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Grayling

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  1. So sad and such a senseless loss of life and even worse at this time of year. I do not think there is any quick or easy fix for the Americans. There are going to be a lot of families in America very sad this Christmas. Sadly such random acts of mindless violence seem to be getting more common these days, no matter what country you name. I do not think that the guns are the problem to be honest. Lets face it, anything from a house brick to an articulated wagon can be used as a weapon if the user decides to hurt some one. Its what causes people to act this way that needs more investigation.
  2. I have just had a bluey (forces letter blue in colour) that the members on here may find interesting maybe even heartwarming as its directly from parcels funded by this forums members. Sorry for obvious reasons I cannot put any personal or unit details in this post, any serving or ex servicemen will fully understand this. I have copied it exactly only omitting names, places etc. Hiya Guys, my name is Sergeant xxxxx xxxxxxxx and I am writing to thank you sincerely for the time and effort obviously put in by all concerned, we have just received a number of welfare boxes from you, they arriv
  3. My youngest son has an S200 and uses Air Arms fields, FX or JSB in 4.52.
  4. Sadly in my case not nearly enough compared to what I once did practice wise, think that'll have to be a new years resolution.
  5. Well done mate , know the feeling only too well, the medico's spent a fair bit of time and a few ops putting me back together a few years back, adding enough titainium and metal screws to repair an Apache helicopter. Its still not easy getting out, but I make sure I do take my HW100 for a walk (well a hobble in my case ) round our permissions as often as possible. You never realise what you have until you can't do it anymore. Bet it felt really good to be out in the fields and round the farm again, you had a few good results as well. All the best for the future Marty, hope things carry on as
  6. As long as the pellet stays within your own boundary fence/hedge and on your land you'll have no problems at all. It may be a good idea to inform your neighbours if you plan to shoot any of these quarry species, just in case a they do not drop straight to the ground and a few end up in their gardens. Our neighbours thought we had Bird Flu when a dead Magpies began appearing along our adjoining hedge rows. Although once they knew they had no problems
  7. HEHEHE velly solly Daz oh a Theoben, sorry mate, ye never been a lover of modern BSA's myself, but as you may have guessed never owned a Theoben PCP either .
  8. T Thats true Daz, the shock to the system of a .25 does tend to shut them down in either head or boiler house. Still don't think even a .25 kills with a spine shot though mate. Unless the wound trauma was such that the shock did the job. Not used a .25 for a long long time though Daz, whereas you have, so maybe wrong I'm wrong but again in my experience spine shots regardless of full bore, rimfire or air rifle just don't do it. It does drop the target but does not kill it.
  9. Hiya Roger , I would never purposely go for a spine shot, EVER, it does happen though but its never a clean kill, in fact in my experience a hit in the spines always needs a quick follow up shot to finnish the job. I would go for a head shot when possible or the boiler house (chest/lungs/heart) certainly on Squirrels and Rats. I do try and get Woodpigeons between the shoulder blades (again when in a position to do so) as this seems to shut them down instantantly and head shots on Pigeons is never easy (but not impossible) because they seldom keep their bonce still long enough. On Rabbits I do
  10. Excellent piccies there Daz, looks good to mate. Forgive the ignorance but what is a TTR 1, looks to be something from the BSA stable
  11. The pellets you have were made near where I live on the Wirral Roy, at Tarran Way industrial estate, Moreton by a firm (sadly now gone) called L.J. Cammell better known as their trading name of Champion products. You may remember there Champion Ballistic pellet from the mid 's (the pellet with the heart of steel). They had a huge range of pellets out at one point. Some good, some not so good. They are becoming quite collectable these days, so it may be worth keeping the ones that came with your pistol for the future. They made some very innovative pellets at one time. I was lucky enough while
  12. Much respect sir , I've been shooting Magpies for 35 years and never had no where near that many in a single day, thats got to be some kind of record in our hobby. That is some awesome bag even for two shooters and it looks like you make a bit of a habit of such monstrous bags . Unless you have some secret magic potion, please tell us your secret. I see the tools used were air powered, but even with rimfires that would be a mega large number. I have had 6 Magpies in less than 5 minutes but only because they were busy squabbling with Crows, (got two of them as well) we never saw anymore a
  13. :icon_eek: But don't Lug and Ragworms live under the sand so the sea bed isn't ACTUALLY covered with them . I normally take a spade when collecting sea bait at low tide and don't remember ever catching or seeing a Codling or Flattie armed with a spade .
