bruno22rf

Just come out of Hospital where i had ample oportunity to read the 2 most popular Airgun mags on sale.Am i alone in thinking that there has rarely been so much bullplop printed in one place?Try as they might they never seem to find fault with any gun they test-is this,i wonder, because they are paid by the makers/importers? Im still wondering why one test on the R10 was telling how he was getting 5-shot one hole groups at 30 yards and was thus going to try at 40 yards?-surely if the pellets are all going thru the same hole at 30 yards then the only thing to stop them doing so at 40 woukd be the wind?-which is totally beyond the control of the gun.I think that these "articles" are written by guys who have trained to be polititions as well-they can talk for paragraphs and say nothing-one article actually included a paragraph by the author explaining that he wasnt going to beat around the bush-think i,ll buy Viz in future.

Keep an eye out for an Air Arms TX200-try before you buy cos they are quite heavy but are capable of competing with most standard springers on the market today.If you are lucky you might pick up an early FALCON PCP with a pump included-well worth waiting for one to come along and quite often found in Guntrader or Gunstar.£300 spent wisely could buy you a good gun but be carefull-you can allways ask on this forum for advice.Dont be afraid to buy from a dealer far away- if you try a gun locally but find one cheaper miles away-you are covered by the distance selling law which states that you can return an item for a full refund if, for any reason, you change your mind-ring consumer direct to clarify if you are unsure.Try as many guns as you can before taking the plunge-my last word of advice would be that you cant go far wrong with anything made by Air Arms.

You can introduce legislation till the cows come home-who, in their right mind, thinks that the subhuman scum capable of doing such a thing would go to the bother of Microchipping or licencing the dogs?-The only people to suffer would be the legitimate owners who care for their animals.Lets start the new year as we mean to go on-we just need to bend over and take it from all the bleeding heart do gooder yoghurt knitting liberal ******** who run this country.,

Connect the dogs lead to their collar by a thin piece of string-they will only snap it if they are pulling hard i.e. if a fox is nearby-should produce the desired rersult.

Ive experienced exactly the same attitude from a gunshop selling a particular SxS black powder shotgun-I rang and asked for pictures no less than 5 times and were promised them within hours each time i called.I still hav,nt got the pictures over a month on-took my trade elsewhere in the end.

Keep an eye on Guntrader and Gunstar-the trader is advertising a couple of scoped BSA Mercurys and a HW99 in your price range-the Mercury may be getting on a bit but they were a very good gun and easy to shoot well with.You can allways make a dealer an offer on a gun slightly over your price limit-you might get lucky if the guns been hanging around a while-keep an eye out for TX200,s and Original 45,s as well -both underated and sometimes priced accordingly.Dont be afraid to buy blind over the phone from a dealer because you are covered by the "distance selling law"-you can return the gun and get a full refund if ,for any reason, you dont like the gun.Dont rush in and you should be o.k.

Whenever i buy an Airgun from a shop some distance away i end up paying my local RFD £25 for the pleasure of recieving it-in some cases this adds considerably to the cost of the gun itself.Would it be feasable to set up a network thru this forum whereby a member could collect the gun and post it on?-the gun could be paid for over the phone via credit/debit card or even a cheque and then the gun could be collected by a local member of the scheme and (having been paid for postage charges in advance)then posted on recorded delivery-any thoughts?

Honestly?-any Baikal S/S hammergun-i,ve got a 16g and its like a third arm to me-i,ve never found anything that fits so well-if anyones got one going cheap.......

She claimed her first victim today with a pigeon making the mistake of jay walking in tbe snow in the field at the bottom of our garden(yes i have shooting pewrmission!)a good 40 yard shot that i took ages over before finally pulling the trigger-i knew that it would most likely be a clean kill or complete miss as the bird had its head down feeding-eventually,with the bird side on, the Logun "plopped" and i was rewarded by a light crack as the pellet hit home-couple of flaps and it was game over.Its turning out to be one of the best airguns i,ve used (and i,ve had a few over the last 33 years!).Im waiting to hear back on some new land thats supposed to be riddled with rabbits-with any luck spring is gonna be busy.

I live on a road called "DEMORAM"-several hundred years ago a body was found here with no signs of how the man died-the locals put it down to the Devil and the place became known as the Demonic Fields-over the years thgis has become Demoram.Fields with the name "MIDDEN" are the ones to look for-these were where the human waste was spread.Anything withg the word Manor means Farm-some field names hav,nt changed for hundreds of years.

The D70 is getting a bit long in the tooth by now allthough Nikons are generally built to last a lifetime.The main drawback is that at only 6 mega pixels its been outclassed by even some moderen compacts-have a look in the shops for new year deals-i can highly recommend the Fujifilm top end models-not true slr,s but take some beating for quality and value-you,re not paying for the name which saves you a fair bit.The D70 also will only take dedicated digital lenses whereas its bigger (and somewhat dearer)brother the D90 will accept a wide range of earlier autofocus lenses which can be bought relativly cheaply.Dont be tempted to spend a fortune on a camera thinking it will take better pictures as most modern units will outperform the user all day long-its the nut behind the shutter release that makes a good picture-my daughter studied photography for 2 years and her best shots were taken with a cheap second hand Fuji bought from this very forum.

