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If the crimp is the same as the Beretta tubes, it is possible to open it out by pushing a correctly sized button up the tube.
However the best method would be to speak to the Franchi importer and see if you can buy an uncrimped tube.
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I have a mount bar with both suckers attached. Only used three times before I drilled the roof of the truck to take the lamp. So is now not needed.
No idea what it's worth but let me know if you are interested.
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Yes definitely not as good as it used to be, but if you push them they can still show very testing birds.
This is our last year there, we are looking for another venue for next year.
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We're off on our annual 'Jolly Boys Outing' to Dovey Valley Shooting Ground this month and wondered if there
is anything else of interest to do in the area?
Just not really up to shooting clays all day for three days....
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Not really an 'ism' but something that is seen on approximately every third post on this forum......and really winds me up.
"I should OF known better"...."I should OF bought it"...."I should OF listened at school"
NO NO NO NO NO!
"You should HAVE known better"...."You should HAVE bought it"...."You most definitely should HAVE listened at school"
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Gram, I just sold a 2.5-10 x 42 Swaro Habicht for £550. It was in immaculate condition though.
Not exactly the same as your mates scope but it may give you a starting point.
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Not on my ground, the full moon allows me to pick out those that are sitting in the middle of the paddock and take them out without the use of a lamp
Ian.
I am absolutely certain that, even on your ground, on a bright moonlit night the rabbits CAN see you, which was the point I was trying to make.
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Was it clear skies in your area last night? If so the scarcity of rabbits could be down to the full moon lighting you up.
It certainly makes a noticeable difference around here. So much so that I don't bother on clear nights.
Give it a week and wait for a nice dark night and try again.
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Yes, send your permission letters off with your application. It will save time in the long run.
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Most rape around here is blown down the legs of a sub-soiler straight into the wheat stubble. Usually done when it's too wet for the combine to work so most of the rape is now in.
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Try here Dave. Navara Forum
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On renewal you have to supply named permission for at least one piece of land that is suitable for the calibers that you wish to shoot.
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Actually do around 10 hours a day every day mon/fri all year round in all weather some days longer if you take into account travelling time to/from place of work which can be anywhere in the country. :o
Bloody hell I wish I could work those hours.......
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how's your range rover these days Brownng :o
The 59 reg has gone, the tyres were getting worn down and ashtrays full so I had to chip it in for a new one.
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Well the farm i have our horses on is arable/cattle they do have to work a bit when cattle are calfing etc but on the whole from my point of view they have it easy. We pay them 100 pound a week just to keep our horses there he supply's stables and fields, there are another 4 people with horses so he gets £200 a week for doing absolutely nothing. Also i'm sure they get money off the government for "set aside" land etc again for doing nothing, they all run around in new range rovers etc have big houses and go on two or three holidays a year, yes its a way of life, wish i had it !! I work hard 8 hours a day for a pittance compared to them then go and look after my horses after work/before work in the winter they don't do hardly anything at a lot of the time through the year, yes they have the harvest and hay to get in but there only driving bloody tractors etc.
Come and take over from me pal, lets see if you last 6 months. You have absolutely no comprehension of what real farming
life is all about. Damn townie I'll bet. :o
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Due to changes of rifles over the years I have the following which are no longer needed.
PM me if you need further info.
Optics
Swarovski Scope 2.5-10 x 42 (30mm tube). Immaculate, no bangs, dents or scratches. Sold
Badger Ordnance Picatinny Rail for Rem700 S/A. £100 posted.
6.5mm Bullets
123gn Lapua Scenar x 300. Sold
130gn Berger VLD Match Grade x 200. £50 posted. - Sale Pending
120gn Nosler BT Hunting (Brown Tip) x 130. £40.
Redding Titanium Nitride Bushings
.266 £12 posted.
.285 £12 posted.
.288 £12 posted.
.292 £12 posted.
Dies
.243Win L.E. Wilson Seater Die (Unused). - Sold
.243Win L.E. Wilson Bushing Neck Die (Unused). - Sold
Hornady Modified Cases
.260Rem. £4 posted.
6.5 x 47. £6 posted.
Case Holders
6/6.5 x 47 Lapua L.E. Wilson Trimmer case holder. - Sold
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Look at it another way, if you're telling the farmer that there aren't that many birds around......does he really need any crop protection???
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We only see the odd Kite around here, I guess they haven't worked their way this far north yet?
I do have problems with Sparrow Hawks around the Partridge pens though.
Tawny Owls seem to harrass the Pheasant poults a lot as well.
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The problem is that the 'experts' are mostly about protecting Buzzards, so only see (or report) what they want to.
Meanwhile those of us that are about protecting our poults see the buzzards as they really are.
Most of the rabbits that I shoot are left as buzzard fodder, yet still they take the difficult to get at live poults, and
leave the easy dead rabbits.
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It's common here to see DOUBLE figures of Buzzards in one place. I once counted 18 feeding at the back of a tractor while ploughing a field, not the behaviour of a normal bird of prey, fighting for scraps amongst the crows and seagulls!!
Jeez I thought we had it bad in Northants Mark!
The most I've seen together was 13 circling on a thermal whilst I was out feeding one day a couple of years ago.
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I've always had problems with Buzzards taking poults, maybe losing 1 a day in one of the pens. I've actually seen a Buzzard sat on poults in the pen on
many occasions.
Too many of the blighters around in Northants!
Probably as much of a problem is owls, as these also take poults when they are first released.
My old mentor showd me a trick of cutting the flat nail head off a 4" nail, and hammering one into the top of each pen post.
This stops them sitting on the posts in wait for a poult.
The old CD's on a length of string also works well.
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you seem to be mising thepoint here, for one how do you get springer x springer that is a pedigree breeding with a pedigree! I dont dispute the fact they are a good working dog, I myself and many others on this forum dispute these pairings being called one "sprockers" as if some new breed (it's a cross pure and simple) and asking ridiculous prices for a mongrel! but hey if you want to buy one then it's the individuals choice, it is immaterial if both sire and dam are pedigree if it is two different breeds = mongrel,
Ok here's a scenario that really happened.....a lad pays £500 for a pedigree Springer pup with fantastic working lines on both sides, turns out to be a **** worker, and was eventually given away as a pet, despite him having 30 years experience of training spaniels.
Same lad pays £250 for a springer x cocker (Lets call it a Sprocker for the sake of argument), this dog turns out to be an exceptional worker.
In this scenario the lad eventually got an exceptional working spaniel, so is £250 still a ridiculous price to pay for a mongrel?
Similar situation to myself, at the end of the day I have an exceptional working spaniel (Sprocker mongrel), who gives a damn if it is not a pedigree?....not me
or the many other happy Sprocker owners that have good working dogs.
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To keep it simple with the Trout, head and tail off, remove guts, wash, small sprinkle of salt and pepper inside, a small **** of butter inside, wrap in foil,
cook in oven for about 15 mins.
EDIT:
OK can't say small **** of butter, or small *** of butter, hows about small amount of butter?
Working up a load
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I usually load a single round in .5gn intervals until I begin to see pressure.
Then load batches of four in .5gn intervals working down from the max load that I found earlier.
After that fine tune in .2gn intervals and/or OAL as required.