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  1. matt_hooks
    Jack, it's not about trust when it comes to gun safety. I'm not willing to accept a gun is safe unless I can physically see for myself. The best shooter, and the safest shot, in the world, can forget sometimes. I would insist on a breah flag, so that people can see, clearly, that the gun is in a safe condition. Even with the breach open, you have to get fairly close to be able to see for sure the gun is safe, and even then there could be a cartridge in the magazine, and a knock could cause the action to come forward and chamber the cartridge! The breech flags physically stop the action from ch
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    That's been my experience too jack, and yes, I'm referring to the fore end (as my original post clearly stated). What we're thinking of is something similar to the forward handle on the old Tommy guns. Synthetic might be ok, if it's the only option, as long as it looks reasonable, as the gun will be used on all sorts of live game days, the social event type! It might be acceptable to drill the existing fore end wood to fit a handle, and a synthetic might just pass muster, will need to have a word with the owner as it's not exactly a cheapo gun!
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    If he puts the .177 barrel on a .22 action he'll find he's well down on power! Mate, I shoot everything from .22 air rifle right up to .243 and beyond, plus 12, 20 and 28 bore shotguns. Shot a load of clays today with the 12, and the instructor keeps bollocking me for trying to "aim" at the clays, there's the rifle shooter in me! I know as well as anyone that it's all a matter of personal preference. I stumbled into .22 more by accident than anything, as I bought a .22 because it looked pretty, before I knew much about air guns, and just kind of stuck with it. The .20 is a good middle rou
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    A lady at the clay school I help out with has a wrist problem, which means she struggles to hold a standard straight fore end. Does anyone know of someone who makes pistol grip fore ends, like the old tommy gun grips? It needs to be something that doesn't look out of place on a best London gun, so plastic/metal are really out. The only way I can think is to get a decent stock maker to knock one up, but that will be an expensive option as it will need to be made to fit the fore end fixings etc, unless it can be made to be screwed to the existing woodwork. Ideas anyone?
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    Andy, I was joking about the barrel change, though I have to take exception to your casting aspersions on the .22 for long range shooting. If the useless organic bit on the end of the rifle does it's part (that's me) then it's a devastating round out to any sensible air rifle hunting range. The .177 might make things a little easier, but I think it packs less of a downrange punch.
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    Here's an idea. Nobody sells .20 pellets, so get hold of a .22 barrel and put it on. Your only problem will be an increase in ME, that might take you over the legal limit!
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    Old enough to hold a SGC, but not old enough to purchase his own gun or ammunition any more.
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    nah S200 aint regged its just got a standard knock open valve tony,, that works well in its sweet spot,, an it aint got a reg in cylinder,,how do i know,, i know the gun an its been in bits on my bench an i cant see one in this diagram http://www.gunspares.co.uk/showcatimage.asp?id=24235 ATB Niel Self regulating is a spectacular example of marketing speak. It actually means "not regulated" and is supposed to imply that the system is so clever that it doesn't need regulating.
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    Nice shooting, bet the farmer was pleased! Did you offer him some of the bunnies? I always do it with land owners. They rarely take any, but it earns big browny points! Bunny is great meat, totally lean, and virtually zero food miles. Also very tasty when well cooked. I often boil up a batch and pick the meat off. That gets rid of the gamey flavour, and helps to make the meat less chewy. Then you can cook it however you like, it makes a damn good curry, or great for adding to game pies. Personally I wouldn't hang them, but that's personal preference, and won't make much difference at this
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    Mate, I missed the second half of that. If your shoulder is bruising, then there is something wrong with your mount! Get yourself down to a clay school and get someone to have a look at your mount!
