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There’s a lot of talk from the politicians and pundits saying that we need to be building many more houses to satisfy demand due to population growth driven by immigration. Also there is a lot of pressure on agricultural land from so called green energy initiatives like solar, wind farms and pylons. Where will this end though? When we have concreted over the whole countryside? What about food production? Are we going to import all of our food? Nobody takes a longer term view - it’s all short term and lining somebody’s pocket!

Saw one at Sporting Targets Bedfordshire yesterday and one at home in South Lincs. whilst walking the dog this morning. Always a thrill to see them arrive.

Yes you can ring up and make an appointment to go and see what you are interested in. They also have an open viewing the weekend before the auction. They have two types of auction, the first runs for two days and you can go there and bid in the traditional way or you can book a telephone bid or bid on the internet. The second auction has a closing date a couple of weeks after the first and is a sealed bid ie. you offer what you think via their web site and the lower guide price is normally the starting price. Bear in mind that what you offer has about another 30% on top with commission etc. so it’s not so cheap as it first appears.

Best comb raisers in my opinion are the Isis ones, they raise the comb but do not stick out at the sides like some throwing the cast out.

I was very sorry to hear the sad news about Paddy he was a legend of clay shooting and another one gone. I didn’t know him personally but of course knew of him and saw him around at various shoots over the years. He was one of the established top shots when I started clay shooting some 40 years ago. I understand that when Grimsthorpe shooting ground first started doing competitions years ago he helped Mark set the courses and would not compromise on the difficulty level and helped establish the fine reputation that ground had for top notch targets. R.I.P Paddy.

Has anyone got a spare barrel for a 1950s Auto 5 that’s in good order that they would like to sell? 28/29 “ with 1/2 choke would be ideal.

Whist talking about roost shooting I’ve noticed quite a lot happening on a Sunday afternoon and evening near us. Is this the done thing or am I old fashioned?

I would guess he’s actually looking for shooting, pigeons etc.

Cracked stocks can be very successfully repaired. Tim Greenwood gunsmith is brilliant at this sort of work.

There are several on Guntrader!

I think we need a complete revamp of how do things, the whole system is rotten to the core.

687 was marketed as a “delux” upgrade version of the 686 with better engraving and wood and the embellishment on the top lever etc. I remember wanting one in the 80’s but couldn’t quite afford it. Eventually bought a 686s, 30” multi choke which I should never have got rid of.

There’s a couple of 3/8s on guntrader - equipment - chokes

For that kind of money vmaxphil is right, you can’t beat those old Berettas 300 series, 28” and you have a great all round gun.

You don’t get those constrictions with the XS, you do get light full, full and extra full which are debatable that you need for a sporter. However you do get 3/8s with the XT which is the trap version of the XS otherwise they are as rare as hen’s teeth. The other option is to go for Briley instead. Browning seem to have funny ideas on what chokes shooters want with their guns! Both XS and XT excellent guns though 👍🏻

Think some of the gunmakers have latched on to built in obsolescence!

Another one for the 18v DeWalt. I bought one to do my hedges as I needed something lighter after a couple of operations and was really impressed on how they coped with my 100 metres of hedges up to 8 ft high.

Are they in a white case and didn’t they also do a 36gm version?

Mr William Elderkin of Elderkins Gunmakers in Spalding Lincs., is your man. He is well experienced in doing this sort of thing.

Anything shot in this weather is going to be fly blown within minutes!!

I had the same problem after a couple of operations and bought a De Walt 18v hedge trimmer and it is really excellent. Used it for two years now and it runs ages without needing to charge and then charges quickly when it does need it. I have mainly conifer and some beech hedges up to about 10ft tall and about 150 yards in total. I paid £195 but got a free drill with it worth £70 odd quid. from Toolstore.

Don’t let apathy reign. Get on and do it, this document is open to the public and we could be vastly outnumbered by those who could possibly want to see far tighter controls as they have nothing to lose.

When I was a boy in the 50s we used to pick up cartridge cases and make a collection of them. Seemed like nobody picked them up in those days and there were nearly as many 16s as 12s in those days. I read somewhere that a 28 gm or 1 oz through a 16 bore is about the perfect load. Always fancied one but never got round to it.

My favourite ground and would have loved to have shot it but had already booked the Beretta World which was another excellent shoot. Sometimes Hodnet leave a shoot on for practice, might watch out for that.

Too much mowing where it’s not necessary. Walking the dog on a wide verge that had been cut near us and a partridge had been totally mutilated sitting tight on a nest of eggs leaving a pile of feathers and eggs which were smashed to pieces.