Harry Callahan
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On 13/12/2018 at 17:43, panoma1 said:
Try Damson Vodka! 😋
Damson Brandy is better
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16 hours ago, johnnytheboy said:
Really like my deerhunter highland trouser
14 hours ago, Dazza9t9 said:Sportsman gun centre have a browning sale on at the moment. I got a brilliant pair for £30 reduced from £100. I wore them duck flighting and rabbit shooting this week and they were great, highly recommend
Aye, but what's the leg lengths like?
Merry Christmas folks! Hope it's a good day for all.
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Cheers, Percussion are the ones I'm leaning towards... quite like the Skintane ones.
What's the leg length like on them? My jeans are all 34" leg and trousers 33" - anything shorter usually looks ridiculous on me
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Been looking at some of these - Seeland, Percussion, Jack Pyke etc. Some look good at reasonable prices. Wanted for general shooting and maybe a bit of hiking/hill walking...
I'm not really interested in which are best, BUT I can find very little info on sizings - especially leg length. I'm 6'1" tall with a 32"-33" waist and I take a 33"-34" inside leg.
Doesanyone have any pairs, and can anyone give me helpful advice about sizes?
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I'm a hill farmer (shepherd). I hate wellies... Been wearing GoreTex lined boots for 12-14years now and for me they are definitely best for working in.
The Altbergs will be fine for out shooting where the demands are a lot less.
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2 hours ago, johnnytheboy said:
Surely waders would have been cheaper than unicorn skin? 😂
😂😂😂👍
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If it was reported to the police, and you were 'involved' why have the police not visited you?
I supposedly reversed into a car a few months ago - woman was sat in the car the whole time and never once got out or made me aware of anything... I did what I was there to do then drove off heading home. First I knew to anything was 10 days to a fortnight later, 2 officers at my door wanting a statement.
There should be an officer badge number and name in the letter of the officer dealing with this, an incidence reference number and a phone number to contact him/her. Contact them and see what the **** is going on.
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3 hours ago, Scully said:
No, they don’t use ‘goretex’. Those which have a waterproof lining are lined with ‘sympatex’, which is just as good as goretex. If there is no little tag bearing that name near the top of the boot, then they’re not rated as waterproof.
Yes. Sympatex is just their version of GoreTex...
It's the Altberg Defender boots I've bought, and they don't have the lining (didn't realise this til after I ordered them).
The amount of Dubbin I worked into them last night, they'll be pretty waterproof currently though 😂
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On 17/12/2018 at 17:06, Harry Callahan said:
On the basis of this thread I've just sourced a pair of Altbergs from an army surplus store. £40, supposed to have been worn once. Delivery expected to be on Wednesday...
If they are any good, I'll try and find another pair for similar money 👍
The Altbergs came today. Don't look like they've had much wear, but a lot more scuffed than I was expecting (you'd think someone had been crawling around on rough concrete in them)
Lots of elbow grease, a good feeding of Dubbin and boot polish they look good as new now 👍
I was going to wear these for work but since ordering I've learned they are not GoreTex lined. Will keep these for shooting, walking, game fayres etc and I've seen my current work boots (Highlander Elite - look very similar to the Altbergs) for sale at half price so might buy another pair of them and just pretend I've got the Altbergs for 'free'
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On the basis of this thread I've just sourced a pair of Altbergs from an army surplus store. £40, supposed to have been worn once. Delivery expected to be on Wednesday...
If they are any good, I'll try and find another pair for similar money 👍
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9 hours ago, rickh said:
If you are not bothered about" image" then why not go to a building materials supplier, I would think the wellies worn on building sites would be the toughest you can get.
Hmm will they not all be steel toe capped?
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On 01/11/2018 at 18:00, scotslad said:
Must admit i'd just buy the cheapest wellies u can find. In past for work i'd just use dunlops or nora's 1 size bigger for winter with thse boot socket things inside which ansorb all ur sweat keeping feet warm all day
If ur going to spend proper money ur aswell just buying a pair of decent leather boots far comfier and warmer and still keep ur feet dry.
The shoot i run is quite literally a bog so feet are in water all day and often walking miles u wouldn't catch me in wellies nowadays if i could help it
Never in my puff did I think I'd see Nora getting suggested on here!
I'm not knocking them though - They have good tread (grip), the rubber wears well and I found them fairly comfy.
I wore Nora's up to about 5-6 years ago, and have switched over to Dunlop Purofort.
I'd say the Nora feels stronger (stiffer rubber), Dunlop's are lighter and warner. Both are comfy and do the job and are very reasonably priced.
+1 on buying boots instead. You can spend £60-£80 on lace up boots which are superior to £100+ wellies in every way, and are much safer
On 04/11/2018 at 16:01, scobydog said:Just a word of warning, out with the lads yesterday and 1 slipped on a hidden wet rock, dislocated and fractured his ankle and also tore some tendons, now in hospital in North Wales waiting to have a metal plate screwed into the ankle area, he was wearing wellies when this happened. One of the lads with us is a former army medic and said if he would have been wearing boots that lace up he would probably been ok but as the wellies have very minimal side support it allowed the ankle to turn and twist the wrong way. Even without taking the wellie off you could see there was something seriously wrong there. So always wear appropriate stuff for the terrain and weather and be safe.
Atb scobydog
This. Massive +1.
I'm a shepherd. I have almost completely given up wearing wellies because of rolling my ankles. I've never done any damage but wellies have zero support.. once bitten, twice shy. A lace up boot 8" or taller is far safer on rough/unknown ground.
