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If shooting pigeon over decoys, at about 30--35 yards range, it would be fine. I would use 30grm of No6. Might be a bit too wide for some rough shooting situations, where you may get pigeon rising and going away, for instance.

That's quite an old bit of film. I believe the low flying was arranged for photographs, so it was sort of set up, but he wasn't supposed to get hit. Not clear if the wing edge caught him or the undercarriage brace. Lucky anyway, to be out of the 6foot arc of the prop!!

I don't think you can generalise about skeet guns like this, nowadays. When I started shooting, a skeet gun was usually a flat shooting, open choked 26" barreled job. These days skeet shooters seem to use a variety of guns, from 28" up to 32", and use a little more choke. Maybe 1/4, and some a bit more.As most are really sporters,they will shoot roughly 2/3 high, 1/3 below. If you have a particular gun in mind, you need to pattern it on a plate, or a length of lining wallpaper with a cross drawn on it.

I tend to agree with RicW here, keep quiet for a while. Hot on the heels of Cumbria, we now have a man running round Northumberland,already killed one and wounded two. Seems determined to shoot at police until they take him out, or death by cop as it's called. Locally, we had a gun club member call a taxi to a deserted railway station, then shoot the poor driver. The court decided he just wanted to see someone shot to death! There may well be repercussions coming, from all this unwanted negative publicity, and we should be ready, but active campaigning right now could be very counter producti

That is a bonny puppy, I hope she finds a good home. I have known a couple of gundogs with only one eye, over the years. Never been a problem, they don't seem to miss much.

Mick, many people shoot clays with fixed choke guns, and do very well. I think it's a matter of finding out what you're gun and cartridge combination can do, then shooting to suit, regarding leading the bird etc. A good mate I shoot with, uses a Browning, choked 1/4 and 3/4, he knows through experience how to get the best out of it, and is frequently in the running for "high gun". On the other hand, many clay shooters, stand and watch a bird for a bit, then decide what chokes to fit, and this can be different every stand. Most clays are probably shot with multi choke guns, because nearly all

A mate of mine has his cabinet bolted to the joists in the loft. His FEO was quite happy with this,as the loft ladder is easy to use. He did say however, that he would not be happy if it meant dragging some steps out of the garage then upstairs.As Compo says, the temptation to not put it away would be perceived as rather high. I don't like the way his gun is all but frozen in winter. I have read where someone suggested a low wattage lamp in the cabinet to keep the temperature reasonable.

My CZ Style shoots about equal on Eley and Winchester subs. So as the Winchesters are a bit cheaper, I stick to those. It might be the waxy lubricant having an effect, but I think the Winnies are a bit cleaner too.

Maybe I was affected by site / system mods going on?Anyway, yesterday, I logged in ok, then could not open new content. Tried all the separate sections, and nothing at all!! Couldn't log out either, so found myself still logged in now. All seems to be fine now, back to normal.

hi there mate the gun in question that has been banned fires 380 blankes, i mad a mistake on the above part, the olympic 6 .22 is the 22 one.look the same just a size differance. havent been able to get on the internet to correct my self for the last 2 bloody weeks. thanks BT for that. sorry for the confusion. All the best Andy Thanks for that Andy, I thought the .22 version was ok. Good job, as we only bought the new one last month! I have seen a warning in the local paper, that the amnesty on the .38 model was running out.Possibly last Friday was the final day, the paper has gon

Can someone confirm that an Olympic .380 actually fires big blanks of about 9mm? Why I ask, is that my wife has just bought an Olympic6,.22, as her other .22 blank pistol is getting worn out. We have heard nothing yet from our various gun dog clubs about this, perhaps because nearly everyone uses a .22 type for training. I suppose you could convert any blank firer, if you were so minded, but as previously mentioned, the metal quality is so poor, it's debatable which end would be most dangerous!

17.6 pence per bang! Some will be more.

My favorite bird, I used to pass a field they seemed to like, on the way to work 20 odd years ago. Regularly saw flocks of maybe 150 birds. Gradually see less and less round here. I get quite excited if I see more than 4 or 5 together now!

If you go on the shooting uk website, there is a shoot-finder facility. This is mainly aimed at clay grounds near your post code area, but as some have zeroing ranges, you may be lucky.

I 100% agree with this post. I think 6 weeks is too early for a pup, 7 weeks is borderline and 8 weeks perfect. If people breed for money then the sooner the better, and the new owner ends up with all the problems. A new pup should be treated like a human baby, given love, warmth and comfort. If you think the constant crying is a problem for you think about what the poor pup is going through. Cut the guy slack, he asked a question that he probably knew the answer but wanted to start a topic and stroke all your egos...... Looks like he succeeded. Cut the guy some slack?