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nice one.

Thanks Tom. He's all right. bit head strong at times but works his heart out, only 28 months old. got a bitch in training for this harvest as this one cant keep up with every day, even though he would try his hardest to.

Nice bit of work there OTH. well done.

Thats just what i had to do but the poor bu66er could hardly walk, the two ton bags this week has taken it out of him. bless his fluffy toe's. still, 360 birds for the game dealers tomorrow so that pays for the carts this week so not that bad i guess.lmao. Phil

Another good day on the pigs 133 from the three of us on one field. But this is where the problem is He's a house dog The wife's house dog. Looks like she has some cleaning to do :yp: :yp: Phil.

Fair play to you OTH. baggin up again. you will be burnt out for the pigeons if you carry on like that all the best Phil.

all the brass i use has come from PPU rounds that i buy, use then reload. until now i have never cleaned brass. the storage box is one that holds 50 rounds, the green ones but i cant remember who its mad by, MTM or something. their all new boxes and haven't been in contact with oil or water. i have left 4 rounds in the mag for a while but there stored in the same place as the rest of my bullets, powders and primers which is a dry safe. Phil

I wouldnt do that matey, your already blind in one so why make it even harder.hehe. final count was 133 picked and 6 lost to the cars and hedgerow that i wouldnt send dog into. no car sense so no trust in him. Phil

Went out as a last minute thing today. had a call to ask how the eye was and would i like to go out for a few hours on the pigeons again. no recce done so no idea on how this would be as i injured my shooting eye a couple of weeks ago and have been struggling to get a focus on the bird and bead so had to give it the one eye jack and try and force the eye to focus. when we got there we put a couple hundred birds up that split into two flocks and went two differant ways but they went for a marathon flight a disappeared over the hills and was well gone. we knew where they would be going , two rape fields on either side of the county and knew they wouldn't come back until they had their morning feed. we set up in a double hide next to each other so we could take the Mickey out of each others poor form, at least i have a good excuse. matey was hitting doubles as if they were going out. 20g 28 of 7 and he was dropping birds like a demon. i took it steady and just tried to take a bird at a time. sometimes i hit one and others i missed. called it a day at at 3pm as we had a bit of a walk to the truck and to top it off we had a puncture in the wheel barrow. i shot over about 100 carts and Norman was about the same, i was letting him take most of the birds as i just couldn't see some of them but we ended with around 130 birds picked up and a few that ended being hit by cars on the road behind us. i say around 130 because i got to 120 and forgot to use the clicker on the last birds. the buckets take 30birds and the bag hold 40. 3 buckets and the bag but the bucket where over full so until i get the final count tomorrow i will not know. still a good day again for winter shooting with over 300 in the last 2 trips out. happy days Phil

I have always sat down to shoot. i use a fox warrior fishing chair with adjustable feet. anyone that comes out with me soon learn to shoot sitting down .lmao. i stand for no one, only cus i cant because the bodies to broke.

yes there is such a thing. i bought one at one of the games fairs. i use hessian builders fabric as well as the stealth net and a bit of desert army netting for when im shooting from the middle of a wheat field. i just cant remember what the stale was that i bought it from

I'm going to do what NJC told me to do and that is forget about it or it will let the gremlins in every time i go to pull the trigger and as its only used for charlie slotting then i don't what the thoughts of 'what if' coming into head as i pull the trigger. I'm going to put it down as bad luck and as they say it comes in 3's then we will be ok from now on.

Your right Ian, all 100 fired Im still at a lose as to why it happened.

Right, All 100 stripped and put down the rifle to fire primers. guess what the percentage of duff ones was? All brass stripped, de-primed, trimmed, ultra sonic cleaned and all sparkling now. in oven for an hour to 100% dry and then i will reload them. so how many out of 100 didnt fire? Phil

Been using them on the pigeons for a long time now. no problems with them, lighter on the shoulder of what i use to use and a lot better on the wallet.

On a 22lr i wouldnt go any more than the SAK but on the HMR im about to change mine. i have had a SAK on it for a while, it does reduce the sound but there is better as i found out a could of weeks ago. the Wildcat Whisper is a hell of a lot quieter in and open area. i put the two, SAK and Wildcat, up against each other and i was very surprised in the differance. Ok the Whisper is £125 against the £30 of the SAK but IMHO its worth the extra. I just have to wait for a mate to sort himself out with a new mod so i can buy his off him.

can i still pull the bullet on a good round though, as in one that has primer powder and bullet in. im a little worried about the lot going bang.lol. Almost lost my eye sight in one eye last week so im a little edgy about things at the moment.

The firing pin/bolt is fine, i have stripped and cleaned and then tried the rounds again but they didnt go, all the other rounds i tried have been fine. I'm putting it down to Primers but as of yet i dont know where i have gone wrong. their stored in a dry place and i use tweezers to pick each one out and drop in in the priming tool. so im thinking the pocket was to dirty for them. next question. i dont have a loading press as i started to reload to try save money so i use a Lee Loader and it has been working well. so can i put the unfired rounds in the kinetic hammer to take powder on bullet out for reuse and then put the primed cases in the rifle and fire them off before removing so i can clean the cases properly before reloading. I need to save money bit at the same time i need to save my fingers, hence why im asking first about the hammer. All the best Phil.

