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I went on the Saturday. Very disappointed indeed. Went about 3 years ago and it was easily twice the size. We arrived at half 7 and had been round the whole lot and left by 2! Last time I didn't even get time to go up gun makers row. I was looking out for a second hand 308, I don't think there was more than 10 available in the whole place. For £30 entry I won't bother next year.

In good conditions. Two small marks on the eye peice. And very faint crimp marks. £60 posted Ono. Thanks Pictures to follow.

If you don't mind second had get a pair of Carl Zeiss Jenoptem of eBay. They will be about the same money but the glass is really top, Zeiss, quality. I've had a pair of 10x50 for the last 4 years, second hand when I bought them and still a huge amount better than my mates Hawke ones.

Hmmm seems a bit steep when you can get an aftermarket 50mm one for less than a tenner.

Anyone know where I can get a sunshade for my Schmidt? 8x56. There seems to be a few in the US but nothing available over here.

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Do you know what make it is so I can look the dimensions up? Thanks.

Yeah they are the smaller one (bottom one in the second picture) was in pretty poor condition. Hair loss, a few ticks on it and considerably lighter. But it still tastes good so I'm not complaining. There seems to be an awful lot of deer round here at the moment, so that might have something to do with it. I'd like to get out and bag a few more.

Yeah looking at prices on the internet. They are maybe at the top end of subsonic prices. But if I have to pay a bit more for much better accuracy so be it. I guess you get what you pay for. I might see if they will do a deal if I buy 1000 or so.

Cheers guys. To the man cave!

I bought a box of SK .22 sub rounds from the agricultural merchant today to try them out in my CZ. Fantastic rounds, I was getting hole in hole groups at 50 yards. The 20 or so I fired were very consistent. £6 for 50 so not too bad. Anyone else tried them?

As per the title. I've got loads of spare pigeon shell decoys and was wondering if it was as simple as spraying them black to get some basic crow decoys? I'm sure the crows from the air aren't that bothered about the decoys having legs and a belly.

So the story goes I went out stalking the other night with the hope of bagging a Roe Buck. I stalked up the edge of a wood and managed to spy a fox down the far corner of the wood. So I backtracked and came through the wood to try and get onto it on the same side of the wood. By the time I'd got through Charlie had disappeared but I spotted a Buck on the other side of the valley, slowly working his way up the field. I stalked down the edge of the wood to get onto him better but by the time I'd go there he'd moved up the field some more. Not wanting to take too long a shot, and that I enjoy the stalking as much as the shooting I decided to stalk back through the wood, across the valley and up the other side to get into the gateway to the field he was in. After managing that, I had myself lined up on a fence post to take the shot. Pulled the trigger and watched him drop. I reloaded and checked him for a few seconds through the scope. Nothing happened so I started to climb over the gate when I looked up to see him standing, I wish I was able to take a picture, he looked very regal and proud, similar to those picture of a big red stag. I quickly got back on the post and took another shot, again simple boiler room shot. He did a bit of a backflip, ran for about 50 meters and then dropped. I waited a bit longer this time, but with no more movement I set off to have a look. When I got to him, I got on with gralloching him out that done I decided to just walk back to the car and then drive back to pick the carcass up rather than dragging it across the bog. When I got back to the field I dumped it in the boot and set off driving out of the field. About 50 meters back up the field there was lying a dead roe buck. I couldn't believe it, I got out of the car and sure enough it was still warm. Somehow, despite looking at it from 3 different angles/ranges I'd completely overlooked another buck which must have been lying down in the same field, near where the other one was. After shooting and killing the first one, the other one had stood up and I'd shot that as well. I doubt that will happen again but it was a pretty pleasant surprise. Thanks for reading, apologies for it being a bit long.

Anyone got any experience of the above? How comparable is it to a nm800? More than half the price of the nm. It claims to have the same led and lens as the nm xsearcher.

That sst 90 looks like a real bit of kit. Where do you get the bits from? I take it its 12v? When you say dedomed is that an aspherical lens? What kind of cost would it be to make them?

If I could get eye shine at 3-500 yards and then shoot at 2-200 yards that would be nice. My eyes don't work great with red light and I prefer white. Where is the place to buy LEDs and lens'? Would I need to machine a new body or can an existing one be modified?

I know this has been done quite a few times but it appears to have been a bit diluted. Could someone with more knowledge and experience on the subject give a list of the components to make a decent lamping torch. 300-400 yards would be nice. Cheers

It's a Sabatti I got it second hand from a keeper friend. He told me it prefers heavier rounds. I've only used 90, 100 and 105 grain rounds. The 105 were the best. Its 1 in 10 twist rate.

I've started by making loads in full grain increments 37.0-41.0 the 37 gave me about 1 1/2" and the 41 about 5". Getting worse with more powder. I've tried seating the depth in and out slightly and its opened to about 2". Not really sure what to try next

Been testing some loads and my best group are at the minimum level of 37.0 gr. How much of an issue would it be to try a load say 36.0 gr? And working back up from that. I'm using H414 powder with 100gr heads 243. Cheers

Your best bet is probably to strip the finish off back to bare wood. Clean the squeeze out off from the break. If there are any small gaps in the joint you could fill them by using a small amount of ordinary wood glue then a fine sandpaper with the glue still wet, the wood dust will act like a filler (midway USA on youtube have a video of filling pin hole knots). Then either lightly stain the wood if you want it dark or just apply a oil finish. Plenty on here about refinishing stocks if you haven't done it before. I would say to do the forend at the same time as you won't get the colour to match. What glue did you use?

Cheers for the replies. I've got a couple of replies one was £120 for the shot + £120 if you kept the head. The other was £250 for the shot+head and another £75 to sit out for a boar. Anyone know roughly what this Colin charges?

-16, are you sure?

Has anyone been feral goat shooting? Or know of anyone who provides it and a rough cost? I've email a website called dvsporting which recently had an article in sporting rifle, but I don't know where they are based or how much. Cheers

Cheers for the replies guys. Think I might go for them. I've had some of Rydales other stuff in the past and it has been fine. I know what you mean about the sizing.