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    nice gun mate, if i wasnt in the same boat as you i would have it like a shot and only up the road :-( good luck on the sale mate
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    http://www.nobs.org.uk/ any good for you mate?
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    just me mate, but of for pigeons i would be heading the semi route, a good day on the pigeons may give you a sore shoulder, dont get me wrong silver pigeons are great but they would be used a few times a year on game days for me, not sat in a hide... thats just me and im sure more will come along with alot more help than i have been... good luck in whatever you choose mate
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    dunno ian, a mate of mine rushed in and bought a 10 yr old one and it shouldnt of passed it mot... a lwb and under rear seats dont know what was holding seats up, rear archs, sills..... me personally would have scrapped it.... hes not getting 20 mpg but then smokes real bad..... i guess hes just got a bad un .... put me of them though when i saw just how bad his is
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    welcome aboard mate
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    been nice to see all the great replies to this thread as im also in exactly the same boat, with a beretta 391 ...... since i got the gun i havnt used it the past of couple of weeks untill i get round to patterning.... also have the shims etc so will get a nice day pattern etc and hopefully will get me in the right direction. 1 thing i will say is moving from rifle to shotty isnt as easy as i thought it would be ....... a complete different ball game and my problem has been stopping and not following through, too much time looking through a scope and not enough looking down a bead and foll
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    i think everything has a place, for me and the land i have permission of 12ft lb is ideal, other places shotguns come into place. as already said i would worry with some of the stories you read if a halfwit got hold of a high power rifle, there not even safe with a water pistol. im happy with the law as it is.... end of the day if you have the need for fac you will get one,atleast the weapon of choice is licensed and more chance of being in a responsible shooters hand.... just my thoughts, all the best steve
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    its one of those grey areas i really wouldnt want to challenge, in the very near future i will be going for fac.... purely for bunnies, some longer range sniping, but doesnt seem right that my brother could take over and use that but not a spare shotgun while under my supervision for avian control.... mind you theres alot of grey areas and also feo's that dont know there job, pleased i have decent mentors. I've got a feeling you would make the Nationals, and Breakfast TV, and 6 and 10 News! You may even get a write up in Hunting Life! lol would give you all some g
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    This is what we are doing, have about 9 people one in each wood keeps them moving about . we had all 12 woods covered and was nothing about :-( well not compared to whats been around past few weeks
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    i just dont want to be the test case with my ugly mug front page of local papers
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    on saturday had all the local woods covered..... i didnt get a shot of, mate in next wood had 2 shots of and nothing, another got 4 and is a cracking shot, another got 15 and a cracking shot, another got shed loads.... dunno about the rest but week before was hundreds taking of , guess wrong place at the wrong time
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    was told by my keeper its a grey area... although i have permission to shoot on the land from the 2 keepers, they have the rights to shoot and can only let people shoot the land who has a sgc,something about an old law???? but if i had fac i could let my brother use. however he also said its down to me if i let my brother shoot, they will back me if police get involved and as im insured etc etc it "should" be ok, but as i havnt had sgc for long i dont want to risk it.
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    i got 3 anchors in my bicep holding it togther, had to have half my muscle stitched back on so still weak from a year ago.... tried a franchi 20g and that was great but was faulty so went and did some searching and for me as sometimes i cant hardly move my arm i decided on a beretta 391 and shooting pigeons its great, hardly any kick and so far doing well with it, one thing about the benellis, the gunshop and keepers told me to becarefull as there recoil system is different to gas auto and would definately kick more... get out and try as many as you can mate..... i found the sx3 hurt my should
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    says several bolts mate so i would say yes :-)
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    if you know where the bunnies will be, and have a good idea where you will be waiting, get some old garden canes and stick in the hedgerow at 10 yard intervals with shotty cartridge or masking tape etc on top so you can see easily them at night.... makes life easy with nv or lamp, all the best steve
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    got my first beaters day this saturday and bloody dreading it, was getting used to shooting 20 bore but guns knackered, so now borrowing a keepers 12bore, so new gun, never used, im nervous as heck lol.... must say though will make a change loosing my hat in the brambles.
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    nice reply Halamrose one thing i would as someone who is pretty new to the shotgun scene, once you have permission to shoot on, spend a day walking round and learning the lay of the land, you will soon where you can shoot and make a mental note of where shot will land. choice and guage is a good one, for me with a knackered shoulder, 3 anchors holding muscles together i chose to start of with a 20bore as after having a go with my mentors shotguns the 12 bore even in semi auto was to much for my shoulder to enjoy using. Hushpowers are nice and quiet, no ear defenders needed etc, but
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    hopefully his feo is more willing and helpful than mine, not sure if its true but was told by my keeper that there being taken over my group4, mine was useless, and to be honest wasnt a smooth ordeal, luckily my 2 mentors are experienced gamekeepers and they helped me no end ....they rang my referee and gamekeeper and spent 30 mins quizzing my partner... sure hope the ops ordeal is better than mine certainly put me of applying for fac for sure, still recovering from my ordeal hehe, all the best
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    nice pics mate, i to wish it would calm down a bit as getting rooted to the chair here grrrrr
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    as above mate, mines been slowly creeping up,to be fair not by much but every tin of pellets i chrono... although from new i did remove the thick crudy grease as shown on youtube, think it was cubeycat.....that didnt really effect power but also when cold it didnt seem to effect power much either like some other people seem to pick up.. if i was you though i wouldnt worry one bit atleast if stopped by the police youre in the safe side of power, now if it was 11.9 on chrono then i would be worried as heard police use the best pellets they can to take your gun over the limit...... all the best
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    good job i didnt use my real name of simon papillon and tell them i live in a small village in landonion or else they would know who i was
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    we had a few biters in our time, sometimes takes a week or 2 for them to settle in, 2 we picked up a year back was bad biters to the point they would run at you and latch on, with them it was a matter of scruffing and showing who is boss, also when he bit dont put down as he realised he was getting his own way. sounds like your is nervous so i would get some ferret paste from pet shop, been using it for years or some ferret oil.... they cant snatch and run of with them, what we did was squirt a tiny amount of paste out of tube and in no time he will come over to you, close eyes and do a sill
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    dunno what i would do with 4 kids in house, if they woke up to 4 men in masks in middle of night they would be terrified, if they broke in then they would be armed with crow bar,sledgehammer, a scary thought...i know for one if they got to me what could 1 person do against 4 especially half asleep. years ago i had a knock on the door when i was single and opened up door and 4 men came in, 1 said he had a gun and the other had a baseball bat, i had bruises over my back from one side of my back to the other, thoughts of running to kitchen and grabbing a kitchen knife sprung to mind,all sorts ,
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    if theres talk about happening here then il put straight in for fac, i have sgc so a 410 for ratting, 20b hushpower for quiet times, on the look out for a game gun..... air rifles for close vermin control, at the first sign of any trouble of goes my fac application, sell 2 air rifles and get a long range powder burner.... i have 2 gamekeepers that will help me across the rocky road of fac... but how many others will be forced down this road of " well if i need a fac i might aswell have something more powerfull " yet really dont have the need for it and end up endangering people due to lack of
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