I do at times carry one...... and the rifled barrel .12ga is NO LONGER a shotgun..... any more than a .44 magnum is a shot gun because you can use snake loads in it.
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I do at times carry one...... and the rifled barrel .12ga is NO LONGER a shotgun..... any more than a .44 magnum is a shot gun because you can use snake loads in it.
I've got a permit to hunt pheasants in a local forest (with a shotgun), not allowed to carry slugs. pity as there is the odd fallow running around.
Sometimes I think the royal "they" like to make silly rules cause they can.
pheasants get pretty big....are there any restrictions on the size of pellets???? a couple of #7 buckshot would take care of any hard to kill "pheasants" quite nicely I would have though.....under 30 yards a load of #BBs would do tooQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mm tragic
308 for me.
I think its about the maximum in the recoil department that most people can handle well. It is an accurate cartridge with a myriad of projectile choices and is not powder specific to get good results from.I never feel I should have taken something else out when I head off with a 308.
.375 H&H will cover all your needs for anywhere on the globe.
Get me one in a double and I’d be more than happy QD mounts with a scope for out long and reddot for tight bush.
Cover me ele to possums (got to love the instant pluck:XD:)
Also handy in that broken down there easy to transport.
Himmm better start looking:)
@Sideshow here's a cheap one handy for you to get started MERKEL 140 AE DA 375 H&H 375312 | Wilson & Wilson (Fieldsports) Ltd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
I will see if I can find one for you in the UK in the over Pounds 10k
@Sideshow This one is nice but you would have to nip over to Dallas Texas to pick it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Also its pre owned hence a steal at $124,500 USD it's cheap because someone else has had their dirty mitts on it already.
https://hollandandholland.com/new-an...guns/DHCM35453
Actually if you are going the 375 Double rifle one gun route you really should drop the 375 H&H belted case and go with the 375 H&H Flanged Magnum case.
Just a more betterer option in a double rifle
But rich for my taste @akaroa mine was list price at £3000 to £5000 plus vat so could have got it for £3600 plus vat. Which imo is not too bad for a H&H.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Would never buy directly from the shop unless I won the Euro millions. Even then maybe not.
The flanged 375 flanged magnum in a bobble so long as you don’t make the mistake of getting the 375 flanged:o
I’d even look at the 9x74r almost as good! Might be a bit harder to find ammo but hey the op never put a budget constraint on this thread:XD:
308, 18 to 20 inch barrel, suppressed.
150 gr .
Another for the 708. Mines good for 5-500 yds. Point and shoot to 220yds. Easy to dial after that. 16” barrel. 140 bt at 2580 or a 120gn at 2900. Plenty of killing power for anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
223 would be a close second.
"No Buckshot or slugs" Is the wording in the permit. They do give you permission to shot cats, rats possums and stoats so that's nice ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
708 :thumbsup:
you are taking the mikey right rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
6.5, 7mm or 300 saum. Currently running the 300 and loving it, if I was to re-barrel I'd have to give the 6.5 serious consideration, high velocity, high bc, at low pressure.