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1 minute ago, islandgun said:
we should pointing out the benefits of proper countryside management before these fools get their way and destroy it..
This certainly.
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2 minutes ago, Jaymo said:
If the electorate were able to see blatant hypocrisy, then maybe the oft mooted “trust” issue might be clarified.
A number of them have more than one home (as do many MPs). To an extent, you can understand it in cases where the constituency is outside London, but only to the extent of one main home and a work day flat in London (which some rent).
'Thornberry' is wealthy (her husband is Sir Christoper Nugee), and they have several properties. McDonnell has a holiday home I think on the Norfolk broads, Starmer, Benn, Umuna are all wealthy, Benn having a family estate in Essex.
Many Tories are wealthy - but then they don't claim to be against wealth.
ALL MPs have a decent salary and VERY generous expenses and pension schemes (compared to most industry or public sector positions paying a similar salary).
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Just now, Rewulf said:
Corbyn, worse, the man sounded ill.
I also thought he both sounded and looked ill. However - he is in place as a stooge - the real power lies with others most of whom are not elected MPs. (McLusky, Seaumus Milne, Jon Lansman) as well as a few MPs, particularly (former?) Marxist John McDonnell.
In the event that Labour did win a majority you can bet Corbyn would be largely sidelined, with decisions being taken by others.
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20 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said:
I can't believe the yougov poll shows 51% in favour of Boris and 49% Corbyn based on that debate
They were both poor; the public has judged Johnson to have been very marginally less poor - and I think I would agree with that.
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I would be patient and get some lessons on clays from a coach. The coach will advise whether you are sufficiently 'consistent' in your gun mounting and shooting style to get a gun fitted. It is essential to develop and practice a consistent mount. Once that is in place - you can move forward from there. Consistency is easier to achieve on clays first.
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1 minute ago, wymberley said:
Wrong!
I thought I'd misunderstood that - until I read again - and find I agree with both you and Stuartyboy.
I agree with you in "knowing when not to attempt to shoot at them is also a skill"
I agree with Stuartyboy in "Too much respect for them and not enough respect for my
shootingmarksmanship skills" albeit slightly amended as above to reflect your point.Key shared point from both posts is that knowing what not to shoot (at) is vital. My exception would be in the case of a bird seen to have been pricked.
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2 minutes ago, panoma1 said:
Surely live quarry shooting is about efficiency and consistency? Cleanly killing what you shoot at and minimising wounding.....shooting quarry at excessive ranges is cruel and unsporting, because you cannot maximise these positives.
Precisely; if you wish to push the limits of what a gun can do - please do so on clays. Pushing ranges out to the point where results are declining (whether due to the gun, cartridge or operator limitations) should not be done on live quarry.
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9 hours ago, Perazzishot said:
I spoke to a team yesterday, a friend brought a laser range finder, he managed to ping a pheasant at 90 metres. (99 yards) seconds later it was it killed stone dead.
I accept this was probably a lucky pellet as did the whole team but he judged it, lead it and it folded. To this gun in front of the full team was the bird of his life.
I assume when he put his gun to the bird, he believed it was a pricked bird?
In my opinion it is NOT good sporting practice to put up your gun at a bird at that range which may get killed by (or wounded by) "a lucky pellet".
No one should shoot at live quarry on the basis a "lucky pellet" might make a clean kill. The exception would be a bird that has clearly already been wounded.
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9 minutes ago, stumfelter said:
indulging in it via free internet.
The State controlled British Broadband Provider will only allow access to State approved sites - which I very much doubt would include fieldsports. The British Peoples Firewall will ensure anything politically incorrect is excluded.
The State is to provide your internet 'free' so that it can exclude other providers and control what you watch (as well as monitor what you are watching). If you are found watching fieldsports you may get a visit from the Thought Police - or have your address and details passed to some friendly body like the LACS.
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15 hours ago, Newbie to this said:
Shockingly the answer was the shares will be compulsory purchased with government bonds so no money would be required at the outset.
Otherwise known as theft.
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I may be wrong, but I believe the present Leica (stands for Leitz Camera) brand is a 'descendant' of E. Leitz. High quality in their day. but I don't think that coatings were available then, so despite being top quality in their day, they may not show so well against the current all coated types.
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2 minutes ago, oowee said:
Is that legal? I would not be happy to have run off on my land.
One of the problems with run off is that it contains a lot of road salt in winter.
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10 minutes ago, oowee said:
In Milton Keynes every development of any significance must provide a sustainable urban drainage system (suds) with each development. This is basically a series of retaining ponds that slow down the rate of run off into the rivers. All designed to avoid flooding. On top of that there are several balancing lakes with spillways that take water from the rivers and hold that again increasing lag time and reducing the water height.
Where I live, the biggest 'development' was of 4 dwellings! But there have been numerous 'fill in' single dwellings and MUCH more tarmac drives, patios etc. But the biggest problem is (as my photo showed) many of the drains that are there simply don't work anymore.
