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  1. kenj
    I can't get my preferred Eley subs locally and have tried several brands through my Magtech semi and am now settled on RWS, which cycle reliably and have consistent accuracy.
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    I shoot all my rabbits during daylight hours, although late afternoon is best. In summer those big bucks love to sit out snoozing in the midday sun, just right for the air gunner. Although I have a Career 707 .22 in FAC at 28lb, a .22lr and HMR, my 12lb Webley Viper .22 PCP with an add on silencer has accounted for plenty of rabbits throughout the day.
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    I mince my rabbits, along with pigeon and chorizo sausage. Pre-cook the vedge, add herbs, etc to taste, mix together in a bowl and place in the centre of a 7 inch (tea plate) circle of pastry, pull up the sides and pinch. Cook til brown. My wife and kids love them, so they must be good. Check out: http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/rabbit-and-pigeon-pasty-with-chorizo/
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    I had a Sony Handicam set up with an IR torch, but found it too cumbersome. I have about 250 acres spread over 7 permissions, that I have kept down to reasonable levels and got this new one on recommendation from one of them, the farm only being about 20 acres. The new farmer was impressed with the 30 odd rabbits shot in three short afternoon visits and has passed me on to another small farm along the lane. The lady owner there said to "just get on with it" when I went to see her. My first walk round the barns with the Magtech gave me 8 eight large rabbits and the HMR another 7 in about a
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    I'm negotiating some free apples this week, so hope to start the first batch next week. This picture sums up my cider making. On the cheap. A garden shredder mashes the fruit and a home made wooden frame with a car jack is the press. As you can see, this is my full production line. My wife chopping the apples to go in the shredder and me on the press. I do around pints a year, which gets me round to the following year. If you want to know more check out. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/cider-bottled/
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    Fantastic shooting guys. I thought I was doing well with this lot from a new permission this week. This was my first visit to this one acre paddock behind the farmer's house, where the ground has been ruined by rabbits. I started off with my Magtech 7022 semi auto .22 lr and mopped up with my CZ 452 HMR. I rested on a fence and was finished in about five minutes. The hard part is collecting and paunching, You must have been at that all night. Exhausting.
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    I had five permissions for air rifles, when i applied for mine and got cleared for .22lr and HMR by producing google maps at my interview. I got another permission, which I wanted cleared for HMR and the FO met me at the land, walked round chatting, then said don't bother me again, apply for your open license, which I got after two years of FAC.
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    I'm with Deker on this one. I stick with the Magtech 7022, it's a great go anywhere, lightweight rifle. I'm not sure if new ones are still available, although the Mossberg 702 is. Best of all it shoots well straight out of the box. I've used a 10/22 in the US and it was a sweet gun, but if it's so good, why do owners rip them apart and upgrade them so soon? I improved my trigger with grinding paste, which improved accuracy a treat. You can read my review here:http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/magtech-7022-mossberg-7022-22-semi-automatic-rimfire/
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    I went out gain yesterday with Hornady red tips. No problems and five more head shots at 100 + yards.
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    Did you call in the game dealer airbourne, or clean that lot up yourself? I had five this afternoon from a static position in ten minutes with my CZ 452 .17 with 16 inch barrel. I was using Hornady Red Tips, brilliant.
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    I prefer the rough cut ginger, takes a bit longer, but gives that "ginger surprise" when you crunch into it. We made another batch last week, my daughter nicked a jar, when she visited and my fishing mate claimed one as a birthday present. Hopefully we will have another picking before the autumn. Just getting ready to start making black berry and apple jam.
