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  1. Alsone
    There's a lot to stop you. Both myself, Charlie and others have said this several times, you will get absolutely nowhere with the police when it's your word against 3 other people with no independent witnesses or evidence - ultimately it's your word against theirs and 3:1 there's nothing that would stand up in Court as evidence so the police won't take the matter any further. It will most likely just be treated as a malicious report by someone who was p*ssed they lost a permission or got caught poaching (if the permission doesn't stand up). Further, unless you can prove at the time tha
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    Interesting, thanks guys.
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    ........and how many accidents/injuries/deaths do you hear about the .22lr? I must admit I've come with a guestimated 6ft of being shot in the head by one thanks to a ricochet off a path after the bullet had passed clean through a rabbit (not me taking the shot). All I heard was the wind in front of the deformed bullet and then it passed somewhere over my right shoulder quite close in. Needless to say I wasn't too pleased with the shooter for taking a shot whilst I was out in front of them (albeit well to the side and out of sight - they did however know I was on the land ahead). It w
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    Just as an aside, from Dan's excellent thread on caller units, I'm curious as to how people use these. When you call normally, you call the fox to you. Watching various US videos of these in action (given most companies are US), and looking at the accessories - fury tails that can be hung on the calling unit, it appears many people put these down the field, call the fox to the unit, and then shoot when it settles down after it's initial surprise over coming across a plastic box. Seems a strange and risky way of operating it to me though: 1. Someone could pinch it, probably unlikely, b
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    ..looks for Moxy's like button.......
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    It all makes you laugh really because the police are so paranoid about .243 on clearing some land and yet will allow a smaller round such as .22-250 but with 55-58gr hornady, there's nothing to choose between .22-250, . 220 Swift and .243 in performance. Literally an inch or so in drop and maybe 100ft lbs at 300 yds or so, which is pretty insignificant when they're all making around 800ft lbs anyway at that distance.
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    Maybe but it never pays to potentially shoot yourself in the foot! All I'm saying here is be careful until you have definite advice that you had / have a right to be on the land irrespective of what the landowner may have said / granted. Anyone prone to threatening someone will do it again and come unstuck. No reason why you should take yourself down along with them just to prove a point. ..and it's as Charlie said, any allegation by you is likely to be denied by 3 others, so in all probability,without any other proof, no action will be taken. I was once on a shoot where an anti ca
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    Sounds good. I think Tremo is spot on. What I would do is get a new SD card, copy across any useful calls from the standard card, then put the standard SD card back in the box. That way you have the standard card as it's supplied should you ever want to sell it, and on your own card, you can then put whatever you want, supplied calls or calls otherwise obtained.
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    Yeah but apart from Charlie's point, it's as I said above, if the tenant didn't have authority to grant permission, then the OP was guilty of Armed Tresspass unless they can prove they had reasonable excuse. The OP might be OK (Shooting Organistaion could advise on reasonable Excuse), but if not, he'd be getting both himself and the other chaps into trouble and if as Charlie said, they denied it, 3:1, could leave him alone it trouble as the only provable offence.... It's as I said before, tread carefully because this could easily turn into a situation where the OP and OP alone is potential
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    I totally agree but it's not worth getting someone else into trouble if by doing so you get yourself into trouble also.
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    There's an interesting opinion on the .204 from a shooting journalist who owns one personally here: http://www.gunmart.net/accessories_review/hornady_204_ruger The thing that would most put me off is the fact that he states that to achieve Hornady's official velocity figures you have to use a 26" barrel and that his experience has shown that even taking a couple of inches off, drops the performance significantly. 26" is a hell of a long gun before you get a mod on!!
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    TBH he was probably better off not calling them anyway, as annoying as it may seem, because you have to remember if he'd done that and he was on the land without permission, he could have been arrested on suspicion of Armed Trespass if the other shooters there insisted they alone had permission from the landowner. Would the fact that he had permission from someone who was the landowner's tenant be reasonable excuse even if that person didn't actually have authority to grant that permission? I don't know but I would have thought that maybe if he could prove it eg he had it in writing, i
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    Np. The only thing to beware Dan is that remote looks like the one from the Wildfire not the Spitfire, although the unit in the video definitely says Spitfire on the side.
