OT but Hornet gets mentioned alot on here.

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Nath
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OT but Hornet gets mentioned alot on here.

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This fox has been bugging me for a while on a small farm near home that the farmer lets me do as I please on for many years now. Every time I visited recently I would here her popping pheasants up and eating all the rabbit.
I took the muzzle loader on Wednesday to check it still makes fire ready for the geese on Monday and noticed Frank had cut some grass. I knew the fox would be on that at night but was not able to get untill last night. When I did get there Frank was still rowing up trying to beat the rain coming Sunday.
Alas no fox so I took a walk and on Tia's and my return with Frank still working the field gone 10 at night there she was.
I walked her up with the windless night being assisted by the tractors engine and took her at something like 60paces with a follow up shot at 40 paces. I used my new torch, it is so small and lite it was wonderfull to not have to carry a lamp and battery bag. This torch will go 200yds in a tight beam, takes some believing. It has two power settings.
The pic is poor quality because it was taken in the pitch black and I guess it was struggling to focus.
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22 Hornet + H4227 by the case full + 40grn B tip.
Frank pulled up on his tractor and was chuffed after watching the procedings and being a sheep farmer n' all :D

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Nath: I enjoy your stories, but as a midwesterner I have NO idea what "chuffed" means....please enlighten me :)

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Sorry K, Ed. He was pleased/impressed etc :D

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Well done Nath. :mrgreen:
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Well done! It's always a pleasure to read your stories and see your pics of England! Glad you are enjoying the .22 Hornet -- it is a great caliber, and very hard to beat if you don't need something on the order of the .223.

Thanks for sharing!
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Nath, always nice to read your posts. well done. sounds like you had this one figured just right.
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John in MS, I have returned to Hornet a whiles back now from when I first tried it for a few reasons. First, when I use a lamp and on my own I have to rest the forearm on my left arm whilst my left hand directs the light, the low recoil does not shift zero with an ungripped forend etc.
Cheap on fuel and lastly I give up on making loud noises and shooting at silly distances years ago :)

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Nath, it looks like you done real good. I sure do enjoy your stories and photos, keep them coming. You and Gamekeeper are our only link to how real people in your country enjoy the good life of firearms and hunting.
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Nath that still looks like a pretty good picture. Even though you might not think it's up to your usual standard of perfection. You honestly take some of the best pictures I've seen anywhere. If you're not a professional photographer you should really consider a change in vocations.

What I'd like to know is about the torch. It looks like a dandy. It would sure make our hog problems easier to deal with.
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JB :D thanks.

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Congratulations Nath, another one in the bag!
I reckon the 22 Hornet together with the 32/20 are two very under rated calibers.

By the way I still have your powder and will contact you after you return from Up North! :wink:
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Cheers GK :D

Rusty, the torch is a Tiablo A9 LED flashlight. Type it in. I got it from Hong Cong of all places!

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Good job, Nath. Great to read of your adventures, as always. These new LED flashlights are pretty amazing.
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