a general musing

[arveyboy 0]

this is in no way me saying i want a new rifle now. as most of you might know i recently bought a .17 hmr as my first rifle. i've always intended to move onto centrefire as well in the future. this will be a dedicated foxing rifle with the occassional muntjac (there are hundreds on my permission at the moment). within the next year or so i'd like to apply for a variation (probably the latter half of this year). whats the general protocol with granting a centrefire so early on. realistically would i have to wait until my next renewal or is it entirely possible for me to be granted a variation for centrefire within a year?

 

any help would be greatly appreciated cheers, jack

[lgray88 4]

depends what your issueing police force is like, but i had no problem applying for a varition for my .22-250 and i didnt wait untill renewal time , aslong as your reason are good and your land is cleared too .22CF then all is well.

 

liam

[SportingShooter 0]

You could have applied for it on first grant if you wanted to.

 

My first grant was a HMR and .222.

 

As long as you have the reason, you'll get the gun.

[jamie g 17]

you could get one with in months of having your ticket if you didnt get one at the start. if you want deer as well you mite as well get 243 so you could have all deer then. have you got roe deer on your land ? if yes the 243 is the only way to go.

 

if you havent and only got munjac then a 22 centrefire would be fine. i would have the 22/250

but if you like to do some target shoot to then 223 would be better

[arveyboy 0]

no there are no roe about my way, just hundreds of muntjac. i have to say the .243 does appeal to me but obviously for muntjac i only require .22 centrefire. ive never really thought about .222. my thinking was either .243 .223 or .22-250 so i think when the time comes ill see if i can have a shoot with all three and see what i like. my keeper shoots with a .22-250 so i'll have a go with that and another mates uses .223 so i'll see about .243. obviously .223 is the cheapest of the three with .22-250 being slightly more expensive but how does the .243 rate price wise? reloading is unlikely for me at least within the next five years or so.

 

pros and cons of the calibres for my situation?

 

any help greatly appreciated,

 

cheers jack

[SportingShooter 0]

.223 or .22-250 are more than enough to deal with something the size of a Muntjac.

 

.243 is a bit much in my eyes for a Muntjac, if there are no plans to shoot anything larger.

 

Up to you, shoot them all, see what you think.

 

SS

 

BTW, the .222 is a bit of a dying calibre, so I'd steer towards the .223 if I were you.

[arveyboy 0]

my initial thought was .223 over .22-250 simply due to the price of the round however my keeper said hes very happy with his and the ground we both shoot on is very open and hilly in most of the permission so the flatter trajectory of the .22-250 did appeal to me.

 

originally the .243 didnt even have a place in my head simply because i thought it was specifically a deer calibre which i suppose it is in some respects.

 

however, i've read a number of posts from blokes who shoot fox with .243 and i started weighing that up in my head.

 

could any of you who shoot .243 for fox tell me why they chose .243 or a .22cf round? i suppose most of them shoot deer as well which could be a predominant factor.

 

once again help appreciated jack :good:

[jamie g 17]

my initial thought was .223 over .22-250 simply due to the price of the round however my keeper said hes very happy with his and the ground we both shoot on is very open and hilly in most of the permission so the flatter trajectory of the .22-250 did appeal to me.

 

originally the .243 didnt even have a place in my head simply because i thought it was specifically a deer calibre which i suppose it is in some respects.

 

however, i've read a number of posts from blokes who shoot fox with .243 and i started weighing that up in my head.

 

could any of you who shoot .243 for fox tell me why they chose .243 or a .22cf round? i suppose most of them shoot deer as well which could be a predominant factor.

 

once again help appreciated jack :good:

 

your right there jack and the fact that you could load the 243 with lighter rounds. so it would be flat shooting.

the choice is yours and you should be able to get which one you want. i think 22 centrefire will be more easy granted then 243. when you shoot deer i hear alot of firearms departments like you to take the dcs1 course. or at least have a mentor for so many months