jordang

The carbon Tiptons are excellent rods, I have them for all my rifles now

I have had a nikon scope and it was a cracking bit of glass for the money but isnt upto the quality of the s&b i have now as its replacement.. In terms of build quality or glass. If you can get a chance to try a few types of scope ie fixed or variable you could save yourself alot of grief and money. Personally if I were buying a scope to use for mainly foxing/deer I would get an 8x56 or similar by the best manufacturer you can find (you can easily pick up a used hung s&b 8x56 for £500) as you aint gonna be shooting that far and a quality optic like this will last a lifetime

would the simple answer not be to keep using the 100 gr feds?

i use sportsmatch on both my rimfires with no problems at all. When my sling broke and the scope took the full brunt of the fall it was still bang on.

ive seen good results from 10x and cci, federal and rem primers so stick to what you can get a good supply of and work your loads up with them!!

and here's me sat at work full of cold... very jealous mate, glad you had a good morning. you cant beat being outside

everytime I look at that site I convince myself I need a new bag.... must go check for rips!!!

ive read a lot of reports on stock flex with prohunters - something to bear in mind if your fitting a bipod and mod

the are some very well respected bags. http://www.aimfieldsports.com/DragbagsandMats.htm

see here for 7mm-08 http://www.6mmbr.com/7mm284.html

i have found that applying the same sort of common sense to buying used rifles as most things helps alot. Buying blind is a different matter of course and i would always want to look over something before commiting unless i trusted the buyer..... 4 of my 5 rifles were used and are all brill, plus if you ever want to sell it on you wont take the big hit you would with a new one.

I was in the same boat a few months ago.. what cal etc etc. In the end I made a list of all the cals that I thought suitable and went looking for a rifle, which meant I had a much larger choice (i bought used). I found a lovely stn/syn sako 75 in 243 for a very good price so went with that As has been said all the cals mentioned will take deer, it comes down to your personal choice at the end of the day.

My HMR is fitted with a 6-18 buckmaster, for the money they are very hard to beat; very clear, not too fussy with eye relief and good in low light especially considering its a 40mm obj. I have schmidts on my other rifles and unless i stumble across a bargain of this quality I wont be changing it.

i think the fact that i only just realised it was here is a pretty good sign that its well hidden

i have the 3-12 and really rate it.