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Ok people, make me an offer It's a quality scope that's looking for a good home - I can't provide it because I rarely shoot full-bore nowadays.

Duplex.

People are looking but no-one is biting so I'm dropping the price £255 posted, £250 collected.

For sale is my Leupold VARI-X III 3.5-10x40 rifle scope. The price is £285 posted, or £280 collected. Currently this scope model sells for over £550. There are ring marks on the body of the scope (see photo) but the lenses are unmarked. The scope comes in its original packaging, and the instruction manual is included. Cheers, Steve

If you google 'gunmart hw99', reviews of the rifle should top the list. They like it

I have a collection of 99 once-fired 16 bore cartridges cases. They're a mixture of Hull and Gamebore. These are FOC if you can collect them, or if not I'll charge the cost of postage. Photo attached.....

Are you sitting down? £38500 + VAT - but it's cheaper than an H&H or a Purdey...

Westley Richards Droplock shotgun, in 16 bore - http://www.westleyrichards.com/new-guns/shot-guns/droplock

Sounds as though your gun is well run-in. And that seems to be the secret with S/As - use them to improve them

I'm pretty much back where I thought I'd be - it's either the Outlander or the Maxus. Lots of nice features on the Maxus, like speed load, fancy new fore-end catch, etc, etc. But is all that stuff necessary on a gun that's going to be used for clays only? The Outlander is hundreds of £s cheaper, and that's a lot of cartridges. It sounds as though both will recycle 28 gram 65mm carts - for the most part. And that's important to me because I've got 1000+ Eley First carts in stock. BTW anyone got the Weatherby SA-08? That gun's a dark horse. What's after sales service like?

So you feed it stuff like Eley First? The Outlander is high on my shortlist, alongside the Maxus. And it has the advantage that it's considerably cheaper. And I've already got a stock of Mobil chokes....

For a few years I had a Benelli Centro. It never missed a beat. I was shooting game loads through it, mostly 32 gram steel. Had I ever shot clays with it I suspect that it would have worked with the loads I want to use. But I'll never know because I sold it

I want a 12 bore semi-auto shotgun that will be used exclusively for clays. It doesn't have to be a dedicated sporting gun - my clay shooting is strictly recreational, not competitive. I need multichokes and the gun must handle 28 gram 2 1/2" cartridges reliably. So nothing chambered for 3 1/2" carts? And does that rule out inertia guns? Last Sunday I had a few rounds (Eley First 28 gram) through a Browning Maxus and it handled them like a good 'un, so that's one option. What else is out there that will meet my requirements? Beretta Outlander? Winchester SX3? Beretta A400? And...? Obviously the cheaper the better (less on shotgun, more on cartridges...) but price is not the major issue - I'm willing to pay what's necessary for the right gun. Many thanks for any input/advice. Cheers, Steve

Not surprised - a nice gun at a good price. I should have been quicker off the mark

This link says it can be either... http://www.browning....cid=011&tid=608 ...whereas this one says it's 3"... http://browning.eu/p...submod=A-MAXHTR I'm confused. Perhaps the 1st link refers to US spec guns? I'm after the 3" version because I know it will cycle 65mm carts - I tried one on Sunday.

Is the gun chambered for 3" or 3 1/2" cartridges? Cheers, Steve

I second that motion... I'd go for the droplock - in 16 bore.

I didn't oil the stock on my SP1 before using it and paid the price when it got rained on - water spots all over it. I removed most of the spotting with Isopropyl Alcohol and then rubbed it down *very* gently with grade 0000 steel wool dipped in stock oil. I've finished it off with a couple of coats of burnishing wax. It looks even better than when it was new but I'm in no hurry to take it out in the rain again. It's a great gun and feels like it will last for years but, for £1300-ish, I think Beretta could and should have done a better job with the stock. BTW mine is the game model - 30" barrels and mobil chokes.

Thanks Graham. I'll take you up on that offer and I'll PM you if that's ok. That makes a difference because I can now look for a 12 bore Load-All then I can load both ATB, Steve FC, I'll PM you. Steve

Thanks. I can get the Lee press from Midway for just under £70. The next option seems to be a MEC press for around £280 - too rich for my taste. I guess it would be easy enough to modify the shot bushings to get, for example, 21 gram or 26 gram loads? I like my 16 and now use it for clays - mostly skeet - hence the desire to reload. It's an old German gun, made for/by Geco probably in 20s or 30s.

I'm toying with the idea of reloading 16 bore cartridges, for a gun with 2 1/2" chambers, cos the last slab I bought cost £59 - £20+ more than I pay for 12 bore. Anyone doing this? If so, do tell. I see that Lee make a loader for 16 bore but it's for 2 3/4" carts. Any way of modifying this for 2 1/2"? Cheers & TIA, Steve

FWIW, here's a quote from Benelli USA web site - "Recommended Load: Use 3-dram, 1-1/8-oz. loads in all Benelli 12-ga. semi-auto shotguns"

Why? Do you shoot a lot of zombie rabbits?

Halloween special?

Says it's a reduced power recoil spring so I guess it's a replacement for the rear action spring, the one that returns the bolt into battery. This link gives a description of the Benelli action - http://www.chuckhawks.com/benelli_inertia_action.htm I assume your friend is using 70mm carts; I've heard that Benellis don't work too well with 65mm/67mm carts. Steve