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i feel my conscience nip a bit sometimes, especialy when i shoot a woodcock or a drake teal, i guess its because they are such beautifully marked birds. i have seen myself sitting watching teal with the spy-glass and promising myself never to shoot such a pretty little bird again,(i dont keep promises to myself very well). its the same with woodcock, when the dog has retrieved a woodcock after a successful shot and i am stood with the bird in hand looking at the delicate markings i get a bit of a guilty twang come through. it tends to go after while, usually after ive eaten it . i suppose it to do with different strokes for different folks and beauty is in the eye of the beholder and such like, for example there are some that wouldnt be able to harm a sweet little rat .

reading your comments show me how little i know about taxidermy and also explains why my good wife hates mine so much . this is just whats in our bedroom, i thought it was good i am only joking by the way

i have filled my ammo slots up a couple of times before the renewal date and if i remember correctly my gun dealer stapled a piece of paper on to my cert which had the same lay out as the ammo slots on the cert.

thanks kent, will give that a go

thanks for all your help and info. i loaded up some rounds last night to try out the collet die and heres how i got on tonight. i loaded 5 the exact way i have been doing with the full lenghth sizer. and i loaded 5 with the collet die, with this 5 the only thing i did was clean the primer pocket. and i loaded 5 with the collet die, with this 5 i cleaned the primer pocket, chamfered the case neck inside and out and cleaned the brass with steel wool. the first 5 was the same as before 3/8" @100. second 5 was the same 3/8" @100. the last 5 gave me a group i couldnt measure, it was under 1/4". i loaded 5 more rounds the same as the last lot and got 1 1/8" group at 250 yards. could chamfering the case neck and cleaning the brass have tightened up the group or has it just been a happening? hope this all makes sense , still fairly new to reloading, a few of you are using word and phrases i havent heard before :lol:

36 with 223 on sunday night and 6 tonight with 22 2103

thanks for you replies. the dies i am using at the momment is the lee pacesetter dies and i am getting great results. the 2 reasons i thought to change to neck sizeing was, faster due to no lubing and trimming and also less stress on the brass. i was thinking that the only thing to throw it would be the neck tension and to overcome it would be to try and not put too much preassure on with the collet die and just use the lee factory crimp die that i have always used to give the same neck tension as before . and again any thoughts appreciated

9-13 in the field for sure, i have never been shooting and thought to myself, wish i could get a bit lower, its always 9 or higher.

if i change from full length sizing to just neck sizing will this affect the load i am using?

i will second that :thumbs:

33 last night 1986

i agree with kent, on a 22lr there is no need for gimics, go for a fixed power with good glass. i bought a second hand leupold 6x42 off the bay not long ago and put it on the 22 and it wont be coming off again, its great, nothing to fiddle with, nothing to think about, just get the target in the cross hairs and pull the trigger, simples.

just spent some money on some new or new to me toys for the .223. a leupold vx-111 6.5-20x40 with target turrets, a set of rcbs scales from wiseman (thanks again), much better than the lee safety scales i had been using. and also a target master powder trickler, which is a brilliant piece of kit. the target master is great, it is so accurate when coupled up to the new scales, well chuffed. after loading up 100 rounds and shooting a few targets i went out to a place that was heaving with rabbits and set up with the sun setting behind me and waited. within an hour and a half i had 33 rabbits, the bulk of them being around the 200 yard mark and there was a warren at 350 that i nailed a few at but the highlight of the night was 2 rabbits sitting side by side at 425 yards that i shot after 38 clicks up on the leupold. i am well impressed with the target master, i would recomend it to anyone that reloads. my wife didnt seem to share the same enthusiasm as me when i came back so i thought i would share it with you lot :lol:

theres a few on guntrader, like this for example, good luck browning medalist

i bought a brick of them, but will probably just stick with winchester subs. what i found with them was that every now and then i would get a flier that could be 5 or 6 inches, usually low and slightly to either side. very rare that happens with winchesters.

he has two humane bolt guns. the problem he is having is with big pigs and sometimes heavy bulls, the bolt sticks in the skull bone and if the beast drops sidewards instead of straight down it sometimes takes the gun out of his hand. if the beast is dead its ok (not ideal though), but if something were to go wrong and it was still alive then things can get tricky or dangerous and you are left with no gun. as we all know, when it comes to killing things nothing is 100% foolproof.

was out yesterday with the 22lr, got 17. 1502

a friend of mine who is a slaughter man to trade was asking me the other day about buying a 410 pistol. does anyone on here have one? i was looking at the taurus revolver. what licence would it go on? would it have to be restricted? any info on this will be appreciated, thanks

"why are you all looking at me like that?"

anyone using ppu brass? i usually use winchester brass for my .223 but i have a coulple of hundred ppu and was just wondering about using them when the winchester brass is done. any thoughts appreciated

for fowling in the morning i use half and at night i use quarter, rabbits or anything else usually quarter

good shootin buddy :good:

how much for the hornet + mod? just found it on gun watch

frenchiboy if you are interested in the prologic gear then have a look on the bay just now. there is trousers for 40 bucks and smocks for 25. well worth a look IMO

i have quite a few good memories but there are a few faux pas that stick out too . i remember once, when my enthusiasm was probably at its peak, i had spied 5 or 6 mallard sitting on a bit of flood water out in the open with no chance of an ambush and after watching them for an age i saw there was a small ditch that could lead me right to them only if i could make it to the ditch without raising suspicion, the only snag being that the ditch was almost full of water. after weighing up the pros and cons for about one second i set off to the ditch and got there without the ducks seeing me and lay down in the freezing cold water, i lay for a minute to catch my breath and to check on the ducks. i looked down the ditch to where i had to go, about 200 yards ahead there was a hydro pole, if i got to there un detected i was on for a bang. it was tough going trying to keep my head and gun out of the water and at the same time keep below the edge of the ditch. after some time i had made it to the hydro pole and had not been aware of the duck getting up so i composed myself and made ready for the right and left of mallard i had been thinking about. 1, 2 , 3, up i get, up go the mallard, BANG BANG, miss miss, noooooooooooo. i had missed a lot of duck before this but this was a bad one, the last thing i remember was looking down in dejection and watching the water running out of the pie holes in the bottom of the pockets of my wax jacket and wondering if i was wise and hopeing that no-one was looking. :lol: