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Thanks for that, interesting that your friend had the same problems with 6.5 bullets.

In among a mixed lot of 6.5 bullets, that I bought from someone selling up, there is a box of 160gr RWS bullets that I was going to try and find a load for but they seem to be undersized! They measure 6.63 or .261 as opposed to 6.7 or .264. Anyone come across this before?

Yes you can.

Ok do that. What score are you interested in?

Hi all. I have 4 Leupold scopes for sale. M8 6x42 excellent condition £160. VX-1 4-12x40 excellent condition with Leupold alu lens covers £200. VX-111 6.5-20x40 good condition with butler creek lens covers £350. VX3 4.5-14x50 like new, perfect condition. Boone and Crocket reticle. Really nice scope £500. Prices include postage. Just ask if you have any questions and I can send photos too.

Sorry folks, these are 1" rings.

Yes 1"

Leupold QR rings, low, item number 49971, excellent condition. £30 new, looking for £15 Photos on request.

Leupold QR rings, high, item number 49979. excellent condition. Cost £30 new, looking for £15 ONO. Photos on request.

Hi all. I have my sauer 200 30-06 up for sale just now so these bases are no use to me. They have been on and off the rifle once and are in excellent condition. Cost £60 new, looking for £30 ONO Photos on request.

I have tried a few different knives for preparing game and the knife I have settled on is a victorinox 5" semi flex boning knife. Its nice and neat like a filleting knife for breasting birds but stiff enough for heavier cutting like a rabbits backbone or a birds neck and wings. http://www.scobiesdirect.com/ItemInfo.asp?ItemDesc=5%22+Boning+Knife&ItemNo=VK5640312

There was a white graylag that came here every winter for a good few years, always to the same area.

Excellent, well done, you won't forget those two in a hurry.

Well done Stewart, be seeing you soon.

I have been a joiner since I left school working on roofs and outside in the elements a lot, I have tried a lot of different types and makes of waterproof work wear and some were better than others. I started working as a salmon farmer about a year and a half ago and our standard issue oilskins are stormline and they are definitely the best oilskin type water proofs I have worn. Very hard wearing and pretty easy to move around in and I reckon if they can keep a salmon farmer in Shetland dry they are pretty good.

I have been thinking for a while now about making 6 or 8 mallard nest tubes to try out. I have been trying to think of a place to put them that will not have anglers to disturb them, most lochs near me have trout in them and a fair few anglers that visit pretty regular. The main loch where most fowl would be have two protected areas for fowl and waders that the RSPB own and there is no anglers or shooters allowed.....perfect, or so I thought. I got in touch with a local RSPB warden and friend and let her know what I was planning and to seek permission. She got back to me and said that she had been in touch with her bosses and they had said that they were very interested to hear how I get on with the nest tubes but they didn't want them on their reserves. I am a bit miffed to be honest. There has always been a good relationship between the local RSPB and local shooters so I don't think its because I am a shooter. I guess I will just try it some place else. Anyone on here made nest tubes?

Its not unlike Shetland

I have only eaten brown hare once and I would say the mountain hare is a bit gamier. I always think that the smell when preparing the meat and the taste is similar to grouse which makes sense because of their diet.

I had a fantastic day out looking for hares on saturday with two good friends from work. We struggled to get close enough for a shot to begin with but once we got a bit higher where it was windier they sat a bit better. Neither of my friends have had much experience with guns so I said once we were in range of a hare just shoot sitting and not to bother with any running. We then went on to have some great stalks. Ross bagged his first hare after a long stalk and successful shot then it was Billy that put a hare in the bag after a long hike to get around the other side to get the wind on our faces. We spotted another but to get up to it Billy had to crawl flat on his belly for a long way, when he got up to shoot he bagged his hare then turned and bagged another that we hadn't seen, to say he was delighted was an understatement. I am heading away next month for some stalking so I had my 6.5x55 for a bit of practice and managed to shoot a couple too. We saw a lot of hares and also a few grouse which was good as I saw no grouse when I was out on the glorious 12th.

Deerhunter cheaha jacket for me, had it two seasons now and it turns everything but the heaviest horriblest rain.

Excellent Jim, well done. Always good to end the season with a bird or two.

Well folks that's the end of the season for me, went for a walk to see if there was any snipe around and came home with a snipe and three greylags. When I left the house it was fine and managed to bag a snipe about a hundred yards from the house then it started to snow. I am not sure if there was no more snipe or were they sitting really tight with the snow but I only saw one more and when I lifted the gun I couldn't see anything due to the snow on my barrel. I came in among some old stone ruins and stone walls and could hear geese so I stuck in three heavier cartridges and sure enough I managed to sneak up on five greylags. They got up and I downed a pair with two shots and I noticed that one of the remaining 3 only went a few hundred yards and dropped out of the sky like a stone, so ended the season with one of the smallest birds on our quarry list and three of the biggest.

Sounds like a day neither you or your son is going to forget in a hurry. Well done the pair of you

I haven't shot clays for a long time but to end up with I shot all my sporting with no8's through half choke and left the other chokes in the club house. I felt that I was getting myself all wound up trying to decide which combo was going to work best for the next few birds, so I went middle of the road with both shot size and choke.

Yes I had a browning (I forget which model) and a chunk came of the fore end, I had to glue it on and refinish it.