ShootingEgg
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I am away on the day of the vote. Unsure eif you can postal this one
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10 hours ago, ilovemyheckler said:
My feeling is that this is just another attempt to find an excuse not to issue/renew a license.
Will the FEO just send out the questionaries or visit the shooters partner?
My wife was a lifelong "city" girl until she met me and was initially horrified when I told her I was a shooter. Although over time this has changed especially when I bring home birds I don't think she would be to bothered if I gave it up. So if the FEO was to ask, for instance, "are you comfortable having guns in your house?" what if she were to "I would prefer them not to be stored in the house"
A good reason not to renew?
I recently called my FEO (Gloucestershire) to enquirer about applying for a firearms license and the conversation went like this;
Me - I am thinking of applying for a firearms license (I already have a SGC) what is the process?
FEO - We are looking to reduce the number of licenses in Gloucestershire not increase them. What do you want it for?
Me - Deer stalking and target shooting. I am a member of a local target shooting club.
FEO - You would need your DSC1 first
Me - I have it
FEO - We would prefer it if you had your DSC2
Me - I am happy to work towards my DSC2 but as it is a more practical qualification it would be easier to do this with my own gun
FEO - Do have permission to shoot on any approved land?
Me - I am a member of BASC so would use their land and stalk with an experienced stalker until I am confident enough to stalk on my own
FEO - It would take a long time to process from receipt of application, probably 18 to 24 months
Well that FEO needs to leave their job, all made up rubbish to try and out you off.
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20 hours ago, Conor O'Gorman said:
but continued persecution will finish game shooting. If the hen harriers continue to be shot, trapped and poisoned, that will be the end of grouse shooting and restrictions on all game shooting will follow, regardless of our conservation credentials.
I fear this will never be stopped. And I would not be surprised if some of the anti shooting fraternity take part in this to create the media, surely any keeper who would practice such abhorrent behaviour would hide the evidence!!!
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Very much bias from the rspb on how grouse estates are the issue still
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq7dwq24geo
@Conor O'Gorman might be one for basc media team to contact the BBC with comment. As looking at that article the RSPB seem to be taking credit for something they walked away from .. showing how the harrier has come back but still illegally killed etc. standard anti shoot rhetoric
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4 hours ago, Conor O'Gorman said:
You are back talking about a 'ban' again though (!) when its a voluntary transition away from lead shot and single use plastics for live quarry shooting
I have to disagree with this. It is a BAN dressed up as a voluntary transition. If the likes of BASC CA NGO etc pushed back the powers that be would have pushed through a ban.
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Do these have range finder? Mates looking for a pair
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1 hour ago, psycho said:
What's the gram weight per ingot.
As wondering what the scrap value will be .
Buy then weigh them in if that's your thoughts. You might get lucky.. personally I'm thinking why would you want to dump something like that....
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Good luck with sale, I have one and it is a dream to shoot.
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Fun fact on the sacred ibis
The species has yet to be recorded breeding in the wild in the UK. The sacred ibis is an opportunistic feeder and will predate on eggs and young of other birds. In France, predation of tern colonies has been observed, as well as the nests of mallards and a variety of other waterbirds.
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3 hours ago, oowee said:
The country needs labour for balance following the disaster government we currently have. Our political system requires politics to flip as often as
Christ do you remember Blair and Brown?!?!
They caused absolute chaos.
I am not saying what we have right now is working, but genuinely think it would be alot worse under labour.
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37 minutes ago, old man said:
Thanks, what do you see as the maximum distance fired at ?
For me currently I'm looking at 100-200 but then if I was to start doing it more I'd start to shoot out further.
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2 hours ago, sportsbob said:
This youtube link is a longer video of the event, it shows that the last visible vehicle crossing was around 30 seconds clear. The event is around 5 minutes into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEkRjlSgIIQ
Yes you can see what appears to be a truck/lorry going over right to left
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53 minutes ago, old man said:
Not knowing anything about that discipline, a bit more info will help us understand your need?
Basically precision shooting from multiple positions and resting on obstacles etc. currently I've done targets from 15-100m in range .. it's very new to me. So realistically looking for a scope that is MOA and would have Christmas tree style reticle
Precision Rifle Shooting (PRS) is a popular and growing shooting style which involves hitting a sequence of metal targets at varying distances, shooting from multiple supported and unsupported positions
PRS Competitions can feature targets typically 10-30cm in diameter, (yet the ones I was shooting at were as small as 5cm)
In addition to the variety of targets, there will be different ‘prop’ layouts on the firing point, which aim to offer diversity and challenge to each shooter
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12 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:
The Bridge has the same issue as lots of infrastructure around the world, bridges, hospitals, prisons, the lot … they’re so astronomically expensive to build no one ever considers replacing them until they’re a complete wreck or something awful happens.Not sure any bridge would stand up to being slammed into the "legs" by a full container ship....
Atleast the ship was able to put out a mayday and the bridge got shut. Else it could have been so much worse from a casualty perspective.
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1 hour ago, Downforce said:
Well everyone is different and different people like different ways of doing things so to say whats right for me isn't probably going to work for others - so that said I would basically work through the following points and see what is left that meets the criteria.. I'm sure you'll know a lot of this but if you're already well into PRS (maybe just skip to the last paragraph) but for anyone that needs to buy a scope that doesn't know I would prioritise or at least filter in roughly this sequence....
