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Just now, islandgun said:
Sun and star newspapers ....😂
More like the man in the moon!
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2 minutes ago, Rewulf said:
Send a gunboat (or don't we have any?)
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There is really much better value to be had in some of the 'less popular' names. A long time ago now, I saved for years and bought an SO6 (the plain one, not EELL) - I had wanted one for ages and loved it - but despite having it fitted, I have not shot consistently well with it (though it has had some great days).
Much later I bought a sidelock Merkel - quite old, but of a similar 'quality' to the SO, but as a used example, mush less costly ............ and I shoot much better with it.
It may be worth you looking around at other 'delux grade' guns. I know that it isn't everyone's cup of tea - and nice wood and engraving does nothing for the shooting - but I do like it myself.
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1 hour ago, Scully said:
Dont think I’ve ever felt ( or looked ) elite! 😂
In a way, we are the elite - because we enjoy the great countryside, its flora and fauna and the opportunities they provide.
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3 hours ago, Walker570 said:
I notice rechargeables are rated 1.2v whereas the standard AAs are rated 1.5 v.
As has been said - This.
What often happens is that many nominally 6 volt devices need about 5.0 Volts as an absolute minimum.
4 x standard alkaline batteries will give about 4 x 1.7 = 6.8 Volts when brand new - declining over their life to about 4 x 1.3 = 5.2 Volts - so the unit uses all of the power in the batteries and they last a good time.
4 x NiMH rechargeable batteries will give about 4 x 1.3 = 5.2 Volts when new and just out of the charger - declining over their life to about 4 x 1.1 = 4.4 Volts - so the unit will fail due to flat batteries very quickly. This leads to lots of complaints to the vendor that it 'eats batteries', so they usually specify alkaline non re-chargeable batteries. In addition, some rechargeables don't retain charge all that long (high self discharge). Some cheaper types can loose a significant part of their charge in a month even when not used.
Rechargeables are very good at high current draw and work very well in high powered torches, motor applications etc. They are much less good in low current applications such as 'remotes' for TVs, intruder alarm and wireless sensors, CCTV, standby applications etc, where they draw a low current for a long period.
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45 minutes ago, Scully said:
All makes sense to me
39 minutes ago, panoma1 said:Pretty well sums it up for me!
What I want to make crystal clear are;
- Both Tory and Labour committed to honouring the referendum - as did ALL of their candidates standing on their manifestos
- IT was made VERY CLEAR that no deal was a fallback if we couldn't get 'a good deal'
- A deal WAS negotiated and was recommended by the Government ...... but rejected as a bad deal THREE TIMES by Parliament. Labour who claim they want a deal and won't take a 'no deal' consistently whipped against voting for the only deal the EU has offered
- It is therefore NOT UNREASONABLE to be falling back on a no deal, since the EU has said they will not negotiate on the deal offered further
To those (especially Parliamentarians and MPs) claiming they didn't ever expect a 'no deal' the paper trail to where we are now is very clear and has been a direct consequence of Parliaments own actions.
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This is developing into a very bizarre situation;
- There was a vote on membership - which the government promised to follow - it came out as leave.
- The government (by triggering Article 50 which parliament passed with a large majority) committed to leave with no deal CLEARLY mentioned as 'better than a bad deal'' at the end of March 2019
- There was a general election with BOTH main parties (Tory and Labour) promising to honour Article 50 in their manifestos on which all candidates campaigned.
- A deal was put to Parliament on three occasions - which they rejected every time as a 'bad deal' - and the architect of that deal (May) resigned and was replaced (by Johnson).
- The end March 2019 deadline was missed and extended to end October 2019
- Johnson has told the EU what we need in a deal that he thinks he can get passed by Parliament (basically no 'backstop')
- The EU says they will not remove article 50 and will not renegotiate the leave agreement (despite it having been rejected by Parliament as a bad deal)
- So we are at the 'no deal is better than a bad deal' state where the only 'deal' offered is a bad one (Parliaments decision) and both main parties manifestos agreed on leaving with terms where the no deal was a clearly stated 'fall back' in the case of a 'bad deal'.
- Now the Labour Shadow Chancellor is suggesting he will send someone to the Queen to tell her how to do her job and the Leader of the Labour party is trying to give instructions to the Cabinet Secretary. People who both campaigned in their manifesto on honouring article 50 (which I believe they both voted for)
I would like to see a deal - but for me as I have said several times in this thread - there can be no 'backstop' which prevents us leaving at our choice in the event that deals on future trade, fishing etc cannot be reached (and the French have already said they will only sign a fishing deal if they retain full rights over our waters). The whole thing was about regaining control - and a backstop is totally contrary to that. Therefore IF the backstop isn't removed from the deal offered, we cannot agree to that deal - so on October 31st, no deal it is. Over to the EU.
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9500 is from 1893
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I have two Powells;
Gun No 4661 is a bar in wood hammer non ejector made 1871
Gun 12837 is a sidelock ejector made 1921.
The serial number is engraved on the tang behind the trigger guard, and on the steel 'barrel side' of the forend, as well as on the barrels themselves.
