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  1. midnight
    Most guns shoot 60% of there pattern above the bead 40% below . So sounds like its about right . Coaches say to shoot the legs off rabbits to get head shots . Sounds like everything is ok , it's just going to take practice . Lots of shells and start enjoying it and stop thinking to much . If it patterns like you say just stay conscious of that let everything else be natural . It's unlikely the pattern was I the problem With missing close stationary targets so don't worry about the choke either . Although I'd got with a tighter choke for crows . Start enjoying it and it will all fal
  2. midnight
    That's fantastic Kev thank you !!!
  3. midnight
    Bump for the bad ass big Damascus knife £140 posted recorded delivery !!
  4. midnight
    f**k me toby calm down mate !!! I have a habit of buying guns so thought I had the new excuse I need to get something . As far as I know nothing is wrong with 3" . Iv been reading loads about non toxic shot and steel being the most realistic priced option I looked into that more , from what I understand the extra 1/2 allows you to have a few extra shot in the cartridge = improving my chances especially with large shot size for geese . On the lake I'm happy to shoot my game gun with normal bismuth or steel loads ,but you make a good point on patterning with sub3" loads . Thank you the
  5. midnight
    Hello fellas I'm just branching out into wildfowling and need a suitable gun . I can't get on with semi autos so I'm looking at over unders sxs . Can you get bores lengthened to 3.5" ? All the best , matt
  6. midnight
    Thank you gents . The bigger of the two is now up for sale as coonboy will take the smaller . Asking price is £140 and I'm not budging on that sorry but it's these two that broke me and forced me to stop forging! Gaffer is happy to sheath it for you just pm him . All the best , matt
  7. midnight
    this pair are for coonboys eyes first as i still owe him first refusal . there made of nickel steel and spring steel . this is the last ever hand forged knives from me ,iv damaged my arm and can no longer do it , iv sold my anvils etc so there is no option to do it again . i can use a blacksmith friends power hammer when i want to but the cost go up and im to skint to aford it so i have to say his is the last for a long time . no sheaths on them because iv run out of leather and cat afford any of that either . so just a pair of knives from me . corian handles and brass fittings , with
  8. midnight
    Very very nice !!
  9. midnight
    For heat treating a big propane torch into a well lined box will work a treat . You will only need ceramic wool to line that Steve . The lighter the refractor the better on light fired forges , because anything mortar based takes up alot of fuel to get to heat and keep it there . You could use two army ammo boxes .one for clean motor oil to quench into and one as your forge . Cut two holes in the forge one , one at the end to feed work in to the forge , and one in the middle on the side for the torch . Line with ceramic wool and insert the nozzle of the burner , lighter her up wait 5 min
  10. midnight
    Ok this is a big and old topic but I think it's fair to say most options work but not all of them very well . A few things to think about are , what fuel charcoal / coke . Charcoal is easy to come by and looks cheap initially , until you use it then you go throught loads of it very quickly . It only has a few down sides . It burns very very hot and unless you know how to work it will burn or melt your blank very fast , also it sparks like hell. . The sparks are super heated and stick to you and burn til the fuel in it has been burnt . It pops and a shower of sparks goes in all directions .
  11. midnight
    Looks really nice ! I Make a nice blank I recon , what blank is it matt ? Looks like a fieldcrafter ? Edit iv just looked again and it's got a false edge , so I'm not sure now . Either way it looks great
  12. midnight
    I agre I think pigeons eat rape but don't actually like it or get enough from it to risk feeding on it if there is any danger , not like drillings they just can't help coming in . We shot a wheat field the other week, and we could shoot one, the rest lift off then just do a circle and decoy in again . One field over is a rape field. the same Birds came in once then that was it . I wonder if its worth the hassle ?
  13. midnight
    Nice , when I'm flush you can do a little engraving on one of my shotguns . Iv wanted the push gravers from the states for years now !! Maybe you could offer to engrave some of my blades that the guys have ?
  14. midnight
    Hi lads can anyone put me in the right direction for a good club to join on the east coast Boston area. !! All the best , matt
  15. midnight
    £100 for the machete . But unfortunately I don't have any sheath materials so could not Finnish one if I wanted to ! All the best , matt
  16. midnight
    Same as the post above !
  17. midnight
    hi fellas good reveiws all round then !! ok first is outlaw petes ok this is forged from high carbon steel and nickel steel for the cutting edge and a large bolt out of a horse drawn carrage thats rotted away on a properrty i know of for thupper part of the blade . its very very old proper wrought iron , wich i very early basic metal that has lots of impuraties and badly graded iron in its make up . this when twisted and forged then etched has its on amazing pattern. i have used that for the spine of the knife as was done for hundreds of years when steel was a rare material . it a
  18. midnight
    I have a rose bud nose like zak !! Not really but working on it .
  19. midnight
    Jesus your good at that Paul !! Iv just finished a 10" bladed version of yours Paul for fenlandfieldsports of here , it's a monster !!!! Glad your all happy with them . Due to a miscalculation on My part looks like i wont be back on the building work until July . So your stuck with me a little longer yet . Really trying hard to get money for a laser cut order together !!
  20. midnight
    I'd pattern it and see what happens then . I use the huge puddles that are on the fields at the moment . Stand back at 30 yards do a nice constant gun mount and aim for something that will remain the same even if you hit it ( grass or stubble above the water line usually) I think it will be gun fit and gun mount that's the problem , it was for me a good friend and pretty much everyone else that suffers the issue . Iv not replied because I think of myself as knowing alot , it's just I had this exact same problem with a couple of guns recently . There is some great tutorials on gun moun
  21. midnight
    I talked to a man in the know he said Remington 1100 to , you can pic them up for under £200 then get a proper gun smith to service it and fit any worn parts for new . And you will never look back , I hear the cycle any loads all day . I bet your £700 budget would cover all the above and you would still have half left , you can buy a couple of thousand shells with the rest ! And still have change .
  22. midnight
    We have a theory that you need the sunshine ,every good day iv had on my own or with company seems to have been bright ? I worked a long day yesterday to try to get at them this morning . Nobody can moan at one day a week off !
  23. midnight
    Thanks fellas . All the fields I have acces to are dead . I'm back to shooting crows on there way to roost . Doing that has accounted for half of my 76 crow kills . I got one tonight and missed loads more chances . I was to early tonight and got distracted then was not concentrating when the turned up . Just before sunset and just after seem to be the times to be on wait .
  24. midnight
    And now sold !all the best , matt
  25. midnight
    Sorry gents the bantam on the right in the pics is back up for sale . The guy that asked for it has not paid or replied to pms !!
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