invector
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I hope you've packed up telling jokes.
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Apology accepted.
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rabgoat,
I agree with you about the 20 grain Gamepoints. I use them all the time, and have also used Hornady, but have never had any split cases from my CZ Varmint.
Incidentally the gamepoints would need to be 'lethal for killing.'
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So would I, but we're talking about the .17HMR, clever clogs.
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Have you noticed that when you shoot at one pigeon over the decoys, and two drop down, the one you meant to kill is a runner and the one you didn't mean to shoot is stone dead?
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I didn't have to ask. I was TOLD to shoot every corvid I see. One farmer, like you Cranfield, had a wife who liked to watch the rooks from her window, however I was asked to shoot the bejeezus out of another two rookeries on the farm. Nowt so queer as folk. Most will quote the good rooks can do, on the leatherjackets etc. but as soon as they are pinching stock feed, or pecking the polythene covering of the haylage bales, it's up guards and at 'em. The old name for the rook was seed crow, and the damage they can do to freshly drilled crops is criminal. They seem to be able to gauge exactly where maize seeds are planted, and leave a neat row of holes, where they have eaten the crop.
Shooting any pests over laid crops is an exercise in damage limitation. It is better to leave them where they fall than to trample over the crop, and cause even more damage.
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beretta,
There is no god!!!
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Isn't it nice to be able to slot rabbits, with almost monotonous precision, whilst using a round for which my rifle wasn't designed? The 20 grain round was designed to minimise meat damage, while improving penetration, and the 20 grain Gamepoint won an award soon after it was introduced. So much for a renegade cartridge.
I would advise using 20 grain rounds when shooting foxes, simply because of the better penetration.
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Now now, I could be a very respectable gay, and I'm cheap........
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Sod the women, are there any gays about???
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The statistics are against you mate, so you now have a chance to beat 'em.
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I use 20 grain Gamepoints all the time, and wouldn't go back to 17 grain.
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You'll be s o o r r y.
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I can get a good jack daw noise out of mine, if you blow very hard for about a second then stop it. biting the end helps too.
Blimey mate you don't have the idea at all do you? Don't bloody bite as well as blowing or you'll get a sound like a ruptured buffalo. I won't be round to either of you for a *******.
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Cupping your hand over the end and release as you blow is another good technique
Always release as you blow mate, or his nuts will explode.
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You know the strap you can fix to your stock to carry spare rounds? What about a similar strap, designed to carry .22 and .17HMR spare magazines? I keep my spare mags in my pocket, together with whatever rubbish, or essential kit, is in there, and I'm forever rummaging about trying to disentangle the mag from the contents of the pocket. I know I could be much better organised, but a stock strap would solve the problem.
No, if it was made in Scotland it wouldn't be a Jockstrap....
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What a load of limp wristed poofs. What's wrong with the good 'ole blow torch?
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Hi Browning,
Thanks for that. I look forward to getting some decoying time in, soon after the OSR is combined. The sprayers were ready the last time I was over there. I'll let you know how things develop, as usual. I'll also be able to see the rabbits better when the fields are cleared.
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Probably leading. I get rid of mine with a good scrubbing, with a phosphor bronze brush, and have done for years. It's a normal part of my gun cleaning, and I have a special brush for leading. One section of a cleaning rod, to keep it stiff, with phosphor bronze brush attached, plus a bit of elbow grease.
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If they have the white wing bar, but no white on the neck, they are probably young ones. No white on the neck or wings and they might be ferals or stock doves. Stock doves are protected.
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Great sport - beaver licking. Don't forget your snorkel. It helps if you can breathe through your ears.
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Some farmers in Northants were cutting and swathing OSR last week. No pigeon activity yet.
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Learning to burn powder
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I use my .17 HMR on rabbits and hardly ever take the .22 out these days. Take notice of JohnGalway's proviso on head shots. OK on the BRAIN, but it's easy to shoot the jaw off, or just clip it and wound it. Be sure before you tick it off.