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Edinburgh Rifles and Sporting Goods had a used bolt carrier in stock several weeks ago and will sell you that as it is not a controlled part, give them a call. Good luck with sorting out your rifle to suit your needs, I do like my Blaser R8's.

Sorry to hear about the ill health, wishing you all the best.

I was a member there too at DSC for many years from about 1998, we clay shoot there and clay shoot at Bald Mountain, Lake Orion. I don't like to shoot on indoor ranges or public ranges these days for rifle and pistol, just too noisy and too many inexperienced shooters. I have a private range, 2...

In reality, I might reload twice a month, it really depends on what is low and being used a lot, most of the time that is 9mm and .223, it's also funny that those are the 2 calibers that do not make financial sense to reload in the US. I reload for all my UK ammo and throw it in my checked...

It's all about prioritizing life! I've shot all my life, all my friends are shooters, I can hopefully do it for a fair few more years. The only issue is those large steep Scottish hills are now more of a challenge than they used to be, the knees are not what they were. I shoot less deer on an...

In the UK I shot a lot of pistol and rifle, I ran a rifle & pistol club using military and civil ranges from the late 80's to the late 90's and had very large quantities of ammo on my personal FAC and club FAC. At the point of pistol turn in, I loaded everything I had, the police could not...

How many rounds do you load at a time? How do you reload? More and more I find myself trying to standardize on loads and bullets and to reload larger batches of ammunition for efficiency and consistency. First off I'll disclose that I split my time between the US and the UK and live in both...

A .300 WM is a great choice of caliber and will efficiently take the UK's largest stags at distance. I have a Blaser R8 barrel in .300 WM and find it an exceptionally accurate round, I shoot from 150 grain to 200 grain depending on what the quarry is. Mine has gone to Africa a number of times...

That's a nice looking gun in a good combination, I also have a 6.5 x 55 combination gun. I like the removable scope. I love a combination gun and have a bunch: Savage .22lr / .410 - Sold it but wish I had not. Valmet - .308 / 12 g - I've taken deer and grouse on the same morning. Belgian - 6.5...

I agree, UK ammo prices seem incredibly high at the moment, particularly as I get to shop both in the UK and US markets. A little bit of comparative math: A box of 20 rounds of non lead ammo is approximately $50 in the US retail market (Barnes, Norma, Winchester,...) for .308, and around $30...

Remember that ideally you need the bolt carrier and the bolt head to be left handed if you want it to eject to the left. My son is left handed, I have a number of R8's but none in left hand. I was just in the market for a left hand bolt and bolt head, I did not find a solution, cost of new is...

I've always used Berretta semi auto shotguns, they have been super reliable, my first was a 302 which shot many thousands of shells for pigeon, today its a 391. The problem comes that once you moderate and try to shoot low power loads everything changes, you cannot expect a semi auto gun of any...

My experience is that if an alarm is to be considered or required it is a fully monitored alarm that meets PD6662 & BS8243

Thanks for posting this, that is grim reading, I just sent mine in for a late September expiry, at least I now have a possible idea on what may happen.

I just submitted my FAC / SGC renewal this week, about 14 weeks prior to expiry. I went down the private medical route, my medical records were supplied in several weeks, I got my medical pro forma the next day after medical records were supplied. Great service from the private medical doctor...