Charlie1965

Zabala 3” magnum for £32.50 will surely tempt someone to push the buy it now button…..

I got a couple of boxes of fibre wad steels to pattern test thru my Beretta. Yes it has 3” chambers but no it’s not steel proofed, running i/c and half chokes. 16 years old and well run in. The Lyalvale Express are most interesting as 30g, 5’s, 65mm with a roll turnover so could be used in 2 1/2” chambered guns. Sorry if someone has already covered this. And no I haven’t had chance to try them yet.

There is a secondhand Mountfield on flea bay might be the £65 quid’s worth he’s asking. If I was going down the cheap new option I think I’d just get the cheapest Screwfix/Toolstation offering with the longest guarantee and keep taking it back when it broke.

Just wondered if anyone local had ( Ross-On-Wye) had an odd box of Black Powder cartridges? I have an old BP hammer gun I like to shoot occasionally and only have a handful of BP cartridges. I know JustCartridges have them listed for £30/25 plus postage. Thanks.

Spraying off maize stubbles this morning, only harvested yesterday. There were about 100 birds down when I started but sat here now, can’t see a single bird but they are out there. Heads up if you have maize on your permissions as they have started harvesting for digesters but the opportunity to shoot will be very short as this will be cultivated and drilled next week.

A shot every 3 minutes and no passes..... It also feels much easier on the days you hit 2 out 3 as opposed to 1 out of 5. Just starting to see a few birds on rape around here. Always great to read P.C.’s and Motty’s reports.

My fall back method is : Look at the bird, Mount the gun, Pull the trigger. I have no awareness of lead. I am pulling the trigger as soon as the gun comes into my shoulder. Have been 3:1 on the pheasants so far this season. Had my gun fitted a few years ago and have had lessons with various instructors / methods in the past including maintained lead, don't have lessons now, just dry mount the gun every so often and try to have my feet in the right place. Are you aware of when you pull the trigger Scully?

Stock has scratches Magazine/barrell clamp is broken but dosnt effect it, you could probably adapt some sort of scope clamp. Barrell is clean. 2 3/4 chamber, modified choke, 28" barrell. Good cheap crow/pigeon basher. £80

I have a Squires Bingham 3 shot pump, no pitting, wood has scratches, barrell/magazine clamp is cracked but all works. 3/4 choke I think. Take it out occasionally on the crows. £80

Have never counted. Only planning to use the little speed controller on the flapper as imagine my old homemade magnet would burn it out, as wiper motor is off old Vauxhall cavalier. Will try doing some rpm counts next time I get out. Nice looking speed controller you made up, will the next model have gears and a sequential shift gearstick 😄

This is one of cheap £2.75 flea bay speed controllers, came this morning, slows flapper right down for the crows! Next to it is a old 3 speed car heater fan switch, gives me off and three speeds on the magnet and was free out of scrap car.

Got some from ratbait.co.uk last year, £2.99 I think. Seem to work fine.

Stuy, if you stopped at Locks Garage you could have bought petrol, coffee, paper and cartridges! Can't be many garages where you can do that, must be in the country

Well done Stuy. We seem to have a lot of pigeons about at the moment, but like you I'm working to much to have a go at them!

You can always ask the farmer if he's able to get the VAT back on a few cartridges for you for pest control?