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Off the top of my head, don't you need to be a RFD to possess a gun that's (albeit temporarily) been cut down below the otherwise legal minimum length? Yes you do. When you cut the barrel for sleeving you then own a shotgun with a barrel less than 24" which then brings it into a section 5 category. The exemption in the firearms act (which you rightly quote below) is provision for RFD certificate holders to cut the barrels temporarily for sleeving purposes only. Plus good luck in buying sleeving tubes from a bonafide supplier without an RFD certificate. Helstons or Ladbrook and Langton won't supply without one. Mind you, I did have some made for an 8 bore sleeving job by a hydraulic tube manufacturer because I couldn't get them from my usual suppliers. Worked a treat. Yes you do. And you just don't register as an RFD. There's way more to it than that.

Cant go wrong with a hw100. the shot count isnt up there with the bottle guns but even in .177 carbine i get 4 mags (56 shots) before i need to refill, thats in sub 12ftlb, if you are after fac then a bsa r10 would be the one to go for.

The highlight of my tender years was making a go cart from old pram wheels/axle from the tip, wooden box and planks, big wheels at the back and small ones on the steering crossbar pivoted on a nail. steering was by feet and rope, and riding down hill and straight across the main B road at Pendeen in SW cornwall without checking if any cars were coming. Wore out no end of shoes with beatings every time before I invented a handbrake for it. Smoking woodbines with 2s stole from mums purse. Got a proper thrashing and kicking when a copper came to tell father I'd nicked a rope off a billy goat grazing in a granite quarry. Used to climb up the insides of old tin mine engine stack chimneys. Did potato and stone picking for pocket money and helping stack hay bales on a trailer, loved the ride back on it to the farm. Sitting on the rear wheel arch or riding on the drawbar chatting wi farmer was always something to look forwards to. On a walk down to Pendeen lighthouse with grandad, he pointed to a cow dropping on the road and asked me what it was, I replied cows mess, he said no boy, its cow****. There's something fantastic about the relationship kids have with grandparents. Grandma gave us an orange for christmas they were so poor. Out all day on the Moor or carn, never got asked where we'd been. Today's kids are so deprived of all that realism, few even get to climb a tree or hay stack.

I'm glad you took the time to say that. You take for granted that Conor and BASC have the same capacity for critical thinking but they seem to think that the podcast is so good that it should be lauded as such on a public forum and that they sincerely think that they will somehow gain approval for their actions with this quality of work. I think it must be a result of working in a non critical echo chamber. Come on BASC sort this out.

Entry level Nikon bins, not bad for occasional birdwatching and pigeon spotting, I'm sure that much better ones are available for a price but not sure that I would appreciate the difference. Being 10x42 they have a narrow field of view but great for bringing LBJs close up I have a pigeon guide mate who swears by 7 x magnification for pigeon spotting as you get a wider field of view

Hi - I've the same issue with the right leg. Have a below knee prosthetic but I have a thumb brake mounted on the bar under the clutch lever. Done r1 / gixxers etc but current ride is a Speed Triple 2011

Dan//Arms 12 bore O/U. Single trigger, Ejector, 28” barrels, 3” chambers. Choked 1/4 & 1/2. LOP 14” Weight approximately 3.1kg Oiled stock I had this many years, was my main everyday rough shoot/pigeon gun. Always been reliable, never given me a single issue. In good condition, all working perfectly . Only selling as I don’t shotgun anymore so pointless hanging on to it. It’s a good honest gun for someone. Also comes with four boxes of cartridges and gunslip. £175 Face to face . Cert holders only, located in North Surrey, Junction 1, M3

Stoke city fan, what's a goal?

There you go 👍

Saw this today and thought it was apt "It was a lot more fun being 20 in the seventies than 70 in the twenties"

