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  1. HUnter_zero
    Dare I say it but CZ is basically a budget rifle, good but still budget. Okay so what are we dealing with here. You need to really look at the over all condition, is it aesthetically good, whats the bluing like? Rifling? Crown? Has the rifle had any work done to it? Barrel bedded? Whats the recoil lug like? and area on the stock where the recoil lug fits? Any stock damage / repairs? Lets presume that all is okay and top notch, Auction price for such a rifle is around £ - £120 dependant on how much money is in the room and how many people are after .308 rifles on the day (never many). The Hak
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    It depends on a few things. What calibre rifle your after has to be the main deciding factor. For example a .22rf barrel being shot out are easy to spot and rare. So, a good .22rf will be easy to find second hand as I can testify and most of my mates can testify. In the auctions, a .22rf can be purchased for as little as £5. Chances are the rifle will shoot fine, but has been stored in an RFD safe for the last twenty years. If your after a hot calibre, such as the Swift then you need to think and look before you buy. Chances are there will be excessive throat erosion etc. A .308 light weigh
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    It's the damage they can do! I have had the misfortune to deal with these people on a few occasions and lost two very good shoots but better lose a shoot than my FAC. We used to have the sole shooting rights to a disused quarry, this place was brill. Hours of crow shooting, loads of bunny bashing and best of all a large pond that was used by Duck & Goose. We could shoot clays to our heart content. The place was the safest rifle range I have ever seen totally enclosed three hundred yard range, we even had plans to try and get it approved as a range. All in all, a shooters dream. However,
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    Do you deal with Bridgend or Newport? John Newport would be Gwent Good to share information folks, some varying views being put across here im with the gwent firearms department. I have heard some real bad feedback about Gwent. Bridgend (SWP) are a different entity altogether. John
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    Do you deal with Bridgend or Newport? John
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    Me too, Mrs Helen Rodgers is the best!! very knowledgeable and fair IMHO (she used to be the clerk for my area). I can only say I have had very good experiences dealing with SWP firearms licensing. John
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    I have no experience with the Gamekings but a mate purchased one of the Diamond series and I have to be utterly honest and say it beats the sh1t out of a Zeiss conquest. scope John
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    I have always refused to put a can on the end of my C/F rifles but to be honest am really starting to question my logic in the decision and in many ways sanity. Couple of weeks ago I was up the range with my mate, he was shooting a .308 moderated, I was shooting a .243 without a moderator both the same make/type of rifle. The .308 was so much nicer to shoot, very little recoil, follow through was much easier to achieve effectively, grouping was all round better and more uniformed. He switched the can on to his .243 and it was like shooting a .222 heavy barrel. The only thing that stops me is
  9. HUnter_zero
    And what exactly would prescribe "right conditions"? I am MORE than happy to admit that I would be very doubtful I could make 100 yard shot with a .22rf every time within the head space of a fox who is likely to be moving or looking around. This is and concludes my whole point and input in to this thread. Once you start suggesting a .22rf is a suitable tool for foxes, people will start to extend the effective range of the .22rf, which will lead to people going for body shots and lead to wounding. Of course head shots have to be the best option, right? And so to complete my input in to thi
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    May I presume you are then calling me an arsehole? If we are to get in to the semantics of this, lets first start with a simple question. What are you basing your opinion on exactly? (shooting foxes as apposed to me being an arsehole). What rifles do you own? I presume that as you have an opinion on this subject you have shot foxes with both a .22rf and a center-fire rifle on a regular bases over a number of years ? Can you confirm this? If so, what calibre rifles and expertise can you bring in to this topic? I have stated on multiple occasions that the little .22rf will kill foxes a
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    You really do take the Internet too seriously. Get a life and if you have an issue take it to PM. John
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    Would we recommend it as a general-purpose fox tool? No! But I've said that. But that's worlds apart from 'it's useless'. Not 100% sure which part of my post you failed to read. John
