[Advice on which electric flapper to purchase?]

UK Shootwarehouse EVERY time, for me.

[Steel Shot Proof?]

There should be a mark on the barrel, similar to a fleur de lys, if it is proofed for steel. Don't use more than half choke though!

[weekend]

Walkabout today and couldn't get within 300 yards of 'em before they were up, split into groups, and off into the next county, never to return. How I love pigeon ping-pong.

[What is the best place to position a rotary]

My rotary is positioned in my car boot most of the time!!

[Weird phone calls]

Just tell 'em you are an old age pensioner on benefits and they will hang up so fast you can see the skid marks!

[miroku action - too big?]

The choking of a shotgun is a minor part of the total action from firing to hitting the target. Apparently even using a cartridge in a chamber that is too long for the cartridge can reduce pattern densities by 20%. With many shotguns having 3" chambers this could be a factor.

 

Other variables are:

 

Fibre wads or plastic

Short or long forcing cones

Back boring. Browning claim recoil reduced by 6%; higher velocities; better impact and increased penetration; plus improved shot pattern.

This is before we come to the choke so, even if I was a clay shooter, I would resist compulsive choke changing.

 

The proper method of checking patterns is at a pattern plate, using a minimum of 12 cartridges, and preferably 20. Even then it is well known that chokes often don't throw the pattern they are marked with. A minefield I'm happy to avoid. I'm sure the live quarry I'm shooting don't give a damn what choke I'm using!!

[miroku action - too big?]

It's all in your mind mate. Incidentally did you see the test BASC did with 20 bore cartridges? Ask anyone and they will tell you that plastic wads give tighter patterns than fibre. Not what BASC found, the fibre wads threw tighter patterns than plastic, in the majority of their tests. There is a lot more going on down the barrel than a Teague choke can influence but, if you believe it can, then good luck to you.

 

Perhaps you would like to tell us how you arrived at the conclusion that your Teagues were better than Invector Plus? What ranges did you shoot at? How many cartridges did you use? Which cartridges did you use? Did you count every pellet in the 30 inch circle? Were there any anomalies? Or are you just guessing?

[Dominant eye]

If you look through a small hole at an object, such as a light switch etc., keeping both eyes open. All you need to do is keep the object in view, through the hole, and it will end up at your dominant eye. Just keep BOTH eyes open.

[Dominant eye]

I've been shooting from the right shoulder, with a dominant left eye, forever!! I get onto the target, dim my left eye, and shoot. Works for me.

[miroku action - too big?]

the last engineer,

 

Well said! Not being a choke tart, I didn't think the Teagues would necessarily improve anything. There are many other factors involved, after the primer is detonated. I didn't want a lump of extended choke at the end of the barrels and, although I could have bought flush fitting Teagues, I wasn't sure that the friction-fit key was a feasible way to tighten chokes. I'd heard of sticking chokes being difficult to remove, without the normal slots to obtain a purchase. I've always got on well with Invector and Invector Plus chokes and I see no reason to use anything else.

[Pigeon watch looks funny]

Already got your Viagra, from the doctor, then?

[Flapper]

I'm with you Sutty. I would rather use my flapper than my magic roundabout, any day. You can take off your hard hat now. :yp:

[miroku action - too big?]

I use a Miroku MK38 Grade 5, Teague. Swapped the Teague chokes for standard Invector Plus. Best gun I ever owned.

[to cover or not to cover, that is the question?]

Stay behind the net until the last moment. Rise slowly and kill it, simple!

[Permanent hides.]

Some of my ditches are V shaped, with a lot of water in them, so I keep a couple of pallets handy to bridge over the narrow part. I can then stand in the dry, without trying to wedge my feet in, making it easier to move my feet, to correct my shooting stance. The pallets are easily moved if you change your hide position.

[cz or annie 22lr?]

CZ every time!!

[Pigeon magnets]

Hi Colin,

 

Still getting out, at least every other day!

[Pigeon magnets]

Catamong,

 

Didn't know you were a barber?

[shooting insurance]

I get £5 million with BASC. Mentioning it can often get you shooting permission.

[to cover or not to cover, that is the question?]

I always use a mask when pigeon shooting. Wouldn't go out without one.

[Pigeon Magnets]

I hardly ever use mine, much preferring a flapper.

[pigeons]

You've got all the clues, now you just have to find where they are getting it from, Sherlock! Going back down the flight lines might be a good idea.

[Help needed]

Made in Turkey. seemed to like it, but got a few jams, when using different cartridges. Advised to get a cartridge the gun likes, and stick with it. You can hardly go wrong at the price!

[I Am Missing Pigeons]

Don't wind yourself up Cranfield!

[Bring back the National Service]

I did my two years and ended up as a Weapon Training Instructor. It did me more good than harm. Because I was apprenticed I was deferred, from 18 to 20, and because I was conscripted I served one year less on my apprenticeship. No brainer!