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Originally Posted by SurfnSpear
Now just got to FAC the Theoben .20 Mk1 Rapid and the rookery will be next..Lamping on the quad tonight if the rain eases up....
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Surfnspear, when i got my FAC and shotgun licence 2 years back, i was granted a slot for a .22r/f and an FAC rated air rifle. I never got round to buying an FAC air rifle though, but am really looking into upping the power of my standard airarms from 11.9ftlbs to nearer 18 or 19 and puttign the slot into some use, simply because of the vast difference between a .22rf round and a .177 pellet.
HV ammunition for my rimfire carrys a warning on the box of a possible 2mile range (max), meaning that shots into the rookerys are not only impossible due to danger, but completely and utterly out of the question, whereas an air rifle is ideal, but damn some of those rooks have hard heads... i have had some take a pellet to the brainbox... fall... hit the ground... shake themselves off... then fly a lap of the feilds and then land right back again!!!
Question is do you reckon 18 or 19 is sufficient? At the moment i dont really like pushing shots out further than 35 -40 yards tops, perhaps 60 could be achieved? What are you considering upping your Theoben .20 Mk1 to?
Before anyone asks... the 12g wont sort them out... one shot and there gone for the day onto the next farm, and back the next morning!!!
Huw.