  14. I've been shooting Rabbits with air rifles since the late 70's and not felt the need to bait them yet. Good field craft and stalking technique will put far more Rabbits in the bag than any bait. I really cannot see the point. All grass fields are literally covered in bait .
  15. If you intend using these rifles at some point in the future for hunting, do not buy the pump up, if you wound an animal the follow up 2nd shot takes to long, so is far from humane. And regardless of what other people say, we all fail with the first shot sometimes, no matter how hard we try not to. I'd give the SMK a miss also, as imho these Chinese made guns are low in price but also very low in quality. Both these rifles would be fine for back garden plinking but I feel if you do become a serious airgunner you'll soon outgrow them and want a better rifle. Why not buy 2nd hand but go for
  16. What a brilliant gesture Si, nice one mate, thats true friendship .
  17. I share your opinion on charity begins at home and where we are concerned, not one single penny, we (Treats 4 British Troops) are given, goes on anything but the contents of these morale parcels. The boxes we use are recycled shoe boxes from high street stores, the parcel tape used to wrap these boxes for the long trip to Afghanistan is donated by my transport firm. The postage is happily now free to BFPO in London and then they and RAF transport command do the rest. We also raise money to aid wounded servicemen and have done for quite a few years now. Next July myself and another ex squad
  18. Don't you have to apply for a licence to cull the Cormorants, well the lake owner would need to apply for the licence as they are eating his stock fish.
  19. The HW80 has to be one of the best spring powered hunting rifles ever made, so it would have to be extremely ''ROUGH'' to not repay some home tuning and TLC.
  20. Bushnell Scout 1000 LRF, expensive compared to the others mentioned in this post, but bomb proof in all situations, afterall you only get what you pay for.
  21. It gets Cliff and me like that too Dave, like us you care about these young lads n lasses.
  22. We had word yesterday from the Policewoman mother of a Royal Marine now serving with 40 Commando in Afghanistan, that ALL the THL funded parcels T4BT posted on the 12/11/12 had arrived by Merlin helicopter Saturday gone 17/11/12. These morale parcels were quickly dished out by him to the other Marines in his unit. The contents of Pringles, Cheddars, Pot Noodles etc were very well received by his colleagues and really lifted their spirits after they has been involved in some recent heavy fighting. The unit had sadly suffered casualties during this fighting with 6 wounded, 1 seriously and tragic
  23. The White Tail Classics were quality scopes and I think one of the WT range or a similar scope from this period is what he should be looking for, unless of course he wants Mil dots. An Optima, Kassnar or Jap optics Tasco would go well with what is afterall a pretty special rifle. There are still plenty late 70's to 1980's vintage scopes knocking round at very reasonable prices. I recently bought a mint Sussex Armoury branded 3-9x40 scope (late 70's) in mint condition with incredably clear optics for just £70. An Optima Super Moonlighter 3-9x56 scope (mid 's) again in brilliant condition for £
  24. A HW100 anytime, the best hunting PCP there is on the market, well built, reliable, consistent, excellent magazine system, industry standard silencer, cheaper than the Rapid, lighter than the Rapid, handles better than the Rapid etc etc etc etc, its a no brainer really. German quality thru and thru .
  25. I enjoyed that write up, sounds like an awesome rifle. Glad to see you are still a springer enthusiast, us older Airgunners where afterall weaned on them, in fact never got my first PCP until 2005 and still take one of my springers for a walk round the fields as often as possible. Must admit to hankering after a new springer for a while, my newest at the moment is a 1985 Air Arms Camargue. I was always a big fan of the HW77K and these seem to be a product improved version. But after seeing the results Si has been achieving with his and your post it looks like I'm going to treat myself to a
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