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activevii Just wondering how far you reach out with your .222 ?

I was shooting out to those ranges last night until the ****** wife woke me up!.......... Good skills pal....

Great thread. As a relative newbie to reloading I just don't understand why any home loader would not strive to get the best out of your home loads ?. Why would anyone not take the time to work a load out that best suits the gun when you have all the tools to do so at your disposal.....I just don't get it. The main reason I took up home loading was for accuracy, not cost. ( It is a bonus though) I was so disappointed with my outfit and how it performed with the many factory loads I tried, I could just not find one that I was happy with, I even started to question if my barrel was a bad one, the crown was no good etc! . The best of the bunch was Hornandy and I would really struggle to get these grouping inside a moa @ 100 yards, for the most part I would get one or two bullets outside of this. Since I've started loading my own and playing around with different loads,seating depths etc! I've got my 5 shot groups down to less than 1/2 inch at 100yards and I honestly believe I could shrink this down a little with a bit more playing. I'm so happy that I took the step of reloading my own and I'm really enjoying it.

You are of course right...Thank you Sako.

Hi all I've just bought a sidewinder 8-32x56 to sit on top of my Tikka 595.222 for a bit of long range crow bashing.....Can any of you nice people recommend a decent set of 30mm mounts to sit them in.I don't want to pay silly money if I can help it. Thanks

Agree Hamster and i'm shooting 30ftp.Not that I've ever found many in my quarry (two from what I can remember) it's normally a clean pass through.

South and west county sports in Kenfig Hill is cheaper than Keens on reloading stuff.

Sorry ben0850. Are you trying to quote something I've said ?.

From my own experience this would be correct.

I believe you pal,just having a giggle.Rob is as straight as they come,if he said he shot well,then he did. Great video and a great day to end your season.

Sorry but i'd need video evidence.

Nice bag indeed. Rob told me he shot quite well?. I didn't tell him I had a spy in the ranks.

Like Ollie,it's also been my worst year ever. It started off well and I was seeing birds in September flighting while walking the dogs but, it went down hill from then until now.There are lots of birds about now and last Saturday a few friends had around 60/70 rises.They are heading back down there Friday but the bas8ards in work wont give me the day off.....Gutted!.I would have liked to seen a bad season out on a high with a nice walk about.

That indeed was a nice bird....Great shot.

It's different from shoot to shoot Buze.Your looking at anything between 25 and 50 pound per bird. Yes you do shoot in a team.

Ha! ha! ha!..............No need to worry about them leaving birds for you pal.

Best one yet for me!.....Absolutely superb. That ground is beautiful to.A few friends are shooting there on Tuesday,lucky ****. Well done. Daz

Each to their own and all that but. These are certainly not for me and I really don't see the point in using the 60 meter shell when a good quality 32grm 5 will do the job at that range. If they work for you Old farrier then that's all that matters. Best wishes.

Would you agree though that a single No4 shot "would not punch a hole through it" ?. I may take my .222 on the pheasant tomorrow

But your statement is flawed though....... Will a single No4 shot go through a pallet at 100 yards.......NO!

Done a bit of research on these myself when they popped up on the other thread.Totally agree with you Hamster,what a pile of ****. I'd never heard of them until recently here ( speaks volumes ) I find it difficult to understand how anyone would consider using these shells on feather/pheasant.Lets be honest,if they were any good I'm sure I would have heard about them before and surely some of the countries high bird specialists would have been using them ?.

Absolutely spot on for me to Jdog. I treat every target the same,if that may be a 20yard bird or a 60yard bird,in my mind I feel as though I do nothing different (obviously I am) once I've picked up the target and got the line ect the lead usually sorts itself out.

Really enjoyed that.

You are of course correct in what you say but!The gentleman as stated he is a good shot on the clays,this tells me he as no problem getting the line of the target,is gun fits well ect ect. I'm not a qualified instructor by any means but the people I have tried to put right over the years on driven pheasants it's nearly always been a lead problem...not enough.

I've heard the five bar gate one many times. I find it very difficult to explain lead to someone.I have often been asked "Bloody hell how far were you in front of that one,how much lead you give it ?"...The answer is always the same - I'm sorry I cant give you that answer because I don't know.I don't think about it and the minute I do start thinking about it I miss.It's a natural thing. I'm sure some of you guys know where I'm coming from ?,or is it just me again