Recent content by nickbracewell

IAN Hope he had .22 Rimfire on his FAC.Would not have put it passed Plod to have nicked him for being in possesion. NICK.

Well done Ian my friend,nicely done. Has anyone ever mentioned that you look like General "Storming" Norman Schwarzkopf`s love child? NICK

IAN When we meet at the range next Monday i will insist that your first round is fired without ear protection. I am sure you will become a convert to the moderator . Then after using your puffs gun we will conduct the same exercise with my 25-06 The only reason my rifles dont have them...

IAN No centerfire on the 50 metre range my friend and you could not hit a powder measure at 100! so both my measure and my curry will be safe! NICK PS. Apologies to Brown Dog for swerving off subject.

IAN Next time we are at Minsterly we will do a side by side test. Your Harrels measure against my cheapo Lee.If your Harrels is more consistent then i buy the curry. NICK.

DS. E-mail me and i will tell you what car Ian drives (BOY RACER) NICK.

JR A group of us has taken a lease on a good lump of forestry about 20 mins outside FW.Fingers and any other parts of my anatomy are crossed for a Sika stag Just returned from Perthshire. You were correct about the weather mate.It rained so hard it made my head hurt .For two days...

JR I have spent many happy nights in the Mosspaul Hotel just up the A7 from you. I am stalking up near Fort William now but have many happy memories of your area. My VX111 6.5X20X50 will be having its first stalking trip on Thursday, shooting Fallow Prickets near Perth, so i will be able...

OUCH! Remember i drive a Freelander mate,anything is an improvement after that. The Skoda is the most reliable car we own.(****,we also run a Freelander). NICK.

SIMON The Czechs are certainly no fools when it comes to engineering and manufacture. They were after all the workshop of the Soviet military.Also any gun lover will know of the superb BREN which was a joint British Czech design.All they lacked was investment and access to western...

SIMON You have in my opinion purchased just about the best value for money brand of scope on the market. I have a plain 6x42 on my Tikka 6.5x55 and it has put plenty of venison in the freezer. I also own 2 VX111 Leupolds and a Bausch and Lomb and optically in my opinion the Meopta is as good.I...

BROWN DOG War of the rats by David Robbins. Set in Stalingrad it is a novel based on the Russian sniper Vassily Zaitsev and his alleged duel with the German sniper Koenig. I don`t read much fiction but this is a gem for anyone interested in shooting. As an aside,STALINGRAD by Antony...

IAN Have you been peeking at my chrono? Unfortunately the seemingly impressive velocities i get from my swede are by using light bullets.I get a comfortable 3100fps with the 100 Nosler B/T.This is excellent Roe medicine,but if i go 140 grain i cannot hope to keep up with a 6.5x284.The swede...

From a limey accross the pond Happy independence day guys. You did the right thing.

GUYS Picnic baskets work every time. BRIT.