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Just found this. I presume the prices are for boxes of ten! http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/dept.as...=Kent+Cartridge

There are some here to give you a price comparison in Dollars. http://www.gunshop.com/jmar5.htm There is bound to be someone reading this that has seen them recently.

I see a lot of people who think that 20 bores are the 'in thing'. Then they use cartridges with 16 bore loads in them. Defeats the object as far a I can see. All you get is a dam great kick in the shoulder. There are plenty of light 12 bores to choose from if they don't want to carry a heavy gun about. Rottweil Tigers seem to be popular with 20 bore users.

Cranners The Kent Cartridge Co. were pushing the Molyshot, I think. I would say it looked the best to me. You could bite it and make an impression, but I have heard that they only sell it to Holland. Don't know it that's right or not. The first Tungsten 'shot' was bits of sintered tungsten encased it plastic. Tungsten will not form balls as lead does. I haven't seen these 'tungsten matrix' cartridges but imagine they must be similar. A few of our younger wildfowling club members seem to be able to justify buying them, but it's not for me. Cheaper to buy the ducks!!

There you GO!!

Don't mock him too much. The way things are in 'The Great Game', he might be the source of the West's intelligence on WMDs. They obviously had someone very close to Saddam!

Because most of the non-toxic shot is harder than lead, it tends to go straight through the bird without expanding and giving up it's energy. That's providing the birds are within range, of course!! Most of our club members say that the only way a duck comes down, and is retrievable, is if you break a wing and a leg so that it can't dive or swim. They do not die through shock, like they would with lead. I think Ducks Unlimited found that there was a 63% increase in wounded birds after lead shot was banned Stateside! In the run up to the lead ban, the RSPCA were concerned that there would be more wounding of birds if lead were banned! The number of Black Back gulls seems to have increased on our area since lead shot was banned. They make short work of any cripples that can't be retrieved. Better than dieing through lead poisoning, some might say! With Tungsten Matrix reportedly at £20.00 a box, I have no knowledge of it's affectiveness. N.B. The harder shot produces higher pressures than lead shot, making most old English guns obsolete for duck shooting unless the amout of powder is adjusted. There are now 3 1/2 inch chambered 12 bores for use with non-toxic shot, but the logical thing to do is buy a 10 bore.

Put a white ferret in a wire cage about 30 yards in front of your hiding place.

Kammo will send you samples of the materials they use. The chap I mentioned in another topic had a plain colour SL Field coat from them and swears by it for keeping dry. Their Advantage type cammo material does not appear (by their own literature)to be quite as waterproof or as tough as their DPM material but seems to be tougher than that of the Deerhunter Ram Jacket that I bought recently and already has a small tear in it. It could have been there from new, but only just noticed it, that small. The Deerhunter material would be a little quieter than the Kammo material, I would think. The Deerhunter Montana appears to be on a par with the Sportchief for warmth but is a little shorter than both the DH Ram and the Sportchief. The DH Ram has a padded stud-on portion for sitting on. The Kammo coats are about £100.00 more expencive than the Deerhunters. I've not been out in a real downpour in my Ram yet!!

Perhaps I've been around cows, bricklayers and other animals for too long.

I've never sold a pigeon in my life, mainly because I have never shot that many that someone in the family couldn't eat them. I read once that pigeon meat is one of the most indigestable. We have a club rule that we don't sell any ducks we shoot on the clubs area.

