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Trev, I had one of those, also had really good timber on it. I bought it from Avalon and they told me that they were made by Silma. Never had any problems with mine in the four years I had it but I have heard that some are prone to double discharging. I think it's due to the barrel selector in the trigger blade wearing. Ian

FM, I'd love to see one as well, not sure I'd want to shoot one though, I've heard too many horror stories about what happens if you don't get it right first time !!!!! Until they start eating people or eating too much stock then I don't have a problem sharing the woods with them. I understand the danger comes for old or injured cats as they will find the old woman down the road and her 15 year old three legged poodle a lot easier to catch !!!!! There is a local bloke called Frank Tunbridge who calls himself an "expert" on big cats and has collected loads of evidence but was discredited on a tv programme produced for the discovery channel I think, where they brought a Canadian fur trapper over to look for big cats in the UK. All the pictures that he was producing the fur trapper was just flicking through them saying "dog, dog, dog, dog" NTTF, love to if there were any available !!!!! Shame that Tony B-liar got there first................... Suprised that, as far as I know, neither of the local fox hound packs have put anything up. Got an offer of going out Fallow stalking the other week slightly further down the M5, not so sure about going now......... Ian

I was interested for the same reasons as I'm the other side of Stroud to you, just below Coaley peak. I'm wondering what's next, Boar in the Forest of Dean and as far as Over (just outside Gloucester itself for anyone who doesn't know the area) Now the police confirming big cats. And there was a Wolf on Dartmoor this morning.......................... Ian

Did any of my fellow westcountry pigeonwatchers see the 'Points West' news at 1830 last night? The Gloucestershire wildlife liasion officer publically admitting that there were "at least two" big cats, believed to be pumas, living in an area of woodland near Stroud. Now I know there has been lots of debate as to wether big cats are alive in the coutryside or not & my personal view is that there could be and there probably is. What I was shocked by is the fact that a serving police officer (in uniform) confirmed it on TV. I've searched for a link on the BBC site but couldn't find one, can someone else confirm that the red wine didn't go straight to my head? cheers, Ian

I assume that your friend is going to kennel these dogs outside so they have somewhere to relieve themselves? If he is going to leave them shut in the house for 11 hours a day he shouldn't even be thinking about having one let alone two. Even if the dogs are outside I would still ask your friend to think long and hard about his decision. Just my views on the subject, I'm sure someone will be along in a minute to say that it isn't a problem Ian

Unfortunately, Mrs. Mears dies of Cancer last year, He has three (I think) children though, wonder where they spent the summer holidays? Ian

Farmer, I think the importers are 'Adept UK' & their phone number is 01457 877170 hope this helps, Ian

He is just about to do an interview on Radio 1 if anyone is interested, could be a bit different ...... Ian

Neil, Mrs njc110381? Have you got something to tell us or is she getting ideas above her station? Don't tell me you went to Clive Ranger for her Christmas present? :( Ian

Turkey for me, but we are going to my parents and my mum is doing all the cooking so I can't complain really !!!!!! biggest 'problem' if you can call it that, is the fact that she buys enough food for about 20 people and we end up bringing most of it home with us. Working next week though so I'll take a lot of it into the office and it will disappear quite quickly. If we were at home and it was just the three of us, I'd probably have a nice brace of duck though Ian

Can you see it Pin? Ian

Pin, You are a 'puter god top man !!!!! Cheers, Ian

Pin, XP home, with service pack 2 installed I think Ian

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Actually kipper, it's a large Dairy farm and I'm dreading the day that I'm there at the wrong time and he wants me to shoot one Lucky the cows are now in for the winter as the dairy is one side of the river and the grazing is now the other side of the splash.

Not too windy here. We did have a fair bit of rain in the night though. The river on the farm has broken it's banks and has created a lovely shallow splash of about 3/4 acre. There were about 20 Mallard on it this morning but guess what the one thing I'm not allowed to shoot on that farm is.............. Ian

You have PM !!!!! Ian

Thanks for all your suggestions chaps, Dazza, I think they went ‘bust’ BUT...I have since found out that Field and Forces is sort of still running. As I mentioned before I have used them for quite a few years, but shortly after I spoke to them at the CLA game fair and Robert (the boss) was telling me how he was going to start increasing the surplus side of things again , the website went down and I heard several reports on different forums that they had gone out of business. I tried ringing but couldn’t get through and they didn’t show at my local fair. Anyway, if anyone wants to use them instead of any of the other good companies in this thread, google ‘paddlesdown’ Cheers, Ian

Nothing better than a rare steak as long as it’s a good one….and English!!!! (Exercising my right to positively discriminate while running for cover :blink: )

I hope someone can help with this, Previously, I had my Beretta fitted by Nigel Teague. Now that I'm shooting again, I want to get my current gun done. I have no complaints with the service I got from NT but I was wondering if anyone would recomend anyone else in the general area of Gloucestershire / Somerset that I should consider as well? Also, how much is it going to cost me now? I think it was about £50 last time Thanks, Ian

Pin, I use Firefox, can't remember the exact site I (we) ended up on. I deleted the old link I had, but I'll check and see if I can recover it when I get home tonight if it's any use? Ian

And me, got back in via the PM centre and re-saved the link, just getting a 404 error prior to that Ian

Cheers chaps, I've watched about half of it and I do have a smile on my face now

Can someone tell me if this is 'work safe' ? I need cheering up but I think I'm going to have to wait until I get home !!!