mickmep

the newer ones may well be sorted, my mate has one of the early ones. he's not had trouble with the action being tight, and gmk have been good with the warranty/ejector repairs. his gun has fired a good few thousand by now, and he's a choke twiddler, but the chokes still wont come out by hand. he may well have one thats a bit iffy, but i wouldn't buy one myself based on his gun.

check your vehicle is covered, RAC wouldnt cover my transit because of vehicle length. RAC provided great service whilst we were members though. AA covered it though so with them now, but cant comment on service as so far havent required their assistance. some bank accounts give you cover included also so may be worth looking into that

pretty sure if you read the blurb that the cz hmr barrel is choked, so may not be the best idea to get one of those cut down. i'm sure some on here have said they've done it with cz's and no noticable difference in accuracy. from what i read before buying mine 16" is optimum for a .17hmr, with 14" they burn the mod out, but again people will say they've 14" hmr's that dont. personally went for 18" anschutz, the barrels not choked so i can get it cut to 16" if i feel like it later, but bought an over barrel mod which brings the overall length down a bit. for .22lr, in my opinion the accuracy will depends on quality of the barrel, mine has a 12.5" volquartsen barrel and doesn't suffer from any lack of accuracy. makes a very compact rifle.

my shooting buddy has one, bought it new. had trouble with it day 1, was full of factory grease making trigger inoperable, gunsmith at ground sorted it so not a big problem. its been back to gmk twice to have the ejectors sorted out, supposedly fixed after the first work but around 12 months later started messing around again. also his the choke threads are so tight that even with extended chokes you have to use a key to remove them, gmk checked this and he was told it was 'within tolerance'. personally wouldn't touch one based on his experience. and when he bought it was a tossup between that and a 682 golde.....guess which he wishes he'd bought.....

pretty sure there has been a bit of an update to the law and you dont get done for not displaying if you've done it online. i'm sure it was mentioned in a thread on here somewhere in the not too distant past and someone added a link to the dvla information.

had the same decision to make a couple of weeks ago and went for the 1517 anschutz. bit more expensive than the cz (was looking at a 455 thumbhole) but i'm happy with the choice i made. anschutz have a new deluxe thumbhole stock out which is very nice.

have only put 28gramme clay loads through new one, last one i had a couple of 21gramme 12g carts that my daughter had been using before changing to a 20g floating round and these went through it no problems, but i've got the flanigan one which comes with 2 gas thingys, one for lighter clay loads, and one for heavier loads. someone else will have to let you know if the 'standard' versions will cycle the very light loads. i'm really pleased with mine, and reading 'freakmodes' comments the other day on a thread and he's done the same thing and replaced one that he's sold before.

theyre that good that i regretted selling my flanigan so much i bought another. ultra reliable, not had any problems with either of mine. as always have a swing about with one first, theyre quite slender size wise compared to beretta's.

the huggetts look even better in the flesh, have one on my fac wolf and it looks the mutts, works pretty well too which is always a bonus.

you're looking at a flanigan sx3, you wont regret buying it. i've just bought one to replace the one i stupidly sold about 12 months ago, wont be selling this one. ultra reliable, super fast cycling. only a couple of things to watch, the butt pad is sticky on them in that it doesnt slide on your jacket, if you like them to do that i covered mine with electrical tape and that worked fine. strangely though i have left the pad on new one as it is and seem to be getting on with it fine. the other thing i had with my first one was the stock nut worked loose one morning, cured that on new one by lock tighting the nut on after shimming it. there were reports of gas springs breaking, but i've not heard of anyone actually having this happen. for my two pennies worth, they come with a 5 year warranty from new, which i'm not sure is transferable. for my piece of mind i bought latest one new, they seem to keep their money well and a new one wasn't much more than second hand.

as it doesn't cost any more i'd be inclined to add a few to your list, you can always use the slots for free variations later. i'd be inclined to apply for what you're asking for and a couple of .22 lr's (i got one for day use and one for dedicated nv) and fac air, as above all with mods.

