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BSA LIGHTNING GRT View Advert BSA Lightning se xl grt. In 22 calibre. Hardly seen any use and in mint condition. Nikko Sterling 3-9 × 40 mount master scope and one piece mount. 1/2 tin of pellets. Very good quality BSA gun bag. Nice rifle. Advertiser Bird Catcher Date 31/03/26 Price £300 Category Airguns  

View Advert BSA LIGHTNING GRT BSA Lightning se xl grt. In 22 calibre. Hardly seen any use and in mint condition. Nikko Sterling 3-9 × 40 mount master scope and one piece mount. 1/2 tin of pellets. Very good quality BSA gun bag. Nice rifle. Advertiser Bird Catcher Date 31/03/26 Price £300 Category Airguns  

Traditional bacon and onion pudding. Wife has "heavy" sauce on it, mix of cheese and parsley sauce with lots of extra parsley. Personally don't like either !

Med rare silverside, roast spuds, spring greens,carrots, roast parsnip and gert homemade Yorkshire pudding

Quite regularly see wild ones here, only last 10 year mind, black as your hat and some of the dog ones are massive. Coming over Watership Down at about 5 - 5.30 am not unommon to see them, either darting into the verge or run over. No idea what they're eating as there certainly ain't the rabbits here that there used to be. Personally I'd stick to ferrets mate ( tried/ tested etc). I get the idea of something different but for me.. my old family of small, skinny little ones do OK. And we got mostly deep chalk earth's here.

Found this whilst cleaning out my shed. KP & S Nets if I remember. Not used in years, always a box now, but handy back in the day!!

Thought some on here might be interested in seeing an old silver pigeon medal I just picked up in a house clearance shop. No inscription but I think hallmark is 1926. Nice thing

Personally I like to do them in 1/2 scrumpy cider and 1/2 chicken stock, I brown off the rabbit joints first (seasoned flour) in butter , then add a good amount of fatty bacon, leeks, carrots , parsnips and a good couple of onions. I chucks in whole peeled potatoes and slow cooks it for 5 hours. About an hour before the end I puts in the left over seasoned flour to help thicken it. The spuds start to break down and soak in the juice ! Bloody dribbling now writing this. Oh forgot to say I puts in some Thyme either dried or fresh , whatever i got at the beginning. Try it !

Thanks OTC for dating the Fenn, bit older than I thought. Regarding Fenn mk1 rabbit traps, used to have lots and bought them from Scats ( (now Mole Valley Farmers) wish I'd kept hold of a good few, only have 1 left !

Could anyone please date this (mk4?) I belive early to mid 60's. Not had one with the thumb loop built into the jaws and a thin wire safety (more like a fish hook than a safety!) Also looking to buy old traps Fenn mk1, imbra and decent gins (especially small ones). Cash or possible exchange traps, cartridges or vintage air guns

Cheap cartridges View Advert Mostly 12g 28g fibre, 30% ish high pheasant approx 275 20g approx 135 mostly Italian (Sipe) again fibre 40 28g 12 x 3in 410 Good few paper cases mixed in Open to offers or WHY Near Andover Advertiser Bird Catcher Date 06/10/23 Price £1 Category Shotguns