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Couldn't agree more mate, and if I had the money I'd have a Purdey or H & H shotgun even though I wouldn't expect them to make me shoot any straighter. But it is an expensive knife however you look at it but I am sure would be worth every penny.

Had I not read your post, I wouldn't have quoted and commented on it. I appreciate what you are saying, but how are you going to establish drunkeness? One man may well have had 5 pints and a couple of malts and still be steady as a rock, someone else has a two on an empty stomach and it hits him like a hammer and gives him a good old sway on. So who is the least responsible one?

It's common mate unfortunately. I have the same issue with a small syndicate I run. People are dead keen and going to shoot oh so regularly, weekly at least!!!! Two of mine have barely hit the ground in the last 3 months. This will of course be remembered when it comes time to renew the permisssions which we will be doing annually.

Why? It's not illegal to have a drink or two? In fact, I can't think of a charge that basically reads 'Drunk in charge of a shotgun'. It may exist but how do you then determine the legal level of alcohol in the blood when in charge of a gun? To put another angle on it, I had a few last night, certainly too many to drive and I have guns in the same house I was drinking in, does that make me irresponsible?

Sounds like you are carrying too much weight on your wrists mate, I used to and suffered similarly. Maybe time to work on those abs a bit and consciously work on taking your weight through your legs and torso. You should be able to take your hands off the bars without falling forward. If you're not comfortable with that, another test is that you should be able to flap your arms like a chicken without any real input being transmitted to the bike.

Looks like a recipe for disaster.

Have to say that I've always loved the AA Fields. Not had a gun yet that didn't like them and I won't use anything else in my S510!

Not a problem there I can see. You are in the vehicle with the gun and certificated to have it in your possession.

Aye, good call.

You certainly can carry the gun in public in its slip, and I would have thought that if you were walking home slightly over the top then that's being responsible. Not sure where you'd stand if you were hammered and walking home with a shotgun though.

Innit!

No worries, cheers and well done.

I've done worse if the truth be known.

I don't recall exactly but know there was a hoo-ha about it at some point and we were asked not to. Maybe the mods could explain further?

An explanation of what you did would be good.

You have PM.

Darren, I sent you a PM yesterday, did you get it?

That's the essence of things for me, and I agree Motty that nobody should be saying 'never do this and always do that' because as we've already agreed, what works for one may not work for another or it could be what works in Norfolk may not work in Sussex, flexibility is the key. But, I still maintain, that if your knowledge is limited, nothing but good can come of educating yourself as long as you do approach it with an open but questioning mind. As I've said, if somebody suggests you do something and it doesn't work you just drop that idea, but a least you'll have some ideas from an accomplished shooter to work with, whereas half of the **** you read on here would send you in the wrong direction!

I have to say that most of the attendees had never shot a pigeon from a hide. I was surprised at the number of game shots present but chatting at lunch explained this. "Times are a little hard don't you know, and one feels that £800 a day is possibly a little extravagant, so I thought I might do some pigeon shooting as well this season"! I **** you not, that is almost verbatim what one of my compatriots said. Poor man, struggling to pay his 8 grand a year game shooting bill so thought he'd come and slum it, there were even a couple of comments about how he would have to source his own 'livener'. It's a good thing I'm a calm collected type, or I might have told him where to stash his bottle of Sloe Gin. In fairness, most of the lads were good sorts, he was the worst but there was one other with a similar background and mindset, I was sorely tempted to give his Audi convertible a nudge on the way out too!!! I don't begrudge either of them their wealth or opportunity, I'd quite like to try a game shoot one day but it doesn't worry me unduly. It was just the attitude that rankled, can't afford the pheasant and grice at the moment so will have to make do with pigeon shooting.

Common behaviour it would appear...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Skua

There speaks the voice of inexperience....regarding this forum anyway! For every good post there is on here, there are ten armchair shooters who have read lots but done little, spouting rubbish! The trick is to learn who is worth listening to! As for the get out there comment, I do. But why would you not want to listen to the opinions of a experienced shooter? You may decide that some things aren't working for you, but at least you get a solid start point no? If you have Peter Theobald on hand then yes, I guess you won't be needing this. As for Shane subscribing to all of Chris Greens ideas, I don't know, I guess he uses what works for him. This course is aimed at new shooters, as such I think it was very good. More experienced shots will learn less and disagree more, but if you are a real know it all, maybe you should be running the course? Edit: the last comment was aimed at the less than helpful posters rather than those entering into a discussion!

Seen similar round here. Allegedly a second generation leopard cross or some similar rubbish. They are obviously bred from the wild cats but several generations and some careful selective breeding I think. Stunning looking beasts, we have a 'leopard' and striped 'tiger' wandering around my bit of hove!

The suggestion was that you'd be better off siting the magnet away from the pattern and on the highest bit of the field (within) reason. The magnet would draw them from a distance (hence why you site it high and in the open for maximum visibility) and then your 'lively' pattern would then draw them right in. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but makes sense to me, and he's shot a few over the years so it must work for him. As we all know, not a lot's definitive when it comes to shooting.

Apparently Yamaha are already in talks with Pol Espargaro re a factory seat, and with Tech3 not having confirmed Yamahas for next season Cal could end up on the ****ty end of the stick!

Absolutely with permission and a safe shooting situation. Standard air gun ranges and head shots as far as I'm concerned, so 35 yards max unless you are particularly experienced and just that you are asking the question would suggest otherwise.