David B Allen

For Sale Franchi 12 gauge Hunter Semi-Auto Shotgun (R/H) Nikko Stirling Gold Crown 4 x 40 Wide Angle Scope I'm clearing some room in my gun safe and also upgrading a scope so I though I'd see if anybody was interested in the above. The Franchi is one of two I own and is in very good condiction and the scope has come off my .22Lr and has been replaced with an upgrade, it is also in very good condiction. I'm looking for £160-00 for the Franchi and I'm open to offers for the scope. Please contact me by private message if you have an interest and we'll go from there.

The Chinese eat fox if that is of any help but I'd not bother taking them to your local carry out. I used to remove the tail from the bone like a glove while it was still warm and cure it later; the rest of the carcase was binned.

Any liquid can cause wood to swell and crack, just don't use to much; the damp cloth method works well.

Always use a brush that is made of a softer material than what you're cleaning or you'll remove gun metal. After any gun cleaning I always wipe down with WD40; with WD40 being fish oil based it's a great water repellent.

I've used .22 Lr Ruger's semi auto and bolt action for just about thirty years now; I'm on gun number four, polycarbonate stock, stainless steel short barrel for use with a mod from a Land Rover, 10 round box clip or a 30 round banana clip for that added fun.

If you're looking at a .22 Center Fire for fox and a great fun rifle check out .22-250 If you Google or check on Youtube you see what I mean.

I guess the first question you must ask yourself is . . . What will you use a .308 for ? and that will guide you to your choice. Then of course there is your budget. I have two .308's but both for different uses; one for Highland Red Deer and normal everyday shooting and the other for long range target shooting out to 1000 meters; the main difference between mine is the value because of what they are, £500-00 for one and £5000-00 for the other. If I was to pick a good value for money .308 to do many jobs I'd go for a Remington 700

I've rebrowned an old side by side just to see if I could do it; "Browning" is a chemical reaction between the browning fluid and the heated gun metal and doing it at home in Mums oven and a blow lamp is not the best way but it worked, sort of. The only way to get rid of the marks is to "Brown" again; it's not like doing stone chips on your car. With my limited understanding of Damascus barrels I didn't think they are ment to be "Browned" but left to see the workmanship.

Don't take your certs. or permission slips with you out and about, leave them in your gun safe. I've never been check by Police while out and about with shotguns or section one firearms in thirty years.

Try checking out "Gun Trader" on line www.guntrader.co.uk and you'll get a good idea of market value and I'm sure you can also get some discount off their list price.

The 308 is fine but when you start to extend the range to 1000 yards plus the 308 makes the transition from supersonic to subsonic not the best situation for ultimate accuracy the bigger guns have the edge at distance as they stay supersonic longer and have better ballistics from heavier bullets with better ballistic coefficients. Note I am not suggesting you would shoot game at these ranges. Fair comment Dan, I have never shot at these sort of distances that you are reffering to, but I can see the point your making, and it's a valid one. This must be one of the first threads I h

I think most shooters will use a centre fire for fox so if you looking to have one rifle for both fox and rabbit my choice is a .22-250, there is also the .222. I use a Remington 700 custom with .22-250 55g Winchester Super X just under 4000 FPS and just about flat out to 300 meters. The rounds come in at approx £0.75 each so not a cheap way to control rabbit.

I use a Remington 700 Custom in .22-250 I use a muzzle break but no moderator. The Remington 700 is a great shooting platform and can be up graded with an Accuracy International stock if required.

Thank you for you input . . . . I think an Accuracy International platform is going to be my choice for a replacement to my current rifle, I just have to decide if I stay with .308 or move to .338 The advantage of staying with .308 is it's a straight swop on my FAC and I only have to raid my pocket money. Thanks everyone for all the input.

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