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1 hour ago, marsh man said:
THANKS for the update , hope the chap is alright and it goes to show even with local knowledge you can still get it wrong , one of the reasons my wife bought me a mobile phone as like a lot of other fowlers we never bothered with modern day technology .
When we had the last major tidal surge at Yarmouth the top of the tide was around 10pm , the problem we had was the wind kept the first tide well up and the evening tide was coming in on top of the last tide , when I was going down the marsh for the evening flight it was blowing a gale and I started to have doubts weather I should go or not , but you know what it is like when you think you are going to have a good night , you put up your hood and carry on , when I got to the bit of water I was going to flight on the duck were already coming in for shelter , the wind by now was gale force and it was a job to keep your gun straight when you took a shot , I had shot several Wigeon when my phone went off , I could hardly here my wife running on about the expected floods and I said I can't hardly hear you and I will be home in about an hour , by now I could see the blue lights flashing in the town and on the new bridge , I had just about reached my imposed limit of 10 and called it a day , time I got back to my house the police cars were going up and down my road getting the older people to higher ground , when I asked my wife why she called me said , the police had just knocked on our door asking if we wanted a hand to move out or do we want to stay put , she didn't like to tell them I was still shooting down the marsh and said for the time being we will stay where we are as we had two dogs and guns in the cabinet , as it turned out we didn't get flooded although some did near the river , that was one of the roughest nights I had been out to shoot a few duck , looking back it was also one of my the best nights for duck as well .
Geez Marshman you can even make a potential natural disaster story sound somewhat poetic.
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16 minutes ago, Walker570 said:
No, only ever used it in plastic wads. Never really impressed with the patterning but that was in a 410 and #5s. On rre occasions I need non toxic for ducks I purchase a few factory bismuth, so cannot help.
No worries, was hoping to load a few in the near future to simply stem the boredom until I can get out on the Marsh.
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Evening, I was just wondering if people have reloaded itx 10 with standard fibre wads? I've done a bit of research, plastic wads and fibre shot cups have been mentioned a lot but not much talk of traditional fibre wads. The reason for my question is I'm considering buying some itx 10 to load for a 20 bore, cheers.
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Great to see that stone hide again! Another great retrieve by Ted
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27 minutes ago, Arron yeates said:
Ayup lads.
Has any one used these and what are your thoughts? Im after some in 5.52mm but cant find them anywhere .
Found them on a local gunshop's website and uttings?
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He hasn't mentioned the Galahad mate as he hasn't been in contact yet about the hw100
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26 minutes ago, Chaz25 said:
I was tempted myself as it was up for sale, but to much of a lump for my taste, so I got a gunpower stealth instead, not the most perfect of creations but it suits me.
As long as you're happy with it that's all that matters, I believe my enthusiasm for the Galahad is waning, a nice little S200 might suit next year, now if my RFD had an FX Wildcat MK2 in the gun rack I may of wee'd myself in excitement.
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17 hours ago, Chaz25 said:
Only handled a Galahad, looked awesome then I picked it up and thought jesus! for this weight I would want it to burn powder.
I know shots into trees wouldn't be a problem but I'd struggle with standing unsupported shots at rabbits that's for sure!
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That bag must have one heck of a heavy duty zip, I knew you should of waited for the dreamline bullpup
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3 hours ago, bruno22rf said:
Met a chap down club the other day got a dreamline - producing superb groups but all over the target! 5 shot one hole group then stop for a chat/fiddle/reload and the next 5 shot one hole group would be several inches from the last - several hours of investigation revealed that the barrel/collar that fit into the receiver were moving quite freely when in place and the barrel could visibly move from side to side! Not what you would expect from such a premium product and, from what I have since heard, the dealer is liaising with the supplier but not willing to replace the rifle as they are hard to source. BTW totally agree with Walker570 re the S200 - has to be one of the most under estimated / over looked Guns of all time.......bit like the A10 of the Aircraft world.....ugly.....but well hung!!
I personally will wait for a while to see how reliable some of these higher end guns are before deciding, my luck with guns is if there's a fault which only occurs 1 in 1000 it'd be the one I bought!
While looking at the Galahad my gunsmith was telling me they've had 4 impacts returned for various reasons whereas the Wildcats seem to be pretty good. I'm really hoping he sorts my hw100, it's been nice of him to lend me various air rifles but it's made me realise how good the trigger is on mine.
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I'll be interested to see what replies you get as I sold my semi auto earlier this year and will look next year for a sxs for fowling.
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Several on Guntrader if you consider the over and under as well
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3 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said:
Very disturbing, glad you and yours are ok.
Thanks, I know we live in a messed up world and the person may of been a nice member of society at some point who's since fallen on hard times, I just can't fathom how anyone could think it's ok to just throw syringes out of a 1st floor flat.
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34 minutes ago, Walker570 said:
You would probably only pay a third of that price for a nicely looked after AA S200 which will do the same job in spades....£1300 smackers for an air rifle...is that crazy or what.
