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I just picked up a Brattonsound RD7+ which is the deep 7 gun one with the vault door locking for £155 inc vat and delivery which I thought was a good deal. PM me for the supplier details if you're interested.

When I'm out with my dog he can't get enough cow pats and rabbit shit. Sometimes he so fixated on truffling for the shit he doesn't even see the rabbits hopping off. Mind you - he is only a young pup at the moment.

You might want to edit your post, I don't believe it reads the way you think it does. Pop over to the shooting forums and see how many of them are stopping shooting for the summer. I know I'm not

Well, I've done it now and my application is in the post I have asked for .22lr and .17hmr - what sort of questions am I likely to be asked at the interview stage and are there any trick ones to watch out for?

Its funny you should say that - last time I was on my shoot I went round several very "rabbity" looking grassy fields and there were none there at all, however in 2 bare fields fairly recently turned over there were several rabbits quite some way out in each. I had a look around them and the conclusion I reached was that they must have been feeding on the tender roots and shoots that had been turned up.

That is called the clonic phase and normally follows the tonic phase where the animal is very still just briefly before twitching starts. It is basically the result of removing what was a very complex control system which had been piloting the rabbits body. Until the point it was killed, the brain was controlling all muscle movements and other body functions - until you flip the switch and turn that off. Suddenly there is nothing to regulate the bodies activities and it all goes a bit wild

Rigor sets in when the chemicals which allow muscle fibres to slide over eachother (contract) are used up. The body uses an "active" system to pump these chemicals around the muscle fibres and keep them in balance. Once the chemicals that fuel this process are used up the active pumps stop working and the muscle fibres become locked together i.e. stiff = rigor mortis. How quickly this happens dpends on the animals energy reserves when it is killed. If you think it's wierd watching a rabbit kick and twitch you should see an 800kg cow carcass doing it at slaughter - as you might guess I w

Rigor sets in when the chemicals which allow muscle fibres to slide over eachother (contract) are used up. The body uses an "active" system to pump these chemicals around the muscle fibres and keep them in balance. Once the chemicals that fuel this process are used up the active pumps stop working and the muscle fibres become locked together i.e. stiff = rigor mortis. How quickly this happens dpends on the animals energy reserves when it is killed. If you think it's wierd watching a rabbit kick and twitch you should see an 800kg cow carcass doing it at slaughter - as you might guess I w

Hi Dave - theres plenty to read here thats for sure See you around Steve

It's always the way with me - the one sure way to guarantee I don't catch any fish when I go fishing is to take the camera

Ahhh yes, tinkering.......... another good reason to own a springer

I love springers for their portability and simplicity - plus the fact they are not "dead" when you fire them. I've been through a few but at the moment have a .22 HW95 which has had the V-mach treatment - V-glide tune, polish and re-blue, barrel chop and re-crown, 5" steel V-mach silencer, brass set back trigger and a Ginb sporter stock. Suits me down to the ground and is great fun and satisfying to shoot. Cheers Steve

I had a good day with my V-glide HW95 yesterday. I went for an early morning mooch on my patch which resulted in two good sized bunnies in the bag (or should I say fridge ) Came home and did some work in the back garden - our neighbours were doing the same when they disturbed a rat which proceeded to march round the garden. I was invited round with the 95, put some dog food out, waited a bit and blat - no more rat and happy neighbours Good day all round Cheers Steve

Hi, Many modern pre-charged airguns use a magazine and work on a bolt action - normally cycling the bolt loads a pellet and cocks the action at the same time. There are some exceptions to this such as some of the Falcon and earlier Titan models which are single shot or the magazine and cocking hammer cycle seperately. Your budget will get you a S/H pre-charged air rifle but you will need to allow for some extra cash for charging equipment. Pre-charged air rifles carry a small tank of air (normally as a tube under the barrel but some have a small bottle) which you fill up from a divin

Have a look at the JSR own brand scopes - excellent value for money. http://www.jsramsbottom.com/cgi-bin/jsr.cg...=/SM/SM_jsr.HTM £89 gets you an illuminated mildot reticule 6-24X50 target scope with flip up lens covers and a sunshade or £62.95 gets you a 4-16X44 mildot with sunshade and flip up covers Cheers Steve