Dave-G

Couple on 'ere clicky

There's not a lot of pressure behind a .22 rimfire. I use a soundbiter moderator on mine - and it's plastic. They can be proofed too if you specify it's for a .22lr and go through all the rigmarole of getting your ticket changed.

I'd say a Rapid is for you if your a big able bodied bloke like Tony (Still available to bring my HMR out with you one night Tone ) or you don't hunt on foot for long. But if you are a bit smaller or older like me then consider an .22 FAC FX Cyclone. It's lighter and has just over 40 shots at the highest power selection of about 27ftlb, with approximately 24ftlb and 18ftlb settings too. It's regulated and seriously predictable and to be honest I doubt many would use a full 40 shots on a hunt session.

Strewth - that goes to show just how grisly an end most wildlife have.

Nothing to worry yourself about if my first visit was anything to go by. (serving officer / sport shooter nearing retirement) great bloke. Have the kettle boiled and be relaxed in your replies to any questions he puts to you. You've previously satisfied them you arn't a big thug with ACAB tattood across your knuckles. He might want to walk the land with you - and offering to do that could make the difference between getting it without a mentor if you cannot show what experience you have of rifle shooting. His job is to decide if it's reasonable to allow you to go out on your own with a rifle that can potentially fire a projectile up to an alleged 1.5 miles. He'll be listening to references about backstops and not shooting at anything on or above the skyline or towards built up areas, and roads or footpaths that you cannot clearly see are clear of anyone walking quietly. I heard somewhere that South Wales force are quite relaxed as are most rural areas. He'll probably also tell you a few do's and don'ts and suggest "best practice" things that arn't strictly required but are still a good idea. ATB, Dave.

Would it be reasonable to think he might have ate half an apple?

That's a very busy shuffle you got there Bagsy.

http://www.basc.org.uk/media/basc_policy_document.pdf seems to indicate that they do provide legal cover. "Legal cover" - does any of them offer legal cover for licencing issues/appeals etc with the police for example? I ask because several members permissions are within hearing distance of residents and near paths and roads. There's frequently someone displeased about us shooting vermin and calling out the police. It only takes one to tell lies and suggest something took place that didn't and we could potentially be in the poo with our certificates.

I give mine an oily pull through after I've used it because it's hardly ever used and it might be a year before I fire a cleaning shot through it again. The HMR barrel gets used much more.

Most of the time they'll be side on to you and watching through only one eye. That seems to be fairly unique to bunnies as far as small animals your likely to come across.

My Quad HMR barrel don't seem to like boresnakes. My grouping became very erratic after using my brothers snake whilst on a shooting break in Cornwall. Some 600 bullets were used in less than a week when we got a new permission of broccoli "stubble" that had never been shot. It was literally on our doorstep too So I felt I ought to give it a clean. Never got it right again till after I got back home and used my jags on a push through with copper solvent followed by more cotton jags till they came out clean. I generally clean every time I start a new 500 brick of bullets.

Heh, the hay is usually gathered into every second row - You should have gone to Specsavers. If you ask, he may let you turn the rest of it for him too

No - but it MAY be illegal to sell them with the rifle without proof markings. We are quite lucky in that we can acquire some of the more basic mods without faffing about with our certificates if we buy them for our air rifles

As others say - that particular problem is a simple soldering job that most DIY'rs would manage. In fairness it's hardly surprising these plugs and cable come apart with all the flexing they have to do as you move about and constantly raise and lower your guns while pulling a trailing wire about. And that's not including the accidental snags that must surely occur sometimes. I don't get any bother with my Atom Tactical pro plug ends - but these dont need to flex as the (custom oversize) battery pack is in a pouch on the rifle butt. Recent improvements in battery technology and chargers (lipo's and such) should allow much smaller and lighter power packs with only a bit of fooling around... at a price of course. It should'nt take too much work to get a stripped out lappy battery pack to fit on a rifle butt. I have'nt done that because I already have one that does all I need it to for rimmie ranges. As you can see I don't get any glare back either Edit: Deben will make extension wires (leeds ) with the integral plugs any length you want for about a fiver each. If the pins become loose in the sockets open them out with a small screwdriver so they become larger and tighter.

Potential dad in law would probably take you to see the farmer for permision if you intend to get involved any further. As he gets older he'd then have someone to help carry his guns and stuff about. Sounds like he's already taking you under his wing but not being too pushy about it. I'd certainly help my son in law get involved if he wanted to. Go for it and all the best.

