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Du u no hu i amm?
Ronnie Pickering?
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CCI subs are the most accurate through my BRNO.
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Another enjoyable video
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Thanks for the comments.
Any grouse on the Shetlands Aister?
Yes there is grouse up here but not in huge quantities.
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I took my eldest 2 out for a walk today since it was such a nice day. There was a lot of snipe around but with it being so calm they were getting up too far out but I managed to put 5 in the bag. One of the last boggy bits we tried produced a right and a left of teal as 4 got up in true teal fashion, straight up. We had half a dozen rabbits too. I also saw a nice big flock of golden plover I will have to have a look at tomorrow when I am on my own.
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I have the T3 lite blued synthetic in 6.5x55 and love it. For the money it's a great accurate rifle with a very smooth action. I replaced the bolt handle and shroud for an after market bigger bolt handle and metal shroud.
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Excellent, well done. Sounds like you have had a very successful trip.
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Good luck on your shooting trip Stuart, hope all goes to plan and you get some powder burnt
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Don't know if you would call it unusual but certainly the most memorable goose achievement for me was a right and a left of high grelags with a friend's double 4, it's certainly a morning I won't forget in a hurry.
A more unusual one for me was one time a friend and I arrived at the head of a small field with goose decoying in mind but our hearts sank when we heard that the geese were already in and feeding with the moon. I shone with my torch and sure enough we could just make out that a few geese were already there, I switched my torch off and we put our gear down so we could decide on what to do. Then all of a sudden the geese were up and I realized that max was no longer at my side, I flicked on the torch to find that the geese were gone and max was heading back with a big greylag in his mouth. I couldn't believe it, I was mortified but thankfully the goose was unscathed and he flew of pretty disgruntled at being disturbed so early.
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I went out for a look last night with the gun and the hound. By the time I had made it to my chosen spot the wind had fallen away to nothing and with a perfectly clear sky and a fairly big moon I did not expect to see much action. It was good to be out the house though, the lapwings were doing some fancy flying and the snipe were coming in like little rockets only to land with the tinyest plop at the waters edge. I was about to unload the gun and head home when 3 mallard came in from my right, my only two shots of the night flew true and I headed home with a couple of mallard in the bag and a happy hound at my side.
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I had my RFD bring me up a second hand sauer 200 in 30-06 flavor to replace the remington 700 I had. It arrived the other day and when I was looking over it I noticed that the safety didn't feel quite right, there is no friction at all between safety on and off its as if it is floating, I would have thought there should be some friction or a click. Also with the safety on the bolt lifts and can be taken completely out of the gun. Surely this cant be right. Neither my RFD nor myself have ever had any dealings with sauer so is there anyone on here that can advise me? Could it be a spring or something carried away?
look forward to any replies
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H4895 works well for me with 52gr a-max
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I bought a 32" 3" midland hammer gun a couple of months ago for £250. It was from an old friend who wanted me to have it and said himself that it would be able to sell for more. It could do with the barrels re-blued and the woodwork spruced up otherwise the gun is mechanically sound. It has "for 3" paper cases" stamped on the top of the barrels and looking at the proof marks it is nitro proofed for 1 1/2oz. Its a lovely gun to use compared to the other 32" "wildfowling" guns I have had.
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Usually see a few at the start of the season most years but this season, so far, there have been more than usual. I have never worried about them, her indoors doesn't like it much when I find them up my arms later on after plucking. Its mostly wigeon I see them on but I have shot 2 pinks and a greylag that I thought were injured but turned out to be absolutely covered in lice, and I mean covered, they were so poorly they couldn't fly.
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Good shooting followed up by some cracking dog work, I would never get fed up watching a good dog working like that
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I managed to christen my new to me Midland double hammer gun this morning on a barley stubble. We waited a while before we saw the first birds, I think they must have been feeding under the moon last night. The first that came in was a small flock of greylags and I managed to connect with the first shot and bagged a goose. I was old school this morning using a hammer gun and paper shells, I was firing paper cased fiocchi 36gr no3 which are so gentle to shoot but seem to hit hard all the same. I then bagged a mallard and finished off with a right and left of geese which made my morning. The hound was delighted to be out but he is showing his age, he slept like a log when we got home ha ha.
Glad to see that others on here have had successful mornings.
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Excellent, well done Conor, he wont forget today in a hurry
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Ages ago here on PW someone put up a link to a website that had maps which showed individual field boundaries, can anyone remember what the website was?
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Just heading out the door to have a look around for tomorrow morning, can't wait.
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I bought it for 200 bucks. It is very tightly choked, the few rabbits I have shot with so far have been either cleanly missed or very dead ha ha. I will see how I get on with it through the season then next summer I plan to get the barrels 're blued and the woodwork done up. Mechanically the gun is sound, with the forend off there is no play in the barrels at all. I will get some pics up when I put something in the bag with her.
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I am looking forward to christening my latest purchase, a midland gun company double hammer gun with 3" chambers and like fenboy, I would love to bag a pintail, only ever had two come over me in range but the gun was in the hide and I was out moving decoys
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I don't think I have missed a 1st since I started shooting unless it was on a Sunday. Always a great feeling to be out with the hound and gun again and a bird in the bag is a bonus, I am trying not to think about the 1st too much don't want the goose fever getting too much of a grip ha ha
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Excellent video
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Is there anyone on here that would be interested in coming to Shetland for some shooting in return for some deer stalking? Up here in Shetland we have no deer however there is plenty of other shooting I can provide. Walked up rabbit and snipe with a chance of woodcock, rabbit shooting with the rifle through the day and lamping at night, duck and goose flights in the morning and night we could also try a walk through the hills for white mountain hares and the chance of a grouse. I have paid for deer stalking down on the mainland quite a few times but I would quite like to try a sporting swap where both parties would get to do something that is not readily available to them. Here is a few pictures of some of the sport I enjoy. Any questions or queries just ask. Thanks for taking a look. ATB. Aister.
After a successful night flight.
A good bag after a good walk.
Morning flight with my eldest.
Walked up rabbit shooting.
A nice walk with my eldest and the hound.
Another successful flight.
5 mountain hares.
Another daytime walk with the hound and rifle.
First Pinks
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Excellent, well done. Good looking hound too.