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    Leon, it all depends up on: What you want to do with the lamp. What rifle you are using. What quarry you are hunting. What range you are hunting over. What your budget is. If you are lamping rabbits with an airgun, then your likely to be shooting at ranges of less than 30 yards. If you are lamping rabbits with a .22rf, then your likely to be shooting at ranges of less than 50 yards. If you are lamping foxes with a .243" then you are likely to be shooting at ranges in excess of 100 yards and will need to have clean and definite identification of the fox. I'm guessing your g
  14. HUnter_zero
    Okay, made a batch up for the long weekend!! A long tie between because these are for the smoker, in fact in the smoker as I type Of course the sausage makers privilege is to try before you...well freeze or smoke'um I am knacker now, made a batch of 10 kgs to take us through the summer (joke). Taste divine! but taste better after a day or two. Anyway, this recipe was taken from 'Adventures of a Bacon Curer' written by Maynard Davies. Quantities and weights have been converted and reduced to his (Theo's bacon curers) original recipe. Spice stock. Salt : 77
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    Not many of these second hand but IMHO one of the best for on top the rifle. http://www.shootingshack.com/nightsearcher...t-kit-128-p.asp (Nightsearcher). All metal construction, will last a life time. I have two of these lamps, and a purpose built red filter. However towards the end of last years lamping season I tried a Tesco LED 'c' cell torch and shot twenty three rabbits. The torch wasn't hard to mount, I simple machined some of the grip away so that it fitted a 30mm mount which I then connected to an inverted mount on my scope. The batteries were new and the torch is still ready to go
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    Anyone who has used the .22rf for any length of time knows it capabilities. As a general fox tool the .22rf is useless, with the exception of close range shooting. There is no need to debate it, it's common as muck knowledge. John
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    No, Deker or whoever you are, you seem to miss the single fact that I don't want to communicate with you. IMHO you are an attention seeking brat who undoubtedly was picked on as a child and loves to have the whole group squabbling about you. No need to bring anything to my attention, as to me you are as important as the day before the day after yesterday, so If I seem to care, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression Now trot along my good boy and continue with your happy existence, I have always been told that If I can't say anything nice, then at least have the decenc
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    Are you board coz no ones been speaking to you or what? Lime lights over that way .........and pick your teddy up on the way as well. John
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    Thing is free range farm goose taste a hell of a lot better than wild Canada's in my book John
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    It's amazing how many people make that mistake. The rifle will not recoil naturally with the bi-pod reversed and in turn this will effect grouping. John
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    No! Now I'm no expert on this subject but I did look in to it awhile back due to being offered 200 acres of prime goose air field. AFAIK older guns can not handle steel shot, you need chromed barrels or barrels designed for steel shot, which most modern shotguns are. My old Spanish SBS most certainly is not. If you have an older gun, your going to need Bismuth or Tungsten matrix shot, which to say the very least is not cheap. In fact I fell about on the floor when the RFD said £35 per 10!! John
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    Tom, when you say "owt fancy" what exactly do you mean? Why do you need binoculars? When your talking about glass, price matters and effects the ultimate use of the binoculars. For example, if you want to use the glasses for stalking then you need good low light performance as you'll need to spot the twitch of an ear at 100 yards just at dusk. £50 isn't going to do this, £500 isn't going to do it much better. However if you are using a £50 scope, then it's pointless using £1000 binoculars. You need to be realistic in your expectations, Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica are about the worst t
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    Very nice bit of sausage tying there buddy!! very good indeed. I'll check the website out right now. I just buy mine at the local butchers supplies, not good at all. Have you tried any specifically for venison? We have a killer pork sausage recipe (will PM you with it if you want to try it). John
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    I might be wrong but it's not as simple as just buying a bolt due to head space issues. .22 brno's can be purchased for as little as £20 in the auctions, my mate got one in almost new condition for £40. Unless there is a specific reason, I doubt your mates is worth the hassle. John
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    Yes, AFAIK because deer are neither game or vermin and that there is nothing in the Deer act to suggest other wise. John
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