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    I've only got 26 of this batch left, could have been two suppliers. I always take out two full clips and around twenty spares and some time back tidied up the ammo box, which meant two batches got mixed up making up boxes of fifty. I've had at least a dozen click-bangs from these. The ejected case looked almost full of grains. After each session the barrel is boresnaked and the bullets returned to the cabinet in my modern centrally heated house, so damp is unlikely.. I think I'll label them up U/S and leave it at that. I went out this evening with some Hornady rounds, shot some targets, fi
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    Yesterday afternoon with half a dozen rabbits on view at one of my permissions, I sighted on the first rabbit and click. The Remmington HMR round failed to fire. I'd fired over twenty rounds since my last problem. Following the advice from my last post, I waited to see if it was a slow burn, like before, but nothing. I ejected the bullet, but only the case came out. There was the smell of a discharge, but the case still had unburned grains in it. This time I took off the mod and removed the bolt. Looking down the breech, I could see the copper tail of the bullet about two inches down the barre
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    Just got back from trying out the rifle and moderator. I turned up a new spacer, tidied up the baffles and reassembled the parts. Without adjusting the sights, I had three touching holes on the bull of my target at 60 yards. This gives a zero at 120 yards. I head shot my first rabbit at 140 paces, then went on to shoot two more at around 120. I had no misfires, or split cases this time out. The sound moderation is as good as ever. I was worried, that the crown had been damaged, but that is obviously OK. Lessons have been learned and will check the bore, after every misfire in future. Thes
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    When the "hangfire" occurred, there was a lot more smoke from the breech, than I've had before, plus a flat sounding report from the mod. The case ejected cleanly, so assumed the bullet had been sent somewhere. I'm with charlie caller, the second bullet hit it somewhere near the end of the barrel and it shattered, hitting the first baffle and crushing the spacer. When I removed the mod, I could see the hex shaped outlet in the cap through it. The fact that I then head shot another three rabbits out to 120 yards, says that all was still in line. It wasn't until the fourth shot at yards, that t
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    Guessed I'd get some flack, but put it on the forum, as split cases are common with HMR. I was not aware of the problem, until it was raised on here and checked those in my pocket, after firing. I always try to pick up my spent cases to avoid cattle accidentally ingesting them. Previously I'd put click-bang misfires down to dodgy ammo. Most times I've hit the rabbit, where I've aimed, or seen the round fall short. It has been common enough for me not to worry about it. All my ammo is stored in the safe, in my house, so no dampness. .22lr winchester sub rounds in my semi auto have given me far
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    I was lined up on a rabbit and squeezed the trigger of my CZ452 HMR, when there was a click, a long delay and a bang, with smoke coming from the breech/bolt area. The rabbit was still there, so ejected the cartridge case and saw a long split in the neck, something I've had before. Assuming the bullet had fallen short, I chambered the next round and fired, to be met by a firework display out of the Swift moderator and the sound of multiple ricochets. I unscrewed the mod and could see a clear path through, then removed the bolt and the bore looked fine. There were still rabbits out and shot ano
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    Just read charlie caller's post and don't think I'll be chopping in my HMR any day soon. Ok, he is interested in foxes, but goes on to say his .22 rf shoots rabbits very nicely. So does mine out to yards, but if he'd been with me last evening, he would not have got a look in. The field I was on, used to have a lot of rabbits, which i shot with my Webley Viper air rifle. As time went on the only weapon suitable was the HMR. The grass had just been cut this week on this open field and I was approaching slowly along a hedge line to get in range of a dozen, or so rabbits 300 yards away. I was in
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    Had a similar thing myself. I approached, who I thought was the owner of a large market garden, as a friend had said it was crawling with rabbits. It was. I was given permission to shoot the rabbits and began clearing the land, when one I day arrived to see a lot of cars in the field. On entering the field with my rifle, I was almost charged down by a couple of very irate "sportsmen" shouting expletives, who asked what i was doing on "their" land. I had been given permission by the manager, while they had paid for permission from the absent owner. They were only interested in pigeon and didn't
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    I use my Magtech .22 semi, where I have cover to 50 - 60 yards. Two or three rabbits with chest shots are possible in the time it takes to shift the bolt on my CZ452. Open fields are HMR territory, while on two of my permissions, the owners restrict me to air rifles, using an FAC Career 707 carbine and a Webley Viper with an added moderator
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    I used to carry Eley subs and Remmington Yellow Jackets. Zeroed at 50 yards with the Eleys, the Winchesters zeroed in on a target at yards, giving my Magtech semi that extra bit of range, but were a much noisier round. I had the mag painted to tell the difference, but rarely used it in practice. Today the Magtech is zeroed at 50 yards and use holdover rested to shoot the same distance and don't scare the rabbits. A bit like firing a catapult!
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    In the past I've eaten zander, eels, perch and grayling on a regular basis, while I'd have a breakfast of fresh dace cooked in bacon at a friend's before going fishing. He used to catch them on bacon fat ironically. These days fish have a price value, even trout fisheries have stopped netting out, or inviting the local coarse fishing clubs in to catch grayling to remove them from the water. Fly fishermen are now happy to pay £50 a day to catch and release grayling. I love them fresh for breakfast.
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    More rain today and the rhubarb just keeps on growing. If you're fed up with crumble, why not give this recipe for rhubarb and ginger jam a go? This was handed down from my wife's mother and has served the test of time. An exotic flavour from a mundane plant. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/rhubarb-and-ginger-jam/
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    As an ex instrument maker, I appreciate the workings of my rifles, the term "built like a gun" applies to this, but they are a functional lethal weapon at the end of the day and should be looked on as a tool to do a particular job. My rifles all have their uses, which overlap and have no duplicates, although it doesn't mean I don't have favourites.
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    I've got the same on one of my permissions, a bull and cows with calves. There are two fields and the farmer had switched them to the field I was in and they were blocking my exit, when I tried to leave. They got agitated when I tried to pass and the bull was pushing me with it's head. Managed to get to the gate and get over. Crapped myself. Didn't tell the wife. The trouble is that the fields go over the brow of a hill and you can't see what's in it.
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