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Conor O'Gorman - I would be grateful if you would stop peddling the "listen to the Podcast" rubbish. Other posters have listened to it, so claiming they rely on my critique is just silly. I was charitable and tried to be even handed in my post. For the record, it was amateurish, patronising and contained almost zero facts. Terry hadn't heard of barrel damage, which given his massive experience, was a bit surprising. His wellies, Carribean nonsense and replacing lead pipe on your own property were low points, but tell me which bits were better. The more you encourage people to listen to it, I suspect more will feel let down.

Rewulf - read the links you provided. Mainly quite positive towards going to steel shot, but a few potential problems. Maximum range of 35 yards. More birds wounded and flying off - Germany insisting in a dog to retrieve game, but just how far away are they dropping? Birds shot with steel looking a mess and therefore unappealing to potential game eaters.

Had one of the cheap £15 no make from Ebay - had it for five years. Thought it was faulty - tuned out to be cable - in the mean time I had bought another. Binatone £35 - excellent..

Sorry - I don't agree. Conor O'Gorman has as much right as anyone to express an opinion and I would be sorry if he left. I don't often agree with him and sometimes despair at his evasion, but it's a free country.

Can we be clear - BASC did not come up with a voluntary transition away from lead shot??????? The" big boy stuff" was in response to you complaining about repetitive posts and then stating that you would carry on reading them. If you don't like reading them, just stop reading them. It isn't "big boys" making you read them, so just who is it? As for being a "minder", you flatter me. I support posters I agree with and question those who peddle rubbish.

Your post above seems to cut directly across the podcast, which concentrates almost wholly on the game market. By the way, steel shot will not stop birds ingesting shot - steel or lead.

That is a typical response from those who are quite happy that BASC volunteered to give up lead, without bothering to consult its members. Big boys kept making me read the same old posts. 🙂 I wish I had the will power not to read them.

Konor has invested some time and effort in trying to get straight answers to relatively simple questions. He can't get any, so posts again. Then some members pop up and ask why he keeps posting. If they find it boring - don't read. Is their answer to just ignore the lack of proper responses and let it go? I find the stick he has had from the odd member or two bizarre. I have asked questions which are never answered, as has Scully, Old farrier and Rewulf, plus others. Same response - patronising comments and useless links / podcast.

Some time has passed since my summary of the podcast. I don't see any disagreement with the opinion I have posted, so I have to assume that BASC accept it as accurate.

Despite its age, that is a very modern looking 101.

Conor - you are too sensitive. I have read the patronising and arrogant stick you dish out. You need to get used to incoming. Any worthwhile messages you put out gets lost in your evasion and sniping. If you don't like it - just ignore it.

Conor - just spoken to daughter in law. Thinks it wouldn't go down well with some parents and the kids are a bit young., but she has many contacts in Bolton schools, so I will ask her to spread the word.

Conor - thanks for that.

Conor - do you have any information about what age group the BASC talks are aimed at? My daughter in law owns several children's nurseries. They have had, from memory, talks from the Police and Fire Brigade amongst many others. Not sure whether the children would be too young or even whether my daughter in law would be interested, which is why I ask the question.

I have done a few before, but used a scroll saw to cut out the comb piece. I was never happy, as the scroll saw was hard to keep in an accurate line. In a rush of blood to the head, I purchased a band saw yesterday, as I thought it would be easy. Tried the band saw today on some spare wood - great in a straight line, but useless for bends. I quickly realised that I needed a narrower blade. I thought I would crack on with the actual mechanism. I bought some aluminium flat bar 1" wide, 1/4" thick. I bought two different sized aluminium tube, which in theory should have slotted straight in. It didn't. A bit of gentle drilling sorted that. After a bit of increasing the bore on the larger tube, I managed to cobble together one mechanism. I will fit it on one of my spare guns and have enough to do another three. After doing the sporter, I might just put one on my trap gun. Photo is where I am at the moment. I need a narrower blade to cut the comb