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Interview done... Here's hoping! I think it went well. Now is the waiting game, she said It could be up to 4 weeks before I get my license but we will see. I've got the itch now! Meece, i know it doesn't have bearing on my getting a license but it was things I knew she might ask, so I made sure I had some knowledge of it all to cover my arse. I won't be limiting myself to just an O/U as I'm also hoping for a semi auto but the o/u is first on my list for for some clay bashing. I just hope they don't reject it... I rounded a bolt when I fitted the safe and I dont fancy taking an angl
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Evening all, long time no see. I've been mighty busy recently with very little time to get out or even onto the forums. However, one of the things I have been busy with is my SGC Application. After years of umming and ahhing I finally decided to take the plunge. 13 weeks on and tomorrow afternoon is my FEO visit. House is tidy, safe has been checked, double checked and triple checked. I've read through the BASC shotgun code of practice and the CPSA publications to cram some info into my nut. I've memorised the legal definition of a shotgun and the various other rubbish I thought I might
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.45 Calibre that. Hell of a gun though! The "pellets" you use in them are closer to shotgun slugs than conventional airgun pellets. Watched a video by a guy on youtube shooting one and it was mental, serious range but he was having to shoot it straight off the bottle. Should think the air it uses up is insane.
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I agree. The fact it’s not dark till 10ish is my main difficulty. The place I shoot is mostly grazing land so while there is a bit of brush Around the edges, for the most part it’s quite easy shooting (Just have to mind you don’t lay in the cow pats ?)
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Thanks fella. Took some effort haha.
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Evening all, it’s been a while. What with work and life I just haven’t had the time to get out and do any shooting whatsoever. I’ve also been focusing a fair bit on my fishing in recent weeks so I’ve been putting the hours in on my local club waters. Tonight however, I finished work and realised that I actually had no plans. I’m working nights tomorrow night so it was the perfect chance to get out for a good few hours and try my luck. I was out for about 5 hours and it was great to just get out for a few hours. I got to the farm about 8ish so it was still plenty light. I had a wander with the
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nice one, sounds good to me. I have been meaning to put the battery pack together and I think you are right, it's quite front heavy to say the least. I definitely think a better balance on it could help. Bull pup is definitely a route i'm considering, although I'm tempted to wait till I get a FAC and go the FAC route on a bull pup. I'm not sure though, it's a tough one. I am definitely a sufferer of the fatal Noodle arm epidemic. I will get the weights out and get to work ?
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Alright you lot, before you get your dirty joke books out, I mean my rifle! Honestly, I don't know if it's cause I work a soft hand office job that's made me weak, Or if it's just because the flippin' thing is just to damn heavy, but I just cannot seem to shoulder my rifle for any length of time without knackering my arms and shoulders. according to specs it's 8.8lb unscoped which seems about right. However it definitely seems that once i've got my NV on top and my IR torch and what not, the thing could happily be used as an anchor for an aircraft carrier. I'm looking into getting
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Come on then, let's here 'em. Favourite TV series and Films and why? I have worked on several films myself and I have a great love for both film and television. It will never beat the thrill of getting on in field but I love film and television. For me. Films: Saving Private Ryan - Just a fantastically shot film, the little factors that make it unique like the use of amputees for realism and the stripping of camera lenses to give the gritty feel 50 cups of coffee (Short film) - a very well shot story in a very limited set/ location The perks of being a wallflower. -
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Very nice, I’ve got the pulsar nv550 on my RWS and I love it, can’t justify the expenditure on a thermal just yet but good bits of kit!
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Good advice. Good hard high pressure burst of air if the gun is completely empty. If the air is coming out through the barrel your breach seal could have gone. Could be a real pain to sort so might be worth dropping into a gunsmith. Jon’s given some sound advice, cock it before charging it if its completely empty. That should help it.
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Good shooting dude! Must be healthy perms with bags like that! Is that a thermal or NV on top?
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You know it’s been too long when...
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Yeah I can understand that, I do have the time for ferrets it's more that I have booked myself solid with stuff at the moment. -
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Can’t argue with you there si. It’d be nice to have a chance though haha. Been trying to convince the Mrs to let me get some ferrets this year... she’s not having it though haha. -
The pigeons start coming to you!! Ive only managed to scratch the itch with an hours plinking, in the garden yesterday morning, recently. It’s been driving me mad, decided to gut the workshop this week to put up some new shelves and I ended up laying a new floor in the thing. Whilst standing mixing up a batch of concrete 2 woodies came and landed on the fence. Whilst 2 more stared at me from my roof. I thought of getting the rifle and then thought bugger it, if they feel that sorry for me that the’ve come to find me they can live, I don’t want their pity! all in all all thoug
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I'll grab me coat.... It's been good gents. I'll be in my bunker
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ Just going to leave this here incase anyone wants to have a play... haha
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Surely it’s not your fault if it HAPPENED to fly in front of your pellet
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It’s closed to all coarse fishing between them dates
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As much as I understand the draw of metal detecting, I am not interested in it myself. Funny story though! I work as a 999 call handler for the fire service. Got a call from the police the other week and she said "Hi, we've just a had a call from a metal detecting enthusiast". I will just say now, no conversation that begins with 'I have just had a call from a metal detecting enthusiast" ends well. Low and behold within an hour we had a 500m cordon in place and EOD on the way. Luckily it wasn't a bomb but the EOD boys did say "We can definitely see why they thought it could be a bomb". Ba
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yeah she's already well on her way to recovery. Im keeping on top of my list of things to do, don't worry about that haha, my main problem is people keep adding to the bloody thing haha.
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I know you're in ireland fella haha. that's what I am saying. Im in England and we can't fish the rivers between 15th March and 15th June. Just wish the Otters, cormorants and poachers knew that and gave a crap.
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Evening all, as the title says. Unfortunately, as we all know, life often ends up taken priority over our shooting escapades and there are time you cant find a spare minute to get out with a rifle. I happen to be going through that moment right now. I haven't had 5 minutes to think for the past month, Mrs has been in for surgery on her eye so we are having to travel to and from London constantly at the moment, work is busy, the house is falling apart. This morning the tumble dryer packed up. Meanwhile I keep staring at my rifle promising I will take her out soon. Ive had to lock it in th
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Alright mr "I live in Ireland and we don't have a close season on our rivers". Ive had bugger all this year. Well, that's a lie, had a couple of jacks but all tiny.
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An insanely intelligent indivIdual! and funny to! He was known for having a laugh and i believe he once said "Life would be tragic if it wasn't funny". He got interviewed by John Oliver a few years back and was asked "If there are infinite universes and realities, does that mean there is a reality where I am smarter than you?" Mr Hawking's response to the comedian? "Yes, it also means there is a reality where you are funny" The man was a genius in ever sense of the world Oh and if I remember rightly, he also ran over Prince Charles' toes once. He was known fo weaponising his chair