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5 hours ago, Yellow Bear said:
I believe if you run down back of wall to oven switch then pop through wall to rear of oven it is both acceptable and safer as the isolating switch is not behind the appliance.
Agreed - that is how mine was done. The electrician who did it said it is quite in order. My cooker has a large glass 'splashback' that prevents the switch being on the same side. It cannot go either side of the splashback as door one side, sink the other.
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McDonnell - This is the man who called for a female minister (Eshter McVey) to be lynched (and has consistently refused to apologise or withdraw the call), supports IRA terrorists (calling them martyrs), admires Venezuala's Hugo Chavez and his economic system and suggests Britain default on its debt , wants to break up the UK by ditching Northern Ireland and Scotland, - and now he wants to stage what amounts to a coup in the UK.
Well - they have a guard at Buckingham Palace. They know their duties.
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I spoke to a friend last night who went this year (on the Friday). I didn't go this year but we have met up at the game fair every year for many years until this year when I 'missed' (Hatfield isn't very close and involves the dreaded Friday evening traffic for me coming home). I did go to Hatfield 2 years ago. He said it was OK, but very confusingly laid out - and not as good as previous fairs. Several people from round here avoid Hatfield due to the travel, but Ragley is a regular for them.
I hope to go next year - Ragley is not far for me to go.
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Barbour - the worst coats I have ever had!
I had 2 of the old waxed cotton ones - the heavy one was unusable in cold weather as it became about as stiff as a suit of armour. The light one was nicer to wear - but wore through at the folds (especially elbows) quickly - and again after (Barbours very good) repair.
I moved to an early Musto - which has been superb and has done maybe 25 - 30 seasons now (albeit now looking scruffy but it is still nearly 100% watertight). I did add a Barbour (I think called silkoil?) lightweight that after a couple of years went rotten and 'slimy'.
I now have a Schoeffel (for best) which feels a bit 'flimsy', but holds up OK so far, and the old Musto still (for rough).
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I was in a situation a few years ago where a tenant owed me a few £K.
I took legal advice and it was quickly established that said tenant owed money to various places - including a significant amount to the Inland Revenue. Advice was that unless the tennants assets were enough to cover the highest priority creditors (the Inland Revenue and possibly others) and have leftover that I might have a claim on - don't bother. You need to know who any other possible creditors are and whether there are sufficient assets likely to be left after the highest priority people are paid.
In my case - it was not worthwhile and I had to bite the bullet and write of the debt. The tenants assets were unlikely to cover the amount due to the Inland Revenue.
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Just now, SpringDon said:
And who are “they”?
An example;
The French and Spanish fishing fleets take a lot of their catch in UK waters. IF (as is widely expected) this is restricted/prevented in future, French and Spanish fisherfolk may either blockade ports (the French have form in this area) - or be supported by Port Officials (possibly tacitly backed up by local/regional/central government) to disrupt fresh food supplies 'in retaliation'. Fresh food (salads, veggies etc.) have a short life and cannot easily be frozen.
And that is just one example.
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2 minutes ago, SpringDon said:
I’m unconvinced. Such a collaboration between retailers is more likely to be about maintaining their margins
There is a lot of Project Food Fear going on. Today on the radio there was an interview with Lord Haskins, former chairman of Northern Foods who was saying there may well be severe shortages leading possibly to 'some form of public control' of the food supply, possibly rationing.
What the BBC (typically) didn't tell you was that he was a former Labour supporter (now I believe LibDem, though sits as a 'cross bench' peer), and advisor (foot and mouth times) to Blair - and got his peerage from Blair.
A more realistic view was put by someone else (not sure who it was) who said;
The same amount of food will be grown, processed and packed. Distribution and transport mechanisms will all still be in place. Retailers and wholesalers will still be there and anxious to do business.
IF there are any short term supply issues (and he accepted there might be some) - they will probably be caused by hoarding due to stirring by Project Fear and/or political interference in the pipelines (holding things at ports). He stressed that there is NO SHORTAGE of raw products, transport, distribution or resale space, but perishables are easily disrupted by either hoarding or delay for political reasons.
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Just now, Scully said:
I didn’t vote on the promises,
Talking of promises, Gina Miller was interviewed on Radio 4 this morning. The background was that yesterday Lord Sumption (former top High Court Judge) had stated in his legal opinion that there was effectively no way Johnson and his Government could be forced out before 31st October.
Miller claims they have a way round this (apparently in Erskine May Parliamentary manual para 1972 I think it was) and are preparing a Judicial Review which will enable them to oust Johnson and replace him with a 'caretaker government of unity who will stop leaving on 31st October.
Who has the law on their side? No one seems to know and there are (it seems) lawyers who are prepared to take huge fees and get very rich playing games with all of our futures based on vague and it seems totally inadequate law (mainly the 'fixed term Parliament Act which of course is quite recent).
The worry is that last time Miller tried this - she won and is pretty much wholly responsible for the current mess.
It seems we now may have all of our futures in the hands of someone who is not only unelected, but (as far as I know has never stood for office) and has some very hidden and shady sources of funding (who are no doubt pulling the strings).
