Recent content by Uncle Norm

You'll get lots of advice on the kit required. As you're loading only 50 rounds per year in two calibres, I would advise you to keep it minimal. For stalking use you only need to load to factory standard dimensions. Do get a Lee Factory Crimp Die for each cartridge. They are as cheap and...

Our DMG has to record the whole weight as part of our licence conditions. I've just looked through my records for the last 20 years and found that my heaviest MJ buck was 18.30 kgs. Most are several kgs lighter.

I've been comparing the various breakdown insurances. Last year Green Flag charged me £125 for their Rescue and Recovery plan for two vehicles. Martin Lewis recommended Auto Assist at £57 for two persons. Has any member used this insurance and had to call them out? If so how did they perform?

Having tried all sorts over the years, its Viperflex quads for me. You can use them as a mono for quick, close shots or as a pair etc.

Ruby, my Labrador was 12 in February. She's stone deaf but still reasonably fit and nothing wrong with her nose, as still finding mine and others deer, albeit at her own pace. Communication whilst picking up on a game shoot has become problematic and there are places that I can't take her for...

I crimp .22 Hornet, .243 Win and .260 Rem. Benefits are cleaner burn with N160, smaller groups, slightly higher muzzle velocity and reduced extreme spread of muzzle velocity. Nothing dramatic but I think it worth the extra effort.

I'm our every day possible, fishing, shooting, stalking etc. Get completely knackered, but sleep very well. Don't sell a minute of the time remaining, if you don't have to. Get out and enjoy everything you can, don't lament the things you can no longer do and don't sit in that chair, watching...

I have been using Speer 85 grain BTSP for years and taken everything from Red to Muntjac with them. Loaded to just over 3,000 fps mv with N160. Now using Barnes TSX 85 grain with N160 where non-toxic is required. I have taken Roe and Muntjac with them so far, with no problems.

Good advice this. I would also include February until the spring flush, as they have to travel to find food. Certainly a productive time in our woodlands. Some of our (wealthier) members have bought thermal scopes and had success in that period from one hour before sunrise to the time when...

I have used the permethrin spray and it's very effective. A mate got it in the USA, but I'm out of it now and wouldn't know where to get it.

That assertion is incorrect. However, my remark related to the purpose of the current firearms legislation, which I could have made clearer perhaps. I was not referring to the historic origins of the plethora of firearms Acts that have been enacted.

Not stuck with the Etips but given a whole box by a friend. :thumb: Just looked on the Barnes website again and they do a 120 grain TSX in 6.5mm.

Thanks, I am not one for hot loads and the 2,750 fps mv is very effective at the ranges I shoot at. I once shot an injured Red at 250+ yards and knocked it straight over. The rifle has a 20'' barrel. I wouldn't say that I'm nervous, but having kept both eyes and all my fingers intact for 73...

One of our main landowners now requires non toxic ammunition. I have a .260, in which I use 120 grain Sierra Prohunter bullets and Viht N160. MV 2750fps, which is a powerful round that takes big woodland Red effectively. I have a box of Nosler Expansion Tip, 120 grain copper bullets, that i...

You are spot on. What a sad state politics are in. There just isn't anyone.