CaptainBeaky

Can't do any until February due to other commitments, and can't do Sunday's until late July.Hawley are ok about pumps - they have ESP, Compak and skeet. With 7, we could, as suggested above, use the normal layout and go round as one group - Saturdays would be better, as Sunday is their competition day.

Southdown would be great

Barbury shoot, in Swindon, not Banbury! Swindon is ok with me as a one-off/occasional. Again, assuming dates work.

5 shillings = 25p

I do hope it wasn't, and certainly wouldn't be suggesting this on a public forum...

As above, a happy New year to all

Somewhere reasonably accessible for all involved would be good

Fixed that for you, Tim Baikal o/u's take a good while to break in - a popular mod in the States is to remove a few coils from the ejector springs, which makes things much easier in terms of opening and closing, while not reducing the propensity of ejected cases to take a eye out.

Herein lies the fascination - the ideas that didn't catch on, the ones that seemed like a good idea at the time, and the ones that would have worked using today's techniques and materials. Please keep on posting this stuff, Feltwad

Thanks, fw - I was busy yesterday, so only just seen these. Hmmmm... The three-barrel jobbie looks a brute, and the side-opening pinfire gun looks like an accident waiting to happen: "slide the barrels past the hammers, with the primer pins exposed - what could possibly go wrong?" Wonder how many were sold?

Just started with too high a poundage, before the muscle memory has developed enough to come steadily up to full draw. Shouldn't be at full draw more than a second or so.

All together now: "Oh no, you won't!"

A very merry Yule to all

It's ok, he's joking. It's actually to use as a spare canoe paddle...

But can't you hear it's siren voice calling your name?

Kids? It's a Baikal: your great, great, great-grandchildren will be inheriting this, still zombie-ready, and still stiff as a very stiff thing to open...

Ok, thanks. Bit of a long jaunt from Kent, I'm afraid :(

Pickup from whence, please? (On phone so can't see location)

That really does have the potential to be very, very pretty, with not an awful lot of work. Get thee behind me, Bosher!

TT1 are 65 mm, as are Hull CompX.

Lots of 2.5" cartridges around - also known as 65mm or 67mm. I find they are frequently cheaper than 2.75"/70mm, especially with light loads - see the recent thread in the Reloading sub forum regarding Hull Comp X

Try laser etching? Looks much better

Apropos of the above, if you're willing to split, I'd be interested in the Loadall, the paper cases and the No5

I paid £150 for a thousand two weeks ago... In Surrey, though.

Thanks OF - any suggestions as to a good manual? Excellent idea testing in a modern gun first - the Baikal o/u should make a good test bed: if they don't fall under the "load a 20g into a 12g, followed by a 12g test, then should be safe enough to work up loads in. Precise and meticulous - check. I'm a chemist... Thanks for all the help - I have a suspicion this may be addictive!