Maldwyn

Perhaps not to show standard but this is my favourite stick. Bought from a Gents Hairdresser's shop of all places while on hollidays at Grasmere in the Lake District a few years ago.

Having seen the above, just found a WAGBI 3" motor badge on Ebay with one bid for £70.

My new toy and the first couple of rabbits killed with it. Fitted with a second hand Schmidt & Bender 6x42 and a swivel Harris Bipod. After spending the previous weekend zeroing, I could'nt wait to try it out for real on Saturday. Went out for a couple of hours before dusk, as I walked into one grass meadow I spotted two rabbits on the edge of the woods. They were both totally oblivious to my presence and as I went down into the prone position, extended the bipod, they both started coming nearer towards me. When the first one was about 60yds away, he dropped to my shot and the second rabbit ran about 5 yrds before stopping. When he did stop broadside on, he dropped to my second shot. On examining the rabbits, the shot placement on the first was just below the ear and the second one through the chest. Well chuffed with the Sako, I now have a spare .243 slot to fill for deer/fox.

A week after my first post, my FAC came through. The following week I bought this little beauty (thanks Geordie for providing that link). It's now fitted with a second hand Schmidt & Bender 6x42 and a Harris Bipod. Spent the last weekend Zeroing and managed a couple of hours walking the fields at dusk this weekend. So far two shots for two kills. Happy at last. Now I've just got a .243 slot that needs filling. All's well that ends well

why do you need the stone? :S just curious. is it some simple reason? It's an old druid supertstion that if you add a stone then you ward off the evil spirits..... Not really, it just stops the brush floating to the top of the meths.

The way I've removed the brush for preserving in the past is: 1. Use a knife and cut through the skin around the circumference at the base of the tail. 2. Using a stick about 12" long with a split in one end, (similar to a tealer, you put a snare on). Push the split end over the tail bone at the cut and pull the whole brush off. It does come off quite easily. 3. Place the brush in the bottom of a jar with a stone on top and fill with meths. Leave it for about a month.

Having just registered will have to wait 24 hrs before I can post a reply on that forum or contact him by PM. Thank you very much Geordie, appreciated. Thanks to everyone else for advice.

Had a bad day at the office today. I'm one of the many people on this forum that's waiting for their FAC to come through and what a long and difficult wait it's been. It was six weeks before I had my home visit. When the FEO did come 'round, he said everything was straightforward and that he would send off his paperwork that day for processing and I should receive my FAC (.22 & .243) within two to three weeks. This was just over a week ago. Anyway, I have my heart set on a Sako Finnfire Varmint for the .22. Have looked at the CZs and Anschutz but have made my mind up this is the rifle I want when that piece of paper finally lands on my doormat. However it seems that these dont come up on the market that often. When they do they're usually snapped up quite quickly. But, it just so happens that earlier this week I sourced one at a gunshop not too far away. I phoned the gunshop owner this morning, who confirmed that he still had it and so I set off this afternoon to have a look at it. When i got there, he showed me the rifle and what a thing of beauty. It was in excellent condition, the price was right and I cradled the rifle dreaming of the nocturnal forays we would have together. Asked the gunshop owner if he would take a deposit on the rifle while my FAC is being processed, to which he replied no, as someone else was coming to see it on Saturday. Offered to pay in full if he could put it in storage for me, to which he replied that it was illegal to do so. I was absolutely gutted as I placed the rifle back on the shelf knowing that was the last time I'd see it. Sorry to have waffled on for quite a bit. Had to express my sorrow to fellow shooters as my wife only laughs at my bad day at the office.