Quiet, Frugal, Welsh hill farm, to 300yards. .......... .222Remington, 50 grain, So .223 will be fine, fast twist 69 grain even. 
.243 to .223, purely for fox 🤔
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No need to be quiet in the proper countryside ..everyone either shoots or doesnt care ... unless they are a touristQuiet, Frugal, Welsh hill farm, to 300yards. .......... .222Remington, 50 grain, So .223 will be fine, fast twist 69 grain even.
farrieral
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My pals shoot the triple and .223, I like to be different! Noise isn't a concern on my perms, so 22-250 it was!Quiet, Frugal, Welsh hill farm, to 300yards. .......... .222Remington, 50 grain, So .223 will be fine, fast twist 69 grain even.
First foray into Sako rifles too... very much enjoying the chambering and the rifle!
farrieral
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Too right, the amount of my Mid Walen landowners that have said, "set up in the yard, I've seen them crossing at "X" o'clock "No need to be quiet in the proper countryside ..everyone either shoots or doesnt care ... unless they are a tourist
not at all fussedOne bit of ground I shoot is in a kind of bowl in a valley so the noise carriers well. Rain had stopped play for a few weeks so first chance I got I was out ..at 4 in the morning. First fox arrived nice and quick - .243 barked and the fox was down...and you could hear the echo all up the valley...I think I shot the 4th fox within 5 mins at which point all the lights came on in the house about 300m away...I took this as a sign to call it a nightToo right, the amount of my Mid Walen landowners that have said, "set up in the yard, I've seen them crossing at "X" o'clock "
I did get a telling off from the boss for shooting a fox at 2 in the morning a couple of weeks ago as it was pretty close to the house...and my god shooting one when you are still in a barn makes a hell of a racket (I was in the barn and the fox was on the bank about 100 yards away)
Kevgun
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I have .243, 22.250 and .223, but most of my Foxing is done with the .223 using a 40 grain Vmax and I havent had any bother shooting out to the ranges you mention and beyond, cheap to run and very accurate, easier to shoot than the other 2 due to less recoil, I have mine set to point and shoot out to 300 Yards the Foxes are neat and tidy to pick up, instead of a bag of rags that you get with the other 2, so for me it does the Job
The exact combination I shot my furthest Fox with, the last out of a group of 4 vying for a vixens attention, and yes, he dropped on the spot.
You may need to be careful if your farming family is putting in the hours?No need to be quiet in the proper countryside ..everyone either shoots or doesnt care ... unless they are a tourist
Some of the farms I shoot are not far off 24hr operations so often someone about. I often get the "did you get it as I heard a shot"
Quite, on 2 written permission letters close to this "please contact before entering the land as not to conflict with day to day workings of contractor/sub contractors"
Should have also said that using ones brain and keeping in contact with the landowner is key but didnt really see the need for stating the obvious
If they are clearing 400 acres of silage I steer well clear, or lime spreading at 2 in the morning etc etc. Again the assumption is that there may be anyone about on any of my ground so "safety first" in case of any stupid remarks (not from you of course mate but there is always one idiot who will chirp up
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It's not about safety you wigs!, it's about is your farming family trying catch a few ZZZ's??
If they want sleep they can control their own pests at a time that suits them All my permissions get told when I am going out along the lines of - Ok if I start shooting crows next to your mums bungalow at 5 tomorrow morning? Of course, crack on
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