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1 minute ago, fse10 said:
then would be able to round them up & arrest them as & when
As I understand the post above re obstruction - they could be arrested now IF the police were mindful to .......... indeed, why the police aren't clearing the obstruction seems one of the burning questions to me.
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7 minutes ago, johnphilip said:
Ok so will Canada geese have to have a passport to come here 😎
No - they are Commonwealth, so OK. But after Brexit if we leave on WTO terms - French partridge will have a tariff.
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2 hours ago, Tamus said:
So, Yes! we were offered it, but we declined it on the grounds that it would have been completely contrary to what people had expressed a wish for when they voted 'Leave'.
The real problem here is that remaining in the Single Market and Customs Union means we are still subject to much EU regulation and restriction and particularly removes the right to do our own trade deals outside the EU. Personally, I would consider remaining in the Single Market and Customs Union as effectively remaining in the EU - but without any say in the rules the govern the Single Market and Customs Union - and that is totally unacceptable.
I, in fact originally voted Remain - because I couldn't see how leaving would be accomplished. However - I have accepted that we had a Leave outcome - and have supported leaving since - but accept that leaving must mean also leaving the Single Market and Customs Union. If there was another referendum (and I hope there isn't because we have not yet carried out the outcome of the first referendum), I would now vote leave - because I believe we must see the referendum result put into practice.
I accept there will be some short term 'fallout' and economic disturbance from leaving, but think that in the long term things can be good outside the EU. In fact - things can be very good IF people want, but I remain convinced that the EU as an institution (not necessarily the individual member countries) will do it's best to 'punish' us for leaving because it is worried that others will follow us out if we are seen to prosper after leaving.
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I used to have a (gas) AgA (cooking and kitchen warming only). It was lovely to have a kitchen that was always warm - however, despite having been installed by the main AgA agent (50 years ago) and despite having worked well all that time, the flue didn't conform to modern regulations (multiple reasons). When it required a new burner (which was beyond repair having multiple issues), it could not legally be fixed.
I did various researches (new flu conforming to rules was impractical and to meet listed building requirements ridiculously costly), electric powered conversion (expensive to run), re-plan kitchen with (reconditioned) balanced flu gas AgA on another wall (expensive), I reluctantly scrapped the AgA and installed a modern electric induction range (actually also by AgA) and additional (from the central heating boiler) radiators in the kitchen.
I still miss the AgA ........... but I am amazed at how much less gas I use now. On average over the winter period, the AgA used almost as much gas as the whole of the rest of the house (central heating for a large house, water heating and 3 x gas fires). I would not go back to an AgA now I realise just how horribly expensive it was to run.
I think where the AgA is very centrally mounted within the house - and it's heat can spread through the house, and it's flue is internal, so that heat loss from the flu goes into the house - it may be better, but sadly mine was in a single story kitchen, on the rear wall of the house - and not much heat found it's way into the main house.
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If they are causing an obstruction, why don't the police have a duty to clear the obstruction?
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"Sporting Gun" reported this;
Breaking news!
Wild Justice latest challengeIf you thought that Wild Justice was going to go away quietly following the general licence rumpus and legal challenge, think again.
In the five weeks since Defra announced three new general licences (GL34, GL35 and GL36), the campaign group, which consists of scientists Dr Mark Avery and Dr Ruth Tingay, plus Chris Packham, the TV presenter and naturalist, has been preparing its latest campaign to hold the shooting community and sport to account.
Dr Mark Avery told Sporting Gun on June 14 that shooting needed to “clean up its act in many many ways” lest it hasten its own demise. He said Wild Justice would continue to put it under rigorous scrutiny and today we have another indication of that with the announcement of Wild Justice’s crowdfunding initiative and legal challenge to Defra regarding the impact of the release of non-native gamebirds into the countryside and their effect on native wildlife.
