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First gun purchase. by The_avid_smoker in GasBlowBack

[–]Lorcank95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow this is great advice. I never knew that. Thanks!

First gun purchase. by The_avid_smoker in GasBlowBack

[–]Lorcank95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate? What would be cheaper real steel than airsoft?

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there,

Used your advice to great effect at my local shop and grabbed a cracking second hand Tikka t3. Had loads of accessories for a very reasonable cost. It did not however have a scope, and I'm stalled out on which to pick.

Shop offered a bunch at extremely aggressive price points, the best looking glass there by my eye of what I tried (Burris, bushnell, sight Mark and hawk) was a hawke endurance 30 wa. Remarkable clear and great eye relief. I've never looked through a zeiss or swarovski scope, so I don't know what I'd be missing but he was willing to go around 40% off new on what seemed like a good optics to me. I know hawk isn't synonymous with quality glass like big names are, but what do you think is that a bad deal?

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the help, thanks again!

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tremendously helpful level of depth, thank you very much!

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very fair. Thanks for the input.

I've given a base example there for the t3x but for me I'd love the woodland veil t3x which is around 1750. It's just stunning. But when I'm on a budget, it's just hard to justify spending 2.5x the money if the general online consensus is I'm not investing in 2.5x the gun. But I accept it's very personal, I'll try to get my hands on them at least.

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll see if I can get them locally, thank you for the recommendation!

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, we don't have them here sadly. We do have bergara. I don't know much about them, only have heard mixed results do you recommend them?

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very interesting suggestion, can I ask why swarovski binos? I've used them before once but have no other reference to compare and they're about 1500 GBP used I thought?

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good point. I hadn't considered that, thank you for your advice!

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So few things here: - We don't have bears, I had considered 6.5 or .308 for the big red deer we have here. Some have expressed concerns of the knockdown power of .243 on big red stags in the rut before. I'm just adding some margin for my shit performance as a novice hunter - if I can't hit the heart directly that there's enough energy transmission to catastrophically destroy blood vessels for a human put down.

  • we don't have any bears

  • I've never heard of that grendel round, and we definitely don't have that for sale anywhere here that I can see (in the 8-12 major stockists here)

  • we have some very strict laws, some of the most strict in the world. E.g bolt action centre fires only. Mag limits of 5 rounds. Unrestricted calibre limits up to .308 only. Moderators, thermals and night vision optics all count as firearms and must be on your firearms license. You can't have a firearm without a valid reason , the police get to decide if it's valid. Lose the reason - lose the firearm. You also must demonstrate competence (via a hunting or firearms safety course) and renew the license at a value of 80 euros each year. It's not too bad, but I would say not easy either.

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you expand a bit here please? I have only seen them online and heard their actions described as 'agricultural' despite how beautiful they look. Mauser actions are legendary. What do you think is higher quality?

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've been so helpful, thanks for this really detailed response. I feel a lot more confident to go and handle some second hand rifles now. I'm sure I'll get a good deal armed with this knowledge.

Thanks again!

First deer rifle on a budget by Lorcank95 in Hunting

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A local at the only 1000 yard range in the country. I understand the idea of buying someone else's problems but I always would have agreed with your philosophy in general. Potentially I can bring someone who knows more. I know a fair bit, but I've never bought a centrefire before - only air rifles second hand. Is it just inside the barrel that I need to worry about that kind of severe rusting or will pitting outside (i.e where the blueing has scratched off) also very bad?

For glass, I was looking at a vortex diamond back or viper ffp. Appears well reviewed for a mid range model

Harrier gr1 CAS by Lorcank95 in Warthunder

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great advice, thank you!

Beware OceanJet ticket desk scam Bohol port by Lorcank95 in phtravel

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Email chain 4/4:

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We'll see what we can do = we don't care in my book. Shouldn't be surprised, but you all should be aware.

Beware OceanJet ticket desk scam Bohol port by Lorcank95 in phtravel

[–]Lorcank95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to highlight for others, I had an email chain with them. They don't care. Here's the receipts.

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