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rimfires .22 or .17
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Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
The Police are mainly concerned that 1) you have a good reason for the calibre


That's what I am thinking, would they not say 'make do with one rifle'? Not only would you have 4 barrells but 4 lots of ammo.

Are you LH?

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm R/H.

I duess a lot depends on how shooter friendly your local force is, as to what they will or won't allow. In Hampshire I had problems with them from start to finish but in Shropshire it's really easy going and positive. In your case, I guess it's a good idea to join a shooting club, and as such you would argue that the .22 barrels are for target shooting and the .17 for vermin control. ( Go and find a friendly farmer)

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If a R/H bolt is going to be a problem, consider settling for a .22LR in semi auto. Less bolt work that way.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have used .22LR semi-autos at our gun club. I know they are not looked after as if it was your own rifle, but they do jam. Not sure if this is a specific problem. I'd only use it for a couple of animals for the pot at a time so a semi-auto would seem a little OTT.

But even a semi-auto ejects right in front of my nose, so a proper LH bolt action would seem to be the best bet.

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Need a nose protector! ....I can just imagine!!

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Having a spent .22 cartridge on my neck (pinged off a wall) was bad enough. 'Orrible little burn.

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Funny thing about shooting military automatic weapons when riding in a Land Rover is the number of hot cases that drop inside your shirt collar, hehehe

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Here's a link for target papers you can take to your club:

https://varminthunters.com/targets/koala.bmp

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not that ethical though.

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 05 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Depends if you eat Koalas!

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 05 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welcome back, mate....Missed you!

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 05 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hehe...I had a mental pic of you out there in the bushes, kite sight in use, scouring the hills for Stags or Panthers or summat!

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 05 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

As a civvie, I find that almost anything is harder than the ops, hehe. Not counting the getting in period of course.

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 05 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There was clearer demarcation then though: when you rested, you really rested. you took it while you could. At meal times you ate and ate. As a civilian, these boundaries get blurred and confused.

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 05 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

In sanitised modern life I think many of us lack th eopportunity to experience these things. From memory, didn'y George Orwell's 1984 refer to how the state ensured that the masses didn't get to see stuff like disease, death, etc, by tucking it away?

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