Wild Justice confirmed it had sent what is called a pre-action protocol letter to Michael Gove, the environment secretary and that it was aiming to raise the legal costs of over £40,000 via crowdfunding, starting this morning. Leigh Day solicitors are representing the group.
We will endeavour to get reaction from the shooting community over the coming days, but here is what Wild Justice said in its embargoed release, which went live at 10 am today, Thursday 18 July.
Wild Justice says:
Every year 43 million captive-reared Pheasants (and 9 million red-legged partridges) are released into the countryside. The numbers released have increased about 10-fold in the last 45 years and, like most of the rest of the shooting industry’s activities, are not regulated by government. More paperwork is needed to reintroduce native UK species into the countryside for conservation purposes than to release non-native omnivorous birds on a vast scale to fuel recreational shooting.Gamebird releases and associated shooting are of concern because:
• Pheasants and red-legged partridges eat a wide variety of native plants, invertebrates, reptiles and even small birds and mammals. These impacts must be properly assessed particularly since release numbers are unregulated and increasing.• One in three released gamebirds are shot for recreation but the rest die of disease, on the roads, from starvation or are killed by predators. This bonanza of prey and carrion feeds the numbers of a range of generalist predators and scavengers. High UK populations of red foxes and carrion crows may affect the numbers of some ground-nesting birds such as curlew and lapwing.
• Gamebirds can carry diseases that affect native wildlife, commercial poultry stocks and people. Pheasants often have high burdens of the ticks that transmit Lyme disease to humans. Millions of live gamebirds are imported into the UK each year for rearing on game farms.
• Pheasants are shot with lead ammunition, the vast majority of which is discharged into the countryside and accumulates. Lead is a poison for wildlife and people.
• The illegal persecution of birds of prey continues at a high level in the UK and over 60% of those convicted of offences are gamekeepers – most of whom will be employed by shooting estates which release pheasants and red-legged partridges
• Pheasant numbers are increasing most rapidly in upland areas where their impacts on heathland wildlife through direct predation (eg of adders and common lizards), through their droppings and browsing affecting sensitive plant communities and through altering predator numbers are of growing concern.
• Gamebirds on country roads cause serious road traffic accidents each year.
• Increasingly, shot gamebirds are being dumped or buried in the countryside because the market for food consumption is saturated but the market for recreational shooting is booming.
• Although the shooting industry claims that management for gamebirds benefits other species there is increasing evidence that they are actually a problem for farmland birds because they compete with them for food resources in winter.
• The density of released pheasants in woodlands is often 10-times that recommended to safeguard invertebrate populations.
• There are very real welfare concerns around the breeding, transport and release of gamebirds including in regard to their importation in their millions from European breeders.
• For all these reasons, and probably many others, Wild Justice believes that gamebird releases ought to be regulated. The Habitats Directive requires the UK to assess ‘plans or projects’ which may affect protected sites of nature conservation importance. There is no doubt in Wild Justice’s mind that the release of 50+ million non-native gamebirds into the countryside is a plan or project which has ecological impacts and which must be assessed.
• Chris Packham, a director of Wild Justice, said: ‘The UK’s shooting industry is one of the least regulated in Europe with no centralised collection of any data. No one knows how many birds are released or shot, whether wild or captive bred. So how on earth can that shooting industry claim to be making informed decisions about sustainable harvesting, stocking or conservation? What is blindingly obvious to anyone with even a basic understanding of natural sciences is that dumping at least 50 million non-native birds into the UK countryside will have a profound effect on its ecology – it’s about time we measured what that effect is.’
• Ruth Tingay, a director of Wild Justice, said: ‘It's worth noting that the 50+ million figure is only a guesstimate, made by the shooting industry six years ago. For all we know there could be 100 million Pheasants and red-legged partridges being let loose in the countryside every year. The fact that the Government doesn't know or care how many are released, and its previous refusal to assess the extent of the environmental damage caused, will come as no surprise to conservationists who have watched this Government put vested interests ahead of wildlife conservation time and time and time again.’
