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    Good for you and two great fella's there to assist, well done. Phil
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    As always Simon, nice photo's and write up. By the way, what mod have you got on the Rapid. Phil
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    I bought one last year but didn't fancy paying silly money and bought one from ebay for £83, to be honest it looks just like a Hawke 400 and possibly made in the same factory and does a fine job for me. There is also one which does night rangefinding with a few guys on AGF using them http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231883983135?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I try to estimate distance but not too good at it and test myself using the rangefinder as part of the learning curve but in truth very happy to stick with a rangefinder and worth every penny as far a
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    This is interesting because earlier this year a pal of mine has some shooting over quite a big area and was told by the farmer that he better leave the woodies alone. The reason for this was that the farmer had a visit from 'someone' who advised him that he HAD TO HAVE ACTUAL PROOF OF DAMAGE otherwise he could be taken to court. Now my pal didn't say who the 'someone' was but suggested it was quite official and certainly put the wind up the farmer. This could be taken out of context but it is as described to me although I thought at the time it was a load of rubbish but perhaps not.
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    Some of you will recall that a couple of weeks ago, we were talking of smoothing out my TX and Charlie Caller very kindly offered to do the work for me. Well yesterday I went over to my old home town of Sheffield armed with my TX and a Tinbum PRO Kit to meet up with Charlie. A warm welcome met me at the door with a chat and coffee before we made a start. Tim is no stranger to tuning so he was quite at home with the work to be done. First off was to fire the gun so Tim could see what it was like before starting, the muzzle flip / twanging was apparent and this was my main concern. The r
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    Thanks chaps, I think I will try my HW for a bit as I already have one. Then take my time if I feel I need to look for something better but that won't be until I have had the Rapid tuned. Phil
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    Yes I think it will be interesting Tom.
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    I did pop on my HW mod and agree it works, certainly quieter than the mod supplied on the gun. My HW mod is from my .177 and I only dry fired for a test, not sure if they are cal dependent or dual use. Phil
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    Those of you who use FAC air rifles, what mod have you found to be the most effective. My Rapid came with a mod in place but it is not great so looking to replace it so any thoughts. Phil
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    You asked for 54-56'' so how can 49'' be okay although the original sizes you asked for seemed way too long for an air rifle. Phil
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    I had a look at the grey laminate version in the rfd today - f**k me that was nice thumbs: I can only agree with you Jon. When I popped into ASI last week they gave me one of the few FX product books that are in the UK with a lovely photo of the laminate stock version, ooooooohh seriously good looker. Phil
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    Thanks chaps, I thought you might say that and had more or less decided on Sportsmatch. I switched to BKL mounts a little while and am very happy with them, pricey but good. I have never used a one piece mount before, the one I bought was CHEAP so worth a try.............. Sportsmatch it is then. Phil
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    As above
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    T20 but prefer NV unit instead. Phil
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    I just bought a one piece BKL mount for my TX from another forum but it isn't a BKL, not fussed it was cheap and I'm sure someone will make use of it. Of the one piece mounts out there does anyone know who make the lightest because this thing is 200grm which makes it a waste putting on a Mamba Lite scope. I did have normal two piece mounts on the TX with no issues but as I am changing all the scopes around, I thought it was worth asking. Phil
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    Welcome aboard Shaun You have some good chaps up your neck of the woods for advice. Enjoy and get involved. Phil
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    The thing is Mark, if you are sitting in the hide, a heavier rifle is not going to be such an issue I would have thought. Perhaps a different story if you were doing a lot of walking around the perm as I often do and then I even think the HW is a dead weight which is why I am trying the Ultra and have a craving for the Wildcat. Phil
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    Just a bit of guess work here but if the guns were sold new in France, they would not be registered with UK firearms dept possibly so to have them reduced to sub 12 and sold into the UK might be okay. If I were you, I would email UK police firearms to establish the correct procedure, then you will have a response in written form to work from. Phil
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    My wife and I had 'Road Angels' and they saved us on quite a few occasions but they both died so now we get caught, my wife has just been on a speed awareness day and I am waiting for paperwork to come back for me to go on one..............................................fcuk. Must tell you Si, you can set an alarm for a new speed trap that is not picked up on the system and one day whilst working out how to do that task sat on the drive at home, cracked it I thought, until I twigged that I set a new speed trap alarm in the drive so every day as I pulled into the drive the fcuking alarm we
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    Mr wabbit looks a bit damp Si. Paperwork is good but better off being out even if it is quiet mate. Phil
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    A few years ago when we had the bad winter, I think it was 6 years ago, I couldn't get on the motorway to go to work because of blocked roads, we had the patio table for some reason on the lawn. Under the table was a perfect 4' circle of grass, everywhere had about 6 - 8'' of snow and that 4' circle of grass had curlew, redshank, plover, snipe and one oyster catcher most of which were captured on the camera. I don't think I will ever forget those days just looking out of the window at all these birds popping in and out, I recall putting down over 20kg of wild bird seed and a large drum of fat
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    I assumed there would be a good reason so thanks for that mate. Phil
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    Well I am only 1.5 miles from the Humber estuary so perhaps that is why he is here. On the RSPB register they are classified in the region as 'very rare' so I think I have been lucky to have this fella sat in the garden for most of the day, in fact he only took off when a bloody cat jumped over the wall and scared him off. I have been wanting to clear out all the tommy plants from the greenhouse today but as he was only a few feet away from the greenhouse door, that job didn't get done. Hope he is back again soon. Phil
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    Just having a chat with a friend on the phone when I saw an a bird out of the corner of my eye...................................a woodcock. Now they are pretty rare to find in the woods let alone in my little cottage garden and sat right next to one of my targets. Yes I could shoot him as it is still rooting around in the fallen leaves but what a cracking sight, I am happy just to watch. Sorry about the photo quality, taken through the window. Phil
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    Apart from shroud and longer cylinder, what else have you had Carl do to the gun Toby. Phil
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