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That's the beauty of the McQueen's, bung what you brung. Little bit of luck involved as well as not getting stressed. Up to 300 yards makes it a very open to anybody that wants a giggle and try their luck with any rifle. Very fair and sporting type of shooting that can put the £5k rifles to shame if one losses their head. Many shooting open sites that day.

I've not said any of my rifles are the best lol. In fact I think I have only said about one, ands it's a workhorse and built like a tractor. But rusts badly and is shot out. Not defended any rifle, just said that some rifles need work, some come out the box and shoot better than others without having to change this that or other. I thought I was being very straight with the OP without barrel waggling lol. Just out of interest. Is your howa as it comes out the box or have you changed any of it for the maqueens and which discipline. Only asking.

Yep, thought so. Howa lol. Nothing wrong with a howa, someone has to buy them or life would be boring.lol Again with the cars, no relevance. Cz, fine for the Field without up grades and machine work. Ask SAVHMR what's left original on his cz. I have had a few in my hands. Love them as they are, a tractor gun. Built to last. Shame this .222 is burnt out and rusted out to the point of a rebarrel. Putting a 1:9 twist stainless on it when I find the time to sort it. Sound good. If you can find a good sako75 at the right price then grab it. It's one of the better ones. Made by a smith and not an accountant. Scope wise. Something up to 12x no need for parallax adjustable if it's going on a stalking rifle at a later date. Most are parallax at 100 so one lest think to worry about when a beast of a life time steps out in front of you. Spend the same on the glass as the rifle. You can always swap a rifle and keep the glass forever, just swapping it around rifles. 3-12x50 in the best you can afford and it will last you a lifetime.

Don't buy a cz527. They are a tractor gun. Rust very easy and very industrial. They are a work horse. I have one, its ****, it's for night vision and fox. Come home and not worry about it being booked up on barb wire. But they rust. My combi 7x57r was a night mare, even look at water and you could see the bore turning orange.lol. Trust me about the caps on the turrets. I have been there, missed a fox more than once with target turrets all because at night you can't turn a torch on to check they are still on zero. You do after you miss. Been there and had it ripped out of me by shooting friend's.

Not the same. So can't compare. Heck of a smaller market. I stand by what I have put. I'll also add the ones that will defend are the ones that have one of the 700's or howas lmao. Because they have to justify their purchases lol.

What was the problem with it in the end. I use rechargeable AA and carry a spare set. Charge when I come home ready for next time out

With the xt unit you can turn the unit on with out the IR. Press the on button again and it gives or power one, press again and it makes a little brighter and then another rpreaa for full or. Press it one more time and it switches the IR off again.

Look at what spares are available for the rifle. The more the spares the crapper they are as standard. I have had my fair share of rifles. Been around a lot of different rifles. For out the box you will not beat the Tikka/sako. Go 1:8 twist. Lite or spotter. You can still pop rounds down range but also run 50 vmax for the fox and a 69gn soft point for small deer. There are a lot of scopes out there some better than others. Problem you might have is range and stalking and the turrets. For range you need to dial but for stalking you want to make sure study don't turn by accident, hard to see and night. And you want a lower mag of around 6x upwards for the woodland muntjac. I have two rifle that I can use for field work and longer range. One has a sightron s111 with over caps for the dialable turrets, but to much starter magnification. The other is a vortex viper HD. This would be my choice for fox and deer plus range. As its got the mag upto 24 and it has the covers to stop you accidentally adjusting in the field. Tikka T3 1:8 twist Vortex viper scopw

http://www.sutter-gmbh.com/PREMIUM-Double-Rifle-Bag-125x37cm-For-Two-Shoulder-Arms-with-Optics::3077.html I know a few people that use these. I believe a moderator or two on here use too

went out tonight and shot one missed one. i was well miffed as i just dont miss them. with the moon i needed no extra IR. im out in morning to check the zero as i shouldn't miss.

