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  1. comanche
    I rubbed it some more and a Genie appeared ?! Unfortunately ge had a strong Arabian accent and was hard to inderstand. Three times l said "l wish you would speak more clearly." After which he said in perfect English "That's your quota used up," punched the air and disappeared in a puff of smoke. But yes it does say Fenn on both handles. I probably kept this one because l think the trigger plate is a bit funky.
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    You could be right about the curved jaws being better. I've always thought that the straight ones were more likely to drag in the bottom of the run tather than glide to a close . I once took a disc cutter and pliers to batch of brand new straight jawed traps in order to alter them into a curve!
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    I'll have to untangle the Tildesley from the bundle of "interesting " but unspectacular scissor-traps hanging on a wire in the shed and have a look now. A picture of The Fenn ; I couldn't see a name at first but under the rust it is stamped A FENN on the top crosspiece of the handle . The trigger plate has a neat little adjustable tang for sensitivity but only on one side and if l recall l found that there was something not quite right about them. That could my ineptitude though?
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    Just to prove your point about Mr Fenn never sleeping that trap in the picture is very similar to the ones l have somewhere ,but not the same. Damn,l'm going to have to tip the boxes onto the lawn; they are bound ,of course ,to be right at the bottom . In the meantime....as opposed to Tinsley , a Tildesley?
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    Didn't Fenn also make a little scissor - style mole trap with square jaws? May even have some deep in the shed . Interesting thread "Ken".??
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    Bit of inner tube to hold the lid on Make sure you leave room to flick the safety catch off. Schoolboy error ?; l had to chisel a slot to make room for it on this one. They seem to work better if a bit of daylight shows through the closed end. There are always gaps in my woodwork anyway?. I just staple a bit of mesh over the bigger ones. I just went into the garden to photograph this one that hangs permanently on my fence. It holds a Fenn no 6 so the tunnel is stepped down to be narrower. The entrance can be restricted further with loose curtains of chicken mesh that a sq
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    I won't put you off a Supersport. I don't know what the new ones are like but l had one of the last of the original Birmingham-made ones. It may not have looked trendy,a bit plain looking but a real gem . It was so silky smooth to cock and shoot it was hard to believe it was close to the limit. Lighter, more powerful and more accurate than my old Weihrauch 97k it also made the tuned Walther Terrus l briefly owned seem agricultural. It was an easy decision to sell both in favour of the Supersport. I would still have the Supersport but was given a Feinwerkbau 127 that only neede
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    They even have some Early Learning toys. I thought mine were spoiled? Seriously , they look lovely. Good luck with them!
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    A customer gave me four gun slips yesterday. One is a B.S.A Centenary slip. A quick search reveals that they came with a limited edition of 1000 Commemorative Airsporters in 1982. Does anyone know if the slips were available only as part of the set or if they were available separately? To be honest while it looks good ,apart from the excellent padding it is really a bit of a triumph of style over substance. The dog leg design means the zip doesn't run very smoothly. It's very pretty though.?
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    From what l've been told and read, if a ewe is still breathing a ram will treat her as fair game! But the process of carrying the lambs and especially producing milk can be a tremenous drain on a ewe of any age. The farmer l had most of my lambs from told me that body condition is more important than a ewe's age . This is linked with her teeth which wear out as she gets older. An old sheep on easy living may support herself with poor teeth for longer than a commercial farmer would keep her alive but can't eat fast enough to match the drain of energy used in pregnancy and r
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    Bottles are good for getting a lamb used to the fake teat but a the suckling bucket is so much easier and more natural and possibly produces better lambs. Put it this way . A very new lamb might start off on a manageable pint or so a day but at peak milk demand the lamb will be asking for three or four pints a day .Which means half a dozen bottle feeding sessions per lamb per day set to the human timetable. Or you could go for bucket feeding. Simply put a day's supply of milk substitute in the bucket and let the lambs feed themselves ad-lib ,just as they would in the fiel
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    Really good luck. l've had a few sheep for a few years but have always bought "by-product" lambs from a sheep dairy farm . This means l've a fair bit of practice with bucket suckling but this is the first time l've bred any myself. So l'm definately a beginner regarding lambing. Your kids will no doubt learn about the sad side of keeping livestock but it only takes a really tame ewe or a cute lamb to compensate. Good luck!
