RFD CHRIS

i was lucky enough to have a leupold 3 x 9 x40 scope come in the other day and swapped my 10/22 scope over for the leupold on my rabbit set up, oh boy when i put the NS200 back on the glass upgrade made such a difference it was like watching field sports TV

what a great piece of kit loved using mine your right with a couple of tweaks it is even better

Well myself and one of the other PW members took my NS200 out for it's first trip last night and I thought you may like to hear how it performs. It was aneventful evening that did no start to well as both of our land rovers decided to thow a hissy fit at the 12 hour so after a bit of begging we borrowed my mates mrs car and we were of. The NS 200 though did everything that nite site said it would, mounting to the rifle took a couple of minuets and once you set the eye relief (only need to do this once and then leave it alone) we were shooting, clarity of the screen at night is awesome and you can spot bunnies at huge distances and they didn't even know they were being watched, the first shot was successful and so were many more over the course of the evening. One thing that does take some getting used to though is gageing the distance of the quary but after a short time you soon get used to it and wondered why someone hasn't brought something like this out before,something we did learn very quickly though was that if like me you have a quite large mod mines a Hogan that as you zoom in on your target that the bottom of the screen starts to White out but this is easily over come by putting a non reflective cover on your mod. All in all though it is a stunning bit of kit that i thourghly enjoyed using and can't wait for the next trip now I have a bit of experience with it.

As a newbie to the forum I am glad to see so many people are giving words of wisdom for all to share, it's really good to get opinions of others because you sometimes miss that which is so simple, and right under your nose. My 243 is definatley my caliber of choice for foxing but I agree 17 hmr is a great caliber for that slightly longer rabbits. I look forward to many more conversations on all aspects of shooting with you all.

The replies seem to mirror my own thoughts, found that rabbit as you say head shot is good but foxs well I don't think it's a road that I will be going down myself

What is your opinion on the 17 HMR fantastically flat and fast, zero stays in over a great distance, but is it to light for a fox caliber and to destructive for rabbits. I really like the caliber but do sometimes struggle with it's use, it's is on the appropriate caliber list for vermin control, and have used it myself to great affect, let's have some opinions from the PW members. Please don't get me wrong I am not saying its bad I just wondered if you all have some thoughts you could share.

soon as we are back I will post the next day and let you know mate, don't know how far away you are but if you want a demo in our shop or want me to meet up with you in the field I would be happy to help out.

GOING OUT ON SATURDAY WITH A MATE OF MINE TO TRY THE NS 200 NIGHT VISION WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IMPACT IT HAD ON OUR LOCAL RABBIT POPULATION :yp:

i need some more sounds interesting

Will always try my best

Hello everyone this is my first post on pigeon watch my name is chris I am a keen shooter both with shotguns and various caliber rifle, I have the worst job in the world if you like shooting as I have to talk about my hobby everyday as i am an RFD in ramsgate in Kent . I have been around shooting all my life as my grandad was a game keeper on a duck shoot ,well that's a little bit about me hope to speak to you all soon .