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You will need to check your policy details as you might not be covered at all....3 weeks is quite a long time unless you were injured or have a good reason for not reporting the incident - good luck.

Have you already informed your insurer? I think that you have a limited time after the incident after which your insurer will not accept the claim.

If you decide to ring plod then ask for a URN (unique reference number)- write it down on the back of your hand and if anyone asks what you are doing or threatens to call the police simply tell them your number and ask them to repeat it to the police - could save a lot of hassle.

Christ on a bike!!! That's not a purchase, that's bloomin robbery . Superb rifles in everyway but one.....anybody that knows the 400 range will know that you're Bullplopping every time you fluff a shot and blame the gun.

oldypigeonpopper - knowing Daystate they will spend the next 6 months changing the colour of his trousers then sell him as a brand new Sales manager. BTW - love the concept that you get a better return from more expensive purchases, jam1e....your Air Ranger retails at £1300 - there's are nice one on a well known site going for £500 and that's a shop sale - most likely get one a little cheaper buying private. If my abacus is right that's £800 down the pan which would buy you a whole heap of decent puffgun.

jam 1e - your gun is more powerful than your average users 12ft/lb jobby thus enabling such results but just about any high end PCP will match it in still conditions. As for Daystate's in general (and I have owned one) I cannot stand the ethics of a company that brings out one limited edition after another simply to tempt the nerds who must have the latest thing. Look on the owners site to see the complaints regarding reliability and,often, build quality - totally unacceptable on such a high end product. p.s, took the barrel shroud off mine once and the machining looked like it had been done by Mr Magoo - mine was the flagship model at the time. BTW Kev1gun- your Compatto sports a German barrel. telf - if you want to see why the RM-8 is so notchy pop the mag out of one and put a pellet in it-then, using a matchstick or similar turn the Mag towards you and push the pellet from behind with the stick as if the gun was going to fire into your face - now watch what happens to the pellet as it comes forwards - the pellet is lifted off centre and , if it were in situ, it then catches the barrel high - the barrel also has very little lead which does not help

From memory the 100 pops about 100 times before asthma sets in - the Compatto is quoted around the 75 mark, I believe, but it's all just a F**t in the wind really when you read the following list of people who have shot 60+ bunnies in a session....................

Why would you do that? The 100 takes some beating and ,personally, I would rather tickle my wick with a Cactus glove than buy anything that Daystate have had a hand in.

What exactly is stamped?

Well now here's Karma - after boasting about my last little outing I returned to the same field on the 2nd of this month this time armed with my Damascus barrelled 16g from the early 1900's and soon saw a steady flow of birds in almost the same spot as before and thus set to work shooting under/over/behind or either side of the birds. Some shots were a total surprise and actually hit the pigeon but after about an hour and 30 odd cartridges the birds started to ignore the decoys and, as it was so hot as well, I called it a day - bout 18 birds including those that fell behind into standing crops and a surprisingly sore shoulder and it was into the jalopy and home for me. About 2am the following morning I woke up with what I can only describe as someone sticking a knife in my shoulder and twisting it slowly - pain was unreal. 2 Paramol and 2 codeine phosphates later and the other half was still having to massage the area to distract the pain. So here I am over 10 days later and still don't have full use of my arm, still bloomin hurts and I'm having to wear button front shirts because I cannot lift my arm high enough to slip a T shirt on, this is mental and has never happened to me before

No issues with any of mine but I tend to buy 4 or 5 tins at a time and I stocked up late last year (both calibre's) - well worth pointing this out though as plenty of shooters use these as a pellet with an exemplary history of quality ( I would suggest that you inform AA although they do tend to ignore such news) - take them back if you can and see if the shop have any from a different batch - if not then try another retailer.

