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  4. New Mount/Sportsmatch/Theoben 30mm Dampa Mount

    in Airgun Hunting

    Posted

    I got one of these the other day as I been wanting one for a while. Anyway wanting to get it set up quick, but with sideways rain and backwards flying gulls, I sat at the window watching the weather thinking!! As it is I have an 18m barn, so out I go and after moving a lot of junk upstairs to the sides and screwing a 12mm bit of ply on the end wall I have a 15m indoor range :D

     

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    After a few pellets to zero the scope I was getting pretty good results. I scanned these with red card behind so its pretty clear.

     

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    Not bad for a springer huh ? :whistling:

     

    I know its only plinking but its a chance to get out of the house while the weather is miserable (and it is here 10 months of the year) and it also keeps my eye in.

     

    Heres the mount on my HW95.

     

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    I would recommend the mount for springers (they do them to fit 1" scopes too), you may be able to get it cheaper if you search around though :good:

     

    Thanks for looking,

     

    all the best,

     

    Gav.

  8. feckin scammers

    in General Talk

    Posted

    Had the same sort of thing when I tried to sell a mobly phone, I just marked it as unpaid and sold it to the next highest bidder. Think its second chance offer you can do if your happy with the price as you say you are, will save relisting and a bit of bother. Hope that helps.

     

    EDIT : I was typing the same as SHOT same time as he was posting a reply. Sorry to duplicate.

  9. our great and pleasant land

    in General Talk

    Posted

    No cap rule I have heard of in witherspoons too and its mainly so you can see the faces of the chavs that normaly wear baseball caps on the cctv, thats what my mate said that used to work for them anyway, if you think about it cctv cameras are normaly mounted high up so if people wear baseball caps it obscures their faces making any footage useless if they kick off after a shandy ;) So I suppose in this case a jobs worth has made his/her mind up that its one rule for all.

  11. cheating the tax man

    in General Talk

    Posted

    You'd be better off worshipping the devil and lying to God about it, the penalties in that situation would be more bearable.

     

    I would imagine they would give you, and your employer a whopping great fine, audit you both and bring both of you to court if they could :yes: To be honest, with all the ducking and diving that does go on in life these aren't people you want to be messing with.

     

    Top reply that JG, I couldn't have put it better myself.

     

    I have had dealings with the tax man years ago, being self employed on a 715 cert, I managed to get it sorted in the end, but the tax man is one not to mess with, they do have the power to seize any of your goods, house, car and any thing they can get money for. The courts dont like tax fiddlers/dodgers as thats where their wages come from.

  12. New member intro

    in New Member Introductions

    Posted

    Nice intro and looks like your going about getting into the hunting game the right way. Always nice to hear someone getting insurance and getting sorted with permission and doing the gun club round, before jumping straight in. :clapper:

     

    Have fun reading and welcome :good:

  14. a stroll down memory lane!!!!

    in General Talk

    Posted

    Reading ??? Only had about 12 hours sleep all week mate ... its all your fault .. I do appreciate it though WOOHOO ;)

     

    hey EVERYTHINGS my fault ( thats what head office says(the missus))

     

    good reading though fella.............another trip down memory lane!!!

     

    sean

     

     

    Ohhhh yes :D

     

    Did I mention rainbow caili ... kaylie .. I cant spell it its been that long

  17. a stroll down memory lane!!!!

    in General Talk

    Posted

    Tizwas - swap shop !

     

    Big daddy (shirley crabtree) and giant haystacks on saturday grandstand!

     

    Platform shoes.

     

    Proper flares ...

     

    High waisters !

     

    Black skinheads !

     

    Crombies!

     

    FREE SPEECH !!!!!!!!

     

    Miners strikes and power cuts at certain times.

     

    Every one used the school bus !

     

    Sorry to bring this back to life but I said you unleashed a monster Sean mate, I cant sleep at night for thinking of things .... sad I know, you already told me :good:

  18. Handy tip!

    in Airgun Hunting

    Posted

    Right, the drying of the stock to the extent it may split has been bugging me, so I got a hold of the old boat builder I know he is eighty three and knows his stuff about wood etc, he also used to go shooting and had many a 12g, push come to shove I asked him about drying the stock out on a rifle his reply (roughly) "what a load of bollox, the stuff they use is hard wood, kiln dried and machined, what they hell is there to dry out on a hardwood stock, its already been dried and if it was going to split they wouldn't waste their time trying to make a stock out of it, besides that its then oiled or varnished which seals it. Who told ye that shite?"

     

    So there you go, I wasn't going to question the guy and he more or less laughed at me for asking, I wont question it might, but the possibilities are slim with a couple of tiny silica gel bags.

     

    Like I say I have used these for the last couple of years with no problem, they are tiny and only absorb a minimal amount of moisture, if the stock is hardwood kiln dried the chances of it drying out to the extent it may split or the choice of moisture ingress of the metal working parts of any rifle has to be your own choice. I know what my choice will be.

     

    Thanks for all the input guys an gurlz, I do take it on board and look at all the angles :good:

  21. Sex Discrimination by the Countryside Alliance

    in General Talk

    Posted

    I dont know about this one (thats not why I am making a comment though), but if this is the case then surely it should be illegal to advertise insurance on the same grounds i.e. "Sheilas Wheels" etc, there is a lot of it about, targeting solely women. I do agree with sporting age though and it is just a marketing venture to attract more women members, but then again on the other hand they should justify it by having a mens discount day huh :hmm:

  24. Handy tip!

    in Airgun Hunting

    Posted

    Additional points....the gel can be placed in an oven to dry it out, this will extend it's useable life.

     

    Be careful not to overdo the silica gel if your rifle has a wooden stock, it can dry the wood too much as well and split the stock!!!!!!

     

    Good points there, I had never thought of it drying the stock out, I have had two small bags in my sleeve (one at each end) for two years now and have just been and checked the stock out and not a crack in sight .. phew, the stock on mine is hardwood and I would presume they would dry the wood out well before the manufacturing process.

     

    Thanks for the input, its always good when people add things you never thought of yourself :good:

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