1) Decide if you specifically want a new scope or if you would be happy with used (or maybe a demo or SOG or something nearly new)
For my money its hard to argue a used scope as you'll obviously get more for your money but I'd check if it comes with a lifetime warranty and if its transferable as that's a big bonus - for example Leupold. also buying used you may get a few options to try before you buy but unlikely (less likely) with new.
2) Decide if you want FFP or SFP and if you want Mil or MoA (I have both and I wish I would have kept all in MoA like my iron sights) and if you want illuminated reticle, what kind of reticle mil dot, christmas tree for holdovers - basically what kind of sight picture do you want to see
Which options are non-negotiable and which are nice to have
3) Heres the one I got caught out on - what range of distances do you need ?
Will you be shooting 50 Yards to 1K Yards or always at 100 or what. If you want to zero your scope/rifle at the closest distance what it the total MoA/MRAD drop to the longest distance? If you need 45MoA adjustment most scopes could struggle or at least you may get into trouble with knowing if you are one turn up from zero or two turns up, conversely you dont want to be paying for features that give you huge amounts of adjustment you'll never use. If you always shoot at 100 yards or maybe 1-200yards you may be happy with a fixed magnification (I rarely change the magnification on my .22 for target shooting (But you need to know what you are happy with)
4) How does the scope perform - Thats a big question and you need to pick a scope then find some unbiased reviews - I have a Wulf scope - its not top of the range but it's okay. That said I also have a Vortex Razor that at 600-1K is somewhat sharper than the Wulf but at 100-300 I cant really say I could pick between them much and one of the most annoying things about the Wulf is that at high magnifications the "eye box" you need to get your eye in the right place to get a good field of view is quite tight. So if you dont need to use a 4-22x scope on 16-22x - probably 600 yards up then that might never bother you for example if you only shoot to 300. But given the Vortex is about 4-5x the cost of the Wulf thats a lot of wasted money if you can't make use of the extra clarity at higher magnification or youre not bothered about using the higher magnifications
5) Other stuff - Do you need turrets for elevation and windage (depends if you'll be shooting in very variable wind conditions) or do you need paralax adjustment or do you need night vision - obviously the list goes on but...
I would also be tempted to use the optics warehouse data and filters to filter out a lot of the options you dont want then see whats left and go have a closer review of those scopes - there really is just too much personal preference and one guy at my club swears by a sight he loves but everyone else would hate using it, nevertheless he would still say to people that he'd recommend that sight because he liked it.
I hope that doesn't sound like a lecture but I spent a lot of time looking at different sights when I really didnt know which ones would work for me and I had people saying things like "you can't beat a Schmidt & Bender" or "I bought a cheap Hawke and its as good as XYZ" and I was very tempted to blow my budget on an S&B and get killed by the Mrs - so my honest recommendation would be to try someone else's scope or a used scope for sale in a similar set up if you possibly can before splashing out (and whilst I do advocate buying used, optics warehouse do offer an exchange scheme if you do get something you dont get on with it)
Sorry one last thing - if you do decide to buy a good quality scope from a decent brand thats in demand and you benchmark the prices and have all the features covered (e.g. don't buy something that's about as useful as a fish in a circus) if you don't like it you can probably resell it for near what you paid for it so that's always an option too - but it might take a week it might take six months you never know.
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Thankyou for taking the time to write such an informative post. Really really helpful 👍🏻
I'm pretty new to prs and have an old rifle with a Nikko mount master on top so not at all set up for shooting out past 100... Its great for bunnies though
Looking at complete change of setup with a new rifle and scope package
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10 minutes ago, DUNKS said:
Saw it on the news. Was the bridge in use? Looks real nasty. Ship that size takes a fair bit of stopping.
Yes cars and pedestrians in water and 7 confirmed missing, but possibly more
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Evening all, what would people recommend for use on a precision rifle setup for a 22lr I am looking at scopes in the 800-1000 £ range
Cheers
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7 minutes ago, old'un said:
Yep, they certainly don't look like they have been handled with kid gloves, their court appearance is not till May, don't think they will last that long.
They'll either do it themselves or get battered to much
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The four arrested look like they have had some old fashioned beat the words out of them....
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Quick Google of the model will give you the RRP then put a price on it. 👍🏻
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On 21/03/2024 at 19:44, Conor O'Gorman said:
Earlier today the Scottish Parliament approved the Bill. There were 85 votes for, and 30 against, with no abstentions. It will now go forward to Royal Assent.
Despite amendments and substantial movement at earlier stages, BASC maintains its position that the bill is unworkable for gamekeepers and land managers.
https://basc.org.uk/scottish-grouse-bill-will-damage-the-countryside-says-basc/
Standard govt / MPs with little to now knowledge get to make the rules, this will not have a positive outcome, but it's okay because they can still just blame the gamekeepers when it goes wrong..
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20 minutes ago, old'un said:
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has issued a statement claiming that the terrorists involved in the Moscow Crocus City attack were planning to cross the border with Ukraine, and that they had "contacts" on the Ukrainian side.
Easy way to blame Ukraine and go even more full bore on them.
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52 minutes ago, JDog said:
It's not so much who is responsible for this attack but who Russia chooses to blame for it'.
And follow that with how they react... World is going to poo
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12 hours ago, billytheghillie said:
Drive! Ha Ha, Kelso to Swansea for £7, dont think so.
So what's the issue with the price? 🧐
Hawke Sport HD 3-9x40
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Selling my Hawke Sport HD 3-9x40 scope,
it is in good condition with no dents, the turret caps are a little scuffed and there is one small nick near the magnification ring (all pictured), no box or lens covers but will find another box to post it in.
£50 including Tracked 48