Gerry Attric

Should have said I enclosed insurance, BASC membership etc and used the excellent forms provided on this forum by Davyt63. It wasn't just a casual enquiry - I really tried!!

Some local allotment holders contacted me about their pigeon problem. In turn I approached the council who control the land, quoting the gardeners, and offering the usual free service. Unsurprisingly they refused saying they were constrained by Health & Safety and insurance issues and could only employ professional pest controllers but with cutbacks they couldn't afford them. Seems a bit daft when they could have a free service anyway. Has anybody come across this when dealing with council offices and how did you get on ?

This perm is a Council site so I wanted to get things right! Called in to the nick en-route and was given a number but they weren't too excited, even less when I went back to cancel on return. The general opinion seems divided whether to bother or not and the cops don't seem bothered either - until someone complains - so I think I'd better go along with it if only to keep the Council happy. Anyway thanks to all for the info and stay behind the pointy end.

About to finalize a new permission so visited the local nick to check on procedures for issuing log numbers for the coming activity (and to avoid a visit from the Firearms Unit). They appeared not to know what I was talking about but were interested when I mentioned a silenced air rifle, but no help. Any advice out there about this subject would be most welcome.

Rez S410 10 shot magazine is £32.50 at my local RFD and mag O-rings are 68p each !! so I invested in some O-rings. I'm Scottish by the way !

My S410 wasn't happy about going to work - the magazine just refused and wouldn't load. A good squint revealed the snapped O-ring. Amazingly my local RFD had them in stock so the mourning period was short. A tragic end for someone so young nevertheless. This mag had about 400 pellets through it - 40 fills - and was fairly new. Was this young O-ring taken from us prematurely or is this a normal life span? Any comments and/or commiserations welcome.

I'm a regular at Swarland so put me down too.