• Mark Avery, a director of Wild Justice, said: ‘Let’s take a step back: if we had never seen a pheasant or red-legged partridge in the countryside and someone suggested releasing over 50 million of these omnivorous non-native gamebirds annually would we just nod it through with no concerns? No! It’s only because this situation has crept up on us through lack of regulatory control that we are in this position. Government has been lax and now Michael Gove must act.’
• Carol Day, solicitor at Leigh Day, said: ‘The aim of the law is to ensure that plans and projects that could have a significant adverse effect on important wildlife sites are properly evaluated before permission is given to carry out the plan or project. Our client is arguing that the scale of gamebird releases and the potential impact on the UK’s most important wildlife sites is such that a process for assessment must now be provided.’
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Some years ago I ran a medium sized shoot. I used a programme called Quicken. Not sure if it is still available, but at that time it was inexpensive, quite simple to use, and liked by the VAT Inspector, who new it and found it clear and useful.
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34 minutes ago, Old farrier said:
This ^^^^^^
disputes with party walls cost a fortune and only make money for solicitors
is it worth the hassle
or would you be better off long term being good neighbours and living in harmony
Just my thoughts
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Agreed 100%. My neighbour and I have both had building done ......... and in both cases we have discussed the work plan beforehand, agreed access/blocking access etc. as needed in a friendly manner - and saved ourselves money on the build - and avoided any lawyers making any money.
If you can do it - much the best way. I appreciate it may not always be possible - but if you can do it amicably, it can save a load of troubles and costs.
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That is a model v21. I think it a Matthew Brown (Losgi) photo?
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9 minutes ago, Walker570 said:
The whole problem lies with the people WE elected to REPRESENT us in Westminster. THEY are responsible for the delay in getting out nothing more nothing less.
Basically true, I think the elected representatives (who only 'talk') and the civil servants who actually negotiate and do any actual 'work' on their behalf are both guilty.
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I shoot mainly because I enjoy the occasion;
Clays I shoot virtually all my clays (most weekends) with the same group of friends and we have a great laugh, break a few clays and simply enjoy ourselves.
Game, I enjoy a day or two of walked up grouse with a friend with whom I have been shooting for over 30 years, though at 62 (me) and over 70 (him), this is getting a bit like hard work, and we don't cover the ground as we used to! I also have about 6 or 7 days on a small (very local) farm shoot, again with good friends and we have a great time, and a bit of food for the freezer.
I have far more interest in enjoying using vintage and 'interesting' guns than I have in the technical aspects of multichokes, back boring, raised ribs - or the other fashions that come and go. With my standard of shooting, I can do just as badly with a 100+ year old English gun as I would with the latest expensive clay busting masterpiece.
All of my shooting is more about a good day out with friends rather than breaking clays, or taking game.
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I see Miller is out to disrupt democracy again https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7245669/Gina-Miller-vows-government-court-tries-shut-Parliament.html
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Since it opened, I have been to quite a few shows, from Motor Shows, Ideal Home type things, Antiques shows, Shooting shows etc. Over the years it has transitioned from well run and organised to a complete shambles. Last one I went (2018) to was organised chaos, but lacking the organisation part. Doubt I will go to anything there again.
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Just now, samadams21 said:
But from all the above comments I don’t think it will be a issue.
I swap between single trigger and double trigger without any problems. I prefer double trigger.
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20 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:
hello, if you look at a fixed choke O/U top barrel is the more open choke, well mine have always been like that and i prefer the bottom barrel to be the tighter choke, look at side by sides ? as to why they make fixed choke shotguns this way i think you need to ask gunman,
Interesting; I have 4 x o/u with fixed chokes. All have the upper barrel tighter (by measurement, not patterning). Of these, three are (as far as I know) as they left the factory. Gun 4 has been worked on, though by a previous owner, so I don't know the details other than he had the chokes 'opened a bit'.
