garjo

Its coming up to that time of the year. Need to get campaign going now to get AP McCoy sports personality of the year - blokes a genius - come on PW members got to be AP- there is no alternative!

Agree there are inconsistencies - surely the best bet is to advise a newbie (as one myself) that cabinet is needed etc

Buy Rohan a lot - excellent clothing and good quality bit pricey though). You need to be aware though they have regular sales - clothes often reduced 30-40%. My startegy is to wait when they have a sale and then buy - sales well worth waiting for

Same here Paul Hart - excellent

Many thanks

Hello Does anyone know good gunsmith in Herts who could raise comb on stock of shotgun? Ta

Many thanks for advice for advice all. Yes Coach may have to get the stock raised a bit. The £1 coin trick on the rib - does that work? would that tell me if stock needs raising?

Just bought Miroku MK70. Never had a m/c before. These are invector flushfit. Need advice as to tightening chokes - do you need to make sure they are just flush or do you have to tighten thread until no more movement - bit worried about damaging thread if too tight. apprecaite any advice. Ta (also do you use grease?)

Grade 3 - well please with it

Bought new gun today MK70. Just to feedback excellent service and advice given by Bates of Doveridge. Matt, shop manager, was very helpful and patient with newbie like myself. Travelled 120 miles to get there but well worth trip. As I say, highly recommend them for honesty and advice.

Seen a Winchester 6500, 28", m/c - is asking price £750 too much (from gunsmith) ? - good adverised as vgc.

Do you know if you have to declare possesion of shotgun to insurance company - would it effect your premium? Reason for asking is i know insurance companies can make a claim invalid if you have failed to notify them of chnage in circumstances. Would possesion of shotgun mean that you are increased risk - burglary etc? quote name='Bloke' date='Oct 4 2010, 04:55 PM' post='1198333'] I'm with Legal & General through Bradford & Bingley. No problem, I just had to confirm I had a police approved locked cabinet and that I would be keeping the gun(s) in it and asked the lock/security status of the house. It sounded like she was filling in a checklist, just asked the value/make etc of the gun and said it was ok - no extra cost for just the one gun - sorted !

Went to Sporting Targets today - did okay on most of clays apart from teal. Did notice on querting away tragets that had higher % is shot as target dropping. Is there amy mileage in adopting same strategy for teal. Appreciate is a bit of lottery when wind blowing had etc

Many thanks for feedback Ta

Would'nt the easiest thing to do is to put this for sale on trading post? Let the market decide?

From local press: Gun licensing plan “ill-advised” Ewan Foskett Tuesday, 14 September, 2010 17:32 PM A MONEY-saving plan to stop home visits for some shotgun licence renewals have been slammed as “both premature and ill-advised” by a gun control expert. Plans to halt home visits for the five-yearly renewals as part of the collaboration between Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary will be put forward later this month. If they are approved it will mean that gun users may be able to keep their licences without assessment by police officers. The plan has been criticised by Peter Squires, professor of criminology and public policy at the University of Brighton, who is a member of the Gun Control Network. He said: “In the wake of the murderous Cumbria outrage - which involved a licensed shotgun - and at a time when the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee is still sifting through evidence submitted about firearm security, from GCN and additionally from myself, amongst others, I would have thought that the plans of the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Police proposal to stop home visits for some shotgun licence renewals is both premature and ill-advised. “Owning a firearm should be an onerous responsibility and subject to tough scrutiny, and part of the purpose of the home visit on licence renewals is to check weapon safety and security and personal suitability. You cannot do this on paper. “My hunch is that maybe the police are playing a little brinkmanship in view of impending budget cuts, they might think this could be a way of waking politicians up to the consequences of policing cuts. “At the end of the day, Parliament has to legislate further. “Really, the cost of the licensing system should be borne by gun owners not the public and further suggestions for tightening gun security in the home by myself and GCN colleagues in our evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee.” If the proposal is accepted, the shotgun licence plan will go out to consultation before being put into practice. Gun licence owners would still have to meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for the home visit to be skipped. A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Constabulary said: “Firearms licensing is one of a number of functions currently being advanced with a proposal regarding future joint working due to be considered in the near future. “As part of the search to carry out this function in the most effective and efficient way possible, the proposal includes the withdrawal of blanket home visits to people renewing their licences, an approach already adopted by a number of forces across the country. “This will be replaced by a risk-assessed process whereby enhanced intelligence checks will identify those who ought to receive a home visit, without waiting for the expiry of their current licence. The process will be designed by experienced professional leads from the two forces. “Research has shown that across a sample of representative forces only 0.2 per cent of licence holders had their licence revoked for any reason. “Hertfordshire, in 2009, had no examples of a routine home visit revealing a licence holder being unfit to have their licence renewed in circumstances which an enhanced risk assessment would not have identified. “This is a time of considerable change throughout policing, including firearms licensing. “Not only are fees for licences being examined by the Home Office, as they only provide for 16 per cent of the cost of providing the service, but the effectiveness of the current process is also subject to reviews post-Cumbria. “The approach suggested by the proposal is designed to address the need to make best use of authority funds, whilst taking advantage of improved intelligence to deliver more timely, risk-assessed interventions to continue to ensure public safety.”

Been clay shooting about 9 months now - absolute boget bird is springing teal. Hopeless at hitting it. Would appreciate any tips. Do you shoot bird when rising or top of apex. If rising do you lock on and then pull away?. Heard that some people aim just to side of direction of bird to get full view. Any tips appreciated. Thanks -

Need some info on Miroku MK38 - not too sure about. Are they trap guns or can they be used for sporting clays. See a lot of MK38's used for trap. Answers appreciated. Ta

Many Thanks for today Terry well worth coming over - leant a lot- would recommend Look forward to next time Take care Gary (ps goats on top of car - no damage!)

In todays telegraph - well worth a read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries...ope-Bourne.html

Point taken.... Lifes **** sometimes

Krusty the clown, Dr Who(?), Playboy bunnie.....

Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Karl Marx......

Agree John Bidwell both DVD and book

Know Select Field is part of Select range - are they a recent addition to range?- aynone got any feedback about them? Ta