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The science Museum in London used to have beautiful sculpture, about 18 inches high, of a monkey made of .22 cases.

A winner if ever I saw one.

Does anyone remember that wee song When I was young and i had no sense, I ripped my............................................

Jokker cartridges seem fine. I've used them in Practical Shotgun, 5s 32 gram. They are cheaper than most and work.

Took these at the Trade Show in Nuremberg earlier in the year. They had a team of engravers working all day.

Many thanks everyone.........some great leads there. I have to keep reminding myself, It's Just Yeoman! But if its worth doing, it's worth doing well.

If your on a budget then check out Fox Firearms. I used one one my CZ 550 Varmint laminate. It is a great piece of kit and I never understood how it could be made for the money. But the low price did not equal low quality. Worth a look.

N. Ireland. We have a good system mostly. If I had walked in with a shotgun to sell in 12G, the dealer does it and I walk out with a new gun. Sell a 9mm, walk out with a 9mm and that goes for all same for same calibres. I'm buying but not selling or trading in so you must fill in the form and send it in with your old certificate. They are going to introduce a compurterized system in the next few months. All applications will be done on line. Has anyone used Galazan lacquer or know of a UK equivalent?

My certificate is away to add a pretty well looked after AYA Yeoman. It appears to have been made about 1963 or so. The gun has retained its lovely blue/amber case hardening and the diamonds on the grip are fine and crisp. Later Yeoman seem less refined. Any way, looking it over in the shop I could see that a lacquer had been applied and was wearing off. I'm going to refurbish the complete gun, with the exception of the barrels which are acceptable, but was wondering about how to remove and reapply the lacquer. A quick search showed a product called Galazan, but I cannot find a source in the UK. Also, I was given some Renaissance Wax a while ago.....would this be better than lacquer?

http://i.imgur.com/152OHmV.jpg Armagh bogland.

http://i.imgur.com/WqXNMuY.jpg I'm still trying to post photos as others are doing. Anyway, came across this tangled root/branch thing during the early summer.

Does anyone know how to remove the carbon build up on a Nordic Extension tube. It builds up just in front of the muzzle of course. I've tried Hoppes and Bench rest solvent and Parker Hale 009 solvent but it seems I would have to scrape the Extension tube to the carbon build up and that doesn't seem appropriate. Any ideas?

They allow 1000 for every calibrate, 9mm, .45ACP, .38 Special, .357 Magnum etc and 1000 shotgun even though you might own many shotguns. I've never heard of your particular conditions but a phone call will sort that. They are very reasonable and " not out to get ya".

John, thanks for that. The guy in the shop tried a choke gauge but told me it was an American device. It read 3/4 and 1/2. When your on them, your on them.

Which side do you dress to?

http://i.imgur.com/8mMYa7l.jpg I'm pretty sure I'll buy this one. It's got good blueing on the barrels and has nice case hardening still. It's tight also. When I was looking at it in the shop the lock and metalwork generally seemed to have a lacquer or varnish on it. It was only noticeable cos some seemed to have have been worn off in places.

http://i.imgur.com/sq1hCQV.jpg Found this one today. It's very plain.

Well I got it to post but in the wrong place. This belongs below under Another Yeoman Query.

http://i.imgur.com/7SkfgSs.jpg

Well that one your showing in the photo is almost the exact one I plan to buy. The engraving and colour are the same, but where you have engraved screwheads on the right of the box lock, mine has steel pins. I set out to buy a used English S/S but they are too expensive and not too many to choose from. I live in Belfast. I photographed it on my iPad, in the shop, but the image keeps showing as too large to post. With that double screw configuration, I would say yours is an early one

I'm going to buy a side by side for decoying pigeon and crow. There's something about a S/S that's very satisfying, so, I set out around the various dealers and I have turned up a few. What I have noticed is that while a Yeoman is a plain gun, some are plainer than others. Today I looked at one with lovely case hardening and a little engraving, with Aguirre Y Arrunzibal nicely picked out, clean and sharp. Also the diamonds cut on the gun I looked at today are fine and crisp. The model I looked at last week had less attractive diamonds and almost no engraving and the name missing altogether. It also had a loose fore end which made me set it aside. Fixable? They are all solid shotguns but I wondered ......are there older and later models of the old stand by?

Tricky for me. All but one of my permissions are owned by a recovering alcoholic. I did give him a small painting but he seemed bemused that I even acknowledged him. My best field......I can't find the owner. It's given me some great days and I would gladly buy him/her a bottle of something tasty.

MR GREENGRASS, a super image. Can I ask a technical. How do you retain the size of the image when posting? when I tried to post an image taken on an SLR the forum would not allow it, Image too Large, so I had to reduce the file size but lost the detail.

Of course it could. I was just surprised and delighted to see it. It made the bogland all the more intrueging.

Just surmising it was poached. I don't shoot deer but if I did I would take the antlers. Leaving it in the earth to clean it makes sense though. The photo was taken in Co. Armagh.