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    This is Alan the ewe safely indoors with baby George, unsurprisingly George is also a little girl! There have been a few more since. First steps. Which was a relief because the big lad in the front needed a " helping hand "to come out. Here he is 10 hours later. I'm probably not supposed to have a favourite but.....?
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    Alan ,despite the name , is a ewe. Alan was declared unpregnant . This is Allen and her baby?
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    From experience messing around with a severalTellys and Tornadoes too much spring compression makes the trigger pull very heavy. Trying to improve things with the adjustment screw simply results in a dangerously hair trigger. As did (when l tried it anyway ) polishing the trigger parts. I cut the springs down a couple of coils at a time until l found a compromise. I've never seen a trigger kit for a Relum and doubt anyone has ever marketed one for such a budget rifle.The balence between the very positive trigger catch and spring length seems to be the main limiting factor
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    Yep, depending on the design of trap you might or might not choose to fiddle with the triggers to adjust sensitivity. But when it comes to weathering ,Old Phil is spot on; let em weather on the job.?
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    There is something to that point, but not necessarily in every case. I saw the Rolling Stones at Wembley in the 90s. It was boring. Likewise an AC Dc concert, though everyone else seemed to think they were great. Saw Thin Lizzy three times in the mid 70s when they were in their prime ,before they lost their melodic roots and style. I wish l hadn't gone to see them again a couple of years later because they had become just another second rate rock band. On the other hand l saw an aging Peter Green perform in a Civic Hall. He could hardly stand and fluffed a few notes but l reme
  18. comanche
    That little rifle is somewhere between 50 and 77 years old. The Lyman sights are original factory fittings! Selling them knocks a load of value off the rifle.
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    Obviously l don't know the situation but it sounds like you need to minimise the number of times you go in the customer's house for Covid safety. And need to take precautions to prevent squirrels accessing a bait that's not approved for use against them. The old "collateral damage" argument doesn't stand up. I'd bait the loft for rats and keep top- up checks to a minimum and lace the fences ,garden or exterior of the house with traps for visiting squirrels . That way there is a good chance of them being caught before they can enter the roof and find rat bait . Any squi
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    There is a very strong chance ferrets could get Covid 19. In fact l would lay odds scientists have been deliberately infecting them with the virus for the last few months ! They are succeptable to flu ,which is a corona virus. It is one of the reasons ferrets are used in laboratories for research and vaccine production .
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    The reel is pretty old and who knows how many previous owners it had before ending up on a charity shop. So it's probably a bit much to expect a guarantee . On the other hand ,l've lost count of the times I've layed out £1.40 on half a pint of brand new maggots only to find out that in my experience very few of them work properly and actually catch fish. And when they do ,the fish are pretty small. I tried complaining to the man in the tackle shop but he laughed. So l threatened him with a visit from Trading Standards and he stuck a rod- rest up my nose.
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    At least one person on this forum has been trialling the rat version in a real life situation....l should wait for him to add to the thread before parting with your money.?
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    I haven't tallied-up yet but l feel numbers wise it's been a reasonable year for nests,but strange. The Season started early,first proper brood nest the size of an orange ,26th April. Then several nests a week all through May. Apart from two manic weeks l haven't been working until dusk like l often do in Summer but it's been comfortably steady and the hours have been so much more civilised . As well as an early start to The Season it seems to be still ticking along,with nests still coming to light. I always reckon Bonfire night is the cut-off point when the gear is pu
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    Centrepins are so much easier to feel when to give and take line you get much better direct control than with a fixed spool clutch .
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    Yes. My mate weighed it on his scales and announced it was 9lb! The micky taking so and so? After the net was deducted we settled on maybe a tad over 18
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