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Midges were bad yesterday. I was over in fort william stalking last week, and it was bad at times. Smidge works for me. The stags are just beginning to get moving, and the first roaring should be any day now / next week. It is always worth seeing and hearing that. we stalk the other side of Fortwilliam, at Corpach and Locheil, and the scenery is quite something.

Just a few bar will keep the o rings in place and stop anything getting into the cylinder, but it is best to keep the cylinder above about 50 bar, it is far easier to re charge from a decent pressure and will heat up less. All pressure vessels will loose pressure when freshly charged, particularly if charged quickly. the cylinder heats up, the gas increases in pressure because of this and can loose 20 plus bar when it returns to ambient temperature, so if a new gun drops a little i would not worry, just check it in a few days, it is is still at a stable pressure dont worry, if it continue

I have been on tramadol for a couple of years on and off. Most days one or two are enough. I have been up to 8 a day for weeks on end. I never get a buzz off them, or other effect other then pain relief. I am able to work each day, and would not have been able to without some form of pain relief. I am also lucky enough to be able to come off them at any time with no effects, other then an increase in pain, which is to be expected. I am well aware of all the side effects possible, i did pharmacy many years ago, but am lucky enough to experience none of them.

Hi Andy could you pm me your address, happy to send you a wee goody bag but unsure of the address. cheers dave

All Just read this, what a terrible situation. If someone can pm me Andys address i will send down a goody bag of bits and pieces to cheer him up. I have a spare set of pocket binoculars he can have, and i work in the shooting fishing industry so can make up a small box of useful bits and pieces, things like some water repellent for his hat and jacket, some glues and sealants, a wee knife and any other shiny things i have in the store. cheers Dave

Some do from time to time, and then spoil it for themselves, these pages are full of examples. Where are you in Aberdeenshire, i may be able to send you to a couple of farms i not longer shoot. Not huge but 3-500 acres and though not stuffed with rabbits all have them. I was out tonight helping with a syndicates pheasants and found they had a fox problem, and that the rabbits are damaging the pheasant cages. They also have barns with feral pigeon problems. My son and i will enjoy clearing the barns with the air rifle, but have emailed a few friends to help with the foxes as i dont have the

I found getting ground reasonably easy. Firstly look for areas that have lots of vermin, basically look for areas with plenty of rabbits and pigeons. If there are a lot then they are not controlled. Offer your services free, and if you are clean, neat, polite and the kind of person they would want on their ground then it is easy enough. I rent a lot of ground but this can be a token payment £25 each for 4 of us and for all species, but deer are not common on the ground, roe and red, but the rabbits are world class. I am in a few syndicates but also have a lot of free ground. To be honest i am

The problem is that the idiots who are looking at this want to release them in Aberdeenshire, and it is hardly the highlands. Aberdeenshire can be driven across in an hour or so. It has 2 cities and dozens of large towns. It is the Oil capital of the Uk with many major oil company HQ's and has the worlds busiest heliport. Almost every mountain or hill has people out on it at the weekend, skiing in winter, walking in summer. This is not a quiet wilderness, and every hill and moor will have stalkers and grouse shooters, mountain bikes and skiers or farming. It is one of the last strongholds

The bottle size is irrelevant. If you have tried to fill 3 rifles off it and all are only going to 130 bar (ish ) then there is only 130 bar in the tank. A 200 bar cylinder 3/4 full is 133 bar or there about so all sounds correct to me.

Those small gauges are really inaccurate, and are really just a guide to the pressure. You will have about 190 bar, and both gauges may be slightly out. it is not a worry however and the gauges are accurate enough for air gun use

Yes, Diverdave was my forum name on all the diving forums years ago. When i retired from diving 8 years ago a lot of people still called me diverdave and it kind of stuck!

i repair anglers waders, life jackets and divers dry suits. I also buy returned waders and ex show stock from manufacturers, and then test and seal them. I get quite a few wildfowler customers, and now get waders from all over europe. We trade as Diver Daves wader repairs and do work for a number of UK suppliers

That is right, he is in Montrose guiding now. He has invited me down a few times now but i have always been busy. I have met up with him a couple of times, and serviced all his waders. By all accounts he sounds like he is doing well

Those are not ones i know, I know John Lewis and Ian Gill well, and have shot with them both many times. The sport can be spectacular up here Here is a couple from from last week, 2 of four i managed to grass, not taken with the air rifle i must add! These fellas need the 30:06 during the rutt. Taken up in Caithness

Matt, i know what it is like to be new and struggling to get ground in Aberdeenshire, now i am in a different situation and cannot get onto some of the ground i have year on year. I will be happy to take you out, lets see how you shoot and if all goes well i can introduce you to some land owners, it is then up to you to keep them! I also have a couple of friends who are pro guides and are often looking to make up numbers or to help with vermin control, i used to be out with them all the time, though i rarely have enough time now but once i have introduced you, it is up to you and them!