Recent content by GBR66

The EU moved a 5 year lead transition period for >5.6mm and 15 years for <5.6mm in December '25 "in response to pressure from member states" rather than the initially proposed 18m transition period...so another 5 years to make the move although I'd have a fair bet they will kick it down the line...

Thanks for that, very useful - I will try the Whitetail - I have the .30-06 165gr BTs for bigger/harder beasts. Not allowed to homeload here.

Thanks Bowland, but I'm now sorted on the 6.5x55, that's a second barrel on my Merkel Helix Alpinist, which I now leave as .30-06 mainly for Sika and longer walks (very consistent accuracy and extremely effective with 165gr Sako Gamehead Pro) as I have the Bergara in 6.5CM. I'm just looking at...

Currently using Sako Gamehead Pro 140gr but nearly out and I'm looking at what I can buy from my LGS, and perhaps going a bit lighter. He has a good supply of Hornady Whitetail 129gr and S&B SP 131gr. Rifle is a 24in barrel Bergara HMR Pro. For use on fallow and roe. any views on either...

The Wild Deer Association of Ireland do that - fun competition various positions, resting - no rear rest, sticks, single stick only, 100-200m...1 MOA harder than many think if not rested front and rear.

Ours normally are except that one day, one of the feckers also got me by the back of the neck while I was tensioning the wire - so returning after an unexplained 2 hours with a massive "love bite" added some interest to our marriage....

Mate - you insulting my mistress?!...

Ha ha, you are helping fitten them! I have convinced my wife that ours are fine with it, they mostly are but did spend about 2 hours one afternoon getting one out from behind permanent electric fencing it must have dived under when "taking cover", then getting its friends out who joined it when...

Good if you like watching horses run in circles which is what our TV is used for at least half the time!

This thread inspired me to reverse my single axle trailer back Ito where it lives, in a fairly tight gap between the tractor and a roller, rather than taking it off and pushing it as I normally do. Nailed it....ok, nailed it on the third go....

I think it's mostly running Frenchmen.....

Guinness by mouth and Allopurinol for the gout which I had been denying, its brilliant. A bit of gym but not enough to worry my wife that I'm preparing to go looking for Mk2...

Quite usual in auctions, online in particular, to have an option to place bid on unsold lots which I suppose lets non-sellers do a bit of a reality check and revisit, and a fair few thoroughbreds get sold "outside the ring" at Tatts and Goffs after they fail to sell, and get recorded in the...

Thay must have been caught by the wind if they've ended up here first!

2 swallows over the yard just before last light yesterday here in Tipperary, they're probably regretting it now as we have had 3 seasons this morning, just not summer, I cant see which season it is now as the rain is too heavy!