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...und now, ze vaiting begins.

Dutch mountain rescue?

al4x, No, I don't mean trying anything underhand to obtain an FAC. Heck no. The scenario I had in mind would be a pigeon shooter, who's farmer is screaming at him to deal with his pigeons, but who simply can't get on to the ground to do what's required, getting someone else who he knows and trusts to be a safe shot to go onto that land in his place to help both him and the farmer out a bit. (In anticipation of numerous offers of help from PW members, I underline again that this is a hypothetical question, thanks.)

Your response most especially appreciated al4x. She's lovely, isn't she? That is what I was thinking as well. There's no legal requirement that I'm aware of (I stand to be corrected) that says you have to have a letter. It's obviously good practice, but not a necessity. If 'A' signs a permission letter for 'B', with the prior verbal agreement of the landowner, then does that not constitute a sort of informal syndicate? One I was just pondering, you see, and it's not as straightforward as it first appears. I just thought I post it on here to see what peoples' thoughts were. Perhaps somebody out there has already been in this situation, or is a lawyer with knowledge of this sort of thing.

Thanks for the responses, folks! I was thinking specifically of a situation where 'A' isn't available to get to the farmer's land to shoot, for instance because he's on holiday, and the farmer's also otherwise indisposed, but does still need his crops protecting. 'A' writes 'B' a note granting him permission to stand-in for him while he's away. Better to let those crops take a battering?

Hypothetical question...: Let's say a landowner gave written permission to shooter 'A' to shoot on his land, with explicit permission to have others also shoot with him. Would 'A' then be able to sign a permission letter for another shooter 'B', or would the landowner need to sign it? Your thoughts?

I haven't got a computer at all, and it works just as well for me.

Did that take long to knock up at art school, artschool? 1/4

Good one!

'Ecky thump!

Hi Major! I have one of these CLICKY, the black 'S' model, with the outdoor 'shell' housing, and it works a treat. You can use it wired or wirelessly, it's up to you. Highly recommended.

Hi DrQ, Looks like there might have been a bit of rework done at some point. Reason I say that is not so much because of the blueing, but because those rows of tiny indentations on the ends of the hooks (left one in picture is more apparent than right) look like vice marks to me. I can't see it having been shipped from the factory like that, although I suppose it's possible. I'm no gunsmith myself, note, but if I were to clamp them in a vice I'd first line the vice with soft jaws, i.e. some material softer than that I'm working on, to prevent these marks. If whoever did this didn't know to do that, or just didn't bother, then that might raise questions as to their competency. It'll probably be fine, but it might be worth dropping it in at your local friendly gunsmith to get them to have a look over it, just to be absolutely sure. Probably worth it for peace of mind, as much as anything else? Klunk out.

Super comfy. Recommended! I wear mine in bed.

I think it does depend on what gun we're talking about, as previously stated. I never dry fire my B525, because firing that cocks the ejector springs. Taking the tension off the hammer springs mean putting tension on the ejector springs. Ejector springs are dearer than hammer sprigs to replace, so I prefer to risk breaking hammer springs than ejector springs. It's the logic of the cheapskate My rimfire's pin isn't able to hit the breech, because it's stopped short by a crosspin, so dryfiring shouldn't be an issue, however it's a 10/22, so hammer spring tension can be let of gently for storage by sliding the bolt back about half an inch, pulling the trigger, then sliding the bolt slowly forwards again. My centre fire is a Rem700, so striker tension can be let off by holding the trigger back whilst closing the bolt. Just my .02 Klunk out

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Might have missed it in this thread, and apologies if I have, but what's the need for .410 ammo if you will be shooting 12bore at a club, SB?

#2 all over, with Wahl clippers bought at Argos for £10.50 something like 12 years ago, and still going strong. Best tenner I ever spent.

Had this come up during my SGC interview with my local friendly FEO. Apparently, so he told me, it's perfectly legal to have a shotgun with you in a public place BUT it MUST be broken AND unloaded. It seems that this quirk of law is to allow farmer Giles to be able to cross the road from one field to another when out on his mooch, without having to slip and unslip his gun. Now, so he told me, that wording of the law means that it's also perfectly legal to go shopping with an unloaded, broken shotgun (and I'm only talking about shotguns here - air rifles and firearms are a different kettle of fish altogether) over your arm. Stranger than fiction... Still doesn't mean that would be a bright thing to do, though, does it?

There's a pretty nifty (if a bit long winded) series of articles on youtube covering SPS Varmint bedding that you might want to look at by 'Wildernesseducation'. Have a search on "remington 700 sps varmint bedding the rifle" and ye shall probably find. Bedding seemed to make quite an appreciable difference. I also have an SPS Varmint, btw. Didn't bother bedding, just chucked the stock and replaced it with an AICS. It'll do cloverleaf groups at 100yds all day long.

Not aimed at anyone in particular, or in response to any particular comment on here, but I think it's worth sharing... One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from my driving instructor many years ago, which was to "always drive in such a way as to not cause other road users to have to change speed or direction, no matter by how much". This simple tenet promotes both situational awareness and courtesy to others. Thus, it becomes irrelevant what speed someone else is approaching from the right towards a roundabout but not yet on it, to use that purely as an example. If I decide to pull out in front of someone doing an excessive lick, whether I'm legally correct or no, the outcome will be annoyance at best or a smash at worst. The way I see it, it makes absolutely no difference to me whether the law thinks I was in the right or not if I'm dead. Klunk out.

It's odd, isn't it, that the Police seem to be condoning vigilantism in this case, but if you take a pop at a burglar in your own home in the middle of the night they don't condone vigilantism any more. I think there might be some truth in the thinking that the station chief just give the 'concerned citizens' a speed gun to play with to shut 'em up for a bit.

It's amazing the lengths some people will go to to get a buzz. Police found a couple of lads near here recently, one had been drinking battery acid, and the other had been snorting gunpowder out of fireworks. Police charged one, and let the other one off.

Sterling Moss might be selling some lift kit, maybe?

From a fellow Morlean! Yoreet lad? I see we just got a new statue.