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I wonder if he does Leupold scopes too? (Sorry Craigie)

I was once told that lining a cabinet with cedarwood can help prevent rust. If using silica gel, it soon gets exhausted and you need to drive off the moisture by heating it gently in an oven. Coat the metalwork and barrels with Rangoon Oil. It is the best for protecting metalwork and durable. It will protect a gun on a rainy day and not rub off. It was formulated to protect metalwork in jungle conditions. Don't put it on too thick, and store your guns with the barrels pointing downwards so that it doesnt run onto the woodwork and spoil it. Run the mop through before you shoot as excess oil can cause stress in the barrels when fired. Much rust is caused by fluctuations in temperature causing water to condensate on a cooler item (such as the gun barrels). Insulating with carpet etc will help, as will storing guns in (dry) slips, especially if theyre a bit oily inside from use.

Rinse the prepared pelt in lukewarm water and squeeze out to remove the grease, Dissolve 8 oz alum in 1 gallon of warm water, then add 2oz washing soda and 4 oz salt, stir well and add the pelts. Leave in solution for 1-2 days, rinse well several times in warm water, then make an emulsion of neatsfoot oil 1/2 oz to 1 pint warm water and soak the skin in this for 12 hours, working the skin. Take the skins out and dry with a towel, being careful to keep the fur going in the right direction. As they dry out, work them by stretching in different directions betwen your fingers, being careful not to chafe the ears or nose end as the hair in these areas may fall out. Dry the skin with the tail lying flat as in my photo. As Tiercel says, put the ears between two pieces of wood to prevent them curling up as they dry.

Stock oil is a blend of boiled linseed oil and tung oil, but I cant remember the proportions. I have been using 50/50.

I went rabbiting with the airgun on Friday. I brought a shooting stick with me and sat downwind on it against the hedgerow, waering a blue barbour, jeans, wellies and cap (no cammo). I just waited without moving for a few minutes and a bunny hopped out about 5 yards in front of me, stopped, and hopped again, oblivious to my presence, then POW, and before you could say "bunny rabbit" it was lying on its back kicking the air. I retrieved it and waited again, an another bunny popped out further up, which soon went to join the first. I went on like this until I ran out of time and accounted for four of them.

I seem to remember reading that the PE had problems with reliability. I expect the new gun will be far superior and worth waiting for.

On a serious note chaps----- Technically rabbits are covered under the Ground Game Act, an archaic piece of legislation from the Victorian era. This dates from the time when rabbits had a much higher value and poaching was rife. The act states that rabbits and ground game may only be shot by the occupier, a member of the occupier's household or staff, or employed for reward. The following are allowed to shoot at night: An owner-occupier with shooting rights A landlord who has reserved his shooting rights A shooting tenant not in occupation who has derived his shooting rights from the owner An occupier or one other person authorised by him provided he has written authority from another person with shooting rights. Basically, you need to get in writing that you have authority to shoot the rabbits. The "Employed for reward" part is satisfied by having the occupier state in the letter that he allows you to keep the carcasses, which counts as your reward. Curiously, this applies only for shooting, and not other forms of rabbit control. Most locals couldnt give a toss, and are usually glad to see the rabbit population being hammered, but it is worth remembering just in case someone trys to cause trouble. A written note is enough to satisfy the police if you show it to them. If you are using a shotgun after dark, it's good manners to use subsonic cartridges if the shots are likely to be heard by neighbouring farms. They are a good deal quiter and I find them just as effective when shooting rabbits from the vehicle.

Great, but someone already posted it on PW last year!!

Can someone please tell me where I can get the red acetate from? Thanks.

Dazza Depends on what you are comfortable with. If I were you, I'd go round a number of local gun dealers and see what they've got, and have a feel. I'm a particular fan of English guns, and for £600 you should get a pretty good boxlock ejector if you wanted to go that way. Personally I hate the winchester shotguns - they have a big and chunky, typically "American" appearance, and the beavertail forends are particularly fat, ugly and not nice to hold. However, I would agree that Beretta Onyx or Silver Pigeon are very good if you wanted a o/u. The thing to remember is that shotguns are essentially just two tubes with a handle and a trigger. What you need to decide is what fits you well, what you like the look of, and most importantly, what you shoot best with.

Maybe a nice slice of bunny pie and chips afterwards?

Just used a tanning kit from Lorne Supplies, or Snowdonia Taxidermy Supplies Tel 01542 840176 Havent decided what to do with the skin yet - maybe a mini rug? On the continent it is common to leave the head attached and cook complete. The tongue is considered to be a delicacy.

I will be at Trimdon

OK, heres how you skin for keeping the pelts. Make an incision from the end of one leg, under the ********, and up the other side. Ease off the skin to the tail, trim the sinews back around the tail to expose the tailbone, and pull the tail from the bone as shown here between your finger and thumb. Pull the skin back over the head Cut off the ears at the base and peel back over the head, trimming round the eyelids, nose and lips, being careful not to cut them. Peel away sinew from the skin (pay particular care around the hindquarters as the skin in this area is easily torn), and flesh from round the base of the ears. Finished tanned skin. (no, the skin is from the actual bunny in the picture and not one I did earlier!!)

I'm looking for a pair of Land Rover bench seats to fit a 110. Inward facing single seats would be OK too.

I've finally found a timber merchat called "Hexhamshire Hardwoods" in Northumberland who supply suitable size pieces of walnut and blackwood.

European Elk is a separate species to North American Moose. North American Elk is similar in appearance to Red Deer, and is also known as Wapiti.

...........I draw the line at rats and foxes though.

Try making damson gin, bullace gin and seville orange gin Made in the same way as sloe gin

red stag, Big Dave - impressive set of antlers, but the animal sure is an ugly ****er compared to Red deer!!!

I like the Buck 110 folder. Only drawback is that it takes a bit of effort to keep it hygienic. After gutting and dismembering bunnies it soon gets sticky.

I am after a piece of walnut or ebony to make a stock extension from. Also, I need a piece of walnut to make a fore-end from (an old gunstock would do) Can anyone please help?

The soft pellets I have seen weren't white, but rather similar in colour to what you get after eating a Korma curry and several pints of lager!! I remember seeing a little girl getting her nose licked by a pet rabbit once, which she soon stopped when I told here where its tongue had been!!

I think its to do with skill and fieldcraft. The persons who catches the wily rabbit, or uses his skill to stalk deer over difficult terrain, or in adverse conditions using mainly his skill and self taught knowledge is the great hunter.

I was driving the landrover late one night shooting rabbits when a chap came across from the house opposite the field. Thinking I was going to get a complaint, I was pleasantly surprised when he said that he and his wife had been having real problems with rabbits digging up the garden and eating just about everything in sight, and could I please go round his place before I pack in to see if I could get some of them!!! As it turns out, I didn't see any, but I sent one of my mates round with his ferrets a few days later and they got about 20 out of burrows in the hedge at the back of the house, much to the delight of the owners.