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On 18/10/2018 at 12:48, chrisp said:
Not sure where they are made now but quality has fallen dramatically ,my mrs has had a couple of pairs over the last few years and never again
After a year or so the rubber perishes ,fades and cracks .total rubbish and not what you would expect from an expensive product
Take a guess where Gates shifted production to, when the Dumfries factory closed...
The quality is absoloute rubbish now.
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GriSport are SUPPOSED to be very good - I've not read a bad review yet. I'm interested in their Oak or Keeper boots. Zamberlan another very good Italian name (owned a pair of their hiking 'trainer' boots for 12 years now).
I'm currently wearing these for my work:
http://www.highlander-outdoor.com/shop/military-products/footwear-accessories/boots/elite-boots
Had them a year. Brilliant boots so far
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On 21/09/2018 at 10:38, ferguson_tom said:
Have a look at the Kia Sorento, for £2500 you should find something quite reasonable. It was a comfy motor and off road was quite impressive with the correct tyres. Fuel wise i used to get 30mpg. Was very reliable as well over the 4 years i owned it it only needed a water pump, and the fuel tank (delamination of lining a common problem but fixed FOC by Kia.) In hindsight i wish i never sold it as it was a really useful workhorse.
+1 Surprised nobody else has suggested a Sorrento. Good motors and easily gotten for not much money.
I have a MK2 Toyota RAV4 - brilliant on and off road, very reliable (although there is a common fault with 5th gear) and pretty good mpg.
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4 hours ago, alan123shooting said:
I bet that was brownells, how they sell anything is a mystery to me, try east Barnet guns www.gunshop-eb.com they sometimes have s/h magazines, but new ones are about £38 which is the going rate for a new nine round mag. The sportsman gun centre did have some secondhand ones at the game fair as my mate found me a five round .22 one there. You have to remember it’s Sako and they charge like wounded rhino but best of luck
Was indeed... just gone back through browser history. It's actually listed at £77.70 scary price for a mag.
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Finnfire II mags also fit.
If you can't find any 2nd hand, try
https://www.allcocksoutdoorstore.co.uk/firearms-shotguns/accessories/magazines
Or
https://riflemags.co.uk/sako-quad-magazines/
Quite pricey though. Just saw a site selling them for £70!!
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On 02/08/2018 at 09:35, ozalid said:
To be honest, I think the plastic mag lets the rifle down, it looks and feels cheap and nasty to me, guess I'll reluctantly invest in the steel 10 shot and keep the original as a spare.
Cheers for the link mate.
That's fair enough, I will concede the steel CZ mag is much nicer looking in my 452 than the plastic ones... But they are still good mags.
Vast majority of my shooting is done alone, and at night, so I don't really worry about how things look. Also my other rifle is one of those cheap Brazil built CZ knock off's - PUMA Hunter .22lr... so it'd be a bit late for me to worry about it
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1 hour ago, ozalid said:
Thanks Harry, but £41 for a 10 shot steel one and £37 for a 5 shot ***! I've always thought that there was some profiteering going on with rifle mags.
Sorry, but you won't find them anywhere else really. So if you want one...
Why do you want steel? I have the 10-shot plastic ones and they are very good. I actually prefer them to the OEM 5-shot steel one on my CZ came with.
If you don't urgently need one, just keep an eye on that site - they were selling mags half price for a while.
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17 hours ago, roy8762 said:
I’ve got a 5 round one - is it the same one as the 17 hmr mag?
No, they are not the same.
.17HMR mag is same as the .22WMR...
These are the guys to buy from
https://riflemags.co.uk/search.php?limit=24&q=Cz455 .22lr&section=content
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1 hour ago, Dekers said:
NO HMR (V-Max type) ammo is better than any other, you may well (will) get some batch variation, but the ammo is all as exactly similar as possible.
FAR more so than any other caliber I have ever used. You can switch between Winchester, CCI, Hornady, Federal, Remington etc and if someone was loading the mag for you, you would never notice the difference.
Without doubt there are bad batches, but all being =, none is better than the other.
The vast majority of HMR is ALL made by CCI anyway.
I know some will come back and say I always use X, Y or Z in mine, and its much better than the rest, try some others again!
And the same applies to split cases, no "brand" is immune!
But everyone knows the red tips are better than the blue ones and the grey are just plain nasty... ?
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33 minutes ago, muncher said:
No you didn't hijack the thread, with people saying they head shoot rabbits at 150 yards I thought with the group s I'm getting I will miss at those ranges more than I hit. I know I'm probably not a good shot but I was hoping for a bit better using bipod and sandbags .
IMO your 2nd picture - that grouping is pretty decent (ignoring the 1 stray which went high!!). I just happen to have a 10p and a ruler to hand - 10p is 1inch diameter which means your group is under 2inches @ 100yards. That is head shot bunnies all day long. The only thing I'd want to do is get it on centre as you are low and to the left.
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16 minutes ago, PPP said:
150M Rabbit headshot is quite some feat..
+1.
Bodyshot is good enough!!
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Be surprised the number of people have tried my damson brandy, liked it a lot then say they don't really like brandy..👍
Doesn't matter, mind - If it's a liquid you can put fruit in it... never been a vodka drinker, it's tasteless to me so I don't see the point. I prefer rum, brandy, whisky and as I get older I'm appreciating gin more.
Bramble rum, Damson brandy and Plum whisky is what I tend to make.