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The use of Warfarin has been banned ,I believe, so many owners/custodians of woodland are seeking an alternative-some are already allowing Insured and selected Airgun users to control Squirrel numbers.

Seems to me that the FC needs to spend less time hiding behind unsubstantiated safety claims and a little more time protecting our nations woodland. Using feed hoppers situated at strategic sights that have been designed to provide a safe line of fire and having a regular report as to how much use each hopper is getting will provide a veritable smorgasbord of squizzer blatting for Airgun users and a rapid reduction in numbers-any member of the FC who thinks that an Airgun is not up to the job is welcome to tag along with me anytime.

Nothing beats waiting for roosting pigeons in the summer with a smoke pole. The slow (by comparison) loading cycle simply reminds you that nothing much in life needs to be hurried and watching a puff of black slowly drifting away on the breeze whilst listening, full of hope, for the accompanying thump of a fallen bird is one of life's greatest treasures. The people who use such guns also tend to be of a kind that know about guns and their history and are usually full of interesting tales and tips that you absorb like a sponge-they tend to be friendly and more than happy to spend time with you while you struggle to decide if it would be rude or not to giggle next time they mention their nipples. Everybody should shoot BP at least once in their life

Interesting to hear the theory that CAD/CAM "produces a level of accuracy unachievable by any human being"- having worked in the industry for quite a few years and having manufactured a great deal of high precision parts I find the statement typical of an office worker rather than an engineer. CNC's offer a variety of advantages over a manual lathe-speed control (inc constant surface speed) and the ability to deliver the tool to the workpiece much faster and safer than, say, a Capstan, but the ultimate precision of any given component depends entirely on the operator and his/her skills as an engineer.

Dead the same as B25Modelman but I use heavy oil (ep90) on a feather to lube the hinge pins.

I'm with welshwarrior-2 weeks will be needed at this time of the year just to dry the stock-again because of the time of the year each coat of oil is going to take a while to dry-going to need sealing as well.

welsh1-may I suggest you have a word with your Doc.- Paracetamol is virtually useless as an anti-inflammatory.

What about a prize Wingman?-What does the mrs look like?

I would be interested.

I would be much happier if I were torn to pieces by a licenced dog-think we may have solved this problem.

CZ copy of a 452?- didn't they make the things?-CZ and Brno were the same company surely. And removing/replacing the action from the stock will make no difference. Is the turret that he is adjusting making any difference at all? Not the first time I have seen a scope fitted with the windage adjuster on top and the elevation sticking out to the right. Try another scope/mount if all is well with the current mounting scenario.

On the nose kyska on all counts - SPK - 21st to be performed at Oxford and now in the top 10% of survivors in the UK of such a transplant regarding organ performance and longevity.

Well said kyska but there are 2 sides to every coin. Came out of Hospital about a week ago after yet another stay and I must say that your treatment, and possibly your life, can depend on the nurse who happens to be on duty at any given time-this is even more the case if you are elderly and unable to stand up for yourself. The treatment given to several elderly patients that I was unfortunate enough to witness over the last year was bordering on criminal neglect by SOME nurses. The treatment that I personally have experienced has, on occasion, brought me to tears and has made me far more reluctant to trust most nurses-they seem to think that they have the right to demand obedience because they have passed an exam-its often a particular race of individuals but I have no intention of inviting a racist call. Don't get me wrong though because I have also witnessed acts of bravery and total respect towards patients and I always make sure that I praise such devotion to duty-a tiny little female nurse standing between an irate mental patient with half a drip stand in his hand and an elderly man fast asleep but about to be beaten, I asked her afterwards if she was scared and she simply said that the sleeping man was her responsibility and that she would never have backed away. That's the kind of nurse you can , and indeed should, find in a hospital but they are not always easy to find. As a parting comment I should perhaps add that I have spent a great deal of time in various Hospitals over the last 40 years and, in my opinion, standards have dropped quite considerably but thank god there's enough good nurses out there at the moment to make a difference.

Well done that man-the amount of information readily available on this forum never ceases to amaze me. I would hazard a guess that these guns were mass produced and then simply stamped with the sellers name-millions of guns were made in Birmingham for just such a fate.

Looks like it may have been built in Devon-I would guess 1910-1925 but proof marks will help. If I bought her I would budget around £300 to bring her back to life but then I am lucky enough to be able to pay to have the work done-I'm also bloody lazy so that helps-you could do a lot of the work yourself and save money or just use her as she is and get little bits done as and when you can afford it. If you were going to visit Douglas you might find he has something similar knocking about but Mick's prices (bosher) are almost impossible to beat-buying from Mick gives you the sense that you have just stolen from him and been offered a cuppa while you did it.

The bosher sidelock at £65 would be a nice project-reblack the tubes (someone on this forum is quoting £90) and strip the woodwork and re oil it yourself-the gun looks identical to my Pollard who was a London maker and the fact that it has been sleeved would indicate that the action/wood are of sufficiently high quality to warrant such work.

Its simply fashion-no more than that.Those who have felt the balance and grace of a well made SxS know the score - as for nobody winning major comps with one, I would suggest that the small matter of sponsorship comes into it-due to a change in fashion over a relatively short period of time no manufacturer is going to put money behind a shooter to promote guns sales that simply wont happen - far more economical to promote their CNC mass produced and laser etched toys for the boys.

My last purchase was only a baby at 102,advertised on this very forum a couple of months back, she's a stunning Damascus barreled 16g that was owned by the Mayor of Launceston-had the wood stripped and hand oiled and the finish is like glass, she is light enough to carry one handed all day long but puts up an ounce of shot with barely a nudge-that guns of such quality can be bought so cheaply astounds me but at least means that I can keep buying them .

I liked last years "Thread of the year" topic-it was well funny but I cannot remember any specifics.

My wife has epileptic fits, sometimes 2 or 3 times a week-my older Spaniel bitch lays down next to her as soon as she stops thrashing around on the floor while my Spaniel dog normally finds my daughter or myself and his obvious agitation tells us that something is wrong-no signs of anything but concern from them surely means that different breeds react differently to stressful situations. Sorry to hear of your sister team tractor-sometimes life just stinks.

Well said Wingman. I have a few O/U guns for clays-525, 101 and a medalist but they rarely see daylight as I am addicted to vintage SxS English Shotguns - they have character and history as well as being built by the finest Gunmakers the world has ever known-unlike the "tools" that are most modern guns. The only real advantage of my OU guns are the multi chokes that give far more versatility for any given situation but I also find that a nice quality SxS choked 1/4 and 1/2 ,or better still more open, will be effective 90% of the time. It might also be worth mentioning that shooting is not always about efficient killing (clays or game) and that many hours of pleasure are spent walking in the fields and enjoying the countryside-with a hundred year old gun over your arm,that you have restored back to its original condition, the pleasure is far greater.

Seph-July 2005 Kidney+Pancreas Transplant-the Pancreas has been faultless.

Best offer this year

I can show you the 14 inch scar if you like john - bottle of Blue Nun and a smoochy Spice girls track

Marki-came out of Hospital Christmas eve-no immune system means constant trips to Stoke Mandeville for intravenous anti-biotics-5th time last year-only just started walking properly today so not really felt up to keeping up with many posts.