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    What Mick said. You can hold any number of shotguns on an SGC, you don't need to prove reasonable cayuse to hold each one as you do with FAC (as long as your security is deemed sufficient, different forces will interpret that in different ways, but any number up to 5 should be fine if your box is big enough) As for semi's in competition, they tend to be frowned on a bit. You can get plastic "safe flags" which go into the open breech to prove the gun is safe. Just make sure that you pick up all your empties, as the semi's tend to throw them all over the place and it's a bugger for the poor
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    Dont agree with you there mate....could be just whoever had it last hasnt shimmed the scope correctly.... all the other advice is more or less spot on though Darryl Which might mean the previous owner hadn't the foggiest what they were doing. If they've not set the scope up properly, what else might they have done wrong? I'd agree it's a cue to take a very close look at it and make certain everything is ok.
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    Were there any other issues, such as discolouration of the lung tissue, inflamed lymph nodes etc. ? Warble fly is unusual in England, but rife in Scotland. You see them more in Reds, but not unheard of in Roe, and they start in the gut and migrate through the flesh to under the skin :sick: , so could cause abscesses in the abdominal cavity. If there were other signs of infection, then I might suspect TB, but without the tubercules in the lung it's unlikely.
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    Get a carbon steel Frosts. Less than a tenner, and they'll hold a decent edge and do everything you need them to (and it doesn't matter too much if you manage to break them, though it's unlikely!)
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    The holes in the primer, and some showing leakage, would definitely make me suspect overpressure. Do you have any amunition from other batches? It could be that that particular batch has been loaded hot by mistake (unusual for Norma, normally very reliable, but mistakes happen). Also be worth running it over a chrono to check velocities. I would recommend trying a different batch to see if it causes similar issues. Your chamber might be on the low end of the tolerances, which can cause the pressures to ramp up. There are all sorts of reasons for high pressures, a lot of them to do with how the
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    The Combro has a very short measurement base, so loses somewhat in accuracy. For the extra £30 or so I'd go for an F1 every time. It's a great basic chrono, and upgradeable to your heart (or wallet)'s content, right up to a fully PC connective competition chrono. Mine lives in the boot of the car whenever I take the guns out (that's everything, from the legal limit air rifles right up to th shotgun and will use it for the full bore rifles too.) I got mine second hand but never used off eBay for £70, total bargain!
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    What load are you using? This sounds more like an overpressure rather than a firing pin problem. Are the caps flattened too? Are you running home loads, or factory ammunition?
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    If the presentation forces you to shoot it on the way down, remember that the bird is accelerating, which you don't really see with any other type of bird and so makes them easy to miss.
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    Email Derek Thomson on this address bookings@rumdeerstalking.com And tell him what you're after. He might be able to organise something. The goats are a pest on the NNR, and I think there is a planned cull so he might be able to help you. Fantastic place to shoot too! If you don't get a reply pm me and I'll have an ask, know the SNH head stalker pretty well (I worked with him for a year) so might be able to organise something.
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    Not exactly Inverness area (though not too far away) and I'm not sure if they'll let you shoot them, but there are plenty on the Isle of Rum!
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    Some pics might help mate. Do you have the spring, cam linkages etc? Take a few pics of the bits that you have and we'll see what's missing.
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    They shall not grow old...
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    External surfaces, leaving a decent thin film of oil will help to fight the dreaded tin worm. I use Napier gun oil, mainly because I like the smell. Any light oil will do the job though, WD40, plain old 3 in 1. The napier oil has a vapour phase corrosion inhibitor in it, that should help fight rust. Of course, with air rifles it's imperative not to get any oil based lubricant into the barrel or action, as this can cause dieseling, possibly damaging the rifle, certainly ruining accuracy and, in extreme cases taking a legal rifle over the limit into FAC territory.
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    Spend a bit of time here, get to know a few of us, and then maybe you will get some votes. Turn up on here, splash your pleadings over every single forum, and the chances are you'll be ignored at best. Clint, nice pic, where can I find the local naturist hunting ground?
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    Sorry for the thread drift, but when you say 9mm short barreled shotgun, how short a barrel do you mean? Why would a shotgun need to be on FAC? The only reason would be if it were below the minimum allowable barrel length, which would make it a section 5 wouldn't it? Also what was your "reasonable cause to hold"? I'm not having a go, just interested! Isn't the 9mm shotgun what I'd call a garden gun, firing brass cased shot cartridges?
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