Against my better judgement, I listened to the whole podcast. If you want to hear about Carribean holidays or Carribean February weather - this is the podcast for you. Exciting topics about whether you would prefer to wear wellingtons day and night or never wear them at all. Terry described that as "a difficult one", finally coming down on the side of never wearing wellies. I was surprised and shocked by his response that he would never wear them. I confess to missing the link between the Carribean / wellies and lead shot. Terry said that the debate about lead shot started 40 years ago, but immediately moved to the ban on using lead over wetlands in 1999 and then to the current transition. I listened a couple of times just to make sure I hadn't lost 15 years. I am still unclear about what he meant. When questioned about whether the voluntary transition was successful, he said that significant progress had been made by manufacturers of ammunition. He didn't seem to grasp that about 6% of birds shot with steel, was some way short of 100%. Classic "they was coming in" and HSE minus the silent aitch. At around 23.20mins, he did refer to tests on gel covered in pheasant skin demonstrating that steel shot penetrated better than lead. I read the same research which seemed to indicate no difference. A bit odd. When asked about the dangers of lead water pipes, he was quick to point out that this had been banned for new builds in the last 20 years. He waffled on about existing lead pipe by helpfully pointing out that a householder could replace the lead pipe which was within their boundary. If a householder had lead pipe right up to their boundary, I struggled with the rationale in replacing a relatively short section, at a not so small cost. He seemed to be unaware of any barrels scored by steel shot, which he described as soft iron. He wasn't hot on detail about the need for a protective wad to enclose the steel shot. I don't know why manufacturers bothered about the protective wad, as Terry gave me the impression that barrels don't need protecting. The whole podcast seemed to deal with the sale of game shot with lead or steel. The alleged damage to the environment was given negligible coverage. As some would say - listen and make up your own mind. It's up to you.

I'm with you on this one.

Yes, Crittall window frames (and similar under other brand names). I still have them in the laundry room, larder and one bathroom. My parents house has them fully galvanised - and they are still there, as good as new, 70 years on.

👍 This one is still in season but a tad later than we are allowed to shoot

Sorry Conor , I don't report to BASC, that's your job. Tel them how great you are doing at creating support within the shooting community, I wouldn't use this as your evidence though if I were you.

I remember lots of the aforementioned things, but,,,, in the mid 60's to late 70's we used to get internal ice on our windows, with timber frames 😆 Had to mop up the puddles on the window cills once it had melted 🙃

Obviously to some people 🙄 But,,,, will VAR get it right after many minutes scrutinising it on slow motion 🤷‍♂️😂

Did anybody else live in a house with metal window frames? Single glazed, obviously. I remember the frost on the inside in the mornings.

Oh come on this is far more important than life or death.

Honest answer?,,,, who cares 🫣😇😂

And with that information gained from interacting with members on the forum what insights have you gained ? That your “science based “ reality has not been accepted by the majority of the forum perhaps or is it that you secretly have overwhelming support but for reasons unknown it is not being reflected in the responses to your posts. I acknowledge your refusal to respond to my questions and points raised. When you were interviewed for your position at BASC did you think it would be in your best interests if questioned on your ability to represent initiatives proposed by BASC that you would state ignoring questions, insulting members,inventing false scenarios all while maintaining a level of pomposity would have been considered an answer that would ensure you secured the post. Surely BASC must be monitoring your contributions to this forum after so many have been locked. Do BASC support your conduct on this and other threads or do they consider that your posts will have no repercussions on BASC’s reputation. I have worked with BASC representatives just over 20 years ago, their ability to gain the support of wildfowlers while possibly not without criticism was light years ahead of what I am witnessing now. The common thread causing significant criticism then and is now was that some employees failed to create a rapport through their manner and failed to represent the members/shooters views. I suggest that you are guilty of both and in doing so are doing a disservice to BASC. Unless of course you are the new face of BASC and representative of their values in which case that is a bigger problem. While we should be fighting opponents of fieldsports we are fighting each other surely a preposterous state of affairs. The vocal minority want all shooting banned the use of lead and the small percentage of birds succumbing to poisoning, if in reality that is occurring inland, is an irrelevance to them they are only using that possibility along with your support to end quarry shooting completely. Do you seriously think forum members are coming on here just to personally attack you because of some grudge they are nursing no they are speaking out in the defence of shooting sports the sad thing is that you continually fail to acknowledge it. You are of greater use to the anti fieldsports enthusiasts if you continue down the road you are on. i can only hope that your continued presence on here is not being funded by BASC and that your “contributions “are being made in your own time

I did a similar thing with a one week out of season deer. Four weeks later I had a call from the Police Wildlife Crime Officer as someone had reported me for shooting out of season deer. She was quite sharp with me to start with until I managed to convince her that it was not at all illegal, but she knew so much about the subject that she had to go away and check and call me back.

sorry Scott but i forgot to mention that i forgive you for putting a .17 hole in my favourite bull dog clip yesterday😁😁😁😁

yes,but the question is,who scored the goal🤔😉