my mk1 was fine as its mechnical zero. the MK2 XT. i have not had a problem yet. i dont leave the batteries in as i found it discharges them. i do how ever write the X-Y number down just incase

ask your self one question, ok mybe two first, do you reload second, will you be wanting to shoot extended ranges, even if its just paper clipping at a 1000 yards. yes you reload. perfect. the .222 will do you proud. run a 45gn soft point at around 2800 and nothing with argue. heads on rabbits will leave then just about edible. just the same for the .223 no you dont reload. best hope something like the ppu soft points shoot in .222 and you can get ammo. there is alot more ammo about in .223 no you dont want to shoot the distances. couple 100 yards is fine. either the .222 or the .223 will work just fine. yes you do want to shoot distance then the .223 with a 1:8twist barrel will work the best. 1:12 twist .223 will not handle the heavier bullets needed for the distance. same goes for the .223 with its 1:14 twist barrel. only down side of the 1:8 .223 is that you cant go light and fast with the bullets. i have had them. sold them and then gone back to them. i run a shot out cz257 in .222 that im just waiting to have rebarrels with a 1:9 twist barrel. 1:10 would have been better but not in my price range. i have a T3 with 1:12 .223 barrel. it shoots stupidly well out to 450 but at 500 the bullet is loosing it. 3900fps 40gn sbk its my go to varmint rifle. the .222 is my night rig fox/rabbit rifle dont reload then .223 do reload then welcome to the very small club of .222

I was trying to work out how to the the fire stick, someone on here pointed me in the right direction as my PC is hooked into the TV anyway. I have virgin media XL package with out movies or sport. Wife loads the hard drive up on the TiVo with her rubbish I downloaded something like kodi and now watch the catch up via that. I have a 150meg connection so streaming hd is good too is a HDMI lead from PC card to tv. Took a bit of messing to get the right aspect ratio for TV and I use the PC to work on the the monitor while a program is playing over on the TV.

Been looking for a while and got very confused so thank you very much for the info you have given. I had the crv, hated it, the serero was pants and the sat have was terrible. Have been looking for a double din. Satnav would have been good but the price for the Pioneer is very appealing and I can always use the phone maps. Thank you davyo

only thing i have against the DSC is the fact you dont get told your score. it would be more informative to know the pass mark so one knows where one needs to brush up on. other wise its a waste. only my thoughts i guess

Wow, they are light. High teens low twentys normally

Is that dressed or in jacket head and tails off?

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Kettles always on for you sir.Thanks for the thought of Brass. I have switched all mine to Norma and lapua. I also managed to pick up 260 lapua for the creedmore too.

I have had 4 pairs replaced and two pairs of seeland wellies replaced. Never ever again Harleaka

two seconds to take a bit off on the lathe lol. get a hollow ground flat bit, put the rifle in a gun vice so you can put pressure down in the right place and not had a problem, even torxing up to the pillar bedding poundage. unless your ham fisted and boss eyes

Were the ones you bought stainless. Rather easy to adjust if there is an original one to copy. As for weather proofing. I grease the metalwork where it's in the stock and then once assembled I wipe the excess off. Saves the stripping and checking every couple weeks

Been stalking for a number of years, shot a deer or two. No problems getting a deer size calibre from Gloucester Firearms licensing, first was the 6.5x55. no mention of having to do any courses. Well, this year I have been shooting a few to many and have to put them though the game dealer, to do this I needed a 'trained' hunters number. Only needed to do the handling side of a course. But, what the hell, I thought I would see if I could learn so withing new so did the whole dsc1 course. There was some interesting people on the course, ok they passed, no idea on their scores as its either a pass or fail, but after two days and still can't ID a roe doe from a back end photo, well!!. Not saying anything. Yes the DSC is a great starting block but I do think it needs a little more as some of the people in there really should not be granted. The thought of it in fact scared the living daylights out of me. Police want you to do the dsc1 course before granting a deer legle calibre. Some of these people have only held an air gun, the odd one haven't even don't this. And now, because they have done this DSC course they can walk around the countryside with a big gun.hmmm! Ok, we all have to start somewhere but small steps I personally think. Anyway, back to myside of the dsc1. Glad I did do it. I did learn a thing of two, I was sceptical before hand but the gent knew his stuff, very well put together and I came a way knowing a little more thanwhati did before I went in. Fully recommend and I will get around to doing the dsc2 when funds allow it and I can find a couple accreditors to witness. I enjoyed it and I think that's the main thing.

Sort of. One of the place we control fox numbers, in the lambing fields, are split into blocks of 100x100 meters. You might have 6 blocks in one field of stock fence. Single strand wire top and all as tight as a piano wire. Big gaps between posts. But you can see the wire in the scope, just don't expect to hit it when it's 3mm wire and 6" hole all around the wire It's fox, with very fragile bullets, no bounding bullets. In fact I don't think in the last few years that I can remember an exit hole with the 223, 243 or the 6.5. but then a very light bullet running at flat out just turns the fox into a sack of mush. We don't want exits when there are sheep and lambs about. With deer, their heads are always about the stock fence so it's fine. Lmao. Joke