love watching mark, ive been controlling foxes for 44 yrs and i still get an adrenalin rush when reynard appears, mark is a great ambassador for the sport
Great fan of the talented Mr Ripley (half inch groups at a hundred yards, dear Lord!) but I’d always thought a fox’s “tail” was called a brush... hence Basil? Stunning looking video by the way, practically cinematography.
Nice round the 243 have used a friends on his permission , but my shooting was with the Hornet. 22 and the one I favoured Brono Lux .222 excellent with Fedral out of the box , enjoyed your video Nice shooting Cheers
Thanks for this episode Peter. I especially like the section on Mark Ripley's shooting. I was wondering why he was using .243 for fox shooting , now I know.
Hi The Shooting Show! The .243 Rifle used in the video, Does Mark use this just for Fox hunting and Target Practice ? He mentioned about Rabbit hunting as well, Ins't this rifle a bit too powerful for those little things ? I'm still new and looking in to obtaining a rifle myself, just not sure whether to go for an Air Rifle, or Normal Rifle (if I can get the FAC anyway). Thanks!
Hi mate the 243 browning x-bolt is currently with me on test. I would generally use a 223 or my 260 on fox and a 22 lr on rabbits. The 243 is as you say a little large and expensive to run for rabbit control and does leave much left to eat! I do sometimes use the larger calibres on small game at longer ranges and use the carcasses for animal feed. As for your rifle choice for rabbits, if your ground is suitable and you can obtain a licence ok then a 22 lr is an awesome rabbit calibre and would be my preferred choice with its extra power and range and still very quiet over an air rifle.
The silencer or moderator does significantly reduce the muzzle noise to a level that is safe for our hearing although without using subsonic ammo its not possible to loose the muzzle crack. A moderator also helps to reduce felt recoil.
Hi Mark, your rifle seems to be a right handed firearm in this video but in all your other vids I see that you are a lefty. Do you find it comfortable to shoot with the bolt on the wrong side? My buddy had just offered me his beautiful left handed Tikka in 25-06 and I am tempted even though I am a righty. Your thoughts?
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love watching mark, ive been controlling foxes for 44 yrs and i still get an adrenalin rush when reynard appears, mark is a great ambassador for the sport
As ever, another brilliant clip from the shooting show, well done to all, keep up the good work.
In mat's vid the scenery was stunning and the info spot on thanks looking forward to more
What a shot! Love his videos!
Great fan of the talented Mr Ripley (half inch groups at a hundred yards, dear Lord!) but I’d always thought a fox’s “tail” was called a brush... hence Basil? Stunning looking video by the way, practically cinematography.
Nice round the 243 have used a friends on his permission , but my shooting was with the Hornet. 22 and the one I favoured Brono Lux .222 excellent with Fedral out of the box , enjoyed your video Nice shooting Cheers
nice show guys , mark you have some nice grounds and keep up the good work .
Best fox controller on RUclips,,the guys an expert,,
Thanks for this episode Peter.
I especially like the section on Mark Ripley's shooting. I was wondering why he was using .243 for fox shooting , now I know.
What do you do with the shot fox ?
good video , some nice shooting from mark , keep them coming
The heyman his no joke the best
Rips is the man!
What ya recon to the browning x bolt ?
Hi The Shooting Show!
The .243 Rifle used in the video, Does Mark use this just for Fox hunting and Target Practice ? He mentioned about Rabbit hunting as well, Ins't this rifle a bit too powerful for those little things ?
I'm still new and looking in to obtaining a rifle myself, just not sure whether to go for an Air Rifle, or Normal Rifle (if I can get the FAC anyway).
Thanks!
Hi mate the 243 browning x-bolt is currently with me on test. I would generally use a 223 or my 260 on fox and a 22 lr on rabbits.
The 243 is as you say a little large and expensive to run for rabbit control and does leave much left to eat!
I do sometimes use the larger calibres on small game at longer ranges and use the carcasses for animal feed.
As for your rifle choice for rabbits, if your ground is suitable and you can obtain a licence ok then a 22 lr is an awesome rabbit calibre and would be my preferred choice with its extra power and range and still very quiet over an air rifle.
Do you use thermal device? What is the model? Magnification?
Yes mate I'm using a pulsar hd38 not sure of the mag but its only low.
why they use silencer? i mean, its almost the same thing
The silencer or moderator does significantly reduce the muzzle noise to a level that is safe for our hearing although without using subsonic ammo its not possible to loose the muzzle crack. A moderator also helps to reduce felt recoil.
Thanks #260rips
Hi Mark, your rifle seems to be a right handed firearm in this video but in all your other vids I see that you are a lefty. Do you find it comfortable to shoot with the bolt on the wrong side? My buddy had just offered me his beautiful left handed Tikka in 25-06 and I am tempted even though I am a righty. Your thoughts?
I prefer a lefthand rifle but can use either 👍 this one was just on test
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260rips what do you do with all those foxes? are they edible or do you just sling them out lol
Unfortunately they are not edible or of any use for their skins anymore so yes, they are simply disposed of!
Not so much of a ''masterclass'' as a brief synopsis of what Mark does, rather than how he does it.