invector
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Wheat, wheat, wheat.
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The pigeons still haven't touched my bean stubble, but my OSR is 4" high already.
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From the day I bought it, my .22 CZ Varmint would not extract unfired cartridges, but the Velocitors extracted OK. I took the opportunity of trying the Eley subs, that wouldn't extract, and they are OK now.
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I've got four fields of bean stubble, cut two days ago, and there isn't a pigeon on them........YET!!
Mind you they made a good job of cleaning up the crop when they harvested it. Hardly any loose beans on the ground.
Billy1, You may find they get at the beans after they have been softened by rain, so keep watching.
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If you want to experience barrel pointing, try working in a gunshop!!!
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I had a mate who was a gynaecologist. He redecorated his front hall, through the letter box!!
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I'm a professional muff diver.
At least you're not a professional cornholer
:blink: 
I heard you were a rear gunner!! Weren't you known as Browningman??
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I'm a professional muff diver.
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I remember the days when an air weapon wasn't considered to be a firearm.
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Aldo, Not offended at all. When I have had time to evaluate Velocitors I may, like you, go back to my Eley subs, but I'm going to give the Velocitors a fair crack of the whip before I either move over to them or go back. I always used HVHP rounds in the past and came over to subs when everyone else seemed to be using them. Having missed the HVHPs I thought I'd try Velocitors. Another deciding factor was that I'm grassing three or four rabbits, at the same place with the .17HMR, and I think they put up with the noise, but stay ready for another shot, because their mates don't move after being hit with the 20 grain Gamepoints. Time will tell. With 30% more energy they should be a bit better on the occasional short range fox. I had a fox in front of me this afternoon, at about 40 yards. It dithered about, taking in the scent of the rabbits that had just run in, and I put the cross hairs on him and told him he was dead. I can't shoot foxes on this land so he was a lucky Reynard.
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My OSR was drilled early because it followed barley, which was combined early. The fields required very little preparation and just look like flattened stubble. Another three fields are ploughed at the moment, after wheat, and will be drilled in the usual way, so they will be a little later. Incidentally the early OSR is greening up with self set barley now.
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Aldo,
I AM doing myself a favour, and using them before I condemn them.
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My suggestion is to buy yourself a decent pair of binoculars, because you won't have much success unless you suss the pigeons out first. Don't buy a seat, get a freebie 5 gallon/15 litre drum. Broad based, won't rock or sink into the mud.
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When they are ready! Hope they don't get on to acorns and beechmast, like last season.
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He's probably watching Stingray on the telly! Never liked him. A waste of DNA!!!
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The recoil pad on my Miroku MK 38 was a bit sticky so I had it replaced with a hand contoured plastic heel plate. Cost £50.00.
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My OSR has been showing for a week now!!
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How do you spell archaeologist?
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I bought some today and I'm going to have a zeroing session tomorrow. The wind will be light, and I'm hoping my CZ Varmint likes them. Apparently they have 30% more energy.
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Has anyone on here had any experience with the CCI .22 Velocitor round? If so, what did you think of it?
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The seven dwarfs were down the mine, and there was a cave in. One of the rescuers was listening at the top of the mine, when he heard one of the dwarfs say, "I wish Tony Blair was still Prime Minister." He turned round to the waiting crowd and said, "At least Dopey is alive."
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If it's an oiled stock, a small rub with refined linseed oil might do the trick.
Winchester super x problems
in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading
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My CZ Varmint .22 wouldn't extract unfired rounds, from new. Edgar Bros advised that there might be a burr in the chamber throat, and said to use some fine emery to polish it out. I put up with it for a long while and either fired the rounds at the end of the day, or didn't close the bolt right down if I thought I might be finishing the day.
I subsequently took a magnifying glass to the end of the bolt and noticed a small burr right between the extractor claws where the striker emerges. I took a very small file to it and it has cleared up the problem, and they now extract OK. Fired rounds always extracted.
When it first happened I was using Eley subs, but tried CCI and Winchesters in the gunshop, with no result.