Recent content by Alycidon

Very good short ( sub 300 yard) deer scope, superb in low light and after dark, in the UK one changed hands in 2014 for around £500, not quite sure what that is in US dollars, they dont tend to depreciate. A

I bought one of their early 20 cals, been a tackdriver. A

Ah I see. The 20 cal Berger 50 has now been discontinued but I have sufficient for this barrel. I use N150, a nice case full of about 29.5gr (from memory) under 50s, to get a fairly similar trajectory curve to 300 yards I use 29.0 under the 39gr SBKs. Loads are very nice to shoot in a 14lb...

Only use a shotgun November to mid January again driven pheasants. Rifles for the rest of the year. A

98% of the time my scopes are set on 7x - 8x for field work. I do very very little long range stuff but do have the magnification and reticule if I want to. I find a big field of view is pretty important when trying to shoot predators as the time to take a shot is often only a few seconds...

If you only want it for good light shots then the 50mm is fine. I use a 5.5.x 22 x 50 with NP2DD. Lots of low light work then look at S&B and Ziess Victory but much more money. I have never felt the need for more than 50mm. When comparing images some while ago with a friends 56mm Ziess...

If I live long enough 20VT will as a light walking rifle be my next rifle. A

I cut my rifle shooting teeth with a 177 Original 45 air rifle, 12 ft lbs, 850 fps. On rabbits with HEAD shots only, kills cleanly out as far as I could place them accurately. In ideal conditions getting on for 50 yards. A

Fair comment, air rifles and optics for them have moved on since my time with them. Pre charged pneumatics have undoubtedly been a major leap forward in accuracy. England has been a (the !!!) centre of gun making excellence of all types for well over a century. BSA make good solid...

100 yards is far to far for an air rifle, I dont even push subsonic hollowpoints that far in 22LR. Pellet must be falling like a brick at that range but I suppose with rangefinders, dialable turrets and ballistics charts you could shoot a tidy paper group but the risk of wounding is far to...

Over here we are allowed a maximum of 12 ft lbs energy at the muzzel without a license. I have shot rabbits out to 60 yards with a 12 ft lbs Original 45 in .177, secret is head shots only and accurate range finding. In my day with air rifles we did not have rangefinders but the fence posts...

look at your average range, above 250 go 22.250 or even better 20BR. Below 250 then 204 using the 39/40 grain bullets will get the job done and allow you to watch through the scope. I rarely saw any hits with my 22.250, thats now replaced by a 20BR where I see them every time. A

i have used mine on fox, rabbit, crow and magpie. 65gr VMax at about 3350fps is a good stopper. Last magpie was in 5 main pieces at 195 yards. A

I thought something was amiss, Todd Kindler has been trying to get Hornady/Nosler and Sierra to make a 50 grain plastic tip in 20 cal for years. A

There is a 50 grain VMAX !!!!!, if right its about time to. I suspect with your powder choice you might have a typo and mean a 40gr. Cant see a 20 cal 50 gr Vmax on the Hornady site, wish I could !!. A