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    An interesting take on how each calibre preforms. Okay so lets look at what you have said and please correct me if I haven't grasped your opinion correctly. In your opinion the benefit of the .243" over a .308" is trajectory at 250 yards, which will give the possibility of a neck shot? Not sure I can agree that neck shots should be attempted at such extreme range. However, lets look at the ballistics of the two rounds at such range (Calculated by Sierra Infinity 6). 100 grain .243 @ 3000 fps = - 6.22" 150 grain .308 @ 2900 fps = - 7.31" With just 1" more drop on a .308", I'm not sure
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    You have already said that, so how exactly does bullet placement differ if you are using a larger bullet? I am keen to know how bullet placement differs from a .243 and a .308 to achieve a clean kill. You stated that "a .243 with a well placed 100 grn bullet will drop Fallow no problem" to make such a statement I presume that you are an experienced deer stalker and as such should have no problem explaining how a shot from a .243 will differ from a shot taken using a .308. Are you suggesting that stalkers who use a larger calibre of rifle, do so to make up for poor accuracy in their s
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    Duno about your Grandson, but your Granddaughters look blooming lovely John
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    Cracking gun, mine never misses a beat either. Just make sure you keep an eye on the "O" ring, I replace it each time I clean the gun. There is a company down by Newport road that sells 22mm x 2mm O rings 100 cost me £2.50 (?). John
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    I have read this statement many times across forums and have always been interested but have never asked. What exactly is a well placed shot and what would a badly placed shot be? How would this differ from a well placed .308 bullet and a badly placed .308 bullet? A well placed .22rf bullet will kill a deer but a poorly placed "any bullet" will not, no matter what calibre it is. Seems like arm chair twaddle to me. Bullet placement no matter what calibre you choose to use is paramount. John
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    I guess the first thing that you need to understand is that your FAC is granted for a specific purpose, and that was vermin control (possibly target shooting?). Requesting authority for deer is like applying for a new grant as you are asking to be granted a firearm for a different purpose. Just because you have the land and the permission and the quarry does not automatically entitle you to be granted authority to shoot deer, this is the first stumbling block that many who wish to start stalking face. The next thing you need to understand is that deer shooting isn't the same as shooting '
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    I like the browning x-bolt and the dealer recommends it. he is recommending the Ziess duralyt with or without illumination, about £250 more for illuminated (is it worth it?). I wouldn't settle on what a "dealer" recommends, he/she will recommend the item with the biggest profit margin, it's a business and as such they want to make as much money as possible. If you like the X-bolt, buy it but only for that reason. IMHO Ziess optics are not as good as we have seen in the past, and their conquest range a little better than some of the glass we are seeing from Japan. That said, any of the top
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    I have one on my .243 and to be honest it's excellent. No nonsense, nothing to go wrong. Top notch lamping scope, and superb low light woodland scope that will not break the bank. I've owned all sorts of scope in the past, some very expensive scopes. Variable mag scopes are good, but you end up leaving the scope on on fixed magnification in the end and to my mind, when paying £500+ it's a long term investment. For that reason, I swapped all my scopes to S&B, 6x42 on my .22rf and .308. 8x56 on my .243 which is a dual purpose fox and deer rifle. A rifle is a very personal thing, but I wo
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    Just phone the shop tomorrow and explain. At the end of the day they have supplied you with a sec 1 firearm and I am 101% sure they would not want to risk their RFD anymore than you would your FAC&SGC. Mistakes happen, thats why we are human. The police will be none the wiser. I would suggest that the easiest way to get around it would be for the gun shop to swap a mag tube from another shotgun in to yours, that way the serial numbers will all match, it's a 5 minuet job and of course chuck you 250 cartridges for your time and worry. John
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    Take it back to the gun shop tomorrow and DO NOT LET THEM OFF LIGHTLY. John
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    I always like to think of a rifle as a long term investment, as such the Remington 700. Great thing with the 700 is that you can change the stock for very little money, upgrade triggers and do all sorts of stuff that you can not do with other rifles or if you do it will cost a small fortune. That said, the 700's will produce sub MOA straight out of the box these days. Long gone are the days of heavy triggers as well. My 700 tactical came with a most excellent trigger straight from the factory! Cost £600 to £750 depending on negotiation skills. http://www.remington.com/product-families/fir
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    It's good stuff. I get a ready supply for my .308 & .243, when I say ready, I actually mean free Okay the quality isn't as good as Lapua or Norma, quality is on par with Sako or Winchester and thats all you need for hunting situations. Personally, I don't think reloading is cheap at all, in fact you can buy Privi ammunition cheaper than you can reload and if my rifles liked ready rolled privi ammo, thats exactly what I would buy but my rifles don't so I'm stuck reloading As for the Privi brass, if you wanted to get technical, then case wall thickness isn't as uniform as other br
