Recent content by mike243

this was my 2nd scope related cock up this year, I had noticed that the reticle wasnt plumb so I asked a pal of mine to help out with the correct torx key, set it up on his dining table gave him my wheeler eng level level set, 20 or so minutes later he hnded me the gun case, job done, next day I...

absolutely 7 quid wasted, it's now living at the bottom of my wheelie bin

during the week i gave the .308 a proper clean, yesterday I took it to my make shift range and set up at 400 yards, I had a half dozen factory rounds to foul the barrel which I fired into a muck heap, I set the rifle on the sand bags on the bonnet of my truck, chambered a round, looked through...

the customer service dpt seems very good, I messaged them the other day to get some of the C shaped brass shims for the zero stop, immediate answer, free shims in the post, job's a good un

I aquired one of these scopes a few months ago, brand new from a pal of mine for a couple of hundred quid with the intention of trying to stretch the legs of my .308, I have to say how good it is, so far it surpassed my expectations by a country mile, I bought a couple of pairs of Hawke QR...

I use the Lee Ram Prime, very easy to use

yes, 24x and parallax to infinity

I bought it because it had higher mag and a finer reticle to try my hand a some longer range target shooting, for which it will be fine but I can see it being a ball ache for stalking, Im now thinking about changing the mounts etc so I can swap between scopes for target and stalking, do those...

I bought a new scope at the weekend, from a good friend of mine, it is a Vortex Viper HS 8-24x50 2FP MOA, what a fantastic piece of gear but I have never had a scope that is so eye relief and cheek position fussy, my old 8x56 S&B is so easy to use and quick to get a sight picture, are all high...

But can she cook? :coat: is she married? - asking for a friend. my question would be, can she skin a deer

I took a friend of mine to meet my farmer friend to look over some land with a view to her completing a BNG Metric for a planning application I have submitted for him, when we had finished I asked if we had enough time to check zero on a rifle that I bumped the other night, I had two shots which...

I use the K and M press adaptor and custom ground mandrels. superb and sensible monyey, spud reloading

I hope all on S/D have had a great day Mike

I have been thinking about buying a golf type range finder, There seem to be plenty for between 50 and 75 quid, are they any good, has anyone got one or any reccommendations etc TIA Mike

it cost £0 to knock up, I will swap the OSB for treated 2x2 though, next project is a long heavy duty gambrel