Browning

You really think so?? .223 is a small fox rifle and is much more flexible than the humble Hornet. Why limit yourself when everything .223 is as cheap or cheaper, with much more choice and far more readily available?

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Pest control is pest control. Wether they are sat still or flying, they are pests and need to be controlled.

Very simple solution to your problem.......get the poults out to wood earlier next year.

Double, triple, even quadruple the number of drinkers you have around the shoot, in the woods, in the covers etc etc. You can NEVER have too much water. Also, you say you keep your drinkers topped up until the start of the season? You need to keep them topped up right through the season, and after the season. Birds still need water after you've finished shooting......

I always de-cap, clean, re-size. This way you are re-sizing clean cases which, in my mind, can only help consistency. As Redgum rightly says, consistency is the key to accurate reloading.

That comment could be applied to all PW members who post pictures of their kills on this forum.......

A ground anchor specifically for use on sand?

Interesting to hear exactly what and how many you shoot?

Put down approx 200 Melanistics this year as an experiment. We're shooting on saturday so I can pop some tail feathers in the post if you still need some BJ.

Here you go Dougy, Carlton Moor Range

The thing that matters is this one really works, and works well! I've had one for months and never had a single complaint from the landowner or the pigeons about it's looks.......

An excellent post.

Why is heavy cover a problem? There's no cover in the sky where the birds are shot...

He may be politically incorrect at times, but least he says what he thinks.....such a shame most others don't do the same.

I have a Browning canvas and leather padded slip for sale if you're interested. Link to gunslip Brand new and unused, with tags etc. Never even taken out of original packaging. Won it at a clay shoot but already have a leather slip. £90 inc postage. With the leftover you could also get him a matching cartridge bag? Link to Cartridge bag

I totally agree with you about the wild birds and woodcock etc. having more time to be ready. But any shoot that puts birds down, and can't be bothered to put in the effort to get them early enough so they will be ready, needs a new keeper.

1. Surely if the birds aren't ready when you shoot them, then put them out earlier rather than extending the season. :blink:

Spot on!

How does the warranty work on this? Do FoxPro warrant it and therefore all warranty claims have to go back to the US?

I sold a shotgun to a Pigeonwatch member about 18 months ago. He called me two months after the sale asking if he should notify the Police of his purchase. :blink: The mind boggles sometimes.

It's fox taking his chickens, not carrion and magpies.....

Unfortunately it is Seamus, I'm about 3 miles north of Towcester up the A5. Also, it won't be easy (I won't say impossible) getting the fox condition on your .22LR I'm afraid, I 'keeper a shoot over 3000 acres and they wouldn't let me have it. Northants are pretty strict in that respect. Another thought......Walk your boundary and find out where he/they are coming in, then put some wires out. If you do need a hand drop me a PM. More than happy to come along, help you out, and show you the ropes etc.

Whatever caliber you decide it is not going to happen overnight, Northants are quoting a 3 month turnaround on new FAC applications at the moment (I am mentoring a young lad who has just applied), which is not going to help your immediate problem. If you need it sorting quickly your best bet is to see if anyone with an open FAC will help you out.

I don't always agree with everything that Ackley says, but I totally agree with his OP here. Dekers, you are getting very very boring with your constant 'for the sake of it' attacks on Ackley, for christs sake man give it a rest.