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Dougy

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  1. Dougy

    Pellet washing

    I used to wash all my AA field pellets in washing liquid rinse then rinse in a car wax additive then dry in the oven on a very low heat, it did actually increase MV slightly, on average i think it was about 25 fps, But the most important thing was it gave me more confidence with my kit. that is what its all about I was then at the time putting around 8000 pellets through a year down the barrel.
  2. same here that way they can see your actually doing something
  3. Just a thought here! Are the markings more common on the younger ones, it may be that they fade as they mature, I shot 4 cubs last years from the same litter and all were simalar in markings, i have also noticed on other young but not so on more mature fox's say 18 months +
  4. And i bet he got loads of his shot out of the gutter, LOL
  5. Has any one had a smashed window from a passing gritter lorry ( assuming of course it is grit size ) I am sure the grit is heavier than 7.5 shot
  6. Some years back while camping at Weston Park we were in the line of one of the sporting shoots so quite a few cars got showered with shot, not that frequently but still they did get quite a few marks left by the lead, but there was no damage other than that. They have since moved the camp site a bit further away That would of course have been 7.5 shot now if they would have been allot larger then we may have been looking at small indents in the body work but i doubt it would have broken windows
  7. how do they speed up the slow motion shot then :o
  8. 75% of my permisions have given me a copy of field's and boundary's plus i always ring and give an approwimate time of arrival and expected departure time, i have been stopped twice by the police with fire arms, they have been more than happy with the information i have given them with regards to phone numbers and maps. On one of my permisions i ring the police incedent number and they then give me a incedent number incase of a visit, mind you it is on a village sports field. IMO i think its better to cover yourself just in case
  9. Sheeps Gonads Sheeps brains,poached then spread on toast and grilled
  10. And here i am with 936 ---937 with this one and been on here for nearly 4 years, just goes to show some of us spend more time with our fingers on the trigger instead of our fingers on the keyboard, Or out socialising the old fashioned way
  11. No it wasnt from the stables, not seen that one, its off another once i get to know where the gate ways ditches and most other hazards are i'll get you out,. I have been busy studying Google Earth checking out access around the place :blink:
  12. I have read the post again and i am most humberly sorry to you, my "mate" I have a friend at last TJ91 The only tip i could give then is to use some lofters to tempt them towards your gun, hows that "my mate"
  13. I would say get yourself down the nearest clay ground with your mate and get a few rounds on the skeet, that will just about cover most shots you would take on pigeons, when you improve your kill rate on the clays then i think your roost shooting will no doubt return bigger bags, and therefore a much larger grin on your face I personaly think you owe it to yourself and the quarry to be a better shot, All the best
  14. Thanks chaps as far as the online forum Firearms Licencing Inspectors are concerned i personaly couldnt be bothered, i spend as much of my time as possible shooting rather than nit picking other people's posts.
  15. I had a call from one of my permisions last week with regards Fox's being seen around the farm yard and i was asked if i had anything available other than a 22.250 that would sort out the problem, I needed to get the task done ASAP due to lambs being due anytime. Anyway it couldnt be CF as to the area so i opted to go with 22RF, So i turned up at the farm after giving them a call as usual to let them know i was about and started a slow walk around the fields to see if i could pop off a few rabbits needed for my Local Pub (Restaurant), about an hour or so before charllie had been seen. Well after 1 1/2 hours and just 3 rabbits later, the rain started, only light at first but gradualy progressed into a rather uncomfortable scope clouding getting too wet session, so i decided to call it a night as far as the rabbits were concerned, thats 3 night with very low results. So back to the yard and under shelter waiting for charlie, and waiting and waiting but no sign I'd had enough really mainly due to just coming off nights but also the weather didnt help. so i packed up, rabbits gutted gun back in the slip and drive out the yard, i thought I'd have a look into the neigbouring field over the road, wont do any harm, you never know i thought, so down with the window and a quick wizz round with the lamp, b###r me there in the far corner about 250yards away 2 pairs of eyes, i watched them for a while and gave them a quick squeak the one ran up to the right towards the hedge the other i lost somewhere. So there not playing on my permission, I called the farmer i had origanaly been to and asked whos field it was over the road, and explained that it would be safer and easier to control the Fox's on that land if it was possible, well i was given 2 phone numbers there and then and told to speak to this chap and mention to him how i came by his number, and well another big dollop of land adjoining 3 others in the area. Paid the new Farmer a visit the following day with permision and map of his boundary's and jobs a gud un Went out last night not with my 22lr but with a 22.250 and within an 1/2 an hour shot this Vixen, she lay in the bottom of a hedge head on facing so she didnt know much about it, we left her there for about an hour to see if there were any dogs about, as you never know one may be tempted . A brill couple of nights really even though they havnt been big bags, and well chuffed onthe new permision
  16. .243 22.250 and the like use large rifle primers. i gather you dont reload or you may have allready found out
  17. Very good with a rf. I have one with the dimmer use it allot when after rabbits.worth having no weight problem at all...
  18. Dougy

    PCP question?.

    oxygen not sure if this will work but i think it may be worth a read
  19. Dougy

    PCP question?.

    USE IT AT YOUR PERIL pure oxygen is highly explosive. I dont know how old you are i havn't really bothered to look at your details, Didnt you learn anything at school. Play about with pure oxygen in pressurised cylinders and it could end up at least blowing off one of your limbs, or you could end up nailed up in a coffin. it HAS happend to people dont use anything other than breathing air whatever you hear.
  20. not a good idea using fullers earth, as deposits it will cause allot of premature engine wear, of course if your driving an old banger and aint too bothered about damage and can afford to pay the fine and then buy another old banger then ok fair enough. Just pay the money or get a push bike, there's no way out of it.
  21. And whatever you do dont forget to remove the ram rod before firing, ive seen one that wasnt at a display, it missed the crowd by only a few feet. There a chap in the local that is really into it, goes abroad doing re,enactment displays from the 1st and 2nd world war.
  22. And how many of the little boys were holding the bottom of the steps making sure you were safe there at the top
  23. follow as per instuction. 1st.Fill with lighter fluid Then replace the element,then apply fire by means of a match or lighter to the element for 3 - 5 seconds, do not turn the warmer upside down as it will cause damage to the burner element ! then replace the perforated top cover, put in velveteen cloth bag provided, close tightly using the draw string and stopper. it should now start to get warm, and as MC has stated at times it can and should get too warm to hold out of the bag. If this still doesnt help you have learn't a lesson. "buy cheap buy twice"
  24. Dougy

    Tow Rope

    I would never have told anyone, not ever, i promised, Now all will know it was you who got stuck in a field and i ihad to come and pull you out with my 4x4 Blue metro
  25. i can only imagine the weight of the rifle, having a 22.250 topping the scales at a tad over 12lb, definately not a stalking rifle either, It does sound very good though, i'm tempted myself
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