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  1. HUnter_zero
    The follow are tests were carried out on three bore cleaners, Tetra Gun copper solvent, Hoppe's Elite and Robla Solo MIL, the forth being an equal mixture of each bore cleaner. I placed a 6mm Sierra 90 grain FMJ (#1535) in to a vial of each bore cleaner and monitored each one to establish which cleaner would remove the most copper by weight. Each bullet was selected at 90.2 grains on my scales. The results are fairly conclusive but I have to point out that I had no favorites. AFTER 4 HOURS 1,2 & 4 have no discernable discolouration. 3 has already turned a deep
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    Well I am truly astonished! I'm half way through some basic tests ( I do them so you don't have too ) and the results so far are unbelievable, far better than I had ever thought possible. When done, I'll publish the results with photos. John
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    Funny you should say that, I thought it was just me but I do find that Tetra (in my case) will vary from batch to batch. This Robla Solo MIL has a best before date, which I can not find on other bore solvents I have here so perhaps quality suffers on the long term and we have no traceability on manufacturing dates. When your in the market for some more bore cleaner give Robla Solo MIL ago, for less than £6 to your door, I don't think you can go wrong. Bore foam was not very effective in my M77 and I've not tried it since, there used to be a company called Adrian trading (?) who were the fi
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    I've seen the KG-12 bore cleaner but never used it, IIRC it's expensive and ammonia free (like Hoppe's Elite copper terminator) I did try Butch's bore shine but found it to be no so good, Barnes CR-10 is better but again expensive and not as fast as Tetra. I hate using brushes in my rifle bores, so I have tried to find products that specifically omit "brush" in the instructions. I tried Robla Solo MIL in one of the shotgun barrels, not as good as tetra! but it's the rifles I'm more worried about. John
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    As it happens I just ordered another two bottles to keep a stock. Postage is extremely reasonable at under £2! and as it's from the main supplier the bore solvent is a few pence cheaper. http://www.ballistoluk.co.uk/acatalog/Gun_Care_Products.html John
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    Now and then it's still feasible to stumble across a product that does exactly what it's meant to do and even better than expected. I love rifle shooting, I love reloading but I hate cleaning the rifles after I've been to the range. After many years of searching and testing I finally settled on Tetra gun copper solvent as my one and only bore cleaner. Tests showed that it out preformed all other solvents but recently I've had problems buying the solvent in bulk, so I started my search again for a replacement. I ordered Forrest bore foam (which I tried a few years back), nope still not much co
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    You get what you pay for. I'm not a fan of semi-autos at anytime, IMHO the guns are more hassle than the worth in three shot. I can load my SBS and let loose four shots before I can reload a semi and let of six shots. John
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    Hi Luke, I might be a little too far away BUT..... my mate has one which he purchased new. He has shot it once or twice with little more than 20 rounds thought it. As far as I know he has had no issues with the gun but did say he was going to sell it as he uses his U/O and wants space for another C/F rifle in his cabinet. I'm guessing he would want around £200 mark for it. If you are interested, then you can try before you buy and I'll sort a clay shoot out. Just thinking it might help you out a bit thats all. (The gun is black, 3" mag) John
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    We always have a day-after-boxing-day clay shoot and last year I called in Keens to pick up two boxes of clays. £11.50 a box. Later that day I call over to the shop on Kenfig hill, he quoted £21 for THREE boxes. He has an excellent range of centre fire ammo, made by Remington I think, but branded under a different name? Cheap as chips and good ammo too. Shotgun cartridges, he will sell at a discounted rate, no matter how many you buy. He really is a top man and his Mrs is great as well. She spend half an hour trawling through catalogues looking for a specific part I needed, which cost Â
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    Yes! by far and wide better (IMHO) than any organisation http://www.guninsurance.co.uk/ John
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    Not sure about your rifle but I can tell you a story about my old .22rf. Many years ago, when mail order rifles were still legal I ordered a .22rf Savage from uttings, brand new rifle for only £100 odd. The trigger was crap, the stock was crap, in fact the whole rifle was rubbish. I emailed savage direct and they sent me a free trigger unit from the US with in three days! Great guys to deal with. I lived with the stock. The rifle was rubbish but produced one hole groups at 50 yards all day long, one thing that really bothered me was that the stock touched the barrel half way up, eventually a
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    I was always under the impression it was for your mentor to write in to the firearms licensing department and state that you have reached a given level and that in his/her opinion you are now ready to go it alone. I am mentoring a chap now and for the last seven months he has point blank refused to do any training, take on board any safety aspects of the sporting rifle and has some major issues with accurate shooting. If the licensing department phoned me up to ask my opinion about removing his mentoring condition, I am sure you can guess my response but never the less that's how the FEO expl
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    Presumably by getting a cleaning rod and tapping the pellet out? John
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    Okay, obviously you have established that your going to need something a little more powerful than an airgun. I am sure you will have many replies and loads of advice but I'll give you my 2'p worth based on my experience of many years. First off, I'd apply for a Shotgun certificate. You can take rats/rabbits & foxes with a shotgun but the shotgun isn't the tool of choice for foxes, but that's a good thing. Once you have you shotgun certificate, keep on with that for six months or so and get some experience of firearms albeit a shotgun. Then speak to the Firearms licensing department and
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    My mate used to own one, if that's of any help. He used to shoot a .17rem which was bloody fast, bloody loud and bloody lethal. The down sides were that it was expensive to reload, had to be cleaned every ten to fifteen shots and no where near as good as a .22-250 or .243" (loaded with light weight bullets). Apart from that it was much like any other centerfire rifle in action, squeeze the trigger and bang! John
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    What stuff did you buy? Just wondering what was wrong with it? John as as? Whats that then?
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    I would echo what the Logical one said The .17 HMR is a great little round,one which grows on me more and more but for long range sunny evening rabbit/crow shooting. I have owned a few .22WMR's and found the calibre to be great (I've shot but not owned a .17HMR). If I were to have to choose one from the above, it would be the .22WMR because it's beats the .17HMR in power and in wind tolerance, the rounds may not look as pretty tho However, if I were to go down the route of getting a small calibre rifle, then I would skip both and go for a .22 Hornet which seems to be growing in popu
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    What budget have you got for glass? What type of Boar shooting will you be doing? John
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    The boresnake will not remove oil or solvent. Although I carry a .243" & .308" boresnake whilst stalking, I would never dream of using one as a regular barrel cleaner. John
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    As per BBS, did you clean your barrel? Was there oil in your barrel? John
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    If I were to use a rifle, then I'd go for something fast, hard hitting with rapid expansion. .22-250 with V-max 60 grainers would do the trick. Why, near .243" ballistics with out the hassle of getting the land passed, V-max due to the likelihood of little or no backstops presuming the birds are landing on stubble or open grass land, combined with rapid expantion which will hit the birds for six. At a push, I'd go for a .223 with V-max as a far second for the same reasons. John
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    Price? John
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    There is nothing wrong with lubing the case neck as long as you don't go over the top with the amount of lube. Case neck tension holds the bullet and plays an important part in powder ignition and uniformed powder ignition. The load you describe will achieve 95-97% powder burn. There are many other factors that could give inconsistent grouping, I suspect that the lube had only a small part to play. Grouping may seem like the be all and end all of load testing, but due to the many factors involved only a small proportion of that feedback it gives relates to how well your reloads are performing.
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