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I don't have a fantastic choice unlike many of you. I use my 100TK and carry an old Webley Tempest for nutting off the non dead before picking up. These do very well for rabbits, ferals, woodies and squirrels. I'd be glad to visit any of your permissions to demonstrate.

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I'll mainly be shooting this little beasty this weekend - its my brand new Savage s/s synthetic in 7mm 08 - plenty enough for the Goats, deer and such that we'll be going after...

 

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and before you ask it'l be firing these

 

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150 grain Federal soft points.....

 

Ahhhh the freedom of New Zealand

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Flying things (Pigeon, Crow, Pheasant etc)...

Beretta AL391 Teknys Stonecoat 12g

Beretta Silver Pigeon 687 12g (on loan from NSS - ta!)

Browning Medallist Sporter 20g

 

Fox and Muntjac...

RWS Titan 3 .223 / T8AR Mod / Nikon Monarch 3.5-10x50

 

Rabbit (and Fox if i see when when i'm out rabbiting)

CZ 452 Silhouette .17HMR / SAK Mod / Hawke Nite-Eye SR12 6-24x50 IR

 

Rabbit..

Anschutz 1450 Sporter .22LR / Parker Hale Mod / Walther 4-12x50 30mm IR

Weihrauch HW100S .22 / Walther 3-9x56 IR

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Flying things (Pigeon, Crow, Pheasant etc)...

Beretta AL391 Teknys Stonecoat 12g

Beretta Silver Pigeon 687 12g (on loan from NSS - ta!)

Browning Medallist Sporter 20g

 

Fox and Muntjac...

RWS Titan 3 .223 / T8AR Mod / Nikon Monarch 3.5-10x50

 

Rabbit (and Fox if i see when when i'm out rabbiting)

CZ 452 Silhouette .17HMR / SAK Mod / Hawke Nite-Eye SR12 6-24x50 IR

 

Rabbit..

Anschutz 1450 Sporter .22LR / Parker Hale Mod / Walther 4-12x50 30mm IR

Weihrauch HW100S .22 / Walther 3-9x56 IR

 

You got a good selection there Nick. :good:

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Zeroed the 7mm 08 today - 5 minutes after sliding 50 metres down a rather steep incline in the trooper...... Anyway what a weapon - with the mod on it it's got the same recoil as a 223 (ie yours nick), a little louder but not much and packs a hell of a lot more punch. Dont know why people go for the .243 - the 7 08 is far superior.

 

As for the trooper - after two attempts at the hill I let the tires down (almost flat) and gave it full right foot - couldnt believe it when I made the top of the hill (I'll post pictures when I get a second....)

 

Nick - well done with the munty (I'm going out for some venison soon....) Goat this weekend though....

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Depends on the quarry and also what chance there is of seeing something not on the job plan.

 

For Rabbits I sometimes take the .17 HMR, but usually the .22 Hornet. Since the Hornet turned up I just don't shoot the HMR any more. It deals with most things as long as I don't want the meat! I'll take it out for Fox too if I know I can get close.

 

When I'm Foxing on safe ground I take the 6.5x55. That way I'm Deer legal if I need to be. I'll also bunny bash with it now and again just to keep my eye in and shoot Crows and Magpies on the ground if I see them! That's my gun of choice for Deer too, it's a really nice rifle to shoot.

 

When I went to Canada I took the .375H&H. What a gun that was! Took a Deer with it without making too much mess. Even potted at a Squirrel with it! That's gone now and I've replaced it with a .300 Win Mag. A little on the small side but it will do. When it's set up I'll bunny bash and Fox with that too!

 

Regular Squirrel shooting here is done with the shotty.

 

Garden plinking is the air rifles place. I recently picked a scruffy old Webley Vulcan up off of Nickbeardo for bargain money and I'm well pleased with it. After some time away from the air rifle scene I've only recently remembered how fun they are (the boom of the big kit made them less appealing until the novelty faded away). :good:

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