arjimlad

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I have a Webley Raider 10 and whilst it has not been trouble free, the concept of a repeating PCP is a good one. I have recently bought an FAC rated BSA Super 10, which I am very pleased with. The power difference makes for very decisive kills at longer ranges than the 12 ft lbs gun. A Supersport should be doing about 10-11ft lbs anyway so I would not expect you to notice much by way of power. However, it is easier to shoot a pcp accurately because it does not bounce about as much on firing. In some instances people unused to PCPs think they are underpowered because they are so dead on firing. Key to all shooting is accuracy. If you can print a small group at your chosen ranges, bang on target, then head shot quarry will be cleanly dispatched.

I used a 9mm a lot around a farmyard, great for rats and ferals at no more than 10 yards. A very useful ratting tool. I once downed a woodpigeon in the back garden, at a range of less than 10 yards, as it flew between two large oak trees about 40 yards apart. A keeper pal of my Dad's used to tell the tale of a little sit-in toy car he had. The hollow tin wheel would rattle where his Dad had hit it with a solid slug out of the 9mm. The solid slug went through one side of the wheel but not the other. I would think that an accident with the 9mm at close range, even with no9 shot, could be very nasty indeed.

I'd google John Knibbs, or T W Chambers, for spares. I had some spares from Mr Knibbs for an old BSA Cadet Major a few years ago.

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This little club I attend is looking out for new members. We shoot fortnightly on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment near the village of Horton. We have some manual traps and put on a fun informal 40-50 bird mixed sporting shoot for the six or so regulars (ladies and gentlemen) who attend. It's basic but we do show some testing birds. Cost is £5 for members and £6 for non members. Membership fee varies annually, but includes BASC membership. For more information or if you'd like to visit please PM me.

I am informed by young ladies of my acquaintance that a front loader is enormous fun

Keep you chin up Webber, glad you were able to do your democratic duty. I hope you and your colleague will continue to make good progress. What a hero your son is.

Get well soon, Webber !

No - when I shoot pigeons on non arable land it is because they are proven to be a pest on arable land and the only effective way of protecting the crops is to shoot them - thus diminishing their numbers ?

I was thinking that the morning stint would be longer than the afternoon one, and I can get up nice and early to catch them on the first feed..

Thanks everyone - I will check the weather nearer the time ! Afternoons seem to be favourite, although locally I have noticed lots of pigeons about in the morning..I guess it's all down to reconnaissance...

I have a spare half-day to use up before the end of this month, and thought I would book the time off to do some decoying on local rape. I would be very interested to see whether PW members think that a morning raid - say from 7-11.30 would be better than an afternoon from 2-5.30....Thank you very much.

Your chum should look at whether he has legal expenses insurance on his home policy with a view to getting a solicitor to implement tribunal action against the employer. He should appeal the dismissal internally using the company's obligatory dispute resolution process under the disciplinary policy and 28 days after that he can issue for unfair dismissal in the tribunal. There's more on the ACAS website about these procedures. I would be surprised if this was the whole story. Whether he is protected against unfair dismissal depends upon whether he has a year's service or not though..

I have never had a squirrel fail to drop dead when hit with a standard 12-bore (or 16-bore) game load at normal ranges. Using a .22rf to shoot skywards is very dangerous on this crowded island and generally frowned upon. But it is certainly highly effective on squirrels, on the ground.

It is very hard to know what I would do in this situation, but without seeing who it was that was telling me to abandon my gun & walk away from it, surely there is a high risk that it could be some chavs ? Perhaps the accent would give a hint, but I'd be inclined to put the gun down, stand near it & ask for more details of who was telling me to leave it alone. we have read the post on here about antis plaguing a rough shooter and it would not take much for them to resort to such tactics. Putting the gun down would at least take the heat out of the situation. Obviously if I was "surrounded by armed ********" in the immortal words of DCI Gene Hunt, I would comply unhesitatingly, loaded or not. For the future safety of others, not least himself, I do think this particular uniformed individual should be reported to his superiors.