there are 3 guys in our little club that have bought them, they all seem pleased with them, but its early days yet. also seen a few others around using them. personally not a fan of the wood on the ones i've seen, looks a bit artificial to me but thats down to individual taste.............i like my black plastic semi auto's

RWS subs for bunny bashing in my sgc v22. if its for targets i tried a load of different types in my x-ring and that liked eley club. you really do need to buy a couple of different boxes and give them a try.

and people like you make it much more enjoyable to use them.

if i only had 1 gun it would be a semi auto. it makes shooting trap games much more fun firing the empties over whoever is next to you as well. get whichever you feel is right for you, semi auto's vary in dimensions and weights the same as o/u shotguns so get to a dealer and handle a few and see what feels right to you. most semi's can be shimmed and come with a kit so can normally be fitted to you fairly easily.

down here most seem to allow a shot size of 7+, with a max load of 28 gramme. personally i always use the same cartridge type and make for all clay sports and targets, although a couple of the guys i shoot with use a selection for a round.

another thing to consider if you're talking about shooting clays, i was chatting to my rfd the other day and his opinion is you're better off changing your cartridges than changing chokes for different birds. my shooting buddy put 1/4 and 1/2 in his new gun when he bought it and hasn't changed them ever since, i dont notice any difference in the kills between the barrels when were out shooting clays, and neither does he. confidence in you're setup is what you need, and if like me putting 2 of the same chokes in does it for you then that's what you should be doing.

3/8 & 3/8 for my clay guns, using the same in each barrel makes perfect sense to me.

planning application and building reg drawings are for that purpose, they're not construction drawings. as has been said before, anyone who orders from a planning application or building reg drawing without site measure is asking for trouble, and probably wouldn't do it twice. it seems that you've got what you paid for, a cheapish set of drawings to pass building regs, that have been drawn off the back of your planning application drawings. in all fairness to whoever drew your building reg drawings i would guess that you'd have been in the same position if the original guy had drawn them, as i would expect them to use his original planning application drawings as a base for the building reg drawings.

fit shouldnt be as much as an issue with a semi auto, pretty much all come with a shim kit to adjust them. i cant compare the two as i've not had a 300, but i like the sx3. the sx3 appears good value for money, but i can only compare to the A303 and A391 beretta's that i've had, and i suspect some of the reason for the price difference is that the sx3 doesnt have the complexity of components and metal under the skin. pretty sure the 300 beretta is inertia driven as well, sx3 gas driven, so the 300 may be a bit more kicky, if you notice it. ideally you need to fire a few round through both to compare.

if you're going to spend hw100 or AA510 money on an air rifle then i'd go fac, no more expensive if you buy secondhand and you'll get a flatter shooting setup. if you're going to do it cheap then non fac, bsa ultra are hard to beat for the money. there are some bargain fac airguns that come up, i got hold of a fac airwolf with hugget shroud for less than the price of a used AA510, fac airguns prolapse money if you buy new. the fac airwolf is awesome by the way.

i would hazzard a guess that they are mobil chokes, theyre marked up ber-ben, which i would assume means beretta-benelli, and some models of both share the mobil choke.

take my spas out on the clays occasionally and dont have any problems with that. barrel is 24" including the pinned choke.

personally speaking. buy a proper cleaning kit with rods, a bisley one or similar, theyre only sligthly more expensive than a bore snake anyway. clean the gun after every use, you wont hurt the barrel. start as you mean to carry on and clean it properly. dont over oil it, store it barrel down, clean the choke threads every time, and i use a smear of the white grease on the hinging or slide depending if you're buying an o/u or semi auto. dont own a boresnake for shotgun, i think theyre ok for a quick pull through but not a substitute for a proper kit. each to their own though, other peoples opinions may vary.

for £600 its a bit of a no brainer.