Hi buddy, thanks. I have been out on the foxes this week and will get the video out shortly .

Hi Stephen, welcome back to air gunning, things have moved on a bit since we started out haven't they. I still have one springer I bought back in the 80's (a Weihrauch HW35 De Luxe in .22), the rest of my collection are all PCP's. It is getting harder to get permissions, I feel your pain. On the face of it, you seem to have a prime opportunity there but in the end it's down to the land owner, you can't win them all. It might pay you to point out that it is the responsibility of land owners / commercial premises owners to control rat infestations, if the poison isn't working, then you would have a good argument for shooting as a reasonable and humane alternative. I personally am not a great fan of poisons and think a well placed pellet is a much more humane form of dispatch. Might I suggest you look at other opportunities such as equestrian centres, they are often plagued by rats and rabbits, you could also try golf courses. You mentioned, shooting crows and pigeons in your garden. As a word of caution, you might want to get up to speed with the latest "General Licences" to ensure you are not breaking the law as things have changed since you last picked up an air rifle. Unfortunately, shooting a pigeon in your garden because it crapped on your car or wakes you up in the mornings is no longer a valid reason for shooting it :-)

Hi Alex, glad you enjoyed the video. I bought the Scorpion second hand from my local gun shop. It had a quality but badly fitted HFT stock on it which I changed for a genuine Scorpion stock. As far as I can make out, the previous owner fitted a Huma regulator, over barrel moderator and Huma combined pressure gauge and fill port. It also has a stainless pellet probe with oversize cooking handle. It doesn't appear to have been tuned as far as I can tell. The magazine was a very tight fit and would jam when I first got it, I had to carefully sand the back of the mag on a flat surface to get it to fit properly....now shoots like a dream 👍