Woohooo!

[ChrisPackham]

FAC arrived today! 2 days shy of 11 month wait!

 

[balltrap]

Well done now get out there and do some :wink:

 

[ChrisPackham]

Yep, gun shopping tomorrow!

 

[ips]

look forward to pics of new gun ?

 

[525kev]

Nice one and +1 on some pics

 

[ChrisPackham]

Have decided on Browning TBolt Varmint, not quite on material yet, or scope.. picks to follow!

 

[ChrisPackham]

Bit of a shifty photo.. sorry!

 

[Lord v]

That's quite tasty. 

 

[ChrisPackham]

Will take some more photos when I have more time.  In the end I decided the varmint was unnecessarily heavy and the composite too thin in the fore end and plasticky feeling to me.

 

[Lord v]

Will take some more photos when I have more time.  In the end I decided the varmint was unnecessarily heavy and the composite too thin in the fore end and plasticky feeling to me.

Im a firm beliver that bolt action rifles should be wood.

What scope did you go for in the end? 

 

[ChrisPackham]

Im a firm beliver that bolt action rifles should be wood.

What scope did you go for in the end? 

Yes, I see your point, does feel nice in wood.

Scope is 4-16 x 50mm Hawke 17Hmr reticle, seems pretty cool, wander round tomorrow...

 

[Les53]

Nice  bit of kit that!

 

[woody]

I've got the same rifle, but with the synthetic stock.  Browning synthetic stocks don't feel plasticy to me. They have a nice rubberised feel.  In fact stock on my Browning x bolt .308 is the nicest synthetic stock i've ever used.

funnily enough i went for the same scope too,  just because its so bob on for a .17. I've even got a spare Schmidt & bender 8x56 because I liked the set up of the far cheaper Hawke. 

Get ammo whenever you can.  .17hmr goes through phases of being like rocking horse turds.  I had to wait 3 months to buy my last lot.

 

[ChrisPackham]

I really liked the composite idea but it just didn't suit me, funnily enough x bolt in composite is top of my list for 243.

I take your pint about ammo, I am using the Winchester 17 grain at the moment and bought all but 100 of the shop stock

Sadly domestic duties meant I couldn't really get out for long this morning, still managed to rattle through a box at targets though.

 

[jwpzx9r]

No rabbit within shouting distance is going to be safe know  Bit graphic but the guy I used to shoot with could blow the head clean off a rabbit at 150 yds with his .17HMR

 

[ChrisPackham]

No rabbit within shouting distance is going to be safe know  Bit graphic but the guy I used to shoot with could blow the head clean off a rabbit at 150 yds with his .17HMR

Yes, they are not for the squeamish... at least the bunnies can't look at you when you are skinning them..

 

[woody]

Rifles feel more of a tool to me than a luxury like a nice shotgun. i go for the composite stocks because most of my lamping is done off of our ATV's.  It's just too hard to avoid the dings to the stock with wood.

Mine seems to really like hornady ammo. The great thing about .17 i find is that rabbit can be 50 to 150 yards and you still just put the cross hairs where you want them. 

 

[ChrisPackham]

Rifles feel more of a tool to me than a luxury like a nice shotgun. i go for the composite stocks because most of my lamping is done off of our ATV's.  It's just too hard to avoid the dings to the stock with wood.

Mine seems to really like hornady ammo. The great thing about .17 i find is that rabbit can be 50 to 150 yards and you still just put the cross hairs where you want them. 

Flat shooting was primarily the main reason to chose this, especially for lamping.

 

[woody]

just pulling through the rifles ready for some bunny bashing when the ground dries up a bit.

Here is my version of the same in synthetic.  PP, does the wooden stock still have the spare magazine concealed in it?