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I would almost agree with Ben on this, but go one further and say forget the semi for the UK, go straight for a dry suit. If you're doing your open water in the UK then it's likely/possible that your dive school will give you a dry suit course anyway, we always used to do it at no extra cost. Nothing more likely than cold to put a new student diver off! I have a Northern Diver Large thermal undersuit, a pair of size 10 Frog open foot fins, a pair of size 10 wet boots, and various dive knives kicking about somewhere. I also have a BCD that I kept for training students in the pool, never seen salt water but it's a bit faded due to the chlorine. Let me know if you're interested in any of this and I'll dig it out and get you some photos.

I've been on here since December 2003. Will you send me some money please.

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Thanks Dan, although I have to be honest here and say these are not my sets in the pics, although I do set my snares exactly like this. I agree with your comment on placing a stick over the, and do use it where deer are prevelant. :unsure:

I use a short stick with a 'V' cut in the end to support my snares, similar to the pics below. I also tend to have the ring approx 6" diameter, with the bottom of the ring 4" off the ground.

Happy Birthday MS. Have a good one.

Invector. The rape's been sprayed off over here last weekend, that includes the rape at Fleck. He's hoping to start combining towards the end of next week so give me a bell if things start to hot up.

That might work OK for .22 rimfire Mung, but I'd like to see you try it with a .308........then again no I wouldn't. :blink:

I guess it's similar to that Stu, this is the one.

I just found a Cordura one on fleabay, I'll give it a go and see if it's any good.

Up until now I've always carried my spare bullets in one of the plastic clips that you get when you buy factory ammo. This is then carried in my pocket. I've noticed, particularly on my .270 with soft point bullets, that the lead points are getting damaged presumably by being squashed down into the plastic carrier. Does anyone have any tips, or recommended equipment, for carrying centrefire ammo in the field and protecting the bullet points?

Just what I wanted to hear. Thanks Tulky

Does anyone use any of the IOR range of 'scopes. I've been recommended to try one out but would like the opinions of anyone that has used one or at least compared them to other 'scopes.

As of this Tuesday me too! So far I have to agree, extremely good value for money, perfect for the HMR.

Keith, Your best bet is to get around the gunshops and try as many guns as possible. If you have a clay ground go there and shoot as many guns as possible. That way you will see what you like, what fits you, and will create your own shortlist. Then it's down to your personal preference. I wouldn't bother with a semi-auto if you want an all rounder, it will be frownd upon, and probably not allowed on game shoots, and does not give you as much flexibility at clay shooting. i.e. Diffferent chokes if needed.

There'll be plenty of pics John!

John, It will be a Rem700 Varmint, 26" barrel in .243 caliber, Devcon bedded into a Wild Dog varmint stock, trigger job, mod threaded and re-crowned etc. All being done by the boys at SYSS. Major use will be foxes, but I am also getting more interested in long range vermin (crows, maggies, rabbits etc). I will also use it for the smaller deer species (Munty & Roe) when the occasion arises. I have a .270 as my main deer caliber for Fallow/red, and will use that if a long walk is required.

It will be going on .243, so probably looking out to 400 yards, maybe even 500 on a good day, but we'll have to wait and see about that. Good advice on the 2nd image plane reticule Stuart, I hadn't thought of that. One thing I have decided is to go for a fine crosshair type ret, rather than mildots etc, and dial in the range, a few very experienced long range chaps advised me to go that way.

Bernie, definitely yes. I have a T8 on my Tikka .270 and it really does tame it.

Bernie, don't worry about the recoil of the .270, you won't notice it when you have a large Buck in your scope. .243 bullets only break up if they're loaded incorrectly. i.e. Wrong bullet head doing too much speed. A correctly loaded .243 bullet is very accurate, expands correctly, and has good stopping power.

And here we have it straight from the horses mouth......... ******************************************************* Thank you for contacting Remington Arms. The 700 VLS varmint is one of the few varmint guns that are not bedded from the factory. They are however very good guns. I think you will be very happy with your choice. Thanks Pete **********************************************************

I'm looking to buy a scope for my new rifle and can't decide which reticle to go for. I am interested which methods you lads use on long range targets once you have ranged/guessed the distance. Do you use standard bar reticles and guess the holdover? Do you use Mil-Dot reticles and know which dot to use for each range? Do you dial in the range on your scope? Any other methods that I've missed?

Nothing wrong with the .270Win at all. I've had one for many years and it has proven itsself time and time again. Once you've found a load that suits your rifle it is a nice accurate caliber. I've shot Red, Fallow and Muntjac with it, and all go down well. Ammo is easy to get hold of if you're looking for factory stuff, reloading bits are also very easy to get hold of if you're looking to reload. Some girly shooters say it has a bit of a bark and kick......but I don't think so.

That's exactly what I was thinking Stuart. I'd be very surprised if a factory rifle at this cost has been bedded.