Im feeding it with Crossman Premiers at the moment-my local dealer doesnt stock pellet lube so i,ve ordered some from tinternet.The pellets certainly look well made and the premier was the dogs doodah,s when they first came out.

I must admit to being a little worried about the gun after i fired 2 rounds into the air last night and the gun suprised me with a rather comic plop noise on firing.All my fears ,however, were gone when i tried her this afternoon in the garden.It took 6 shots to zero the scope with numbers 7 & 8 producing a ragged one hole group at about 25 yards.With the last 2 rounds in the cylinder i decided to test its effect on a Heinz bean tin (i allways use these as a type of benchmark)I was certain that i heard both shots hit tin but the can didnt move so i walked to the end of the garden to see what was going on (thinking that perhaps i had just skimmed the can)-i was somewhat suprised to see 2 holes clean thru both sides of the can!Am i pleased or what? Considering what i paid for the gun (£400 for the gun-immaculate+scope -silencer and filling kit)i,m well chuffed.

Strip it down and get rid of all traces of WD40-it will find its way onto the piston head and start detonating-the gun could well break beyond repair.You need to use silicone oil on the piston head and a tiny amounbt of Moly Grease on the piston itself-anything else is asking for trouble.It might pay you to replace the spring and breach washer to bring the guns performance up to scratch.

I think that Crossman may have sold the name/design of the Accupell to Webley who ,in turn, have ruined what was a great pellet.If you look at the new Crossman adverts for pellets you will notice that they are hinting that the Crossman domed pellet is in fact the Accupell.Got my Logun a couple of days back but havnt yet had chance to fire thge beast-tommorow may be the day.Im going to feed it with Crossman premiers first and see how it goes.

Best thing i,ve seen for ages was about 2 weeks back when we first got a bit of ice-into our school carpark comes Mr Range Rover Sport-well over 60k and reads the road a thousand times a minute?-well this one didnt read it correctly and the beast slid gracefully sideways into the railings-the only car to do so to date.

Stop messing with them and send ,by recorded post, a final demand for your postage costs (including the letter) and give them 7 working days to respond.If no response is recieved then report them to trading standards and get a claim form from your local small claims court-the law is clearly 100% on your side and all costs will be theirs-do us all a favour and stop companies like these taking the P.Thanks for the headss up....

Whilst working away quite happily monday before last i rather carelessly got a splinter from an old piece of ply-didnt think anything of it at the time and just carried on with my work.Come last Wednesday and im off in the Ambulance to Stoke Mandeville Hospital with a major blood infection-just been let out today but have to return every day for the next fortnight for intravenous anti-biotics-then a month of oral anti biotics.Just goes to show that the slightest thing can have such far reaching concequences.

Similar thing happened to me but at the other end of the heat scale-sunny day-can of coke in the glove box=BANG-you wouldnt believe how much of the interior was covered in the sticky aftermath.

Lidl are selling 4.4kg frozen turkys at £8.99 each-thats not much dearer than dog food from my local co-op.Anyone tried one?

Nice to see a young gun asking questions before wandering off into the blue yonder with an airgun-start as you mean to go on-make sure you are well practised before you try your hand at live quarry and make sure you can identify any species that you are likely to come across-by the way the S200 is one of the best rifles ever made (IMO) and if you are ever able to use it to half its potential then you,re in for a great time.

Many thanks for the replies, guys, these guns seem so hard to find info on-are accupells o.k. then since webley took over manufacture of them?I,ve read that quality has dropped through the floor which is a shame cos they were fantastic.

She is employed directly by the company and is contracted to work 2 days a week (thurs & fri)on a permanent basis.The other 3 days she is the longest serving relief carer.Her work is beyond reproach so i dont think that they are unhapopy with her in any way-i just think that they are being unproffesional in offering the other girl more work and wanted to know if there was any legal stick i could wag at them?

Thanks for the reply bullet boy-sounds like you,re happy with yours-i,ve never tried one before and have just paid £400 for an immaculate .22 with silencer-simmons 4-12x50 and full filling kit so now im just waiting for it to arrive.How do you prepare your pellets and which have you found the best.Do you get yours serviced? and if so by whom and how much does it cost?-also who makes the things? cos i cant find any info on the company-sorry its a bit like the third degree!!

Can anyone on here help me with this-my daughter works as a relief childcarer for a local nursery up to 5 days a week (depending on how many regulars are sick or on holiday e.t.c.) and has been in this job for 3 months-her employers are more than happy with her work and she gets on with everybody really well-then 2 weeks ago the company employed a further relief carer who ,since starting, is taking priority over my daughter and has vitually made my daughter redundant.How can a company do this?-are there no regulations that give my girl first chance at any work available?-anyone any ideas?