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2 hours ago, impala59 said:
Someone paid up for this lot, over £1000 plus fees! Obviously, it has some provenance for a collector. Additionally all the Greeners went in the sealed bid auction, times past they would all be in the unsold lots. Perhaps the venerable GP is seeing a resurgence of popularity?
Wow thats good money, like you say good provenance, Looking at the results from past auctions many of the interesting guns are fetching more than the projected price. It would be good to see sensible prices return. Not so good for you in this case though.
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9 hours ago, Poor Shot said:
If voting made any real difference then they wouldn't let us oiks do it.
Like it..😀
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4 hours ago, old man said:
Possibly not enough spine to achieve either?
Patrick Harvie, head green person gets more than £106.000 per year and he has been a MSP for twenty years. cant see him jacking that in for principles
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10 minutes ago, Down South said:
I’ll pm you with data this evening. 👍
Great stuff
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18 hours ago, Down South said:
I’ve got a couple of loads for long shot & blue dot but they use plastic wads. These 2 powders are usually for 1oz + loads. Bismuth loads I have are 70mm with plas wads. I take it you’ve acquired an English 16 bore.
Hi just seen this, I would be very interested in any loads you might have, including any other powders. Just seen this load. Cheddite case/primer 2.5 [cut down ?] 21g longshot, SG 16 wad, 1oz lead, 7600 psi 1190 fps. Im considering substituting fiber for the plastic, In the process of buying a Westley Richards underlever and Wild. Also wondering about using little skeeters reducer to 20 or 28 bores
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You would think that given the alleged catastrophic climate crisis we are enduring, the migratory birds would be heading over here earlier
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45 minutes ago, ditchman said:
for a change ..made it last night so it suporated over night with load of extra fresh chili....
fresh frozen toilet rolls on standby
Very nice, looks a treat
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1 hour ago, JohnfromUK said:
I would think it's an unfortunate handicap for a politician, having principles. It could easily ruin a promising career and generous expenses package.
I think most of them would agree, perhaps the greens in this case will remain in government but donate their wage and perks to saving the world..😏
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8 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:
They have principles?
We will see..
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1 hour ago, Pushkin said:
Because they know they are all liars and will never be held responsible for people voting them into power and because they use rhetoric that meets and often surpasses the voters wishes and aspiratrions. I agree that politicians can have all the free speech they want to deliver to us but---- there has to be some form of accounting of where this leads us all - good or bad; praise where it's deserved and derision and financial payment from their own or their parties funds. That I think would be a good first move towards ensuring they think things through like they never did with the return bottle/ can scheme tried recently in Scotland and turned out to be a total waste of time and finance. When its as big a waste of money they should also be barred from coming into our political system from their homeland (in that instance Canada! for evermore as they have proven themselves to be useless with their airy fairy green ideas that people sincerely support but, the politicians cannot and do not have the means or the wherewithal to actually put into place with the funding from other than the tax take. In this instance there were many poeple that did invest in the recycling glass and tin bring back to collection point but the Scottish government failed to take into account how unworkable the longer tem impact was going to be, Millions of taxpayers money and far too expensive to put in place and then follow through with wasted and; miliions of private employers money wasted in trying to follow an ideology that was really pathetic. For how much longer has the tax payer to also support the folly of the 2 Ferries that were never costed in real terms and are still not nearly ready for use. SNP my ****! Give them a real job to do and let the nation develop without independence. You can tell I am no fan of theirs eh?
Pushkin.
I wonder what this climb down will mean for the greens, staying in the trough, or standing up for their principles and resign..😏
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2 hours ago, Conor O'Gorman said:
For several years, BASC’s central regional team have been visiting colleges across the area to work with level 3 catering students. Over recent months they have visited some inner-city colleges to run wild game preparation and cookery masterclasses for the students.
There are always a few raised eyebrows and squeamish faces from students when they start processing pheasants and whole deer carcasses. But it’s a credit to all the students they have taught so far that none have refused to cook with any of the meat provided.
It must be understood that most, if not all, come from inner-city backgrounds and shooting wild animals for food is an entirely alien concept for them.
Click the weblink below to read further
https://basc.org.uk/game-in-the-kitchen/
Great stuff. good for the students..
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5 hours ago, CoventryWire said:
Exactly! I was £2 under the winning bid but I'd have happily gone for more if I knew!!
Is this a BSA or something else? I was really after a BSA since I'm not allowed one of there bikes!!!
Love it..
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Right gents, tempted by reasonable prices and the fact that up till now Ive never had a 16 bore, I'm "investing" in a couple of old sxs. Does anyone have a recipe or two( or links ) they would care to share. I have vectan a.s. longshot, bluedot. Lilgun. Cork wads and nitro cards
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2 hours ago, oowee said:
It's called the ballot box. I heard a review of Scotlands programme of climate change initiatives on the radio this week. It sounded pretty impressive. Did I hear free / discounted travel for under 21 year old?