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4 minutes ago, Mice! said:
On the news tonight they were apparently worried about the loss of income because the town has been shut?
Don't get it, it's been what a week? They were talking about business rates being waved and small businesses struggling, they'd be struggling more if the damn had been allowed to burst.
I imagine right in peak tourist season is when most of the years best weeks for income are.
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4 minutes ago, oowee said:
As I understand it the equivalent standards are acceptable when trading WTO but if you want a free trade deal without tariff then a requirement is that you are required to submit to a legal framework of inspection and supervision that ensures your standards conform and that there is seamless redress. Unless you go for specific goods.
Of that I cannot be certain as I was 'technical' and pricing was another sort of magic entirely.
4 minutes ago, Retsdon said:But fair play, only very naive people believer that the EU is a philanthropic organization. It's a trade cartel that's skewed to benefit its membership.
It's certainly a trade cartel. Whether it really benefits its members is more dubious. Having to meet all the EU standards can push up your price such that it is uncompetitive outside the EU ........
Protected markets can simply be a way of discouraging competition and therefore efficiency.
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29 minutes ago, oowee said:
Who will set the standards for goods and services,
Before I retired, most customer countries (apart from the EU) would accept 'national standards' of other nations. For example American standards (ANSI, UL, MIL STD etc.), UK standards (British Standard (BS) or Def Stan), Australian standards etc. as well as EU standards (CE). Many smaller counties preferred to certify to the appropriate American standards.
As far as I remember the EU in theory wouldn't accept anything anyone else had certified (which is why one sees very few USA cars in Europe) - but to my certain knowledge, they always ignored the rules when it suited them for something they badly wanted ......... and enforced the rules rigorously elsewhere to keep a 'closed restricted market' and keep out cheaper (and often better) competition.
One reason many countries liked USA standards was that they were less prone to continual changing and tweaking that the CE mark stuff where the goalpost was always moving (narrower goal) and retesting was not needed nearly as often.
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12 minutes ago, SpringDon said:
the importer or a representative (in the eu) of the manufacturer can sign
In theory they would need;
- The documentation set that defines the build status at the time of test (that forms the baseline for the Certificate of Conformance)
- Test results from an approved test house to demonstrate compliance with the CE mark test requirements
- A Certificate of Conformance (CofC) for each future shipment in which the manufacturer confirms they comply with the build standard baseline at which the original CE mark was granted. (i.e. the design, components and all parameters are the same)
A difference to the MoT test analogy above is that IF you make a material change (for example have a car chipped, or change suspension characteristics), CE marking may well require (in theory) retesting. (E.g. chipping the engine may mean it no longer meets the emission specifications against which the CE mark was granted.)
Another example is if a manufacturer of a piece of furniture decides for reasons of supply availability, market popularity, cheaper price or whatever to change the material from which his furniture is made - he may well have to retest for fire safety/flammability. Same applies to building materials (like Grenfell cladding) where fire safety is all part of compliance.
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CE marking is a nightmare for those who follow the rules.
Before I retired, I used to work for an American company, with UK subsidiaries who manufactured (our products) in the UK. They were electrical/electronic/communications products. We sold worldwide including the EU and most '1st world' nations. We had to CE mark products.
Firstly CE marking has to be done (usually involving the equipment being tested for various electrical and safety compliances) by an approved test house who issue the CE mark for that equipment at that EXACT build standard. The manufacturer then has a product that he can attach a CE mark sticker to - and sell in the EU.
However - ANY small change potentially renders the CE mark invalid ........ because it may compromise the performance of safety of the product. Therefore there is the possibility that if you have to make a small change - perhaps because a component part becomes obsolete or you make a software change to improve the product by adding additional functions ........ you may have to re test to get a new CE mark against the new 'build standard'. Testing is time consuming and expensive.
Where technically 'minor or insignificant' changes are made - the manufacturer is allowed to use 'read across to 'self certify', but if the change is not minor, then retest is required.
As you might expect - some overseas manufacturers and some less scrupulous importers follow the rules less rigorously than others. To be whiter than white and fully compliant can be very expensive when importing goods from outside the EU because it is not always obvious to the importer when changes have been made internally (to circuitry or components) - or whether these are deemed minor.
I suspect that much imported equipment that IS CE marked is on VERY shaky ground as early examples may have been tested - but later production examples have significant differences.
UK manufacturers in our field were generally 'well behaved' but not all overseas suppliers were.
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Its unlikely to be the ejectors if it is the lever that is stiff - unless I'm missing something?
As far as I know - the lever only withdraws the locking bolt, so it could be stiffness in the mechanism such as tightly fitted parts (will improve with use), the locking bolt may be a very tight fit (will also improve with use, or could be eased by a skilled gunsmith) or a stiff lever spring (will need gunsmith attention). Springs can be 'altered', but as they are tempered and heat treated steel, this is not a job for an amateur. I think even an experienced gunsmith might not wish to touch an unknown spring as not all spring steels behave easily under heat treatment, and getting it wrong can loose the springiness, or make it brittle. From what you say - the spring sound like the main culprit.
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