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What's your shooting dream?

 

One day I hope to get my FAC, own a 22LR with quality scope and lamping kit, have access to land with woodland and a rolling skyline (cos its so bloody flat and boring in the Fens!) and a 4x4 to get me everywhere I need to be :good:

 

What's your shooting dream?

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Talk about a hard question... I like the idea of Babby's zombie outbreak (but I'd want a katana as a backup, and I think a 12 shot Extrema 2 for the shotgun), but I think the perfect shoot would be a three day stalk through the veldt or across the plains of southern Africa, carrying all your own kit and a .577 nitro express double barrelled rifle, just to take the perfect shot at the right time, making a clean kill.

 

I'm not sure what that animal is, but I think I would be happy with pretty much anything after a three day stalk. I would treasure the feeling, the memory, everything. Every second of it.

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Talk about a hard question... I like the idea of Babby's zombie outbreak (but I'd want a katana as a backup, and I think a 12 shot Extrema 2 for the shotgun

 

na, the reason i said mossberg was because youd want this

 

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or this

 

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for a zombie outbreak, and this as a back up :good:

 

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o, ive thought about this too long.... :good:

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I think the perfect shoot would be a three day stalk through the veldt or across the plains of southern Africa, carrying all your own kit and a .577 nitro express double barrelled rifle, just to take the perfect shot at the right time, making a clean kill.

 

I'm not sure what that animal is, but I think I would be happy with pretty much anything after a three day stalk. I would treasure the feeling, the memory, everything. Every second of it.

 

Cape Buffalo is what you're after. I assure you that nothing beats it - it is proper adrenaline-pumping, ringpiece-twitching shooting. I prefer a double .470 NE (5,000ft/lb per barrel is sufficient for anything that walks this earth). The .577NE gives you a shoeing nearly equal to the damage it does to your target.

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Cape Buffalo is what you're after. I assure you that nothing beats it - it is proper adrenaline-pumping, ringpiece-twitching shooting. I prefer a double .470 NE (5,000ft/lb per barrel is sufficient for anything that walks this earth). The .577NE gives you a shoeing nearly equal to the damage it does to your target.

 

When I first started shooting I went to Holland and Holland's shooting ground for a lesson - while I was there we heard this almighty bang, I said to the instructor 'christ, what was that?' he replied,

 

''That's a bloke that has come down to test fire a .600 express, if he hasn't got brain damage for wanting to fire the thing he soon will have once he fires it''

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I've fired a .600NE several times, Chris. In a heavy double rifle, when your stance is correct, it's just about manageable. You really only need a rifle like that for stopping a charging bull elephant (a rich fool's game), and in those limited circumstances, the recoil is the least of your worries.

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I seem to recall (it was a long time ago) that he said the rifle weighed 13lb-14lb - would that sound about right? perhaps it was more. I do remember him saying that if it's not seated in the shoulder correctly it would quite possibly break it.

 

My .470NE weighs 14.5lb. I'd expect a .600NE to weight at least that, and hopefully have a mercury recoil-reducer hidden inside the stock.

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My dream isn't about posh rifles or travelling miles to shoot a rare species. What I've always wanted is my own cottage on a wooded small holding somewhere. As long as it had enough land to get a few high seats up and space some Deer licks in an appropriate place to bring them in I'd be more than happy. With a lot of hard work on my part by the time I retire there's a real chance I could make it there :welcomeani:

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2000 yards?!!!

 

**** me - i'd rather see the whites of their eye's !!! ha ha lol.

 

My dream is not too far from Nic's, a cottage in Scotland l thought (with a second home in Ibiza - gotta do something in the summer!) Edge of the highlands, forests, rivers (deer and salmon/trout) Perhaps work with the Forestry comm with control etc. Would also like to go on a few big game hunts like Baldrick has mentioned - fathers family's from Serbia/Montenegro area so l might be in with a chance!

 

Other idea is to move to somewhere like Croatia (or somewhere in that area) Ski one day in the mountains and then sunbathe the next on a beech - Boar hunting/mountain goat/wild cat hunting all on list!

 

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Cape Buffalo is what you're after. I assure you that nothing beats it - it is proper adrenaline-pumping, ringpiece-twitching shooting. I prefer a double .470 NE (5,000ft/lb per barrel is sufficient for anything that walks this earth). The .577NE gives you a shoeing nearly equal to the damage it does to your target.

 

And that as well. My grandfathers stories about Buffalo hunting to kept excited for days, when I was young.

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We just had our Zombie out break a few weeks ago.. The anti gun people were there protesting that Guns kill, never mind the Bloody Zombies :hmm:

 

were they chanting zombies are people too??

 

:D:lol::birthday:

 

well i suppose ill carry the thread on (and stop taking the mick), id like to have a place of my own in latvia instead of staying with katya's family, i could come and go then as i pleased and would be able to stock up on some serious kit; an sks would be the first thing bought, then id start looking at what else is available :yay:

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