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Lloyd
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2699
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:20 am Post subject: Hard to hit something with a 12 bore? |
 
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Hard to hit something with a 12 bore?...i have good days and bad. not easy though is it....moving target, etc....How did you find your first efforts at this sport?
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:22 am Post subject: |
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Ypu're tynig sucks dude. I;l  |
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deerstalker
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 589
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Such humour!
You get less chances of getting within range with a 12 bore, and when you do, a lot of shot ends up in the ground. If you get your rabbit it will be riddled with shot.
A .22 magnum rifle with a night sight - the busines!  |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Deerstalker wrote: |
Such humour! |
The old rolleyes eh? a classic.
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You get less chances of getting within range with a 12 bore, and when you do, a lot of shot ends up in the ground. If you get your rabbit it will be riddled with shot.
A .22 magnum rifle with a night sight - the busines!  |
Not strictly true, if you've ever skinned an animal it's quite surprising how little shot gets into them, unless you're using your second barrel to finish them off  |
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deerstalker
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 589
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:57 am Post subject: |
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Try selling them to a butcher or game dealer - he won't want to know with such bruising. |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Deerstalker wrote: |
Try selling them to a butcher or game dealer - he won't want to know with such bruising. |
Now that wouldn't be my thing at all, and takes us into another area. We are really talking about shooting for the pot here, not shooting for profit. A few shot in a rabbit I eat is neither here nor there.
Lead shot is perfectly acceptable in pigeons anyway, even one's in sainsburys have a lead shot disclaimer. |
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Lloyd
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2699
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:22 am Post subject: |
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I have to admit there's nothing worse than biting into a nice fleshy bit, only to break a tooth on a piece of shot. |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:23 am Post subject: |
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You've actually broken a tooth or is it a rhetorical question? |
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Lloyd
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2699
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:24 am Post subject: |
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I actually cracked a tooth, a molar, a few years ago! |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Ouch, the bunny bites back! |
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Lloyd
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2699
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:57 am Post subject: |
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You say that JB, but have you ever been attacked by a wounded hare, that turned on you? |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 44206 Location: Essex
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Jonnyboy wrote: |
Ouch, the bunny bites back! |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23924 Location: under some rain.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Madman wrote: |
You say that JB, but have you ever been attacked by a wounded hare, that turned on you? |
Clean kills mate  |
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25697 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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So what happens to the .17 bullet that "fragments on impact", surely this will leave bits in the carcass? |
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Lloyd
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2699
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Posted: Thu May 26, 05 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Jonnyboy wrote: |
Madman wrote: |
You say that JB, but have you ever been attacked by a wounded hare, that turned on you? |
Clean kills mate  |
Thats excellent, but I wasn't born an expert, and had to learn along the way, including a few woundings. Who hasn't? |
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