dipper

Hi Old Boggy yes That was 1959 .Went to see him in 20 11 when he was 99 his mind was still sharp .he made it to 100 .All broody hens .When I went to see him he was dressing 2 pheasants .He made a drew and said do you want a piece of cake I’ve made it myself .grew his own veg and did some light work on the shoot .Dipper.

The one on the right I was 15

A picture of me on page 96 .Fred Bayfields assistant keeper long time ago .

Linda Nolan passed away today after a long battle with cancer r i p Linda .

A few different ones

Guy who owns a clay shoot

Just been informed by a reliable person that cartridges are going up 25% Hope he’s wrong

Used to correspond with David garrard Home loader from shooting times .I asked him the same question about fiber wads in tapered cases .He said just put a paper wad over the powder then fiber wad

That’s fine no problem

I have felt the cold since I went on blood thinners it’s put pay to most of my winter shooting .Even getting well wrapped up I had a Artic valve leak operation a few months ago and since then I have no resistance to cough and colds feel drained .

I was on warfarin for a long time .About 4 years ago I was put on Apiixaban.2 a day .I have,never experienced bruising even when useing. Heaveish loads .

I go about just over a hour before he starts there’s usually a couple before me .Always get to see him .

I was given a small cardboard box with a few LBS of sg shot taken from some home guard cartridges..I loaded a few a couple of years ago .patterns not very good .Another guy I know who’s dad was a retired gunsmith gave me some SSG. and some BB .About the only use would be crows nests .woul be useless for foxes .If I was to load for foxes I would load low velocity steel wads possibly buffer .There’s a guy on a American forum called Wade Rush gets very good patterns he uses very hard shot and plays about with screw in turky chokes .

The late Doctor Michael David who shot for Ireland Used a greener to shoot trap as well as pigeons .

Went to a auction once at In Cheshire .I decided £250 was my top bid went to the guy running it to have a close look and ask him a few questions,So he knew I was keen I bid up to £250 then I stopped ther were 2 bids after mine .when it was over the auctioneer side kick came up to me asked me if I wanted the gun .I said sell it to the person who bid after me and walked out ..