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14 minutes ago, bruno22rf said:
It's not the weight Neil23, it's the stock dimensions, a couple of rounds of clays is very wise but see if he can borrow a Browning/Miroku as well to see which he finds most consistent to mount. I had a Silver Pigeon and just could not get a consistent mount/sight picture, our Coach assured us that they suit some but not others and ,no matter what you try, you will struggle to shoot to your full potential. Nothing against Beretta at all.
We'll get him on one to try 👍🏻
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38 minutes ago, Scully said:
As above. I had a Silver Pigeon S. It was a game model with that fixed choke combination. Good little guns.
24 minutes ago, bruno22rf said:Make sure he tries one before spending money, some people (me included) just cannot find a consistent mount, not a problem with the gun as such, they are just different to other makes, Browning etc, and don't suit everybody.
When he held my mates silver pigeon he said it felt perfect weight wise compared to an old fabarm gamma I was keeping for him. Might pay to borrow my mates to let him have a day at the clays with it see how he gets on..
1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:No they are the field models for shooting live quarry.
Yeah it was 1/4 & 1/2 this on I was looking at, he usually shoots 1/4 1/4 on sporting, I think he'll manage ok 1/4 1/2 he'll get used to it I suppose.
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I've been thinking about having a look around for a silver pigeon 28" for my son in 12g, looked at a mates couple weeks ago and noticed it was fixed chokes 1/4 & 1/2 . Were those the earlier models before they moved to multi choke??
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Good turnout today 👍
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We'll try get there early doors I thinks 👍
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12 minutes ago, Feltwad said:
Most certainly will ..not 100% sure we going yet though ...
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24 minutes ago, Feltwad said:
The clay shoots are has far has I know are not on which to the shooting people are a miss . I can remember when there was always a clay shoot at Wolsingham show back to 60 plus years ago ,then the Durham Down The Line trophy was shot for using a Blair Gowery Trap
Feltwad
Yes It's a shame
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On 29/08/2021 at 23:11, Feltwad said:
For the regular visitors at the Countryside Marquee it has moved from its regular pitch to the top side of the field next too the main entrance
Feltwad
I take it the clay shoot isnt on again this year , dont think it was on 2 years ago either, has it stopped the shooting altogether there now?
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22 hours ago, wabbitbosher said:
Fabarms have two different chokes , send me a pic of the choke I’ll check out what I have
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12 hours ago, wabbitbosher said:
Fabarms have two different chokes , send me a pic of the choke I’ll check out what I have
Thanks buddy I'll get onto it when I get in from work bit later ok 👍
12 hours ago, wabbitbosher said:Fabarms have two different chokes , send me a pic of the choke I’ll check out what I have
If it helps I believe it's a fairly old gun some shop who knew about thm ...forgot the rough year he thought it could be.
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4 hours ago, Stonepark said:
Try Anglo Italian Arms, the importers or alternatively Teague do an after market.
mailto:info@angloitalianarms.com
Cheers I'll give them a try again think I tried them before but they didn't get back to me, it's worth a try though👍... didnt think about teague🤔
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Bit of a long shot but thought I'd try asking again.. I'm after a 1/4 choke for a fabarm gamma 12g, preferably flush fitting one.
The gun only came with skeet and 1/4, and he uses,1/4 and 1/4 for his Clay's shooting.
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Still for sale £70 posted
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On 29/05/2021 at 15:42, saddler said:
You are welcome to get a couple of lessons from me on how to do it - on some of my dies/presses - so your only outlay will be to buy primers/bullets/powder
If you don't have used .223 cases already I can donate a few to get you started
I'll be doing some 20-bore ammo soon too
Got a lot of the components, but not started on it as not been out to use the new 20-bore yetIt's my son who uses the 20b I actually got one of his up for sale in sales section.
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2 hours ago, saddler said:
Any thoughts on my offer?
Il most certainly be intouch if I decide to definitely reload but like someone said it may not be worthwhile for the amount it gets used. I was also looking into the reloading of 20g cartridges aswel as my son goes through a hell of a lot.
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On 27/05/2021 at 23:08, Fisheruk said:
If you’re not using it much the cost of setting up to reload wouldn’t really b worth it IMHO.
I have a Tikka T3 in 223 and it works well on 55gr PPU soft point. At £70 per 100 it’s as cheap as you need. After all it only one round per critter..
Yours came from the same stable and it may work for you.