This is just another area where BASC, which was formed as WAGBI, has abandoned the very people that started the organization. I suppose their boffins get a few trips abroad to do research on the subject, but the rest of us now have to use a sub-standard product. I saw some Molybdenum shot at one of their wildfowling conferences. It seemed to be as soft as lead and almost as heavy, but I have never seen any cartridges that contain it offered for sale. Tungsten Matrix is nearly a pound a shot, I believe. "Under the terms of an international agreement the UK is committed to phasing out the use of lead shot in certain areas where waterfowl might be poisoned. England has introduced legal restrictions and in the rest of the UK restrictions are expected to be implemented by the devolved assemblies. To comply with the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement, which covers all Europe and Africa, England has banned the use of lead shot on all coastal foreshore areas and on certain inland and coastal SSSIs which are of importance to waterfowl. Additionally the use of lead is banned for shooting all species of ducks and geese as well as common snipe, golden plover, coot and moorhen. Similar restrictions are being considered in Wales. Public consultation has just finished but restrictions are unlikely to be imposed for the 2001/02 season. In Scotland a public consultation exercise is underway on what form, if any, restrictions there should take. Any restrictions are not expected to be imposed before the 2002/03 season. In Northern Ireland there are no restrictions being discussed. Where use of lead shot is not permitted bismuth, tungsten, tin and steel shot are used. Enforcement of the law rests with the police. Organisers and providers of shooting should ensure that all shooting under their control is carried out, where required, with non-toxic shot. Otherwise they may be liable for prosecution. Whenever game (or other) shooting takes place near wetlands important for feeding waterfowl, non-toxic shot should be used to prevent lead poisoning of the waterfowl."

Unless you intend to live in the UK, you would probably get more reliable sport by contacting one of the guides that have access to large areas of land. If you find somewhere on your own and don't visit it on a regular basis, you will find that someone else will be in there. Most likely the local shooting policeman. You could try advertizing in the magazine of the Country Landowners Association (http://www.cla.org.uk) if you want to buy some shooting. You should contact nicky.webber@archant.co.uk to place an ad. There are also estate agents with specialist sporting departments.

I attempted to buy a http://www.riverswest.com coat after reynard895 spoke of them. I don't/won't use plastic. I asked for their bank details so that I could get my bank to transfer funds and never heard another word from them. STILL HOPING!!! Meanwhile, I've bought some night vision goggles instead.

If my dad were still alive, he would be 114 now. He had a day's holiday for Queen Victorias jubilee, but only half a day for the relief of Mafeking. He served his apprenticeship as a steam fitter on paddle steamers. Worked on traction engines that had to have a man with a red flag walking in front of them to warn people with horses. He worked on building engines for fire engines Dennis's at Guildford, hand filing the crank shafts. He made the mechanism that started the motor of the air-launched torpedo that crippled the Bizmark. He retired aged 56 and then started a family. He rode a bicycle until he was 86. He was sure that the motor car was the ruination of the country. He saw pictures of men walking on the Moon. He always reckoned that things were changing too fast!!!

This site http://www.airgunspares.com seems to be quite handy, but it may have been mentioned sometime previously.

If you live alone, then it doesn't matter if your dog is indoors, but a family can spoil a dog.

I think the money they make is out of writing about it!! Of course if you had an eatery that specialized in pigeon based meals, then the mark up would be enough to make it worthwhile shooting them! Anybody selling Pigeonburgers?

William Powel used to do nice guns!

For rooks, slices of white bread are as good as anything!

You can test your connection and compare it with others at http://www.adslguide.org.uk Nildram seems to come out best at the moment, but I suspect that it is all a question of quarts and pint pots. As a service gets more users, the slower it will get.

The chances are that any old dog has been to the vet's in the past and they don't like it. I always think it is best to do the job yourself in an environment that the dog does not feel afraid of. I often cry while doing it but the dog has no bad memories.

You probably know one of my workmates, Dave Heward!

As fishermen get older and are not as active, they are not so protective of their knowledge and tricks. One day, last pheasant season, I ran into a chap, now in his mid 60's, whose family has netted more Bass and Mullet in the Fleet (behind Chesil Beach)than anyone else. I should have asked him in front of the well known angler who was at the time picking up some pheasants that I owed him but I forgot so I went back to find him on Saturday. "What were the biggest Bass and Mullet that you ever caught". I asked him. "The biggest Bass was nearly eight and a half kilos" He said. "The biggest Mullet would have been a bit smaller. Just over seven kilos" He added. As he quoted kilos and not lbs, I imagine these catches were in recent years. Are you starting to dribble?

Oak before Ash, We're in for a splash, Ash before Oak, We're in for a soak. Does this saying hold good up north?? It refers to the sort of summer we can expect.