The Yew Tree bullets at £55 for 50 are the same price as Barnes and Nosler and within a fiver of Peregrine and Fox. Having tried some of the these I would choose the Yew Tree over them any day. Added to which, the Yew Tree manufacturer is a small independent UK producer which has to be worth supporting for an extra £5.
Yew Tree 7mm review
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That's where my stalking is at. I'm one of the arm twisters pushing for a .25 because I see a lot of potential here. For what I do, I think they will be a very good bullet. In a woodland stalking situation long range doesn't matter - be it a more keen shot or trying to sort an injured animal, it's rare you can still see the deer past 200m anyway because of the ground cover.
I've had a good chat with Richard and my rifle is one of the ones testing the bullet. Hopefully it'll like them. Reports from other users seem very positive.
I’d refer to @Jelen ’s reply above and to add that I don’t think any of the other manufacturers provide the service and help that I do. I have now lost count of those that couldn’t get any lead free bullet to work but have now got rifles shooting bugholes with my bullets.
My bullets aren’t pressed in dies with awful levels of consistency they are machined to +/- 2 microns tolerance and their terminal performance is excellent.
Furthermore they are also available. When you order them you’ll have them within 2 days.
If you want them cheaper buy more! If you buy 250 at a time they’re a quid each including postage except the 6mm which are even cheaper. Surely it’s not beyond the wit of stalkers to club together and take advantage of a ‘group buy’ if they so wish.
At the end of the day I certainly don't think my prices are way out of court in the context of the quality of bullets and services provided.
A couple of years down the line the business (because that’s what it is) will either be going or not. It most certainly won’t be going without the support of british stalkers and I would argue it is in our interest as a stalking community to buy british be that my bullets or any other british producer.
If the legislation plays out across europe in the way I expect over the next couple of years hunting projectiles from overseas will be very difficult to come by.
The deer man
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Believe me I'm a convert already!
Sadly and in reference to Rich's response, people still buy Chinese rubbish, just because it's cheaper!
Rich, your service is excellent along with your bullets but my comments were others not mine. Irrespective of who the manufacturer is of copper bullets they are all expensive in relation to what people are used to whether here in the UK, USA or Europe.
I'm sure group bulk buying will catch on but it is not that feasible at such an early stage. Getting some core supporters is I would suggest the easy bit, getting the rest to follow a little more difficult - just getting them converted to copper is hard enough!
There has to be an incentive to convert and money talks.
Bavarianbrit
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Rich, just my thought to add to the mix. Due to the UKs post Brexit exporting hassles could you not get a European turner/gun shop to replicate your projectiles to your spec and then they sell them on for you in the Euro market with you getting your cut/share? A bit of lateral thinking.
There are some honest gun shops there, I do know one very well that you can have his name via PM if you want and he even trained as a toolmaker so understands engineering well.
We send CAD data worldwide nowadays, Indians in Pune do UK body design service overnight as an example.
There are some honest gun shops there, I do know one very well that you can have his name via PM if you want and he even trained as a toolmaker so understands engineering well.
We send CAD data worldwide nowadays, Indians in Pune do UK body design service overnight as an example.
Yep perfectly feasible and something that I’ve thought about already but don’t want to run until I’m fully walking so to speak.
Cheers
Rich
It does make me smile when folk talk about the cost of copper bullets. Guys with rifles and scopes worth several thousands of pounds will argue until they're blue in the face that they're not going to spend a quid on a bullet. A quid! You can't buy a bag of chips for that yet a bullet can get you a whole deer carcass.
There's a lot to be said for operating locally too. No matter what happens around the country or abroad, local economies can generally keep functioning. I get my meat from the local butcher who sources animals from local farms, and whenever I have a bbq I cook it on local charcoal. I drink local whisky. I work for local people and I spend my money with local businesses. I can't source everything that way but if I hear of someone starting up a local business making something I use then I'll drop the multi nationals in a heartbeat and keep my money close to home.
There's a lot to be said for operating locally too. No matter what happens around the country or abroad, local economies can generally keep functioning. I get my meat from the local butcher who sources animals from local farms, and whenever I have a bbq I cook it on local charcoal. I drink local whisky. I work for local people and I spend my money with local businesses. I can't source everything that way but if I hear of someone starting up a local business making something I use then I'll drop the multi nationals in a heartbeat and keep my money close to home.
Stalker62
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Bavarianbrit
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When I lived in Deal and later Walmer I was crossing the channel almost every week Mo-Fri I always used the ferries that had local workers on them and ignored the tunnel as they had built it using non local labour.
It's a matter of taste I guess, but I really like Cotswold. This one especially... FOUNDER'S CHOICE SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Diamonddave780
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The first English Distillery was St George’s in Norfolk. They head hunted one of the top distillers from Scotland when it first started and was opened by Princess Anne. Has won awards. Well worth a try
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