bruno22rf

I'm sure that some were only supposed to fold completely if a button just behind the hinge was pushed fully in - but seen many where this seems to have worn and lets the barrels drop every time.

Rang "Just Tyres" for a quote on Sat morning and was told £176 was the best they could do for a particular Tyre that I needed but suggested that I ring back if I got a cheaper quote elsewhere. Rang K-F in my local town and was told £144.99 and they had just one on the shelf. As the "Just Tyres" chap had been so polite and was slightly closer to me I rang him and told him about K-F 's price and he informed me that he would ring K-F to confirm and then beat the price. About 10 minutes later he called back to tell me that the chap I spoke to at K-F totally denied the price and quoted £176 (same as JT's) for the tyre and thus insinuated that I was a liar. To say that I was miffed is an understatement and I asked him to call them again to be certain, again the JT's chap received the same answer - £176.!! Feeling a bit cheeky I rang a different branch of K-F and was quoted £135. . Had the tyre fitted 20 minutes later for just that amount - bought a tyre from you guys at Kwik Fit but your really are a bunch of pancake flippers.

"Caravans depreciate like stink" - agreed - and that's the time to buy one

If they give you more confidence and thus hit more targets then they are worth their weight in Gold - but in reality you would need to use just one brand/type of cartridge, a pattern plate and a gunsmith with the time to polish each individual choke to actually gain any real benefit, but as already said, you still need to point the choke in the right direction to hit the target.

If you find one for sale privately ( best value) then get a local mobile caravan mech. to give her the once over - wont cost much and could save you heaps, if the owner is not willing to let you do this then walk away. Make sure you get one with a mover - it will make little difference to the price but is expensive to have one fitted.

Caravan insurance is easy to get - should be around £60/year depending on where you store your van and its value.

Graham Brock has one in at £145.

I would have kept quiet about this incident and replaced the items - then hidden a camera to watch over the grave - scum such as these will soon return and be caught on film. Waste of time involving the police - a few local's would soon sort the problem out.

Don't see why the RFD would be responsible in any way - your postman is not responsible for stuff you have delivered.

You have too much time on your hands . But contact me if you fancy a day's driven Bumble Bee's

Wot silver pigeon69 said - that's the way I have always read the situation - if the seller "sells" to his RFD who then "sells" to your RFD - he then "sells" to you for the original price + whatever he charges then job's a goodun.

I seem to recall that "just cartridges" bought the remaining Gamebore stock of BP cartridges a few years ago - they then sold them @ £25/box roughly.

I agree that scelp barrels were perfectly serviceable - but a hundred years on and having been fed BP?? Scelp is not "sham dam" - sham dam is constructed by welding sheet steel lengthways then covering the result with a thin layer of genuine Damascus - scelp is a single twist of metal/s running the length of the tubes.

Scelp type barrels and cartridges at approx. £25/box you might want to think very carefully before using her in anger

I must be losing something in the translation TONY R - what's so difficult in buying 65mm cartridges?- there's hundreds to choose from.

Correct me if I'm wrong but surely rebounding hammers come back away from the firing pin once released - non rebounding hammers remain in contact - making this a rebounding hammer gun?

The underlever,fences and the fore end wedge would indicate an early gun yet the proof marks are 1954 onwards - the total lack of earlier marks would lead me to believe that the whole barrel/lump section has been replaced at some time. To go to such lengths would have been costly so I do not believe it impossible that the stock has also been replaced - I would like to think that this gun has meant a lot to a previous owner to have taken such measures to keep her alive - if only she could talk

Doubt that the barrels were originally Damascus - should get a better idea by seeing the proof marks - I would put her somewhere around 1890 - 1910?

Around half my guns are 65mm (2 1/2") TONY R and I am rather disappointed to learn that they are only good for hanging on my wall or tucking in the cabinet - going to miss using them most weekends.

Would love to use my lr on the blighters but my winter Squirrel control is done in public recreational grounds that are actually open during the day while I am shooting - a .22lr buzzing around picnic tables would not go down too well, we have to stick to strict rules that define where shots can be taken and only sub 12ft/lb guns can be used - in fact we have to sign documentation agreeing with a long list of H&S issues that , if not strictly adhered to, instantly removes our permission.

My lad works part time at our local chippy - he has just been told that he will be starting later each night and that a new employee is to take over his work during these hours - is this legal? - he's 17 and had no complaints about his work or conduct whatsoever?

For clearance? - 3/8 is 9.5 mm so 10mm should do it.

Plenty of guns with worn checkering and no bluing left out there are still capable of another hundred years of use and tend to be far cheaper than guns that have been moth balled for many years - the thought of working on such guns puts people off and thus prices can be really low. If you allow £300 for the particular issues mentioned (and they tend to be the most common) then picking up a rough looking gun for a couple of hundred pounds will give you a stunning piece to use once the work is done for the price of a Turkish semi. Talking to young Mr Hadoke the other day and he mentioned that he has a book out soon on this very subject - you would be wise to buy a copy as there is little that this man does not know about English guns.

Anyone tried the above concoction - any hints/tips would be most welcome. There was a quick Sloe Gin recipe on this section a while back that entailed baking the Sloes - that's the kind of thing I want to try with Blackberries.

Rimfireboy - I posted my concerns on this matter a while ago - pellets were going clean thru the head but simply not killing the creatures instantly ( I will prepare myself for the inevitable non believers to this statement) - in one instance a Squirrel was shot that dropped like a stone from the feeder, over the following couple of hours I kept seeing what I assumed to be another individual scratching around the ground under the feeder but I could not see thru the undergrowth clearly enough for a shot. When I went to pick up the shot Squirrel I was amazed to find it sitting upright and fully aware of my presence as it tried to flee - more horrifying was the hole clean thru both sides of his head - I was torn between taking a picture or finishing the poor creature off straight away - I chose the latter. Over last winter I shot quite a few more and one fact seemed to be emerging - the .177 S410 (a tad below 12ft/lb) was killing far more cleanly at 25+ yards than it was at the 10-15 yards distance where most targets on feeders presented themselves. As I didn't have a .22 at the time I tried a variety of hunting type pellets and settled on Baracuda Hunter Extreme in the end - these seemed to help but by this time the season was coming to an end and shooting was stopped - this year I'm going to give the .22 a trial as none of the other guys use a .177 and they have not reported similar problems to mine. Must be honest and admit that I wish I had taken that picture because even I would doubt the likelihood of a headshot creature still being alive and reasonably well a considerable time after the shot had been made if I read it