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4 minutes ago, Rewulf said:
Well at least she's pro gun 😂
https://medium.com/@mirandajoyce995/swinson-condemned-for-cruelty-to-squirrels-242aca857843
No doubt packham will be along shortly...
If true, surely she can be prosecuted as I assume red squirrels are protected?
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Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said:
I'm just waiting for the Labour party to stop flooding!
They are going to nationalise it
and pay for it by taxing Amazon and Google (and best of luck getting money out of them - they will simply move offshore if it is cheaper to operate from there)
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I live quite near the well known flood town of Tewkesbury. Over the last couple of days, we have had two types of flood.
- The two rivers (Severn and Avon) are both in flood, but as at Thursday a.m., nothing unusual in that. This happens every year, but now causes more problems that in years gone by because there has been A LOT of building causing loss of flood plain, faster run of, and less space for the water to expand rather than rising in level. Currently approx another 2000 houses either have planning permission, or have applications in for planning that are likely to be passed. Peak levels are expected on Saturday - and there will be both road closures and properties flooded by then I expect. The rivers used to be dredged regularly, but (accounts vary a bit) they have not been done since the war. Many people locally believe dredging would help the water get away more quickly.
- Yesterday (Thursday 14th Nov) we had quite heavy rain for the best part of 30 hours, falling on already wet ground. The run off was considerable and many roads (and some houses) were badly affected by the run off water. One major contributor has been that the drainage (installed perhaps 50 - 75 years ago or more) cannot cope well with the much greater area of fast run off from roofs, drives, patios, car parks etc. The other problem is much of it doesn't work at all any longer. I am told the reason for this is that they are no longer cleaned regularly (used to be done several times a year) and the practice of 'top dressing' the roads rather than resurfacing has led to the sumps under the drainage grids and drainage pipes leading from them are clogged with gravel. Yesterday several places locally flooded and blocked roads simply due to the drainage not working at all. I walked around today and two drainage grills near my house are both covered by standing water to a depth of 3 or 4 inches. See picture taken this morning.
We only had about 1 1/2 inches of rain, but the road closures due to flooding have been almost as bad as the great 2007 flood, and river levels are still rising as the rainfall works it's way down. Fortunately, very locally, no houses are at risk, but only a couple of miles away people have been flooded by run off from blocked ditches and under road culverts. Part of my ground drains through a culvert which has been blocked for several years by willow tree roots at it's exit end (not my property thankfully) - but the council won't do anything about it and the owner there cannot do it as part of the road needs to come up (and sensibly the tree needs to come down as well).
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20 minutes ago, rbrowning2 said:
but would be interesting to set a driven clay on a hill/cliff such that it presented such a target and try some of the various cartridges mentioned
George Digweed (I think it was he?) did something a bit like this - just trying distance (no idea what cartridge was used) and you can break clays at a remarkable distance fairly consistently - there is a Youtube of it. I have seen a friend of mine who is a very good shot do so at maybe 70+ yards and break clays reliably. However, penetration to cleanly kill a live quarry is a different matter.
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30 minutes ago, moondoggy said:
Am I the only bloke on here who loves shopping?
Ummm - that could possibly be a 'yes'.
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5 minutes ago, GingerCat said:
This article also agrees
https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/answers/how-not-to-waste-a-shot-91293
That sums up what I have read in many places over the last 40+ years from a variety of respected sources.
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On 12/11/2019 at 13:35, Blackpowder said:
I have been shooting now for 60 years plus. Am I an oddity that I dont want 80 yard high pheasants, 36gr 4 shot cartridges. Today , as always I am happy to shoot with a classic Scottish shot gun 130 years old firing 28 gr of 6 shot over a fibre yard at 35 to 40 yard birds suit me fine thank you. On the modest shoots where I am a member a 40yd bird is a good one, I see plenty shot at under that with 32gr plastic wads through tight choked barrels rendering the meat unfit for consumption.
Blackpowder.
I'm with you on this as well (except that my gun isn't Scottish!)
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4 minutes ago, oowee said:
Withholding the Russian meddling report is a worrying step in the wrong direction
Apparently, even Dominic Grieve (who chaired the committee that wrote the report) admits it doesn't contain any 'bombshells'.
2 hours ago, Raja Clavata said:the EU courts have ruled that produce from Israeli settlements must be clearly labelled as such
If this means there is a different label for "Produce of Israel" to "Produce of a settlement in the occupied territories", then I don't see the Israelis complying.
On a personal basis I try and buy local 'fresh' produce based (loosely) in the following order of precedence:
- Local to my area
- UK produced
- Dutch produced (salad items)
- Elsewhere
I generally do my best to avoid long distance 'fresh' produce - partly because it usually has a lack of flavour. The only things I can think of having bought from Israel are avocados, though I have seen various other 'fresh' produce.
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Best wishes for a full and fast solution. Shopping can extract a terrible toll 😁
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I think they made many of the Parker Hale s/s guns around that time.
Faulty side lock trigger
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Where triggers and safety are concerned I would always go to an experienced gunsmith. Whilst interesting to diagnose the problem and understand the issues, experience is key in doing the adjustments.