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Thanks R, I've just checked out that site and it contains some excellent info, now I have somewhere to start from. As for the gun laws in Scotland, Yes we are very similar to England and Wales with some small variations, eg: calibre selection and minimum bullet weights for certain deer...

Hi, Greetings from Scotland, I shoot a lot of crows and foxes at between 100-300 yards with my .22/250, I've just bought a .25/06 Remington 700 and am going to begin to handload the ammo for it. Does anyone out there use this calibre for long distance pest control, Is it suitable for this task...

Hi, greetings from Scotland. At present I am using a 8/56 Schmidt & Bender on my .22/250 heavy varmint. The optics are superb and it is also very useful when the light starts to fade. For small pests out to 200-250 yards it is excellent but past 250yards the crosshairs almost blot out the...

Hi, greetings from Sctoland, I am quite new to long range varmint shooting. I shoot a Winchester Mod70 Heavy Varmint in .22/250 and with home loaded ammo I can achieve 1/2 to 3/4 inch groups @ 100yards. I use a 50gr V-MAX and 36.3gr of Varget for around 3800fps. Here in the U.K. I normally...