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It's amazing what will come in really close when you're nice, quiet and still. I've had a robin on the end of my barrel, a badger walking past 6 feet away, rabbits come in to a similar distance. Closest fox was about 15 feet away when i pulled the trigger.

Just let him come in, nice and easy. There's no rush, he knows where the 'food source' is, and he's just coming back to collect another one. Give him no reason to change, and he'll do the same thing - and you just pick your moment. Personally, I quite like getting 'inside the head' of a fox - putting myself where their routes will take them, and basically ambushing them with a 12 bore. As such I take a lot of foxes at less than 20 yards. But I'm not averse to using the 223 in the right conditions !

Tie (or wire) the dead birds to a post. Do bear in mind that if the kills have been made overnight, and if it's quiet during the day, the fox may well come back this morning to collect the kills

As said, really. Win 7 will still continue to work, but Microsoft won't issue any new patches for security 'holes' that might get found. So you will be slightly more vulnerable. But if you've got up-to-date virus / malware protection then you will mitigate a lot of that risk. The biggest problem with going from Win7 to the current Win10 is the whole look and feel changed a lot - if you're really used to the Win7 layout and the way you navigate around the system then it can take a fair bit of effort to get used to the change.

Agreed, mine suffered with slippage for as while. All sorted now on the B/A 410, and it's a wonderfully quiet gun to use around pheasant pens, etc.

A lot depends on the individual - how fit, healthy, overweight, etc they are, along with age, and probably a few hundred other factors. My dad (82) had a full hip replacement last year in September. He's always been fit and active, walking 2-3 miles every day, not overweight, etc. For the last 6 months before the op he was struggling to do that though. He was on crutches for about 4 weeks, and is now back up to his 'proper' walking distance, and very happy with the results.

Nice and flat, I'd expect you'd be able to tow 500kg or a bit more (trailer, IBC and contents). I'll happily shift a load of logs on the trailer on my Kawasaki 450 (AWD), which I reckon must be over 400kg

Gavin Gardiner auctions have a s/s 410 shot pistol in their next auction on May 1st

Agreed. Also do waterpump, tensioners, rollers, etc.

It shouldn't be a problem.

It varies depending on when the car was new - some engines - even though they might look like the same 2.0TDi, have considerable differences. Which is probably why you are seeing conflicting advice.

Speak to the neighbours, is your first point of call. Explain that there is a real issue around bird **** on cars, windowsills, etc. and you feel it is a health hazard, and ask them to stop doing it. If that fails then your only really viable next step is either the council, or a silenced shotgun. Or a ladder trap

Yes, it is. It's 16% over the maximum that has been determined to be safe. Just like a speed limit. So it's exactly the same. I don't claim to be perfect. Anyone who says they never speed usually then go "but ...". But for Walshie to basically go "I shouldn't be getting done for this, it's ridiculous", is just self-righteous claptrap. Simple facts: Pedestrian struck by car at 30, chance of death or of serious injury (requiring a stay in hospital, not treatment and out the same day) : 40% Struck by car doing 35, chance of death or serious injury : 66% But hey, who gives a ****, huh ? Oh wait. Those of us who work in the hospitals do. Because we see that in A+E, ICU, Physio, etc. every day.

Browsed through, can't be bothered with most of it. The one thing that does amuse me is that walshie feels being 'only' 16% above the limit is trivial. Maybe he should be forced to overload a homeload by 16% over the max, see if he feels that is 'trivial' when he's about to pull the trigger.

If you did want to build using that wall as part of the building then you'd come under the Party Wall Act, which would entail a fair bit of expense (legal fees, surveyor, etc) if done properly - and I'd imagine any neighbour would insist on it all being done properly. Alternatively, as others have said, a levelled area and a shed - with enough space to get between the shed and the wall for clearing leaves, etc.

I doubt it's possible. Shotgun proof pressures are, if I remember correctly, in the region of 15-20,000 psi. Rifles are more like 50-60,000 psi. A shotgun breech just isn't designed to take those sort of pressure loads without some major re-engineering.

Holts : lots of very nice (and expensive) items, some cheaper Gavin Gardiner : Same as Holts, but even fewer of the cheaper items ! Scotarms : I've been to one of their sales, and the amount of (what should be) scrap metal being sold is terrifying. Plenty of others too However, I will say that you won't find many bargains at the auctions. 25% fees on top of the hammer price means that a cheap gun suddenly isn't. You're almost certainly better off buying from a private seller, if at all possible.

Just in case you don't know (not sure when you say you've been looking at calls online), but far better to say this than potentially see you finding yourself in trouble. It is illegal to use any form of electronic call to bring birds in for the purpose of capture or killing

If it's for your own child or stepchild, if they earn over £100 interest a year per parent (so £200, basically) then all the income is viewed as being yours, and taxed as such, as there is a rule for junior ISAs to prevent parents doing that sort of tax avoidance.

Might as well take the money down to the casino, or the racecourse.

I'm in charge of Trusts for 4 of my nephews and nieces - total sum under 'management' at present, for want of a better word, is about £50k at present. The pros and cons : Premium bonds (these cannot be held in an ISA) : potential for high earnings, possibility of very low earnings. Average earnings 1.6% per annum (tax free). No risk to capital Junior ISA : better earnings than 'normal' cash ISA (3%+ interest rate), but be very careful if the parent has decent earnings. If interest is more than £100 per parent then the income is treated as part of the parent's for tax purposes (to stop parents using their children to avoid tax). Virtually zero risk to capital. Normal Cash ISA : Very low interest rate (a lot of places, less than 1%). Virtually zero risk to capital. All of the above, the interest rate will struggle to keep pace with inflation. Meaning that over time the purchasing power of the amount will shrink, not grow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternatives (more risk) Stocks and shares ISA. IFISA (Innovative Finance ISA). Things like FundingCircle, Zopa, etc. Do your research very carefully ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my case, with the children being of relatively young ages (all are under 12 at present), and the parents of all of them wanting them not to have access until 25, Junior ISAs are not suitable - money in a junior ISA legally becomes the full property of the child on their 18th birthday, and they MUST be allowed full access to it. Regards the stock market, there's a saying : Time in the market is more important than timing the market. As such, and with a long timescale, that's what we went for with the Trusts (My cousin, an accountant is the other trustee) As such, the amount invested is largely in shares, with some of it being in Gilts (Government bonds). The income last year amounted to 4.6%, the capital growth was 14.3% All the shares are 'blue chip'. High quality, companies that make profits year on year, not speculative punts. We buy and aim to hold long-term, taking dividends as additional shares in the companies rather than as cash. We hold shares in 10 companies, all of which are in the FTSE100.

The assets are part of your estate, like anything else. They can be listed in your will as going to a person (if the person stays under the total holding limit), or they can be cashed in as part of the estate.

Gunwatch is part of PW, and to sell one gun per year is free. So what have you got to lose ?

I've got a relatively old S+B 6*42 on my 223 foxing rifle - it's the scope originally fitted when it was new in 1989. Light transmission in great, and as long as the Mk.1 idiot on the trigger does his job, it drops foxes very nicely.