Shropshire_Lad

Well done everyone, hope you all enjoyed Hodnet and had a great day . Well done Salop Sniper, not what you are capable of but far from a disaster ;-)

then there's Optima and Optima HP, my EVO has Optima but not safe to use Optima HP chokes.

Spot on .

Yes, Haimwood very friendly and open every day of the week .

West midland shooting ground have just started practice on tuesday afternoons and evening, very laid back and the sporting changes every other week. atvb Paul.

We used compx21g on a simulated driven day at Carrog . Great to use and soft on the shoulder even after 400+ cartridges. Some really high birds that were well hit if you got your bit right lol.

As a seller, we have a property valued at 245k by two estate agents and think 220k is a more realistic figure ;-)

I think you need to shoot a few. I shoot a Beretta 12 bore which fits as good as it can off the shelf, off the back of that I bought a Beretta 20 bore thinking they would be pretty much the same as regards gun fit. Not so, could not get my chubby cheeks low enough on the twenty bore, a browning 725 20 bore was near identical though. Wood is what it is, it can move quite a bit, try a few. atvb Paul.

I have a 725 20 bore, not the black version but a 30 " premium . Has the same woodwork and I have to say its just wonderful to shoot. It fits me great but would have no worries shooting a Miroku either if they did a left hander with a bit more cast on .

I too have been having troubles on driven. After many years of rough shooting and a full summer of clay shooting I was feeling quite smug about my first season at trying some driven birds ...how hard can it be ? Oh dear, how embarrassing. It started off bad and has got worse !! Nothing high on this little shoot, tree tops at most may be a bit higher but I can't find them. Confidence and all reason gone out of the window now. On a bird like this what kind of lead are we talking about if you swing through or shoot maintained lead, just roughly to get me somewhere near once more because I'm going from one extreme to the other ! It does not help that chances are thin on the ground so not much chance of practicing so to speak. Great thread by the way.

We did manage to get our cut outs done and tops in place but cracked on the final polishing. It is just not strong enough to cope with insets cut out of it. From a fitters point of view far too risky of a product to work with. We won't be touching the stuff again .

Look on the bright side, you can spend a day fitting the replacement tops for free !! whoopee !

Thank's guy's for your feedback. Sitsinhedges, We treated these 20 mm tops as if they were royalty , at no time worked on unsupported and always carried by two of us edge on, I don't see how we could do it different next time to be honest. Interesting about no more than 400mm of span too, looks like 800mm is stretching it a bit too far !! To be honest the customer has been fantastic and has been with us all the while and was there when it went ping while polishing. The Rep is out this week to take a look at their wonderful tops and design layout. team tractor, do your tops stain easily ? we got there this morning and these white tops were already staining from spilled Tea . It polished out ok but there is no way you would want that hassle all the time. atvb Paul.

That's what we thought too, it wont take much of a knock in the future for it to go again.

It is one of the Quartz type tops, not sure which brand as the customer supplied it all. We have repaired it but whats to stop it going again ? . 800 mm is a long piece unsupported over a draw unit don't you think ? as it's only 60 mm wide.

One for the Kitchen fitters/joiners on here. Last week I and a colleague were asked to fit a kitchen with these work tops. One a long length , 3m with a cut out for a 1m inset sink. The other two 625 wide by 2.5m long, back to back to form an island unit with a 800 hob over a draw unit. From the start we stated we thought it too weak, not fit for purpose. We proceeded to fit them as asked as the customer assured us they would be ok. We made a support bench out of 4x2 PAR 3m long by 600 on a totally flat surface to do all the machining. All went well, all corners had a radius machined on them and the long joint on the island resin glued together. While going through the sanding/polishing process the island top cracked on the corner of the hob cut out, gutted:-( Any one else had bad experiences of this type of product ? atvb Paul.

Not sure about SGC but a friend from your area has had his FAC in for a few months now and heard nothing and the Cheque has not been cashed either.

Hi and Welcome. Haimwood would probably be not too far from you either, good help there for newcomers ;-) atvb Paul.

You sure are ! one life live it.

I'll take this please, pm me to arrange collection buddy.

Thank you Fortune, it is a Premium 20 bore .

Thanks guy's. It was the best I could find and afford in left hand. Mrs Shropshire Lad has been amazing over the last couple of years , our kids have always come first and now they are grown up it's our turn ;-) My wish done next year all about my wife .... That grade five does look stunning but five only ever made ? Not sure its worth an extra 1.5 k , that said not sure mine is worth the same amount over our Bettinsoli . Having said that I shot all day yesterday and kept looking at my pride and joy and had a smile a mile wide lol.

Not a mk grade five but still a good looking gun. I have waited and saved all my adult life to own a shotgun of this grade that was new to me ;-) Nothing too flash but was well worth the wait .

Do they make a grade five mk70 in twenty bore ? I couldn't find one when I was looking only the mk60. I ended up with a 725 with the higher grade woodwork and so far very pleased with it, atvb Paul.

Nearly every topic with regards to shooting has been done to death . Now and again though a fresh new outlook kicks up some great posts ;-)