My AA S200 keeps rolling them over if I do my job.
If I get a few more permissions to justify another air rifle the S200 would be a contender, it's a shame AirArms don't import the CZ200 as I'm sure that would do very well.
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1 hour ago, Mice! said:
That is seriously messed up, glad you are all ok.
Cheers mate, seen plenty of stuff like that on police programs but to actually witness it first hand was rather scary, I know people say spalding like Boston has gone downhill but geez!
1 hour ago, bruno22rf said:local Lass - 23 living in a council house with her single mother within shouting distance of us - just had her third child by 3 different fathers - 2 month's premature due to her drug habits - saw her this morning outside the Maternity Unit with a Spliff.
Now that is disturbing, but remember none of it will be her fault.
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Everyone knows what scum druggies can be/do, today I witnessed something that made me suffer a whole mix of emotions in a short space of time, from anguish to anger and then luckily relief. I was out with my family in spalding getting last few bits ready for school, we were walking down a small sidestreet when I hear something bounce on the floor near us, I see only a few feet away a syringe, a few more syringes are already scattered about! I immediately check my lads and ask them if they'd been hit or if they'd stood on one to which thankfully they hadn't, I look up but cannot see which flat it was thrown from, we moved on pretty quickly when the metal saucer used for heroin also was thrown onto the floor! I called 101, the bloke on the end of the phone was spot on, told him I would of been the one being arrested if one of my kids had been hit, I know the police get a lot of flak but I just hope officers attend to sort the mess out.
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Well just watched airgungearshow and Andy's airgun reviews on the FX dreamlite and both seemed impressed with it and so was I, then I was about to watch Andy's review on the FX dreamlite bullpup which I'm also keen on but lost the TV rights so will have to wait til later.
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16 hours ago, Mice! said:
he's got you on the hook!!
@bruno22rf so Bruno, what are your thoughts on the galahad??
And how is the Wildcat treating you?
Doesn't take much Mice! It simply caught my eye and like I said I didn't want to give it back, to add to what I've posted before, I'm hoping once I get my hw100 back to then see a bit better accuracy before I make a decision, oh and the Galahad is the artillery style .22 rather than the Laser like .177! 😱
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13 minutes ago, washerboy said:
Hw 100 would out last and out shoot it, so don't part with your money
Well that's what I thought when I got the gun, I'll simplify it as best as I can,
I wasn't happy with accuracy.
Gunsmith confirms regulator set at 120 bar which is the highest one he'd seen.
He winds it down to around 90 bar but takes half a minute once fired to return to 90 bar.
Gunsmith believes he's sorted it however only getting 32 good shots per fill.
Gunsmith checks his own work with the company HW100tuning, everything seems to check out but shot count is really low.
Gunsmith then finds what appears to be a nick in the valve so hoping all will be cured.
The upside of all this is he's been giving me different air rifles to play with to keep me occupied, started with an S400 superlite, a lovely gun but didn't feel quite right however pretty darn accurate. A Kral Puncher Breaker was next, best way to describe the accuracy would be like bowling a ball which then jumps over to the next lane to knock over your friend's pins. Latest gun is an S410, this simply fits like a glove, is well built and is happy to hug JSB Heavies closely together all day long at 40 yards.
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16 minutes ago, figgy said:
Not heard anything on reliability issues. I'm not a fan of bullpup guns as the weight is up high and scope higher again. Skeleton guns like impact make more sense as a compromise.
If you like it buy it.
It comes with a built in spirit level though figgy to keep it upright
3 minutes ago, Mice! said:Haven't seen one in the flesh, i like the look but what sort of money are you talking? Would you not prefer a FX?
And your gun smith is sneaky 😂😂
Around £900 pal, I'd probably want an FX Wildcat if he had one of those in the rack as well
. It's a walnut version with a £100 scope and a hugget moderater, he knows how to price things right, I'd have to sell the hw100 to help fund it that's the dilemma I'm in. 
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Evening all, I went to see the gunsmith who's been fine tuning my hw100 for me and while there he had a Galahad at the front of his gun rack, very conveniently placed for me to see in fact
. He went on to tell me it will be for sale soon, what surprised me most was the weight of the gun, being a bullpup I thought it'd be a lot lighter than it was however I didn't want to put it down, does anyone on here own one? I was wondering what the reliability was like, I have read some reviews saying how ugly it is but I personally love how it looks!
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I used to have a 3 1/2" Xtrema2, the few geese I got with it I shot mainly with 3" eley lightning's, what I realised was I couldn't hit many ducks with it when they were zipping by less than 30 yards away. I have a sxs game gun I can use bismuth in for ducks or if after geese I can use a 10 bore sxs so when the chance came to swap the xtrema for an air rifle I wanted I took it.
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Don't know if it's just me but couldn't see fibre shot cups in 20g on clay & game.