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  2. Underlever Rifles

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    I've been hoping to find something similar for a Winchester 1887 shotgun but, so far, with no success.

     

    Good luck with your search and, if you *do* find something interestin', please keep us all informed. Thanks.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  3. Mossberg 500AG with C-lect Choke

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    Steve,

     

    That looks very nice and in *my* price range, to boot.

     

    I'm looking for a Mossberg of some sort, myself, merely because I haven't *got* one and would've happily bought that one.

     

    As far as patterning, I've only ever shot two patterns - both buckshot and they were *huge*. That's what you get for shootin' buck through a dedicated slug barrel... :)

     

    Have fun with your new "toy" (an' Happy New Year to y'all).

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  5. pump action shotguns

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    I've had two Remingtons - they are just too heavy!

     

    Ah, well, if'n youse wants a *light* pump, the one to go for is the 20 guage Ithaca *Ultra*light M37. The "ultra" means that the receiver is machined from aluminium and not steel like the "Featherlight".

     

    I wouldn't have said that the 870 was heavy; if you want *heavy*, then you'd be looking at a Higgins M20 (from experience) or a Browning BPS (by reputation).

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  7. Winchester 1887, Chiappa Firearms

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted · Edited by ChAoS

    is that a shotgun the 94 winchester?

    The lever-action shotgun is the Winchester 9410 and clones:

     

    []=410%20gauge"] www.guntrader.co.uk/mobile/gunSearch.php?1&fetch=Calibre&Filter%5BNewType%5D%5B%5D=Shotgun&Filter[NewMechanism][]=Lever%20Action

     

    I've only ever actually *handled* my Chiappa but, from the photos and video that I've seen, I reckon that it'll be a case of "you get what you pay for".

     

    The Aussies, by the way, are fans of lever-action shotguns - they *have* to be since pump and semi-auto shotguns are banned, as far as I'm aware.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

     

    P.S. Sorry - I'm having trouble getting the link working and, typing this on a tablet, I'm not keen to faff about any longer. Just search for lever-action shotguns... :)

  9. Winchester 1887, Chiappa Firearms

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    Chiappa are an Italian company:

     

    http://chiappafirearms.com/product/831

     

    There is also a Chinese copy made by Norinco.

     

    The Italian copy is twice the price of the Chinese but should have better fit and finish, comes in multi-choke form and is guaranteed as long as you own it.

     

    There are other importers of the Chiappa, for example:

     

    http://westernshootingsupplies.com/page2.htm

     

    Oh, I almost forgot, they're a *heap* of fun to shoot. :)

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  10. browning "BPS"

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted · Edited by ChAoS

    Another vote for the 37, it is acutally a copy of the BPS or at least based on it.

    They are totally different guns. See here:

     

    http://randywakeman.com/Ithaca37_Browning_%20BPS_Compare.htm

     

    The M37 has been in production - on and off - since 1937. I believe that, in comparison, the BPS is a relative newcomer.

     

    One of the best pump actions money can buy

     

    Now *this*, I agree with. :)

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  11. browning "BPS"

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    I think the slam fire is interesting

    It certainly is. :)

    but not something that I'd ever use for pigeons or PSG!

    Pigeons? No. PSG? Oh, *yes*!

    I'm afraid, original or nothing for me.

    I'd be afraid of breaking anything old.

     

    My late Dad left me with a nice hundred-year-old Greener SxS hammer gun. It was *very* nice to shoot. However, I gave it to my uncle as I considered myself to be not its *owner*, but merely the current "custodian". It didn't want to be one who broke it and I *do* break things - more or less *anything*. (See my username for a hint.)

    I've looked at importing a diamond grade 1897 from the US - but it starts to get very expensive!

    Yes, that *does* sound expensive.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  12. browning "BPS"

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted · Edited by ChAoS

    Lots of old pumps lacked a trigger disconnect.

    On the M37 the slamfire facility is provided by a second sear. Ithaca stopped adding this extra sear about 1975. However, the M&P versions still had the sear until at least 1983. (Guess how I know...:))

    I think the Winchester 1897 did that.

    Indeed, it did.

    Now there's p.a. I would like to find d!

    Same here. Of course, Norinco do a reproduction and, as far as I have heard, it's not bad.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  13. air rifle for xmas

    in Airgunners

    Posted

    When it comes to bipods, you really only have to think about two models: Deben and Harris.

     

    Personally, I'd much rather have a Versapod or clone thereof.

     

    Oh, and if you get a PCP, buy a bottle *and* a pump.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  15. Computer knowledge needed - hard drive swapping

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I burn everything to DVD as well just in case.

    Jolly good - I was just checkin' because people sometimes don't even *consider* the possibility of harddrive failure.

     

    Funnily enough, over a decade ago, I wrote my *own* disk imaging software. However, I don't really "do" 'puters anymore although I *really* like the cheap 'Droid tablet that I'm using to write this.

     

    Hope you manage to get sorted.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  19. When meeting a fellow PWer for the first time, how do you know who the

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    You need a pass-phrase. Something like "The clays are heading South early this year" answered with " I watch them from the vicarage window".

     

    Infallible.

     

    While I feel that we *are* approaching a solution - and I must say that I rather like Catweazle's suggestion - perhaps we should persuade Teal to peddle some one-size-fits-all PigeonWatch baseball caps in an, er, "arresting" colour.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

     

    P.S. *I'm* easy to spot because [a] my cap has my username on it and I usually shoot a pump- or lever-action gun.

  21. Struggling with those rampant rabbits

    in Clay Pigeon Shooting

    Posted

    Mark (Chaos) pop down to Wylye for a play and I'll have a quick look for ya....no charge. ;)

     

    That's very kind of you, Robert.

     

    If you remember, when Dann and I visited Wylye for the ShootinUK meet, I was shooting that M37 riot gun. well, I now shoot something a lot less suitable for clays - a reproduction Winchester 1887. I may not be able to hit clays wiv it, but it's *enormous* fun when shootin' PSG.

     

    I still think that videoing someone shooting can help a lot. Just after I got my FAC, I was filmed shooting "mano a mano" against a club member. We were shooting two of my M37s. The film showed something glaringly different in the way we were shooting - I was doing what many PSG beginners do and waiting to see if I'd knocked a target over before engaging the next. The more experienced PSGer did *not*; he shot at each target and picked up any that he'd missed at the end.

     

    On film, this difference was *obvious*.

     

    Anyhoo, I've not been clay shooting for a while. I'll suggest to me posse that we take a trip down the A303 before Xmas.

     

    Nice to hear from you, Robert.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  22. bsa hornet.

    in Airgunners

    Posted

    The SAK works, but the Twink is not that much longer!

     

    I've got to admit that I don't know anything about the Twink. The SAK was about as cheap as an effective moderator got and seemed to do the job.

     

    I tried firing my .177 Scorpion "sans SAK" in the back garden on one occaision - I won't be trying *that* again in a hurry... :)

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  23. bsa hornet.

    in Airgunners

    Posted

    On an air rifle ???

     

    Yep. I have a BSA Ultra, BSA Scorpion and Crosman [spit] 2240. All wear SAKs.

     

    I found SAKs sounded like a metallic passing of lower digestive tract gas, apparently f arts are offensive! A Twink is quieter!

     

    I didn't say that it was the *quietest*. (I do *have* a Wienrauch but prefer the SAKs.) What I *said* was that they were easy to clean (no miscellaneous junk inside and come apart easily), all metal and short.

     

    The "short" bit is important to me since a don't like long guns.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

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