Knackered in a word! First dry day in eons so grafting are arses off trying to get the work done. Now sat down with a drop of zyder. It's all good though thanks.
Good choice! I have two that I've been using for 3 year's solely for work, both rigged for NV.
Never let me down once, they have paid for themselves many times over.
I've got a fair few mole jobs booked in next week already which is useful as I have a guy coming down from Bolton to do training. The rodent work this year is off the scale! Not seen a season like it for probably fifteen years or so.
Nowhere near as much rabbit work though? Swings and roundabouts.
It's always great to see these classics doing what they were built for!
I'm still on the look out for a good clean example, it's like looking for the cradle of life lol
Just don't eat them too quick, boy they will give you indigestion! But still love them, especially in the summer as part of a ploughman's lunch with a good pint of real scrumpy or real ale.
Thank you, she/both were part of a twenty gun collection sold to my favourite gun shop, they know I'm always on the look out for" interesting" !
Apparently must of the other rifles were compete binners.
Hoping to get a chance to look at them properly this week when the weather turns bad.
My latest additions as of this afternoon.
Both dieseling like hell, but will be stripped, degreased, guide and top hat, new quality springs if needed and lubricated appropriately.
Both .25,s