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We're going to find out if Utopia is all it's cracked up to be!

I was thinking about one of these from Sniper Systems. http://www.globalrifle.co.uk/snipersystems-super-searcher-400-lumens-10-p.asp Any reviews?

Fun game! I currently have eight, including five shotguns, a 6.5x55, a .308 and a 17HMR. The HMR is off down the road and the shotguns are really for student use on the college estate, so I'm building up to something like this; 1) .22 FAC air for vermin 2) 6.5x55 for fox, small deer, moderated...

I have a Vortex Diamondback on my 17 HMR, soon due a promotion. Excellent scope for the money.

The first non-air rifle I ever fired was a .270 and I have used one reasonably regularly since then. The recoil thing is certainly overblown and nothing to worry about unless you have a particularly recoil sensitive condition. Even then I find the felt recoil between my boss's wood stocked .270...

6.5x55 if you are going to reload, although I prefer a .308 for fallow bucks. If reloading is not on the cards then .270 or .308 depending on the rifles you can find. I swear I should be on commission considering the frequency with which I link to it, but Ballistic Studies' Cartridge Knowledge...

May I suggest you have a read through Ballistic Studies Cartridge Knowledge Base? http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledge+Base.html There are articles on different bullet performances in a huge range of calibres, apparently based on decades of research. I am inclined to trust their...

Thanks for all the thoughts, much appreciated! If this were only about shooting around the farmyard I would agree with the 22lr using cb/shorts etc., but my main focus at the moment is corvids and squirrels in trees, hence the air rifle interest!

It is fairly common, and as others have said it is because of either the bit not being removed or it being removed too forcefully (although this causes a range of problems, not just split beaks). A number of game vets I know are quite wound up about his at the moment as an impending welfare...

It does seem at this time of year I have an almost constant need to be shooting into trees, either at squirrels or corvids. I rarely extend my 17 HMR beyond 60 yards, the terrain just doesn't lend itself to it. We also have a steadily increasing bunny population and being a college estate is a...

This time of year I always get a hankering for a FAC Air Rifle. All the nest building corvids, just out of effective range of my legal-limit springer, drive me to distraction. I would probably surrender my 17 HMR in exchange for a Theoben Eliminator, so before I do I just wanted to survey The...

Could be worse. Dr David Bowman of the University of Tazmania is putting together a very convincing case for releasing elephants in Autralia.

Unfortunately another example of regional differences in our licensing. I recently received a variation that simply stated ".308". Now I wanted a .308 Win, so no problem, but like Steve my curiosity got the better of me. I had a chat with my FLO, pointing out that ".308" is a calibre, one that...

I didn't think it was as bad as all that! I was on the BASC stand this time around and people seemed to be enjoying themselves. I didn't get away from the gamekeeping stand for very long so I can't really speak for the quality of the rest of the show, but the folk I spoke to seemed happy enough...

I took a few of my gamekeeping students to Crufts this year. We spent very little time in the main ring but had a great time chatting to the gundog breed clubs in "Discover Dogs". Some really hard work going on to promote the so-called minority breeds, I was very impressed.