philpot 5,089 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Over here in sunny Lincolnshire we have for over a month now had super strong winds, not gale force but bloody strong to the point that shooting with air rifles is a waste of time as the gusts vary so much and even with my Impact .25 fac, I cannot get a 45yd zero established let alone going out to 100yds. To say I am pissed off is a slight understatement as all I have been able to do is pratt around in the RFD's 25mt range which is not going to tell me a great deal about holdover at 80yds or carry out a proper pellet test on the three types of pellet I will be using. I spent £200 having all new seals fitted, full service and tune and as yet I have not even been out with it. I have never known weather like this, yes of course we get windy days in Lincolnshire but not almost every day. On Wednesday I was out in the boat on our carp syndicate lake in North Lincs dosing with blue dye to keep the alge bloom to a minimum and with the milfoil pond weed high in the water, it was not ideal to use the outboard motor so I rowed around the lake a few times as we put the dye in and with the wind I really knew I had a workout when I had finished, but at least it is done for another month. Change of subject, I will be renovating an HW77 during the coming months and once the stock is stripped I fancy using a coloured stain such as green or red on the stock for a change and as this gun will not be a hunting rifle, I am not concerned about the colour. Have any of you used a coloured stain and if so what make as I have no idea what to get. Believe it or not, I have just come back into the house as my eyes are feckin watering like mad due to this lovely wind..............................................NOT HAPPY. Phil Quote Link to post
j j m 6,611 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 been very windy in gateshead lately to Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 The North West has been bad too. Getting sick of it now. I'll bet come October you can walk outside holding an open candle 🕯 Quote Link to post
philpot 5,089 Posted July 7 Author Report Share Posted July 7 About an hour after posting this thread, I popped down to the sea wall 1.5 mile away and the wind made it very difficult to stand still without the gusts pushing me around. Today no wind, Great, I can spend some time with the rifle............................then it started to really throw it down with rain. Can't bloody win !!! Phil Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Last night's damage to my old apple tree... Quote Link to post
philpot 5,089 Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 2 hours ago, Bosun11 said: Last night's damage to my old apple tree... That is a real shame, I would be very upset if my trees were damaged. 1 Quote Link to post
mitre 260 Posted Monday at 15:36 Report Share Posted Monday at 15:36 We in August now and we having strange weather extremely hot weather not like we are used too in July storms now what else we going to get in the years to come Quote Link to post
philpot 5,089 Posted Monday at 19:36 Author Report Share Posted Monday at 19:36 We had gale force winds with rain today, I have never seen anything quite like this, should be back to normal on Wednesday or at least I hope so as I am doing some work at my syndicate fishing lake ON THE BOAT..............that could be fun. Quote Link to post
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