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  3. Thinking of a small gauge pump

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    A question for pump users; How easy or practical is it to walk with an empty chamber and only rack one it during the mount?

    Well, this ain't hunting and it ain't small bore. But I thought that you might finding it ... "entertaining".

     

    This is an "Option 2" start. Otherwise known - to the Yanks - as "cruiser ready". Full mag, empty chamber, safety off.

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  7. Wood Peckers

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    We have greater woodpeckers (excuse my ignorance but I think they are a pair, one with the red cap and one without)

    If the *entire* top of the head is red, like a skullcap, then it's a juvenile.

     

    they are the Great Spotted Woodpecker

    tiny little things

    I wouldn't've described the *Greater* Spotted Woodpecker as a "tiny little thing". It's dove-sized, I suppose.

     

    Now the *Lesser* Spotted *is* small. I seemed to remember that it was the size of a Great Tit.

     

    I suppose it depends on how large you *expected* them to be...

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  12. Pogo sticks aka semi auto shotguns....

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    Yeah the slide is fragile, I tigged mine but it kept breaking. Unique lockup too. I had enough when the extractor broke and had to make my own!

    This doesn't bode well. To be fair, though, I *had* done my homework and I *knew* that they had weaknesses before I bought it. (I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Ithaca fan, see?)

     

    Nice n' light and cuddna miss with it

    Oh, *I* could miss with *anything*...

     

    best wishes with yours.

    Thanks. I may well need them.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  13. Pogo sticks aka semi auto shotguns....

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    I had an Ithaca auto donkeis years ago, that kept breaking but boy could I shoot it! Shame.

    Funnily enough, I bought my first semi - an M51 - last year and broke the slide without actually firing it. The Yanks tell me to replace the buffers as well as getting the slide welded before trying to shoot it.

     

    They tell me that the M51 shoots softer than a Remmy 1100. I hope that, if I ever get it working, that I'll not be dissapointed.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  14. Pump Club

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    Posted

    can you cycle 65-67mm carts in a 3" chambered gun ok?

    Well, o'course this is one the advantages of a pump - it should cycle pretty much *anything*.

     

    I use an 3"-chambered, S.1 M37 for PSG. Normal capacity using 70mm carts is 7+1. Using 65mm carts, this improves to 8+1. With buckshot, I only get 6+1.

     

    My general approach is to look for the shortest, cheap 28gm cart I can find.

     

    As an experiment, I once bought a slab of 2" carts intended for old guns with small chambers. They were, IIRC, 44mm OAL. They cycled just fine and converted my M37 into a 10+1...

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  17. Semi Auto Club

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    Being a pump- and lever-action kinda guy, it seems strange for me to be posting on this thread but, yeah, a few months ago I bought my first semi-auto.

     

    I've not shot it yet as it needs a few parts from the States. Before that, though, I've got to get the stock off but the stock bolt is being "difficult".

     

    Allegedly, it'll shoot softer than a Remington 1100. *Allegedly*...

     

    It's an Ithaca M51.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  20. Which Smart TV?

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    Off to buy a new TV this weekend.

    Doc, you might find this interesting:

     

    htpp://doctorbeet.blogspot.com/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

     

    P.S. I hope that link works properly...

  21. Random tips... that really work..

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    Posted

    Wd40 is a miracle substance and should be carried by everyone, even cured piles. Apparently.

    I think that Ballistol is even *more* "universal":

     

    The universal oil - well-tried and unequalled! For

    maintaining metal, wood, leather, rubber, synthetic

    material, skin, animals' coat and much more. Ideally suited

    for handicraft, industry, agriculture, household, gardening,

    vehicles, fishing, hunting and shooting sports

    http://www.ballistol.de/90-1-BALLISTOL-Universal-Oil.html

     

    Note the "animals' coat" bit. How many *other* gun oils come with that reccommendation?

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  22. Cheap bipods...

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    I don't like the way that Harris bipods are fixed to the stock. My clone is *incredibly* fiddly to fit. However, I've never handled a *real* Harris, so maybe they're better.

     

    My choice of 'pod is the Versapod and it's clones. I have a real Versapod and a Buffalo River clone. Both work well.

     

    Note: mine are used on PCP air rifles; I don't know how well they'd do on powder-burners.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

  24. CORDLESS TOOL BATTERY CHEAT???

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    Posted

    Anyone done the same?

    Sort of.

     

    My late father had a Bosch PSR 14.4 (IIRC) and, after being left on charge, the batteries were getting very "tired". Eventually, the charge-just-before-using ploy failed to work and it appeared the charger had stopped working.

     

    So, I took it apart. The charging circuit comprised one LED and current-limiting resistor and four diodes in a bridge-rectifier configuration. No smoothing, current limiting or time-limiting of the charge current. It was the shoddiest piece of consumer gear I'd ever seen. (I'm assuming that it wasn't fake; it was bought from Machine Mart, I believe.)

     

    Anyhoo, as you say, the battery packs were, in them days, made of a bunch of NiCDs. However, I always found that, whenever I went to use gear with NiCDs in, that they'd lost a good deal of their charge already. (I didn't use the gear *very* often.) So, I went a different route.

     

    I replaced the NiCDs with a very small 12V SLA pack. They cost around ten quid at the time. You lose capacity compared to NiCDs and NiMHs and certainly compared to Lithium batteries. Also, being slightly too low a voltage, it's not as powerful as it used to be.

     

    However, it's cheap and the self-discharge rate is very low which means that it can left in the man-cave and, when you need it, it *works*.

     

    Finally, SLAs can be charged with any constant-voltage PSU with the voltage set to the correct value. Also, of course they can be float charged, if you wish.

     

    This approach is no good for heavy work but for driving woodscrews and drilling small holes, it's just fine.

     

    Regards,

     

    Mark.

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