats and then 'camo'd' the instalation. I don't have this in my Isuzu, but I do have a rigid cover over the rear load deck, but it's not locked so I never leave it un-attended with guns in the back. I know what you mean about farmers, my mate always has an old single 12 (loaded!, OH DEAR) behind the seat of his Landi. Andy F
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    Hi: Yep, previous reply right on the money, and reflects my experience, just throw a 'low but near miss' from your dispenser (mines a Lee so probably much 'worse' than your RCBS) then creep up the right amount on a decent digital scale via a trickler. I have an RCBS Range Master scale and an RCBS cast alluminium trickler. Smoke em!! AndyF
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    OK: I have trialled both ballistics and soft points, in .223, 22.250, .243 and .270 Generally all of the ballistics explode on the surface of the target and all of the soft points push straight through with varying meat damage. With the .22's 55gr Hornady Vmax are the worst for creating massive surface craters, even on a small Rabbit they rip a gaping hole, Noslers (my opinion) penetrate better before they expand, but still make a mess. I had a problem with my .270 as 130gr (Sierra) soft points were passing right through Roe and then richocheting all over the place, but Hornady Vmax 110gr
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    Hi! A .410 is just about the smallest useable shotgun you can get, (Yes there's 9MM Rimfire and .22 shotshells but these are only really for 'sparrows and rats' at less than 30 feet). No a .410 is a .410, a 2" chamber only restricts you to 2" cartridges, clearly 3" cartridges have more room for extra shot, but that's all. The good old .410 is only a short range vermin gun anyway, but the shot have the same velocity and killing power of a 12 bore, it's just there are far less of them. Unless you have a specific need for a 'mini' shotgun, don't bother with the minor calibres i.e. .410 28Bore
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    The old BSA .22 rimfires are very simple cheap and cheerful rifles, normally only with Iron sights, and not fitted for/with scope dovetails or for silencer threading as the front sight is fixed at the barrel muzzle. Also the magazines on the Supersport 5's are notorious for falling to bits as the bottom 'shoe' slides off and the spring, follower, shoe and any unfired cartridges fall out onto the ground to be lost forever, and you cannot buy replacement mags, (Hence they are very sought after items for vintage rifles enthusiasts). My advice is don't even think about it,for a useable pest contr
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    Any of the 'usual' brands i.e. Remington, Browning, Savage etc are all fine, the 22.250 is not that popular for target shooting so a high round count is less likely than with say a .223 or .308 which are popular with target shooters. Really just look at the rifle's general overall condition, the state of the bore and throat cannot be determined by yourself in a gun shop. I have read that an average 22.250 barrel is good for around 2,000 rounds before serious wear / erosion starts to impact on the accuracy, that's a lot of ammo (factory rounds cost about £1.20 a pop, so work that one out!).
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