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if you don't want to use sand in the hessian sack try dried peas. still gives the same results and is less likely to go everywhere. pete

webber! speedy recovery mucka. let us know if you need some young nurses to sponge bath you pete

aye, well other then rat anything i plan on shooting will be eaten. rats just get to go to the next life for free the blighters. i'll prolly leave it for now. i'm not confident enough just yet to bag pheasant with a rifle. with my hands would be easier where i airsoft in fact lol. i just need to lie in wait till they walk past and grab one pete

actually no it isn't a wind up, i wanted to know what the stance on it was. now i know, ask not and you shall walk in ignorance and all that? as for Muntjac, i think a trebuchet might be a little bit overkill and somewhat innacurate....

lol nice one, just another reason reds are better then greys pete

to my knowledge he does indeed shoot pheasants in season. although i can't say if its with an airgun. mostly likely not tbh but no worries i think i'll leave em be unless i'm packing the proper kit. i'll leave the airgun to tree rats, rabbits, pigeons and other vermin. cheers chaps pete

right. i understand that it is not pheasant season and that it runs from aug til feb. however i want to know the viability of hunting pheasant with an airgun and a springer at that. the local site i visit for airsoft is PACKED with the blighters and i'm luckily getting the opportunity to go out with the current permission holder on that land (and a few more opportunities too coming up) for instance, yesterday i was lay up in ambush under a bush waiting for the apposing team to walk by my position... just as the third man walks past my point i'm ready to open up on them (classic ambush) and a whole herd (is it herd?) suddenly runs through my position flapping and squawking! needless to say as soon as they flapped off i got lit up like a christmas tree.... (ow) i'm asking because when the time comes i'll probebly have an opportunity to go for em BUT i want to know if i can do so with a 12ft-lb air rifle or would i just be maiming an animal i should be shooting with something bigger? (headshots of course) thanks pete

aren't politicians on the virmin list yet? blimy its about time we stuck em on there eh? pete

hah, just got mays airgunner and behold in the back is a section on russian made exploding pellets! lol

it appears to use primer caps, what the legal status of these in the uk then? don't you now need an FAC to buy primer caps? pete

mine the field you'll get more that way as they land around the decoys, also consider some grenades. if they're going to come at you with numbers perhaps a tripod mounted belt fed? excellent that your in a target rich environment though m8 pete

okay not sure if your highlighting that for emphasis or because you think i made a mistake. i'm talking yards here 35 feet is 11.5 yards. can you confirm that this is the ideal killing range on a spring based .22 or is it about 30 yards which is 90 feet? pete

i thought it was about 30-35 yards airguns were decent to? spring included? pete

hah, i was just browsing their website too marvelling at the finance options..... forget that for a bowl of jelly says i.

you could "shim" your scope rings or mounts? toothpaste tubes and even coke cans make excellent shims just cut out a small piece and your sorted. be careful they can be sharp though. once mounted it should give you all the grip you need. its quick and dirty but does work pete edit. sorry mis read your post. shimming probebly won't help aye. new rings needed methinks.