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    There was one in a resent gun auction. Obvious copy if you have the genuine scope to compare. The biggest give away was the 9999C serial number. The auction house had a reserve of over £300 on the scope and you would be surprised how many people were happy to chuck their hard earned at the scope. When the scope reached £, half the room erupted with "It's a copy!", two guys still carried on biding, with the final bid coming from a guy in front of me ending on £280 just short of the reserve. Boggles the mind. John
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    What will you be using the lamp for? Obviously I know you will be "Lamping" but if it's for rabbits then a quality LED set-up is better. If it's for foxes and a rifle take a look at the Night Stalker range, same as a Light force but cheaper http://www.riflesports.co.uk/Nite_Stalker/. If it's for a rifle mounted lamp check the Night Searcher range of lamps which will last a life time. The issue with wires being poor quality, it's true to say that you can upgrade to better and it's not an expensive or had up grade to carry out. I have a Night Stalker 180 (?) and have installed a nice quality co
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    yes and does 1st november 28th february in england that is 31ST MARCH in England not according to basc http://www.basc.org....er-stalking.cfm Back last year the government added and extra month to the seasons close, which is great if you like shooting deer full of young. John
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    Whats a digital spotter? John
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    Bit of a myth, not saying it's the same for every cartridge in the world, but for the best part you couldn't get a double charge to fit in the cartridge casing. Most likely cause for a barrel burst is that the re-loader actually forgot to charge the case with power. The primer will get the bullet down the barrel and likely stuck, the next round will burst the barrel. (Just FYI) John
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    At a resent auction a box of Eley gas tight cartridges sold for the grand sum of £7. I shot a box of paper case Grand Prix made by Eley Kynoch on our boxing day shoot. You might get a couple of quid from a collector who is looking to make a board. (Just make sure that if you are going to shoot with the cartridges that it's not black powder ) John
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    What do you want to know?
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    Yes, and in my opinion Cree torches have revolutionised lamping for ever! One major point to bare in mind. Batteries are not cheap (CR123 (?) ), so buy rechargeables. A spot beam will kick ass on any flood beam. I have a 1600 lumen torch with a flood beam, it's usable out to 60 yards but lights the whole field up. I have a 350 lumen tight beam which I can use right out to 150 yards, it will reflect eyes much much further afield. (very tight beam by using a convergence lens). www.dealextream.com (dealextream.com) is the place to start your quest. John
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    Surprised at the replies. I have one here and have had no issues at all. The wiring is heavy but that will not draw any more current and glass melting, what wattage bulb were you using? Takes some serious heat to melt glass. All in all, it's a very well made and very solid lamp that will last many life times over. It would be nice to be able to fine focus the beam, the little adjustment screw that the back goes some way but the beam is still a tad "flood" but I guess I am spoilt due to my lightforce lamps. Obviously it's a foxing lamp, if not and you want it for rabbits, then I would go d
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    Very humid air will be less dense, this will effect POI which will be very slightly higher. If you had buffeting winds, which would be very hard to establish over open water, this will also effect you POI. Combine the both and depending on how you did your range finding, you would find a POI change but in fairness the effects of humidity will be very small (<0.01 MOA), the wind will have a greater effect as would the range. On very sunny days, I have seen some very strange mirrarge effects over water, this could have also contributed. Obviosuly any doubt over zero, should be checked as well
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    Not going to harm your stock, but you might find that the stock isn't oiled at all but varnished. A mate of mine used to spend hours waxing his stock, only to find out that underneath all the wax was varnish!! If you do want to use Walnut oil, then go to Tesco as you can buy half a litre for a few £'s as apposed to buying 10ml for a gun shop for even more £'s. The Tesco stuff is food grade and 100% pure Walnut oil. John
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    The Fox hunter We found the little captain at the head; His men lay well-aligned. We touched his hand and he was dead, And they, all dead behind, Had never reached their goal, but they died well; They charged in line, and in the same line fell. They well-known rosy colours of his face Were almost lost in grey. We saw that, dying and in hopeless case, For others' sake that day He'd smothered all rebellious groans: in death His fingers were tight clenched between his teeth. For those who live uprightly and die true He
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    No, SWP will NOT let you have a .22WMR. Trust me. John
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