markw77

****** Ordered mine the other week for £34. it was the kit, ie pouch, bore cleaner and oil but wish I had waited

Hi. My boy is after a Freelander Commericial - needs to be the newer TD4 engine Not sure of his budget but I know for sure it will not stretch much past £5-£6k

I guess it depends on what she was originally called - if anything - needs to sound the same. Friend of mine had JR Bitch, called it Tess (Short for Testicle)

Planning to go for first time. SWMBO and daughter been before. Only slight issue is we have 16 week old FRC pup and wife thinks it is too much so I may have to stay at home And I wanted to buy so many toys.......

Cheers Thunderbird - will check them out later

Hi. New to this site. Joined to get advice on Clays but SWMBO works our dogs (FlatCoats) so was very interested in this thread She does a certain amount of trials and goes gundog training weekly. She also started at a local shoot last year picking up and thoroughly enjoyed it. They start off with a dummy launcher and for our previous dog this seems to have worked and she was never gun shy. Keen to read this thread tho as we now have a 16 week old liver FCR - who has started her training already. I was going to take her to the clay shoot and start in the car park, however, may suggest the CD mentioned on here. Is it available via iTunes? Mark

Thunderbird I have shot a couple of times at Ian Coley's as I like the idea of being able to practice "solo" as currently its embarassing the amount I miss Next stage I think is a few lessons but trying to work out things myself at the moment. I have thought about the one up at the Country Wide store on the A419/417 near the lakes as they shoot every other Sunday whereas Coley's is not open on a Sunday. The only issue at this place is that you have to be in a pair and waiting for my boy to get a day off from the farm to line up with the shooting day. Actually got a day off today to go up to Coley's and try my luck...... Let me know where you shoot and maybe can hook up sometime whilst the weather is good Mark

Thunderbird Just bought a 1,000 Extreme at £164 from him as he had no Hull Comp X in and I was panicked into buying them as told they were about to go up £15-£20 a 1,000. Will try the Hull's next time. Is Fibre OK - I bought Plastic

Hi I have just started shooting at Coley's. Great fun and like the idea of being able to go solo whilst I get used to it. Not tried this one yet but will add it to my list for my next visit

Loomer - wasnt trying to be be negative - I know each area is different and in Cirencester we have one PC who covers all the north Cotswolds. When he did mine he was saying that he had a load of renewals and that was holding him up. I expected that from the interview/inspection it would be about a week but that took another month, and that was me chasing. On the other hand, my son - who only lives a short distance from me got his all done and dusted in 4 weeks the year before. He does work on a farm so maybe he got priority I guess its a lottery in some respects. Anyway, hope you get it soon Thunderbird - Someone else recommended the Hull Comp so was gonna get some from my gun shop but they didnt have any in at the time. There was a rumour that cartridges were about to go up so did panic buy and bought 1,000 of the Extreme 28g. I was buying them in 250 slabs before so a tad expensive. I have Not tried them yet so not sure what they are like. Gonna try them and different chokes this weekend after a recommendation from another member on here.

Hi Loomer Anohter newbie here (both to shooting and this forum). I notice in your first note you only expect 8 weeks for your SGC - I was thinking mine would be be the same timescales. In the end it took 5 months - that is Glucestershire for you though and I am guessing all geos are different. Finally got my gun though and have just started shooting. Still rubbish but this forum has some brilliant advice. I notice someone spoke about 28/24g - I was with an instructor the other week and he used the Extreme 21g and he said just as good and recoil is hardly anything.

Thanks for all the replies and good advice Oh, and the "welcome" Looks like some good threads on here. Looking forward to getting into shooting and following this forum. Mark

Hi, New to this site and to clay pigeon shooting. Really dumb question. I have a Baretta O/U with multi-chokes Which barrel should I have selected to shoot first? I thought it was the top one ( 2 red dots) but my son has used it and selected the bottom one ( 1 red dot). I have multi-chokes that were inserted by the gun shop and I think are 1/4 and 1/2