Gun & Country, just outside MK take some beating for customer service - always made to feel most welcome and the Manager/Owner actually shows an interest in your particular needs - cup of Tea and a chat is always on offer

I must be thick cos I'm just not getting it...you are saying that you have a PCP and a Springer firing the same pellet, at the same velocity, and you can tell that the Springer is hitting a Bunny harder than the PCP? Aside this is the idea that a Spring gun reaches a higher pressure in the chamber than a PCP when typical pressures, according to my limited research, seem to quote around the 2000 psi mark - a PCP charged to 200 bar is nearer 3000psi, as well as having the capacity to far exceed the volume of air in comparison to a Spring gun. Power is Volume multiplies by pressure in our case so where is the PCP losing all it's power?

So a PCP fires a smaller pellet than a Springer? - struggling to believe that. Lets take an AA TX200 and an S410 - both barrels are made by mr Walther and, chances are, the same deep borer and rifling tool are used on many rifles that AA produce. To say that the PCP causes less "Ballooning" of the skirt is akin to saying that the pellet never reaches the maximum diameter determined by the outer dia. of the barrel - i.e. the height of the lands produced by the rifling tool in relation to the actual bore size - this would have a serious effect on accuracy surely? yet the potential PCP 's accuracy is beyond question. If we were to accept that a springer does indeed increase the skirt size of the pellet then the BC changes by definition as being larger and is no longer relative to the PCP's projectile?

How can the "Drag" ( BC in a simpler term) vary when fired at exactly the same velocity?

Couple of points I would like to add - first is that both are superb guns and you will never regret buying either one - I use the S410 for Squirrel control and have never had any reason to doubt it,s ability. Second thing is that I would ask permission to print off all the chat about BC so that I might print it off and pin it to the trees where Nutty lives - he is clearly unaware of the facts. Over the last 100 Squizzers that I have shot several have been approached a considerable while after being shot clean thru the head and found to be conscious and reactive to movement (I have posted on this matter before) and this always happened while using the .177. This disturbing situation was so upsetting that I bought a .22 in the hope that the larger lump might impart a bit more Oooomph (that's about as technical as I get) and, so far, it has been a decision that has proven wise. BC BS? - not sure but I know which calibre knocks Nutty from the trees the Deadest

Your stories pale into insignificance compared to mine......Amazon often send me stuff that I never ordered, I don't even have an account with them

AA S200?

If the anti bear trap is working correctly then the fault must lie in the cocking lever shoe or bracket - not sure where the screws for the woodwork are but try reversing them all a turn and see if anything changes - God I wish I were closer cos I love problems like this

I have a pair of "Yukon" Crocs that are designed for outdoor use - according to the blurb the sole is specifically designed to channel Dirt and Debris away from the Sole of your foot thus making outdoor walking more comfortable - utter Tosh as the dammed things pick up every tiny piece of dirt within a 10 metre radius and suck it under your foot - one day, I swear, I'm going to shoot them

Sold my 525 Sporter , 28" multi, still in the makers case with everything inside, mint condition after firing less than 500 rounds for £900 - but took a while.

With regards to what is being taught in schools - my daughter had to do a project on the effect of WW2 on German nightlife, Cinema attendance and Theatre performances etc - really tells the story of Warfare does it not . Well said timmytree - sums up my thoughts exactly.

One of my fields was Combined Friday before last,unbeknown to me, until I had crossed 2 tall fields of Beans that Saturday armed with my 1890's Hammer Gun and a bag of superlight shells in the hope of catching a few pigeons coming in to roost early. Bloomin field was grey with them so I tucked myself into a small copse and waited. Ten minutes later the first hapless bird made the mistake of flying straight towards me and the cylinder choked Damascus barrel brought him down along with another, with the full choke barrel,seconds afterwards as the birds filled the sky. Using the 2 as decoys I picked up 26 about an hour and a half later - nothing beats pigeon shooting apart from pigeon shooting with a 130 year old English shotgun.

The Books Bomber Command and Fighter Command losses books tell the real story of just how many men died - those who survived were treated like War Criminals in the case of Bomber crews - sometimes this country should simply bow it's head in shame.

R.I.P. young man, your parents must be devastated as their love for you was obvious to all....Respect