silver_fox

Check that spares are avalable for it. I think they stopped making them a while ago. I have a Euroarms Remington .44 and no chance of getting spares for that.

My Remmy is great, but it's a bit like Trigger's broom. New barrel, new stock and new action. Another great choice would be a Tikka T3 Hunter.

If you take your time with load developing your reloads should be a lot more accurate (and consistant) than factory loads.

I reload with this Lee kit. £100.00 plus about £30 for the dies in your choice of caliber. http://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/products.asp?cat=Lee+Reloading+Press+Kit Add on another £80.00 or so for a micrometer, powder trickler etc. An old cordless drill will come in handy for speeding up case length trimming, primer pocket reaming and case polishing. You don't really need a turret press unless you want to churn out 100 9mm rounds an hour (oh, the good old days).

I was rooting around in the loft the other day and came across some of my old Colt .45 mags from my pistol shooting days. Is there a market for these and is it legal to sell them?

Get a Contour HD head cam. The SD card plugs straight into your ipad and you can download your vids. Great quality. I've been using mine for over a year now on horse back and am very pleased with it.

I'm certainly not an expert at reloading but 3.1 grns seems very lite. Are you using a filler on top of the charge? I'd be worried about getting a flash over on the powder if the powder levels itself over the case in front of the primer. I might be talking a load of tosh and I'm more than happy to be corrected.

When I used to teach the Marines to skydive, I always told them that the only stupid question was the one they didn't ask. We've all got to start somewhere.

The last few evenings mucking out the horses field (3 acres) I've been finding the plastic wadding from a .410. No one has permission to shoot on my land, so have I got poachers or are they shooting over the hedge and onto my land? I'd hate to find pellets in one of horses. Wondering how far the wadding travels from the muzzle on firing. Perhaps I'll wait out for a few nights and have a gentle word with them.

I reckon the remmy 700 is one of the most accurate out of the box value for money rifles you can buy. Great action and is infinitely customisable.

If you're shooting home loads then your COAL may be too long, or you're not pushing them as far back into the mag as they will go.

Just fitted a Timney bench rest trigger and am very pleased with it, can't comment on any other after market triggers.

Not having the funds to purchase a new action as well as a new barrel, has anyone had their factory Remmy 700 action blueprinted? If so, was it worth it? I'm target shooting out to 1100yds and am wondering if the money spent on blueprinting will increase accuracy.

I would expect a 1" group at 100yds if you're shooting off a decent bipod and nill wind, for live quarry it depends on what it is. The kill zone on a rabbit is a lot smaller than on a deer.

A whole rifle made out of perspex would look even cooler.