Gun 1, barrels 1 - Lower = cylinder Upper = improved cyl
Gun 1, barrels 2 - Lower = quarter Upper = half
Gun 2, - Lower = tight quarter Upper = tight half
Gun 3, - Lower = Improved cylinder Upper = quarter
Gun 4, - Lower = tight quarter Upper = tight half
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I have as S57EL. Nicely made and very reliable. Mine has a single trigger, but I would prefer double triggers. Recoil is fine - provided the gun fits you OK.
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37 minutes ago, Dibble said:
By the way whats that type of forend called and why has everyone moved to the button in the end type?
I believe yours is called a "Deeley latch". The other type with the button is an "Anson pushrod".
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There is a model 53, a sort of heavy duty No 2, with side clips etc. Usually double trigger, straight hand, but like most AyAs, single trigger and variations in grip, rib and barrel length were I think optional for special orders. These are not uncommon - though much less common than No 2.
Then there is model 56, a heavy duty 'high grade' like a heavy No 1. Wider heavier action, side clips. Quite rare and expensive new, so often made to order with options like single trigger and pistol grip. I think the 'origins' were as 'live pigeon' competition guns in Spain.
I don't believe either has chrome barrels.
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I have a 2007 BMW 3 series and it is fine - never been re-gassed. On the other hand, my (little used) Mercedes SLK from 2005 needs re-gassing every 3rd or 4th year. I had 3 Hondas before that - and one (old style Accord Areodeck) required re-gassing at about 10 years old. The other two (Civics) I didn't keep that long.
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I have traded one or two in over the years (none of which I have really regretted), but generally I have tended to 'accumulate', which is both a good and a bad thing!
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On 07/07/2019 at 17:35, Capt Christopher Jones said:
I am new to shotgun & having issues actually hitting something 😂, especially as the bottom barrel fires first.
I am well used to rifles, i know where to aim
I need to get some practice in, any tips
Go to a coach and get a lesson or two; moving from a rifle to a shotgun requires a whole different technique - and not everyone finds the transition either easy or intuitive. It is MUCH the best thing to get a bit of professional help. Using the word 'aim' rings alarm bells - as you don't (consciously) 'aim' a shotgun!
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If they are shallow boxes set in a stud wall - it may be possible to drop in deeper boxes. I have done this where I have replaced a 'fused spur switch' with a 'fused spur timer switch' (controlling a heated towel rail from outside the bathroom). In my case the deeper box dropped in easily as they are front mounted.
Things with a bigger battery (like iPads) can make use of the greater charge current to charge more quickly. Phones (as far as I know) can't as they are limited in the current they draw to protect the battery.
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2 hours ago, grrclark said:
For completeness I should also say that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon or Andrew McMaster or Paul Harris or Wayne King or Stephen Lennon or whatever pseudonym he chooses to use cannot hide that he is an out and out scumbag.
Correct - just one look at his history shows that.
2 hours ago, grrclark said:I struggle to understand why anyone rational would choose to defend him because some of what he says is true.
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2 hours ago, grrclark said:So often the contributors to PW criticise the justice system in this country as being too soft and lenient, but when we jail a scumbag for being a repeat offender who has deliberately chosen to publicly flout the order of the court for nothing other than self publicity they scream it's the establishment running scared or it's a stitch up, just because some of what TR says they agree with. If you find yourself in that camp then you need to take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror and think about what you stand for.
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5 minutes ago, ShootingEgg said:
The main reason for me posting this was because I feel it should never have gotten to the point of the hunt master feeling he had to react and act agaimst the anti, these people tresspas, normally armed and cause a nuisance. Yet very little is done to stop them doing so.
I have no issues if they want to protest, but masked and intimidating is not what I call a protest, its intent to cause a nuisance or even harm to others. They have no care for the fox, its an attack on others. You won't see them going out to save a fox that's got mange or been clipped by a car, only out masked and shouting at people going about a legal activity.
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Extinction Rebellion
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I'd love to hear those 'howls' - but at present all I hear is ............ nothing .