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    This is one reason I'm not a fan of .204 myself. The 2nd shot here - seen this before. There's no doubting the terminal damage, the fox has it's guts hanging out, so the round clearly fragmented. What's worrying though is how many foxes don't seem to die instantly despite the damage. Not seen this with larger calibers such as .223. It's almost as if you get the shock damage without the shock.You'd have tp say in this case the shot was a little far back. However, with that damage... You can find quite a few videos like this and I've heard of shooters with experience of this as well:
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    Don't know if this helps but I came across this whilst looking for soemthing else on Youtube:
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    The footpath is still owned by the land owner, it is not in public ownership. but both of you arguing on footpath means you are not using it for its intended purpose and fall foul of bylaws My understanding is that if the path is on land owned by the landowner then you can legally shoot from the path provided you don't obstruct a walker from using it. I can't see any offence from a shooter arguing with a member of the public on a footpath on private land provided they don't obstruct their passage or threaten them, (Obviously arguments are best avoided), as the shooter has permission
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    As an aside, this is 2 good examples of why it's a good idea to inform the police before you go out. Had this been one of the OP's friends and they had reported the matter it could have resulted in an armed response. A simple phone call before hand to the local control room, and the police know it is an authorised shooter with permission to be on the land. Personally, I'd even mention the fact the land is criss crossed with paths. The problem here is many people don't realise that many footpaths actually cross private land and that people can be authorised to shoot there. Similarly the
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    Just to clear a possible point of confusion up, barrel length has nothing to do with fit. Fit is down to the stock dimensions / shape. Barrel length only really affects swing and accuracy (some might say balance but I've never noticed any real difference myself and I'm sure manufacturers would compensate for balance).
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    I'm sure Deker can give some useful advice on target shooting as he shoots regularly at Bisley. However, from what little I know, it's really important to have a scope with turrets that track accurately (some scopes don't track the same time after time). There's some very good advice from a guy who really knows his stuff on Youtube - TiborasaurusRex. He's an ex-US forces sniper, and really knows his stuff. There are videos of him hitting the target in wind from 1.2 miles with .338 and 1,553 yards with .243, 1st time!!! He has a video specifically on buying a sniper scope and what to lo
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    Miroku and Winchester are owned by the Browning Group. Nothing wrong with Miroku unless they've changed since I last shot them, which admittedly was a few years ago now. In my experience both Miroku and Winchester have a really nice balance and feel like a Browning. I wouldn't hesitate to buy either brand if I couldn't afford an actual Browning branded gun.
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    You 1st need to establish what gun you like balance wise, as people tend to fall into 1 of 2 main camps, Browning or Beretta (these companies also make several lesser brands). Personally, I'd start by doing some clay shooting at a ground with hired guns and find out which you like for balance, then take it from there. Most people for clay shooting or pigeon shooting use a 28" or 30" O/U. No reason why you couldn't use a S/S game gun as Charlie suggested though if that's what floated your boat, especially for the pigeon. However, it wouldn't be the usual choice. Personally, I'd
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    TBH I'm not sure what's regarded as a great target round, but .243 is capable of shooting out to the kind of distances you've been talking about and is a superb fox round. Drop is 31 inches at 500 yds with a 55gr Winchester Silver Tip bullet (randomly chosen rather than recommended), according to gun data. There's also .22-250 with a 40gr with similar drop although I expect you to have more difficulty finding a target permissible round for that. It might sound like a lot of drop, but just look at the other rounds and you'll find little better in a round capable of being granted goo
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    Again depends on what you consider longe range. If long range is proper long range then .338 Lapua. Snipers choice! Won't get it for anything other than target though this side of big game shooting and you need to mke sure your ground allows it. Also, with any larger calibre, make sure you can afford the ammo!
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    For clay shooting, multichoke is a good idea. I'll almost guarantee though you'll use 1/4 and 1/2 99% of the time unless you shoot skeet or a range with high towers. Same with game shooting. However, there are occassions when changing choke can be a good idea and multi-choke gives you that flexibility.
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    The thing that always makes me wary of loose pouches is the chance of a live round dropping out as you're fumbling to pull one out. OK if you see it drop and find it, but if you don't and it later is found by someone else, could raise questions. Probably more likely to be an issue with rimfire than CF because of the physical size.
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