I went out with NJC today and after a bolt strip and clean we put the rounds back in, one at a time. i clicked 6 times i pulled the trigger and nothing. so i put a fresh round in and that went no problem at all. on the reloading side. the brass is once fired PPU. never cleaned any of the other ones before, maybe this is a wake up to tell me to start doing it. and start cleaning the pocket out as well. the primer can t seat any deeper as i use a Lee Loader and a girt great mallet I havent trimmed the brass yet but after this load have been used i will then. just want to find what a case should measure as i would like them to be spot on if i could. all my brass from now on will be cleaned in the ultrasonic clean and pocket check on ever one before reloading. i use tweezers for picking the primers up and putting in the re-loader si it cant be that. i hope its not a duff batch as i have 6-700 left :blink: thanks for your input guys. all the best Phil.

Hi dave. the eye is better than it was but i have a spot in the middle that i cant see though. i tried to explain to Neil today. its like the blurry bit you get over the faces on these cop programs. i have an area that i can get a sharp image on the cross hair so its better than nothing. i even dropped a few pheasants on the shoot on thursday so happy days. I stripped the bolt out today and de greesed and dry lub spray back on it. went out and loaded one of the duff rounds and fired it 6 times. nothing what so ever. i did this for the 3 rounds and nothing. i put a fresh round in a that went no problem at all. I have 100 rounds made up and 800 primers in the box not sure what im going to do but i know that every time i pull the trigger it will be in my head so concentration is going to be down.

I have no idea at the moment matey. JamieG seams to think its a light pin strike which would go along with what Stripey999 said about any oil on the bolt could have gone thick due to the very cold wind we were in lastnight. it took 4 click before a round let go so it would sound right. bolt is going in the ultrasonic cleaner today then i will put these duff round up the spout again and see if that will go but in truth the primer strike looks very strong. Confused.com at momnet. it was a big, heavy male and in very good condition with a nice black brush on it which was taken to be preserved by Stripey

Went for a walk tonight and after a bit of calling a Raynard came to play. it was one of those shots that shouldn't have been on my side. Stripey spotted a set of eye at around 60 yards so i tried to get sorted. free standing tripod in the way so move it, it drops to floor. i then have to pull the harris legs out, open bipod, get to floor. a flash of the lamp and Raynard is still sat there. a 52 gr A-Max round is chambered into the Tikka T3, cross hair on the boiler room and trigger squeeze. CLICK, duff round. re chamber and CLICK, another duffer, re-chamber and CLICK again. and other duff round. i have waited between each click, not long but still waited. on the forth round there was a satisfying BANG and an A-Max is sent on its way. Raynard falls over and im one lucky begger. it just sat there though all the noise, and clicking. after a quick photo i stripped the bush for Mike and removed the body from public eye. after we had got sorted, had a look at the duff rounds Mike had a quick scan and there was another one but this time he was not waiting around. cold but a result. not my best photo but just one for the books. All the best Phil.

No, my lad, cocker spaniel.

the pin has hit hard, this was my first thoughts, thinking the oil has gone thick in the cold and im really hoping it is the problem but i only use light machine oil on the bolt and pin, if anything i keep it on the dry side. i have a pocket cleaner now and a sonic cleaner but these round where loaded before i started to clean them. I will put them though the rifle again tomorrow and see if they let go, if they do then fingers pointing at the pin. strip polish and re-oil after i think.. Phil.

A-max 52gn 21.5gr Benchmark powder cci 400 primer ppu once fired brass, not cleaned in anyway Tikka T3 222 10pm sub zero temps first firing for 4 weeks. 100 rounds loaded 5 weeks ago and stored bullet up in the safe. With the help of Neil, NJC on here, i started reloading for the 222 tail end of the summer. all has been good and no problems other than pilot error, couldn't hit a group like Neil can. All has been good and a nice grouping, i have put 50 rounds though the Tikka with no problems what so ever tonight i went for a walk and lamp in hope for a charlie as i havent been out on the 222 for a few months other than killing paper. anyway, tonight a charlie made the mistake of coming to close and just sitting in the lamp without moving, i dropped to the bi-pod and chambered a round. charlie sitting at 60mtrs with my cross hair on its boiler room. squeeze the trigger and...Click..count to 5 and spit the round...new round in and cross hair on the mark again...Click...count to 5 and spit round 2. cross hair on again and Click..thats 3 rounds, one after the other. now im Miffed, confused and a little worried that i have 3 rounds on the floor that havent gone bang. 4th round in the chamber and hair back on charlie, who by now must be as confused as i am as he is still sat there. i squeeze the trigger and BANG!!! charlie slumps and i just dont know what to make of what has just happened. Ok maybe i should have waited longer between taking the unsafe round out the chamber but thats for another day. what the hell is going on. i have had a look at the Primers and their all well dinked. the one that did go has flatted the primer against the bolt but thats normal. i put another round down and there was no problem with that one. whats your thoughts gentlemen as im at a lost at the moment and a little worried about the other rounds that have been loaded. thanks in advance for any help you can offer me. All the best Phil.