Mark Ripley puts the two most popular rimfire rifle calibres, the .22LR and the .17HMR, head to head to judge which is better before taking his favourite out rabbiting to see what it’s capable of in the field. (You can read Mark’s full review here.) 

We then join Nick Ridley for a new series, as he trains his new working cocker spaniel “Twig” from a nine week old pup using the placeboard, right through to their first foray into the shooting field.

 

FULL KIT LIST

 

Part A – Mark Ripley (SC Episode)

 

Optics:

Element Titan & Helix scopes – Sportsman Gun Centre

Accolade Pro 2 Thermal binoculars – Scott Country

Sightmark Wraith 4K night scope – Scott Country

 

 

Gun:

Cz 452 American .22lr rifle – (Discontinued) 

Tikka T1X .17HMR rifle – GMK 

 

 

Clothing: 

Deerhunter soft shell jacket

Deerhunter deer jacket

Deerhunter recon beanie 

 

Accessories: 

Sportsmatch mounts – Sportsmatch 

PBIR mini infrared illuminator – www.pbir.co.uk

Toms targets steel targets – www.toms-targets.uk/

 

Ammunition:

Hornady .17 HMR ammunition – Hornady 

Eley 22LR subsonic ammunition – Eley

CCI extra long 22LR ammunition – CCI

 

PART B – Nick Ridley (New series) 

Cap – Deerhunter Bavaria.

Placeboard – Cato (Supplied by www.alecaninesolutions.com) 

 

 

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