danebrewer10

Well, I haven't bothered, the s&b looked fine when I took the rings off, but what surprised me was that there was some sticky tape on the inside of the rings, presumably to take up room, and to provide a higher purchase. In any case, I did buy a torque screwdriver to do the ring caps up with, simply because I'm a bit of a sissy and don't want to damage/under tighten, the best part of a grand Zeiss?, just need some still weather to zero it now...

I haven't ever had an issue, no, I haven't taken the rings off the scope that's on the rifle yet, but when I do I'll see if there's anything untoward. Probably what I will do though is make some alignment bars from some 30mm bar stock and see if the rings are out at all, that'll surely give me a good idea whether I need to be doing anything. I think with rings like the factory ones on ruger rifles, because they're all to cock when they're made, they definitely benefit from lapping, but not so sure about the rest, it seems to have a definite yay/nay split....

I have a question for people, do you lap your rings when installing a new scope? I've just bought a new s&b for my rimmy, replacing a fixed 6 s&b that was on there, has anyone found that not lapping rings damages scopes? I've had several slopes over my shooting time and never lapped anything, it seems an American thing, or one more prevalent amongst target and bench rest shooters....spending a fair few pennies, I wonder if it's worth the extra to lap the rings or not worry about it?

Hi all, I'm thinking quite hard about making the step to using an LED lamp on my 17 HMR for lamping. i have been looking at the night master 800 lamp, adjustable mount and extension tube for greater run time. The clulite lamps look like very good value, but I'm not a fan of their mounting system (not that I have any personal experience of them). One of the major gripes with my current set up, a lightforce 170 scope mounted unit (apart from humping the battery about in a rucksack) is that the lamp gets in the way. I end up knocking it when I sling and unsling the rifle, I knock it out of ali

I'll be interested too, i'm thinking of making the leap into NV, as i have a Lightforce 170, and its really a bit big for having on a rifle, plus being that plastuic construction, it is noisy if you donk it with anything, plus cables and wires getting in the way.... it isnt fun, especially with a battery to hump around as well, they seem well priced.....the videos on the internet don't seem to be of very good quality, i shouldn't think its that indicative of the actual picture quality, i'm waiting for the next vid from scottcountry.....

at night, in the countryside all quiet and away from footpaths? its not like im driving home and leaving it in the field, thats a bit nervous IMO Weighing up risk i think. during the day, next to a footpath? no i dont think so.

no not at all, the brass is far softer than the steel of the barrel. its not worth complaining, its just a quirk if the round until CCI or whoever find a different way to make the cases, all of the brands do it AFAIK, mine are Federal Premium V-Shok and they do it too., still just as deadly on the bunnies

I must say i didn't notice any light reflecting back into the scope from my scope mounted lamp, any light reflected towards the quarry seems not to matter when you consider all the candlepowers hurtling towards the target...

Yeah, this is due to the fact that they form the body of the case, fill the rim with priming compound and then form the neck, as they can't anneal the case because of the priming compound, the neck becomes work hardened and splits when fired, I have had a few split before firing, so I haven't used them, but it doesn't seem to affect accuracy, there are a couple of topics in the forum here discussing this.....

Hi all, I was out lamping a while ago, all you rimfire shooters walking about at night (or at least those who shoot on foot). If you put a box of ammo in your pocket, they knock and shake about like you have pair of maracas in there, kachakachakachaka, not exactly the greatest when youre trying to be stealthy and outsmart charlie of the conies. I remember seeing these a while ago and finally decided to get a couple. I initially thought "pah, who's going to buy one of them, the rounds come in a box already!", how wrong i was. They're really pretty slim and aren't really any bigger than a wallet

Hi all, when I'm out lamping which i was for the first time in way too long the other night, I'll generally shoot a bunch of bunnies in a field, and unload my rifle and prop it up on a fence, collect the rabbits up into a pile, hock them, hang them on a fence to collect later. this is, being dark and all, its sometimes hard to see where i put the rifle. So; i was perusing Halfrauds the other week and saw some retro-reflective tape, i bought some and stuck a couple of strips around my moderator, you could also stick some on the sides and uderside of the forend, this works really well as the ta

Tosh, sure benellis kick a bit more than a gas operated auto, but no more than a "normal" gun I like them, light weight, and pretty soft shooting, buy it.

Apparently not!

as per the title really, i'm not sure that it has managed to slip by anyone, but the shooting press has been full of RECORD FOX! stories these past few months, with them seemingy getting bigger and bigger, just a couple of things that occured to me: 1) does anyone actually care, 2) are they really getting bigger, or is it just the coverage of this topic that's bringing the stories out of the woodwork? Thoughts please D

as far as I understand it, with a "standard" load say 150-170 grain bullet, the two are pretty comprable in terms of performance with an edge given to the .30-06 but the "06 can shoot heavier bullets (180gn +)where the .308 runs oput of case capacity, so for regular deer stalking in this country and even boar, I'd go for the .308 as you get similar performance but less recoil, but i he's thinking about changing his ifle, why not go for something like the 6.5x55 swede? long high BC bullets which buck the wind and shoot flatter than either of the aforementioned calibres, ideal for hill stalking?