What a delight it is to shoot pigeons again at last, however humbly ! The farm upon which I have permission to shoot, is a dairy/beef farm. It is upon the urban fringes of Bristol and consequently very little of it is of interest to the shotgunner. The majority of my shooting has therefore been after rabbits with the .22RF and air rifle. Every winter, the cows are taken off a certain three fields where the shotgun is entirely acceptable . I am not allowed to shoot on fields which have cows in, which I deem to be quite sensible. The farmer has only just freed these three fields from their bovine occupants, and it was my pleasure to have a couple of hours on them this afternoon. There are no crops to attract the pigeons, so I am reliant upon flight lines and ivy bushes to provide my sport. The birds flew very well, testing as always. Nothing for 10 minutes and then three or four to choose from. I had two kills in quick succession. With my semi-auto I was completely on song after the first half-a-dozen shots. I had 16 shots all told, killed 6 pigeons plus a squirrel, and picked 4 of the pigeons. The two which I did not pick landed beyond the boundaries of my permission, in one instance the other side of a busy railway embankment. The squirrel is kindly donating his tail, for which he has no further use, to some fly-fishermen of my acquaintance. The fox I saw at a distance will have an easy meal or two at my expense. I gave up using some >10 yr old Three Crowns cartridges as they were simply not hitting hard enough, using my more recent no. 5 Eley VIP to good effect. I bought these primarily for the rabbits, but they do a nice job on pigeons. If I had stuck with those there would have been a further two birds in the bag. I'll use the old Three Crowns on some clays sometime. It was sheer bliss for me to take these couple of hours away from home, to stroll these hedges once more and see what changes nature had wrought since April when I last visited. Waiting by the ivied trees for the pigeons was extremely exciting. The rabbit buries are still as active as before, and I saw a number of very healthy looking rabbits, so I anticipate good lamping in the nights to come. I was grateful for my wife's enduring our otherwise fractious 7 & 4 year olds for the afternoon, on her own, but delighted to find on my return, that they had together baked 36 mince pies in complete harmony. Our thirteenth wedding anniversary is tomorrow. The four pigeons are in the freezer - my gun & cartridges safely locked away, and after a glass of whisky (and a fresh mince pie or two) my happiness complete. I look forward to a few more forays like this before the cows return to the fields for the summer. And I may have the prospect of some "proper" pigeon shooting over crops locally, before long.. Merry Christmas to all of you, and good shooting in 2008 !

I clean my SAK after about every 500 rounds or so. The best way I find is to give it a squirt of WD40 before taking it apart and then immerse it in something to keep the lead dust down. A quick scrub round with an oily old toothbrush, if necessary with a bit of old oily wire wool on stubborn deposits and then a wipe clean and back together. I cleaned a very dirty moderator with baffles in an ultrasound cleaner. I have also used wheel cleaner - the stuff which removes brake dust - to good effect. This particular mod was so caked up I needed to use a sanding pad to remove the leading. Because (albeit after many thousands of rounds) a mod will eventually cake up & underperform I take the view that little & often is preferable.

I shoot them as pest control, but I do prefer to see them eaten. That's why there is a surplus built up in my freezer. I do have friends who take them but have changed jobs and church recently, which has changed my contact spheres somewhat. I don't chuck healthy rabbits in the hedge for the fox but neither do I spare the young'uns. If I had a local game dealer I would gladly supply him, but my local game-dealer butcher says he doesn't want rabbits as he cannot sell them.

From time to time people post on here about what to do with unwanted game. I have been informed by my better half that I have too many rabbits in the freezer. I do wonder whether they are breeding in there, as we have rabbit most weeks and I didn't think I shot that many. I asked around my usual contacts who will probably have some in due course, but have also posted up an advert for "free wild rabbit meat" on my local Freecycle group website. Freecycle is a web-based local network for people to put unwanted stuff on, which they are happy to let go for free. I have had 10 folks say "yes please" to some wild rabbit, which I am very happy to supply, if it gets more people eating proper meat and supporting our sport. I have already had the offer of some apples as a swap, and may even get some new shooting out of it too. If you live in a semi-rural area this might be worth considering.

Ho ho !! yes = buy the skyline ! My budget won't stretch to a RAV4 - I'd like a new car and I can get the Suzuki new for £9k.. Thanks

I'm thinking of changing our second car, which is a Skoda Fabia. I need a small-ish car to commute 4 miles to work along muddy country lanes (when I'm not cycling), to take me to my small dairy farm rabbit shoot, to park on verges, and which my wife can also drive. The occasional 75 mile journey on motorways will be required as well. Maybe three to four times a year. I don't need to go off-road but something tougher than the average little car would be good. There have been a couple of times when 4WD would have been useful on my way to work and on a field or two (show car parks, clay shoot car park etc). I would like to buy as near new as possible but I'm torn between a sensible Nissan Note (loads of space, nice drive, really useful car) or a Suzuki Jimny. The Jimny I test drove was fun to drive, had enough poke for what I need, and accomodated all four of us (my kids are small), but it has next to no boot. It'd do all I need a car for. The head says Nissan Note - more conventional, useful, more stowage, more economical ? The heart says Jimny - different, fun, tough around the lanes..more of a shooting wagon ? What say you lot ?

A most splendid recipe, milord. I was just thinking to post about the lovely suet crust rabbit pie my family enjoyed yesterday when I saw your post. I popped my bunnies in the slow cooker at 9.30 in the morning, with gravy and bay leaves and mixed herbs, and the meat was ready to take off & put in the pie by 3.30. Delicious !

Thanks. I'd like to get a new one if possible.. Ta v much.