spider72

To be brief, Forrester, X-Trail, Shogun. Forrster cos it's more of a 'car' and will please the wife (still very capable off road), X-trail, a bit bigger but still has the 'car' feel, shogun is more of a 'proper' off road vehicle but is still ok on road and motorways if a little thirsty (I get around 25-28/ gallon (2.8 tdi)).

Hope you've got the land cleared for your .270 cos even with the deer fence they'll get through somewhere... depending on where you are in wiltshire we seem to have a huge muntjac problem county wide and the roe this year seem to be everywhere... Rabbits could be a problem but I'm sure you will have no shortage of voulenteers to help out from this site!!

Savoury pancakes to start, creamy garlic mushroom with bacon, for dessert honey lemon and sugar.... Yum...

TEA Lots of TEA black with sugar, re-hydrate and sort out the electrolytes, coupled with a fully greasy fry up sorts you right out. Failing that... more sleep or more beer. bloody mary etc etc....

My old 1996 (P) BMW 318i is still for sale. It has MOT and Tax till March 2010, is a 4 door saloon and is white. (see attached photo's) Asking price is £850.

great shooting :blink:

Keep hydrated, plenty of water and I mean PLENTY at least 2 litres (that's 4-5 pints) a day. Paracetamol should get the fever down and keep drinking water.

7.5's are ok for decoying or anything under say 25yds (28g load or higher) I generally use eley high flyer number 6's 30g load for pigeons and pheasant. I know a guy who uses 36g 4's for pigeon! :blink:

Depends on what you're used to, over and under, side by side, semi auto. With your budget second hand is really the only way to go (more for your money) maybe a Lanber or Lincoln (newer) or Browning, Baikal etc.. there are a lot in the price bracket. Try a few if you can and see how you get on with them, someone once told me 'never buy a gun unless you've tried it out' Good luck :blink:

If you're in Portishead get over to the Weston Lodge Shooting Ground (they have a website) and talk to the instructors (maybe have a round of clays while you're there) I've been there a couple of times and all the guys take part in various forms of shooting, you may get a shortcut, if not the old knocking on doors and getting yourself known is best. Good luck. :blink:

In the past I've had road kill pheasant, rabbit and roe deer. These days a lot more care is needed as with some of the larger animals the carcass can possibly contain a high level of barbituates from a vet euthanasing it, there have been cases in the past of this. As far as I am aware I think you can only pick up things that have been hit by other drivers not yourself

I don't get on with the cartridge belts, mainly cos the 'roof over the tool shed' gets in the way , so it's a cartridge bag from which I top up a pocket for me. Haven't done much pigeon shooting but I guess if in a hide I'd use the bag.

They're pretty standard brass cheese head screws. Most places should stock them, maybe not in the small size you want though, why only number 4 screws? very small screw unless used for piano hinges etc... You should be able to find them at any place like B&Q or Homebase, Focus, Wickes etc.... etc....

Real ale and pork scratchings Once in a hotel in Germany after a night on the local dark beer and a good steak I actually managed to wake myself and maybe the neighbours up in the middle of the night

Me, I'd get a second hand head from the breakers and rebuild that with new plugs on the bench (and a good cleanup) then a straight swap for the damaged one, which can then be sorted (helicoil or otherwise) and re-sold. Then trade in the car for something not french.