Goldfish
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On 15/02/2024 at 11:09, oowee said:
If I were to buy the smoothest springer / gas ram sub 12 what would it be? Is there a recoiless hunting rifle (not pcn)?
@oowee If you want a smooth springer buy a professionally tuned HW in the flavour you like, end of discussion really!
I own an HW80 that is tuned to perfection and great for 40m vermin control but heavy, I also use an out of the box light as a feather HW30 that is so smooth and quiet it is a joy to use but at 7.5fpe it is a 20m maximum head shot vermin gun at best.
So really it is down to the ranges you are shooting, the HW30 works well if all you need is to shoot squirrels from the base of a tree👍
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186 in February = 652
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3 or 4 city breaks in Europe over the summer (thanks for all the pointers) then Scotland for deer, geese trout and salmon Dorset for deer, Somerset for Grayling, Hampshire course fishing and Turkey for Boar, same as most years, don't know how I find the time to work 😆
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Looking for an HW80 air rifle as I’m fed up with my brother borrowing mine so am going to get him one of his own as a gift hence why I would like something in excellent condition if possible.
Im in Northamptonshire so something within an hours drive to meet up would be good.
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78 during December
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I can only find one on eBay and Little Skeeters don't do a 410 parent chamber insert
please let me know of any you hear of
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To allow the shooting of 9mm rf or .22rf shot cartridges
I have lots of the smaller cartridges and a couple of nice .410 shotguns so wanted to give them a try for barn mice rather than buy a 9mm or .22 shotgun
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Hultafors WETTERHALL Double-bit Throwing Axe
This is a new axe with leather scabbard.
I won this in an axe throwing competition but have another so don't need 2.
Build a target board in the woods or allotment and get some mates round for some fun or just hang up in the man cave.
Or just shave with it, it’s that sharp!!!!
Too big and dangerous and heavy to post so £250 ONO collected from Wellingborough Northamptonshire, the home of the vikings !
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Well done @Mice! those are the outings that stick in the memory, a blank to a win in just a few steps 👍
Being on the move is definitely more productive at the moment with all the food about 👍
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On 11/10/2023 at 19:56, Mice! said:
That is long range with a boinger 😅😅
I know @Mick C 97 has killed a couple, maybe one scope, so if your buying new I'd look at Hawke for being capable on air rifles and the warranty you get.
Cheers, I was thinking the same👍
23 hours ago, hawkfanz said:i have one here in 177 totaly mint,shame its just sits there on a rack unused above my range of vintage bsa,s bought on a whim when had spare cash.heavy yes but very good.
Shame your so far away😟
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Back in the 80s I used to shoot vermin with a BSA Mercury and an HW35E that I loved but my mate had an HW80 I coveted, I went on to shoot HW77s and others but always reminisced over the HW80, fast forward to today and I have just ordered a new HW80 in .22.
I know they are heavy and cumbersome and there are more refined air rifles out there but thats my head speaking, Im having one!
So to all those with much more experience of the HW80 than me, what next?
Scope?
mounts?
Pellets to try?
Drop in bits to make it nice?
Discuss………………
PS. Its going to get a lot of use on tree top squirrels, i’m not looking for long range rabbits but vermin out to 30m. Don’t mention open sights as my eyes cant do it unless we are talking deer size quarry at 50 meters!! (And not with an air rifle🤣)
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Pulsar Helion 2 XQ38F is the unit i use, battery lasts days and it has low magnification on the normal setting and great definition. If it broke today I would buy another tomorrow, I can spot a mouse at 100m with it 👍
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23 hours ago, ratchers said:
Out this morning at first light making the most of the dry weather. the feeders still going down,normally only taking a few days,I had filled up up five days ago and it was nearly at the bottom so its slowed up a bit. First customer was the resident red and I watched him eating a peanut then taking the next one away to bury, this went on for 40 minutes. Once he disapeared it went quiet apart from a very noisy woodpecker, probably annoyed that he couldn't get any nuts as my feeder is a lift lid type. Saw a movement of grey in the distance, at last I thought but it turned out to be two roe deer,they wandered about grazing and got up to 20 yards away and then ambled off again. Mr Red came back for another session for ten minutes and then went. So in four hours no greys, not they have gone or I have shot them all but just the way it was,will try again.
Reading some of the previous posts, seems I need a thermal, any recommendations??
A number of quality shops will do thermal evenings where you can go and try, question and listen but my advice would be to see what your eyes like as @Mice!says and also check out the image quality and magnification you want.
A bog standard unit will show up a deer on a cold morning at 100 meters but will it differentiate a squirrel from an owl on a sunny autumnal morning with the branches heating up and have the low magnification needed for this work for the field of view?
18 hours ago, Mice! said:Busy morning 👍
It's the same as a rifle really, depends on your budget, definitely best if you can have a look through a few to see what suits you, my old Pulsar is doing a great job for me bought second hand, but it won't be a patch on what @Goldfish is using.
I'm out tomorrow, but hoping the weather blows over then I'll be taking a walk and checking some feeders but I won't hang around at them for another few weeks.
Then looking at another wood later, no idea what to expect but it's always exciting, especially when I'm told it might be a pointless endeavour because of the surrounding woodland 😁
Keeping on the move and finding them is definitely the winning method at the moment, walnut trees, beach and chestnuts a firm favourite, good luck tomorrow 👍
Cant beat a slow walk with the air rifle and sticks 🐿️
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Too much food about at the moment so not bothered with sitting on the feeders just hitting the walnut and oak trees.
Out with the thermal and air rifle to pick a few off as they fed before they know I'm about then another circuit with the 410 to catch the athletic ones.
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A bit of an update really, as the O/U 20b is a bit of a lump when walking a lot I thought I would try a 410 as at this time of the year I’m just shooting short range up into the tree tops at most.
Pump 410 Hushpower was ok but still a bit of a lump and not as quiet as the full moderator 20 bore so thought I would try a Yildiz 410, lovely gun 👍
Its light and points well and with a thermal and a pocket full of cartridges is a pleasure to carry about and a great tool for knocking squirrels out of the trees at the moment with all the leaves.
14 taken in a 2 hour walk this morning
A few more from last week 👍👍
As an effective tool and method for killing large numbers of squirrels do not overlook a thermal in conjunction with a moderated 410 shotgun, perfect combination when there are leaves on the trees.
The Yildiz is so quiet, the single barrel makes you focus and take the shots that kill but I can often reload and take 2 out of a tree before they know whats happening 😍
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How many Grey Squirrels killed in 2024 (3136 in 2023)
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