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  1. No idea on the correct legal definition of a bridleway. However, I do know two things - Pegasus Bridge has it right re. highways (we shoot next to a road on one of my shoots in the middle of nowhere - the locals expect to see people with guns and we always stop and unload if anyone comes along) + I was told by my licencing officer that I am okay to shoot from or over a footpath, providing it is safe to do so and I don't cause alarm to members of the public. If this isn't enough - ask your licensing officer or ask BASC (better for you to hear it yourself, as they will relay the advice in the proper words, much better than I will !).
  2. Thanks for letting me know. I have also found the ballistic software very good - as a design engineer, I am used to using predictive mathematical models to minimise the amount of actual testing required....and where shooting is concerned, time, effort and expense getting your rifle zero'd in for the range you want!
  3. Edited so it makes sense! .... Check Wikipedia: The flash point of diesel is > 62 degC. Auto ignition point is 210 degC. So, if diesel is dripping onto an exhaust which will be at much higher than 300 degC, and there is enough air for it to burn, you have a fire - how big a fire depends on how big the diesel leak is. If the vapour and air mixture is above 62 degC and you get a spark, you also have a fire - but you don't normally get sparks under cars and if you are moving there will probably be enough air to dilute the vapour outside of its flammable limits (either way, I think the vapour normally cools sufficiently before enough air mixes with it, as it always takes me a blow torch to light a bonfire using diesel!) Re. diesel on the road - diesel spreads on water, so on a rainy day, it is lethal....I know, I nearly spun my car in the rain, due to a diesel leak from a lorry (spilling out of filler cap on corners). I also ride motorbikes.....if riding my bike in the wet and I see rainbow colours on the road surface, I get very, very nervous - horrible stuff for bikers that weasel!!
  4. Have you thought of joining Hartlepool Wildfowlers? They do wildfowling and game shooting. You can get their phone number from BASC. Their e-mail is hartlepoolwildfowlers@yahoo.co.uk.
  5. Any chance your target at 90 yards used for zeroing was higher than you (i.e. you were aiming up slightly) and the target at 160 yards was below you (i.e. you were aiming slightly downwards?). This would give the effect you describe....although I can't determine the sort of distances versus error we might be talking about any more, as I lost my trajectory spreadsheet! Also, a cold, high pressure day gives more air resistance than a warm, lower pressure day. For example, 950 mbar and 25 degC air has only 92% the air resistance of 1000 mbar, 15 degC air. By the way - with the BC, MV and scope height you give, the Hawke ballistic software also predicts 162 yard zero for ~1" high at 90 yards. Let me know if you work out what the problem was...
  6. Slightly off the original question, however just wanted to try and make some people think about what they were proposing: With freedom (freedom to use a gun on some land being one example, driving a car being another, going climbing on some rocks being another) comes responsibility....responsibility to yourself and others. There also comes risk. - The responsibility to yourself is called self preservation or survival of the fittest. - The responsibility to others is the whole point about licensing (in whatever form). I personally don't want to live in a world where the meek (c.f. the weak) think everyone should be trained, signed off and insured against harm to themselves....we have already gone far too much that way already. I want to take responsibility for myself, and accept the consequences where it goes wrong (and learn from it). I do however fully agree with objective and pragmatic checks, which are often a personal judgement in the real world (licensing) and cannot reasonably be prescribed, however long the rule book. These checks ensure, as far as is practical (not possible, practical) that someone knows how to take responsibility for others....and by a graduated process, allow them to build their experience. (If subsequently they don't take proper responsibility, then of course there are sanctions and people end up in court....their responsibility to make sure they don't).
  7. Kinetic engery = 0.5 × mass × velocity squared. Air rifle at 12 ft lbs muzzle energy => 16.3 Joules. 30g load at sub-sonic 1000 fps => 1394 Joules. 30g load at super-sonic 1450 fps => 2931 Joules. The difference is clear in the energy figures. Also, if you look at American reports into amunition testing, approaching the sound barrier the drag factor increases, but after the sound barrier is broken reduces to less than the sub-sonic value, so velocity drops off more quickly with distance below the sound barrier than above. Conclusion: Providing you have shot that can take the accelerating forces without distorting and ruining the pattern, then the higher the muzzle velocity the farther the range. This is why a .22-250 can shoot further than a .223 Remington. So, for sub-sonic shotgun cartridges, avoid the longer range shots best suited to normal cartridges, and you are still likely to have sufficient energy remaining in your pattern.
  8. I notice that is a parallax error removing scope, i.e. with objective lens focus....what make is it please? Cheers.
  9. I have heard of these places, but can't personally vouch for any of them: Pest Rid: http://www.pest-rid.co.uk/ Sweet Hill Shooting Syndicate: http://www.sweethillshootingsyndicate.co.uk/ National Pigeon and Pest Control: http://www.nppc.co.uk/index.html Great Broughton Wood Pigeon Club - can't find these on the internet....someone else might know about them?
  10. Have been looking for some warm and waterproof cammo gear for a while now.....affordability being a key aspect. I checked out the Jack Pyke website, as it seems to be a popular brand, and it turns out Boyes is a Jack Pyke outlet. No idea if Boyes is country wide....if so, worth a look. Just got jacket, trousers & cap + t-shirt by another make all for £122.....not bad I reckon, when I have seen other makes of jacket alone advertised for near double that. It seems pretty thick and hard wearing....guess time will tell.....it is certainly bloody warm! There are more pockets than a man could ever need, including a game pouch and 5-cartridge slots in each coat pocket.
  11. IMHO, if you shoot gun down, then having a properly fitted gun, that you simply lift up to your shoulder (and into your cheek), is the ideal....but this does take lots of practice to get it right each time. If you seriously have to push the gun away from your chest and then pull it back into your shoulder, then you are creating a lot of unnecessary rotation of the aim point and risk of a different mount each time.....I speak from experience, because this is what I used to do and was taught by an ex Skeet chamption was wrong. After about a year of denial, I ended up selling my gun to my brother (it fits him better) and buying another - rather than paying for a fitting - and I now shoot much more instinctively (and much better)....both with clays and pheasants. Everyone can make do....I did....but a properly fitting gun makes life much easier, and lets you concentrate only on the target, rather than the gun mount first, target second. (Apologies if loads of people disagree....looks like I am in the minority on this one!)
  12. Hi. You may have seen my post in the Wildfowling section? If not, I wanted to mention a club I have joined. They are a club that runs its own game shoots (rough shooting) in the North East of England. Fees are pretty reasonable, but you need to help with three working parties before joining the game shoots. Check out their website for more information: Hartlepool Wildfowlers Thanks.
  13. Hi. Just wanted to promote a club I have joined....see topic description! If you want to check them out, they have a website: www.hartlepool-wildfowlers.co.uk Inland marsh wildfowling, game (rough) shooting and also some vermin shooting is available through the club. Fees are reasonable, but you need to do three working parties per year before shooting game (not required before going wildfowling). Cheers.
  14. Please see www.hartlepool-wildfowlers.co.uk for details. The club has wildfowling, pheasant + ground game shooting and vermin shooting. A totally self run club, so working parties for shoot upkeep are part and parcel of membership.
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