I think I'll look out for those 👍
20 hours ago, Gerry78 said:If you want my advice Keep the 223 if it’s not costing you any money the point being is Yes the 17hmr will do you for foxes and odd goose to a certain point But the 223 is a more superior calibre for foxes Re prices 17hmr ammo v 223 ammo If only shooting foxes which is nothing compared to target shooting you will not be saving that much money
Not to mention selling the tikka you will lose a lot of money on it with a dealer Speaking from experience 👍
You totally right what you saying..True might hang on to it , but like I mentioned before I'm I little pushed for room in the rifle cabinet too
19 hours ago, wymberley said:Thoroughly enjoyed mine for the smaller stuff - rabbit, magpie, etc etc, but for fox, don't be in too much of a hurry to discount the 22 WMR.
👍 keep that in mind ,but I have already got the slot for the 17 on my ticket now.
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Dedito shooting/walking boots, good boots these. If you know the name you will know what they retail at. Outgrown by my son still great condition excellent treads few stains around the top shown in pics but not to bad. size 5 ,I found mine smallish and got a size up, I'm 10 so got a 11 so trying on would be recommended if possible. £80 postage inc
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1 minute ago, WalkedUp said:
That’s what I have in 17 and 22, great gun. My .223 is the least used, it only uses 1 bucket per fox.
1 minute ago, WalkedUp said:That’s what I have in 17 and 22, great gun. My .223 is the least used, it only uses 1 bucket per fox.
I have the 452 cant fault it 👌
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9 minutes ago, TIDES EDGE said:
If you are not using it you will find it a problem when your ticket comes up for renwall .
Just got my licenses back last week took 9 month 😄
I bet if only bought 3 boxes in last 2 year
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10 minutes ago, snow white said:
It cost’s me roughly about 41 pence to reload 223 I would not change to 17 hmr.
I don’t use my 223 but I definitely would not sell it can’t remember last time I took it out
i all ways pick the 17 hornet it cost the same to reload 41 pence
That's the sort of answers I was looking for not find another sport. Definitely worth while reloading then eh works out about quid a round to buy where I go. Only stock Winchester 55gr.
3 hours ago, Rewulf said:If you are not reloading for the .223 , what ammo are you using thats so expensive ?
Theres plenty of cheaper alternatives, like Hornaday Frontier ect, maybe not quite as accurate as a good £1 a pop BT , but good enough for culling jobs.
The HMR ammo isnt exactly cheap at around 30 p a round , and performance is miles away from .223 , thats if you can get a batch of decent ammo.
You can easily reload .223 for the same money with a decent bullet .I see no advantage for you by changing to .17 .
Thanks for the advice as above Winchester 55gr. Might have to look in to a reloading kit
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33 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:
Where are you based Neil?
I have a 17 hmr that I am thinking of moving on.
Similar to you, except I spend most of my time shooting over the dogs with shotgun and the rifles hardly been used since getting the dogs.
Same really not used the rifles much at all since my lads doing more and more Clay's.
Just now, Neil23 said:Same really not used the rifles much at all since my lads doing more and more Clay's.
But wouldn't get rid of them haha ⬆️
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On 18/02/2018 at 16:23, lukeandmax87 said:
Does anyone own one, are they any good or just cheap ****
Im looking for something for my mrs to shoot clays with, I have looked used but alot of stuff is battered and ideally id like something multi choke
they look the part on the adverts and seem good value for under £500 new
Cheers
Bit late I know but my lad had used one for around 2 year and gets on very well with it. Hes 12 and it 20g and hes shooting on average 50-60% of targets at well known cpsa registered 100 bird comps in north east area.
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34 minutes ago, London Best said:
Neil, surely if you are not using the .223 it is costing nothing to feed.
One thing I didn't mention the cabinet with my rifles in is full up at the moment with no room left so to fit in the 17 something would need to go. The 223 is what I use least mainly because of cost to feed. Having a young son that's doing well with his clay shooting most of my spare cash now goes towards buying batches of 20g cartridges to keep him in comps 😄.
1 hour ago, WalkedUp said:The .17hmr will be cheaper to feed but you will be losing so much capital on the Tikka I’m not sure it would be cost effective. If it was me I would stick with the .223.
If I did sell I think I'll be going for another cz in 17 nice and cheap and never fails. So would think il only be using part of what I make on the tikka. May only sell gun only and keep the scope. Noticed there is a 17 in private sales gun only 🤔.
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Toying with the idea of selling the 223 it's a tikka t3 light fantastic rifle, was bought about 3 year ago intentionally for fox control and odd goose cull.. rarely gets out out the cabinet these days so was thinking of letting it go a getting a 17hmr which will be cheaper to feed and can be used for the same purpose. Never owned a 17, am I right in thinking itll be ok for the job mentioned???
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Cheers fellas we will deffinatly try before we buy👍🏻