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Oh, gawd, don't start. It's not the total figure that gets me but the increases asked for. All organisations bar one are asking for either 2 or 3 percent. For some unknown reason the totally useless P&CC needs some 4.9%
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Gamekeeper charged with trapping goshawks
wymberley replied to smokingdragon's topic in Gamekeeping and Shoot Management
However, I can't for the life of me understand why this should be so when we have the - in alphabetical order - BASC, CA and NGO. In the event that we should just happen to be correct, a large dollop needs to be kept back for the gentleman you mention who should then be seen to be receiving it. -
Gamekeeper charged with trapping goshawks
wymberley replied to smokingdragon's topic in Gamekeeping and Shoot Management
As silly as it might sound I can’t seem to shake off a feeling that this could well end up with egg all over someone’s face and it’s not going to be the accused. -
Hopefully, a very good cartridge. Try RUAG in Liskeard, Cornwasll on 01579 362319. Email is: info.uk@ammotec.com but their website says that they're having/have had trouble with this.
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Well, 5 months less a day for a simple variation and have only got it now because of the input from my MP. Mind you, the FX looks better in my cabinet than on the RFD's rack
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This may well not be the latest news as I've not been paying too much attention - unless there's a truly miraculous increase in pigeon numbers locally, I have no need to buy any more cartridges. However, it is good to see the number of 6&1/2 shot loads which are available as opposed to previously. There's one glaring omission in the case of Express but suspect that may just be a printing error.
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Good idea. I listened to what our more experienced guys were saying but tempered this with my personal marksmanship weak point together with the range at which I'll be shooting. Believing the guys who'd commented and especially after running the ballistics for the very slugs that Steve mentioned with a reasonable assessment of AA510 velocity, I was doubtful if those slugs would stabilise. At this point I got lucky and after a bequest from my late MiL I swapped the rifle make for another and upped the calibre.
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On the grounds that she couldn't be bothered to respond to my emails, our local P&CC - Alison Hernandez - was never ever going to be of assistance which let's face it is her main raison d'etre. Fortunately, my local MP is cut from a different cloth and just 6 days after meeting with him the Firearms Licensing Dep't made several determined efforts to get hold of me - something they've never done in nigh on 40 years - I'd gone out for lunch - and the calibre error in the FAC which was sent - and returned - a month ago has been corrected and will be posted 1st class tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Well done, Simon Jupp and thank you.
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NPCC firearms lead visits BASC
wymberley replied to Conor O'Gorman's topic in General Shooting Matters
The HM Forces' term for such a meeting (tidied up for PW) is a 'cake and bottom party'. A glib comment would be that it's going to get worse before it gets better. Not altogether true - it needs splitting up - the first phrase is undoubtably valid, but there's considerable doubt about the second. I, for one am not all that keen on this 'cosying up'. One PCC has wrapped one organisation's firearms licensing chappy around their little finger and as a consequence he has gone into print giving a totally misleading impression of the current state of play. The need for land approval regarding FAC grants has been in effect for decades. Could anyone explain to me why a constabulary would belatedly seek help from another of our organisations in training their staff to read a map? -
Can only answer for the Royal Marines, but back along c90s recruits were issued with boots prior to joining up. This because they'd grown up wearing trainers and on having to put themselves about strenuously wearing boots their bones not having hardened they were suffering green stick fractures.
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Typical, flippin' typical! From where I'm sat the article on Firearms Licensing in the current edition of 'Keeping The Balance' magazine just has to refer to a parallel universe as it simply can't refer to the one I'm from. Fortunately, it turns out that our local MP - a young chap who is not so easy to fool, is a bundle of energy, does exactly what he said he would do and in record time to boot. So what's the problem? Well, they've changed the constituency boundaries and come the General Election we're going to lose him to what will be the one next door.
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It didn't end well last time mainly because they got greedy and kicked the backside out of it.
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Had some rain overnight so we were good to go this morning:
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1984 how was it for you? What were you doing?
wymberley replied to harrycatcat1's topic in Off Topic
Retired.