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stu nesling

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  1. 12 minutes ago, bruno22rf said:

    I would suggest that you get the gun serviced/tuned before spending cash on a scope, never known a 35 to have a particularly harsh recoil and cutting the barrel down may have caused the problem? 

    food for thought, tks

  2. thanks for the insight guys, i will look into it a bit more and see what i can find at an acceptable price.

    my hw35 used to have a 22" barrel but was cut down and re-crowned sometime i the eighties by a good smith

    makes it a lot more nimble in the woods.

  3. Hi

    iam loking to resurect and old hw35 i bought when i was 16 (40+ yrs ago).

    it has a 1 piece mount and an old unknown brand of scope on it.

    what i do remember is that it destroys scopes that are not up to the job.  (with the recoil.)

    how highup the scope range do i need to be looking nowadays to find something that will not die in a month ??

    have seen a few advertised, such as a leupold fixed 6x42, will it survive ?

    any suggestions ?

    tks

     

     

  4. good point about raising the seat height a bit, i may try that. i remember after a real busy day on the peas last year the back of my legs

    were killing me the next day!!  shot 192 so god knows how many times i got up. hope the peas come good this year as they are quiet at the moment.

  5. using a decent 22ah lead acid, if you run a home built rotor with a wiper motor i find a 7ah runs out especially when the battery is well used.

    so planned ahead for long sessions (hopefully on the peas again this year) and even if the battery is half shot it will still give me al good day.

    hate running out of battery power when the birds start coming. car battery also for when i can drive to the hide.

  6. On 15/02/2023 at 12:56, stu nesling said:

    the keeper reports the birds are still on the rape, 2000 on some days in the last week. its just getting the time to get on em as

    its hare shooting season and there are a lot!! nearly 540 shot in 2 days so far over 2 farms. 1 more shoot to go then its pigeon time...if they are still there.

     

    well, now the hare shooting is over (750 shot) a return to the pigeons is on..... pity they have all ******** off to another farm in the distance !!

    shot a massive 15 on saturday, while watching 1000's off in the distance on someones cut maize. just hoping that he ploughs it in quick as its all a bit quiet.

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