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  1. Cla gamefair?

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    So what's on everyones shopping list?

     

    I think i'm finally ready to get a .243 set up so will have 2 days of negotiation beforehand and spend the savings on a pint and watch the Dubarry girls

     

    For me a 30-06 if I can find one at the right price.

  2. What Chamber size?

    in Welcome to Pigeon Watch

    Posted

    Evening all....

    I'm a new member to the forum (although I have been browsing the site for a good few months!) so please excuse me if this isn't the correct area to post my question.

    Got into clay shooting with a good friend of mine. He's dad owns a farm so he has a 12g OU for pest control more than anything. I think it's a Miroku but not sure what model.

    I'm after getting my first shotgun...I want to use it for clay and also pest control- what chamber size should I go for?

    Sorry if this is answered/explained elsewhere....I have used the search function but not had much luck finding an article which may answer my question.

    Thanks :)

    Go for 3 inch chambers and steel shot proofed which most modern o/u tend to be now a days anyway and that will a cover almost all uses for clays, game, pests, vermin, foxes and wildfowling.

     

    At the risk of starting a huge thread between Barettarites, Browiningites and Morukoites, I would go for a Miroku they are excellent quality and great value for money and they manufacture all of Brownings shotguns apart from the high end custom ones that are built in Hertsall in Belgium.

  3. Cla gamefair?

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    Any one know any details of the 40 bird daily completion they running? Like cost / cartridge restrictions etc etc

    Had a look on the website and this all the details it shows...

     

    I think it was about £20 if I remember correctly from Blenheim last your. But see my post above about having to buy their cartridges and not being able to use your own, so be prepared for that. I think the cartridge restriction was 28g, 7.5 shot and fibre wad.

     

    Ian

  5. Deer Rifle in .308

    in Guns & Equipment

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    Hi folks, thanks for the really good advice on this topic. In the end I did keep it light, plastic and short by going for a Sako 85, synthetic, stainless with a 20 inch barrel and have put a Northstar moderator on it. I have found it to be light, manoeverable and really accurate.

     

    Next up is a 30-06 going for a Mauser M03 Extreme with open sights and a 23 inch barrel.

  6. Cla gamefair?

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    If you intend to shoot, do your homework on where you park.. Last time I went I was a mile away from the clay line, by the time I had got to the line with 200 cartridges and all my gear and gun, my arms were about 6 inches longer. They have loads of space for parking nearer the clay line but wont allow you access to park on it. There needs to be a shooters park for me to go again.. from Auntie.

    Couldn't agree more. Last year I got directed into one of the public car parks and had to walk about 2 miles to the clay line, carrying gun, gear and about 200 hundred cartridges. Got their paid my £20 and was then told I couldn't use my own cartridges. So I says, "Hang on mine are 28g, 7.5 shot, fibre wad same as you are trying to sell me". They reply "No ours have special powder so as not to annoy the neighbours". Yeah right! Needless to say I had my money back and went to the Gunmakers Pub.

  7. Deer Rifle in .308

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    Hi thanks everyone for your valuable input. I thought I would just close this thread with the outcome. I have gone for a Sako 85 SS Synthetic with a 20 inch barrel and Northstar mod. I love it, it is light, compact and very accurate.

  11. Newbie from Warwickshire!

    in Welcome to Pigeon Watch

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    Hi welcome to pigeon watch.

    As a total newbie and coming from the rugby area. Could you explain what happens on a roost shoot? Do you need all the camo gear?

    As been wanting to get involved in something like this. Can beginners join to?

    Cheers

    Hi Wingy,

     

    As Flycoy has said provided you are a safe shot and take safe shots then the roost shooting at Rugby is a good introduction. The basics of roost shooting for pigeons is that you take position in your allotted wood late afternoon and wait for the pigeons to come back to roost for the night after being out feeding one the local farmers crops. The busiest period can often be as the light is fading.

     

    So this is where the luck of the draw comes in, you might draw a wood (or part of the wood if it's a big wood and there are several guns covering it) where there are many pigeons roosting or one where none are roosting.

     

    You ask about camo gear, that's an interesting topic. Pigeons have great eyesight and can pick up the slightest movement. Last year on the Rugby shoot I had a pigeon coming in to roost and when it got in range about 30 to 35 yards, I mounted the gun, this slight movement was picked by the pigeon which swerved violently and was gun before I could complete the mount. This was with me wearing camo jacket and hat. What they pick up on is your skins tones on your face (when looking up) and hands. So now I tend to wear gloves (Macwets) and a great camo cap with camo face veil that I got from Bass Pro Shops.

     

    The things to look out for in your allotted wood are signs of pigeons droppings at the base of trees, a sure sign that they have been roosting there, also a favourite spot is where you get a clump of conifers in the middle of a group of deciduous trees, these are a favourite place in cold windy weather as the evergreens provide a lot of warm and protection.

     

    So get your form for next year from Rugby Ginshop and give it a go.

  14. Deer Rifle in .308

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    Some really good feedback on barrel length so thanks for that. I think I will need to go and handle / shoot a few of different barrel lengths with and without mod. I'll also try an over barrel mod on a longer 24in barrel. Very interested in Fisters comments about the extraction problems on the 85 they market the controlled feed and clean extraction as feature of this rifle so maybe I will look at the T3 as well.

     

    Many thanks all.

  20. Deer Rifle in .308

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    A couple of responses have mentioned keeping it light, plastic and short. Light and Plastic I am onboard with, but how short is good. I have a preference for longer barrel lengths ( a hang over from shotguns where I prefer a 30 in barrel). So I would think a deer rifle with a 20 in barrel to be too short and 24 in probably too long so I'm thinking about 22 ins as being about right - what do your guys think.

  21. Hello from Nuneaton, Warwickshire

    in Welcome to Pigeon Watch

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    Hi I,m new to PW so here's an intro about myself.

     

    I have done a bit of clay shooting and air gunning on and off for a number of years but about 3 years ago I decided to get into shooting more seriously.

     

    I still shoot clays quite a bit mainly beacuse it's easy to do and fairly cheap.

     

    I have done a bit of rough shooting and roost shooting pigeons.

     

    This game season just gone I joined a small, friendly and relatively cheap (for game shooting) DIY shoot on the Worcs / Warwickshire border. I've had a great time with a great group of beaters and guns and I hope to continue with that next season.

     

    I am also a member of a rifle club in Staffordshire where I do quite a bit of target shooting which I enjoy.

     

    I want to get into pigeon decoying and hopefully fox and rabbit control this coming year and have a longer term aspiration to do some deer staking.

     

    I have attended a couple of BASC courses - Introduction to pigeon shooting and Pre-DSC 1.

     

    I hope to take my DSC 1 this spring or summer.

     

    In short I love all things to do with shooting and the country side.

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