bruno22rf

Nice to see you back TT - struggling to find a scope suitable for the era at the moment so happily scanning "for sales" again. Wanted a 35 since I was in my teens, had a 50 (too ungainly and always felt a bit chubby) and a 45 (superb rifle but too heavy for me nowadays) so I'm looking forward to living with the 35 and putting it up against the Squirrels. I have ordered a one piece mount in preparation for recoil shift on the scope so I am hoping to get reasonable accuracy from her as long as she has not suffered any amateur fettling. The old girl will play alongside my brace of S410's - one of which was the cause of much amusement Sunday - an unfortunate Squirrel happened upon the remaining Hazelnuts in my garden and was busy enjoying said Nuts atop my shed when one of Air Arms finest blew it's mind - as it hit the floor my Spaniel decided to grab it and run around the garden shaking it with some vigour causing blood to spray over my fence panels resulting in what could best be described as a Banksy meets a Zombie painting.

Never thought much would come out of the dipstick hole - only Oil mist surely and that normally gets routed back into the combustion chamber?

Got to say that the most reliable and accurate of the 3 is the AA S410 .

Don't get hung up on chokes and wether or not you have the right choke for the right job at this stage - plenty of people spend their lives changing from one choke to another and forget to concentrate on gun fit and swing - if your gun is pointing at the target then you will hit it, plenty of time in the future to decide which choke suits your type of shooting best.

Do yourself a favour and don't bother with a steam mop - they pick up naff all dirt - borrow one and steam "clean" your floor then get a floor wipe (aldi do good ones - apple scented) and wipe the floor with it - you will be amazed at the dirt left on the floor.

Email the word "COWARD" to craig.mackey2@met.police.uk - or lets post him a white feather - when I think of the young men who were punished due to LMF during the last war this yellow SOAB needs publically humiliating. As for your remarks ClemFandango I would put money on the fact that even you would have reacted to protect this officer.

Update - after countless hours of scanning the Ads I finally decided on a 70's Original 35 in .22 flavour. I have history regarding this gun that I have written about before so will not bore anyone further but it's a gun that I have always admired. It's in the post as I write so , fingers crossed, it is as good as the pictures suggest and once I have found a period scope I will write further regarding my findings - so far the gun / one piece mount and scope are looking like coming in under £200 so it will be interesting (I hope) to see if such a budget combo (hate that expression) can still "cut the Mustard" where Nutty bashing is concerned. Fingers crossed I will be in heaven (or tears) by the weekend - anyone know where I can find a 70's scope in reasonable nick?

I would imagine that he was doing what most Police Officers do these days - checking that the car used by the Terrorists was taxed and insured. On a more serious note he should be sacked for cowardice in the face of the enemy. Reading the report it also looks like he had his car driven away without even attempting to see if he could assist the downed officer - unbelievable, there was a time when he would have been shot for such actions.

yes please - pm me your details regarding payment.

HW60J stunning accuracy - mates fires v-max into 2p size groups at 100 yards all day.

Try some different Ammo - the .17's are often very fussy - buy 1 box of whatever you can find and test them - find the best and go back and buy as many as you can from the same supplier/batch.

People who stand at my front door for 5 minutes reading my "No Junk Mail" sign before putting Junk Mail thru my letterbox. Xfactor.

You must be mad not to shop around every year - some comparison sites will even remind you just before your insurance is due. There is little doubt that some companies offer lower premiums in the first year to tempt you - they then sting you the following year so shop around and whoever you insure with should be informed that you do not agree to Auto Renewal. On a slightly different note - if you ask Adrian Flux for a quote they have a habit of simply posting you your completed insurance documents even if you turn down their policy .

You should be able to access your medical records online - ask your surgery how to do it - cannot see why you cannot copy and send to the Police?

Second foray yesterday - got to wood only to find 7-8 Caravans parked up and the woods overrun by little feral kids. Shooting has been stopped until the local council remove their fingers and do something .

Considering that up to 56000 people die each year of Flu and the fact that the injection is a DEAD virus I find it hard to understand why anybody would not jump at the chance to be jabbed.

I have spent the last 20 years being lectured by TV presenters shouting their mouths off about the benefits of conservation and pretending to care. They don't, it's just an excuse to pander to ignorance and cheap publicity.

Disappointing first evening foray for me - full of hope and enthusiasm and dreaming of trees full of youngsters only to find myself burnt by the afternoon sun while the blighters sat high in the trees shouting abuse at me .

One of my springer's sometimes finds dead Squabs in the woods and brings them back to me - never really added up numbers but only 5 or 6 a year but this last month she has been bringing back at least one (and on one occasion 3) dead youngsters on every walk - these are all from different areas of the woods and in various stages of growth from a couple of weeks to fledgling stage. I have never experienced so many dead birds, the wood is 100 acres and only one bird so far seems to have been partially eaten (missing head) and cannot help but wonder if anyone else has noticed anything similar in the Bucks area or anywhere for that matter?

Well the call to Arms came out of the blue today - Feeders up just a few days in one particular wood and already attracting squizzers - Tally Ho .

Slightly off topic but, following months of loose stools, we have tried just about every Dog food on the market and have now settled on making our own. We buy any meat on offer (except pork) and fry it in a little water with Bovril to add flavour - we aim for around 60/40 meat to veg ratio an use frozen sweet potatoes and mixed veg (without sweetcorn which seems to go straight thru or Onions) and bag into 650g portions then freeze. With a scoop of biscuits we can feed one dog for less than £1/day and his stools are just as they should be.

Thought Bow hunting was illegal in the UK?

If you have not tried the above then grab yourself a 6 pack.....sooooooo drinkable and you can thank me when your sight returns to normal .

Love the original 35 - caused a massive argument between my father and myself many, many years ago when a local idiot found himself short of cash up the pub one night and offered his new 35 to the first person to put £6 (I kid you not) on the table - sprinted home and begged the old man to loan me the cash but he reckoned it was a wind up. I spent many hours that summer ,green with envy, watching my friend enjoying the cheapest new 35 I ever heard of .BTW - it was £6 because that was the cost of filling his motorbike. Some nice rifles there ,Mice, but BAR prices are about 30% dearer than I reckon I can buy for and then they add £24 postage .

Eagerly awaiting best fittings response on this one - you could so easily have lost an Eye .