Heart and lungs is usually a runner with an air rifle mate - you have it right and he has it wrong.

Read again Highlander The smallest part of the pads are all that sank into the damp clay. Clay is harder to compress than many soils. So I'd say the entire paw would have been almost twice that size - possibly up to 5"~6" across - which would make them larger than the width of my palm. If your palms are much wider than 4" you ain't normal. I also said nothing about how mature the cat was as I simply don't know nor want to suggest I know - it was a tad taller than a full grown Labrador, maybe Rottie size but longer and more feline. I only saw it for a couple of seconds loping off from a rear quarter view so it would have looked stubbier than if seen from the side. As you might expect from someone who both hunts at night and drives around suberbs all night I get to see umpteen foxes - it wern't no fox. Although I did'nt have much time to note it's tail it wernt a thick hairy one like a fox's and was carried much higher. Perhaps you'd like to suggest what made those prints? I took the photo's the next day, they were about 16 miles from where I live. Here's my thread about the sighting - and I still aint bothered if someone wants to think sightings are all in the mind. Black Beast thread

Fleabag and I have both bought cars from that site and found things were not as clear as they ought to have been. Having said that, there are guidelines that dealers have to comply with that the private seller would hope you don't notice on the day. I know this doesn't answer your questions but the point I'm not making very well is that the more distant Ebay or other online advertised car is more complex than simply buying from Fred a few miles up the road. We both travelled a great distance to get the cars and trusted that the sellers were being about right. So you go take a look then go home and consider what you saw - but you then have the may lose out to another buyer dilemma. A quick looksee and we did the deals that we may not have done were we to just go look at another car likely to be there next week. Thus you feel rushed to make a decision. I'd guess this is the pitfall we also face when responding to any distant private car sale. I did a HPI check on the Pinin I bought but have since found the body is mounted to the chassis about 30mm off centre - even though it drives fine and no tyres are scrubbing. Driving an untaxed car is of course an absolute offence that is unlikely to be discovered at the risk of him having his car taken, and dare I say it an understandable one in the case of a test drive. I'm not suggesting you'd do that BTW: but may I draw your attention to the fact that motor insurer's are now stripping cover to the bone now that so many "compare.com" sites abound. I myself am in a predicament of this particular part of the insurance market recent turmoil. "comprehensive used to be "all risks" years ago but this is now in name only to cover an own fault claim. The driving other peoples cars bit seemingly rarely applies to anything other than emergency use, and their small print allows the insurer to opt out of settling a claim quoting the dictionary terms of "emergency" EG: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action rather than driving your friend home from the pub or whatever. Driving other cars story Another ebay pitfall

An up to date mucky one for you stuart :blink:

Dave, what is a 'proper' Pinin? In the same way Alec Issigonis designed the original Mini, the Pininfarina company designed the Fiat coupe. Whether it's the base model or the 20v turbo screamer they're all 'Pininfarina's'. Proper Pinin - It's a tad on the small size but with difflock it has proven to be a darn good shooting tool now I've got some taller mud tyres on it.

Lol - He's seen the light now and corrected the listing. Bless him.

One of my permissions had loads of hare on. When I asked if I was to leave them be I was asked to thin them out a bit. I did, and still see a few about. I'm not clued up on what hare's eat but assume they eat at least some of the farmers crop - and as has been said elsewhere they can attract unwanted people to the land. Interestingly - If you follow them in a mature crop field they seem to keep to the headland and will keep ahead of you at up to 25 MPH.

Yer - I only told the guy that his car comes up in a search for Mitsubishi Pinin and that he might like to correct his title because it's not a Pinin but a Pininfarina body style. Then after a lippy reply I suggested he might appear more knowledgeable and literate to prospective buyers if he corrected the title. I'd found some owners who refer to their's as Pinafarina in a Fiat forum too. He has modified the title to an extent so I'd guess he realised we were both partially right and wrong - and by continuing to separate the words Pinin and Farina I'd say he's trying to fool himself he is correct. Still it's easy to see why he has zero feedback after opening his Ebay account several months ago. After the mouthy reply I got for trying to help him I ain't going to contact him again to concede the confusion.

What I saw once was defo a large black cat, with a raised cat's tail rather than one that trails just above the ground to conceal it's leg movements from the rear. It's paw prints were larger than the palm of my hand - I have fairly big hands. Given they prints were only shallow, the part of the paw that had'nt sunk into the ground must have been very large indeed. I'm not in the least bit bothered if someone's mind is closed to the posibility that they are in our countryside.

Bootiful - just bootiful