Impressive and unworkable
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4 hours ago, marsh man said:
When you get to a age where you can look back in life it just goes to show how much the world have changed in a very short time , one thing that do stick out which have been a big part of my life is farming and the gear to run a farm , years ago I thought they can't advance a lot more than how the machinery was then , how wrong was I . MM
Well remember loading bales by hand onto a four wheel trailer, pitchfork when they got higher, the stacker would stay on the trailer for the ride home, he would get bashed by low branches along the road, The smell of the first cut of hay, "ladies" coming to pick spuds and peas, bale hide and decoys on the clover in the winter, a million gulls following the plough, stubble burning, lines made in the spring when rolling the winter wheat, and the dust off the same wheat after a long day combining without a cab. The very best way to spend your time as a teen
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No seems to have mentioned this yet..https://news.stv.tv/scotland/how-did-scotland-go-from-cop26-trailblazers-to-abandoning-key-climate-change-targets theres a picture for your wall..😀
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49 minutes ago, old'un said:
Yes it is actually, its got a mate and a nest at the bottom of the garden with eggs in it.
Love is blind
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1 hour ago, Penelope said:
Worth doing, John, you ain't got to use it or feed it, but you'd you'd be booggered if you did and you didn't.
That makes perfect sense..
On 11/04/2024 at 22:38, marsh man said:85 is a good ole age and hope you have got a few years ahead to relive those days of the past , tell me Grandalf , is your decision to call it a day because of age , or is there less enjoyment is shooting game and wildfowl than in your slightly younger days , I am not as old as you but last season I dropped out of wildfowling clubs which I had been in since 64 and just went on my own marshes to shoot the odd duck when I wanted one , now with having eyesight that can no longer pick duck out in poor light and losing the desire to sit down the marsh on a cold / wet Winters night I can now see the light getting brighter at the end of the wildfowling tunnel, my s g c run out at the end of next year and weather I renew or not I will make my mind up after this coming season . MM
MM I would renew, I bet there will be a time when you want to just sit out and just listen and having your favourite gun will give reason for being there..
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2 hours ago, Old farrier said:
Mine is busy sitting on eggs in her nest in the yard wall
Nice photos, green and sunny, still winter here
2 hours ago, old'un said:Here's our resident robin, think he’s got feather mite.
Poor thing, doubt that will be breeding
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That IS a road trip..👍
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3 hours ago, marsh man said:
More importantly , did you buy anything exciting ??
Although it's good to know another sale is on the horizon
Have you looked under hammer guns on guntrader there's a t wild for £500 and an army and navy black powder for about £800
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3 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:
Hello, Packed Lunch !!!!!!!, That would feed me for a week !!!!🤔😄 Oh well seems we have some good weather for a change 👍
It was for several people, we have had it dry for a good week but now have three days of rain apparently
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1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said:
Hello, You dont half live well up on your Scottish Island IG 🤔😊, Joking aside it seem a lovely place to live but would be a tad cold for me in winter,
A picture of said Ham and other stuff going out as a packed lunch order this a.m.... by the way its raining.😀
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On 27/03/2024 at 10:00, Jonty said:
I have the very same smoker Islandgun - mine is taking a break at the moment because the element packed in and I've not got round to fixing it yet - I must pull my finger out.
You definitely can smoke a ham on that - its got a perfect temperature range. You'd want to set it at 110C-120C and cook the ham to a minimum internal temperature of 65C (cooking to the internal temp is far more accurate that trying to guess minutes a pound etc). You can cook it to 70C or above depending on your taste/texture preferences but 65 will do it for me.
When the internal temp hits about 60C, some wizardry occurs within the meat (all meat) and it wont absorb anymore smoke after that temp, so you can save adding woodchips at that point as they wont have any effect.
For cuts of meat, anything from the leg or shoulder will work - I think leg is the more traditional. If you go for shoulder, ask for a solid piece, I've found a lot of shoulder is rolled and tied and turns into strands if you cut the string.
Are you looking at dry curing (dry rub) or wet curing (immersed in brine) ?
Also, you mentioned you have Prague Powder, there are two types #1 and #2. You want #1 for ham and bacon - anything that you cook, and #2 is used for uncooked things such as parma ham or salami. It's important to get the right one as they are not interchangeable.
I'm looking forward to seeing your results!!
Heres my second attempt ! very pleased with the result, lightly smoked with a sweet honey crust, Its now on the menu. gave it a quick blast in the normal oven as still not sure about the smoker oven
Thanks for the advice Jonty
Sixty ninth anniversary.
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Fantastic................apparently "Larch" is the present.🌲