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Ultrastu

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  1. Thanks .I was thinking Welsh cocker spaniel .but the colour is wrong .
  2. I MUCH prefer a rear bolt to a side lever .biathlon style or a simple straight lever For me a bolt to the rear is in exactly the correct place for the hand to come up out of the trigger guard with no reach forward to a side lever .some side levers are so far forward you have to totally un shoulder the gun to reach forward to them .daystates are like this .
  3. If it was my money £700 ish I would buy a bsa ultra clx (60 shots in 177 .80 in .22 ) and a decent pump .Hills or fx . And that's it your done .it will work for ever and be light for hunting and accurate .
  4. There are few clays at a ground that a .410 can't break .the side on going away 40 plus yds .the long looper at 45 + yds . the small battues high in the sky etc .every thing else sub 35 is fair game and if he is shooting in the right place will break the clay .I'd say for a 12 year old he is going to handle his .410 better than any 12b ..
  5. Just to let you know .if I can't park very near to a job I don't take it .its that simple .tools in and out the van constantly .and always a mind on security .most trades men won't even try and drive and park in City centres . The risks to reward isn't worth it . This is what the councils want less cars and traffic = less trade and loss of business and lively hoods. And they then wonder why crime goes up .🤪
  6. £100 maybe .that's an old old hawke scope on a cheap budget springer that you can buy today for £110 brand new . Hasan striker 1000s plenty about . You have to remember .its always easy to buy stuff but much harder to sell it .a
  7. The bolt action ws. Is a well built gun and tend to have a good choke and pattern well (mine certainly did.) But they are slow and fiddly to load especially for a single shot gun . As for choke .no multi choke doesn't make a huge difference .but an ou will be a better gun to hunt and clay with than the ws.
  8. My mate has some silo socks both crow and pigeon and has had great results with them . We have done experiments where we have had silo socks /full boddied plastic and real birds in different sections of the kill area .and pigeons will come into any and all of the zones . Basically if your in the right spot and the birds want it they will come into any half decent decoy .
  9. They will shoot fine and won't harm your barrel one bit .they my be 0.1 grain heavier than unoxidized pellets but that won't make any difference to accuracy .just wash your hands after
  10. Yes English springer spaniel My dog full fills your entire brief as its exactly mine also
  11. I won't touch scarpa ever again .bought a pair a few years ago .they were light and comfortable but let water straight in (supposed to be gortex think they were lying ) and the sole were totally gone within 3 months never seen wear like it . They were scarpa mavericks . Total rubbish .
  12. Take a look at the oex boots in go out doors . I have a pair and really rate them for waterproof ness excellent value also
  13. Clear view net over the top so you can see any incoming bird . And u will definitely shoot more crows with a roof .in fact if I'm going out for crows I virtually always have a roof on my hide .works on pigeons too of course .
  14. That's not exactly what I meant . Does a small tab protrude out the back of the handle (when closed ) allowing you to depress it and flip the blade open 1 handed .and is there any assistance (like spring ) to this action .?
  15. For the squirrels maybe use a heavy penetrating lead .177 (so a jsb heavy or bismag) head shoot them .the pellet will go right through and if your not sure it has ,just cut the head off before giving to the birds . Too simple really . Not sure exactly what the timber business is .but traditionally any steel shot into trees is very bad for a the tree, but more so any machines that will cut the tree later chain saws milling machines etc . Lead is soft so doesn't cause a problem .these lead free tin zinc aloys are almost as hard as steel. So have the same issues 😕.
  16. Fair enough. The jsb lead free is the same shape,as the jsb heavy so its a longer pellet than usual same with the barracuda greens same shape as the lead barracuda. So will work fine in bsa mags . I couldn't say a fast .177 is going to ricochet less than a slower .22 as basically they will all bounce about dangerously . I have a lead sheet back stop similar to yours and the 5 grn flat heads bounced out of it and back up to 20 yds 😳 .unless you have something like a pile of grain back stop or soft soil /mud I wouldn't use them . I've said before they should be banned on safety grounds . Maybe present this to your perm owners . You could always try copper coated pellets . Best of both worlds perhaps.
  17. 6.8 grns isn't too light really I do have some 5 grn flat heads and they shoot pretty good out to 25 yds at around 900 fps
  18. 840 fps ish .not much faster than a falcon accuracy plus at 7.4 grns . Which is no where near the limit for stability . I've get great accuracy from jsb 8.4s at over 1000 fps
  19. Excellent write up mice .I've not tried any .22 lead free but agree they might be the way forward over .177 for energy retention. I've got in lead free .177 .jsb exact . These shoot well from my bsa's as does the barracuda greens .energy is OK also around 10.5 fpe . But like you said the risk of ricochet Is huge and Safety glasses is a must at all times .I wouldn't use them un less forced to .
  20. There are a few good vids on the tube .about this and I think most modern guns and many old guns also suffer no damage at all .
  21. Buy that hatsan .410 pump for £300 Then send off the full extended choke to saddlery and gunroom in Kent and get them to fit a silencer to it . Should cost you around £180 . Plus Rfd transfer . Screw it on your barrel and enjoy silenced blissful .410 shooting . Life is too short
  22. Most pellets can handle 1000 fps .even .177 jsb 8.4 s The most important thing to look for when tuning a gun is on paper consistent accuracy .ignore the chrono Get it roughly when you want it .say around 900 fps .and then try all the hammer spring settings till your long range accuracy is good and reliable .then rechrono just to find out what it is and stick with it .even if it's 950 or 850 fps .doesn't matter you have plenty of power either way just adjust the scope to suit - done .
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