CaptainBeaky

I didn't sleep well for a couple of months after my first jury service - it wasn't very pleasant. But as someone mentioned above, the jury system relies on people doing their civic duty for it to work, so when i got called the second time, I went again - and now there are a couple of pubs locally that I will not *ever* visit. You want civil rights, you have to accept the civil responsibilities that go with them.

Great news

There again, you don't need a law degree and umpteen years experience to sit on a jury - that's the whole point of a jury, "a jury of my peers" i.e. ordinary people, the man on the Clapham omnibus.

Go and do it. Having done it twice, they need real people on there, not just those who can afford it. You can claim travel expenses and loss of earnings, iirc.

Also, there's Danish Oil and Danish Oil - not all are the same. Cheaper ones tend to have less Tung oil and more man-made resins. The better ones have a much higher Tung oil solids content - over 50% is what you're looking for. This is basically Tung oil in turpentine, as used on gun stocks for ages, with a few dryers added (like the terebene mentioned by Gunman). As Daf said above, it sounds as if your oil is sitting on top of the old finish, which needs stripping off first.

I can understand them not accepting a magazine plug, because they are easily removed, but a crimp? The only way to remove a crimp is to replace the tube entirely. UK spec is crimped and pinned in or Loctited so it can't be removed without serious tools and a lot of effort (there is a document from the Proof House detailing this somewhere). I would be most surprised if your police wouldn't accept this spec - that or this is just an excuse to remove guns from the public.

Very nice!

If I could afford it, I'd have bought it

Nice! That'll be like the 628 that was around in the 1980's - a 627 actually sold with the two sets of barrels, one with skeet choke, the other half and full. Clumsy phrasing - I meant that you can't usually swap barrels from one gun to another. Are you going to buy that one as well?

Baikals tend not to have interchangeable barrels, as they are a bit old fashioned like that. Newer ones may be different, of course, so ymmv. 12 bore Baikal sbs can usually be picked up for not a lot (ask wabbitbosher of this parish). 20 bores are less common, but they are about. If you can find a izh54, try it!

Try looking for something with a sheepsfoot blade.

But less fun for the winning bidder Congratulations

Please buy it and remove the temptation!

Hazel is easy to find and prepare. My stick is a piece cut when we coppiced some hazel at our local scout camp. Mind you, I'd love a blackthorn, but finding a piece big enough is difficult.

Thanks, Jim Pleasure doing business with you

I still have an Innova in the loft somewhere, awaiting new seals, as it has done for the last 30-odd years I'll get around to it eventually...

You have a pm...

Magazine stop latch - possibly the spring is broken, or the lip at the front is burred over.

Look into it very carefully! As Evo says, there is no such thing as a free lunch. IIRC, they basically rent your roof space, and the entire shebang remains their property for the duration of the contract. Could be a problem if you want to move...

If you get salt water through your softener, it's broken! All a softener does is replace the calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions - the salt is merely a source of sodium. However, softened water is a bit more corrosive than hard, so you need to make sure your central heating has sufficient corrosion inhibitor in the water off you are going to switch the makeup to soft. On the domestic hot water side, you will ruin the heat exchanger far quicker by scaling it up with hard water than by corroding it with soft.

Welcome to PW. There's a few of us on here :-) whereabouts in Kent are you?

Likewise... and I'm only 5 miles away!

Looks good Could maybe do with a slightly darker crust, but that's personal preference...

+1Very low footprint, very efficient at picking up bugs and getting updates out - often one a day or more.

From memory: 1.5 tsp yeast 300g wholemeal bread flour 300g white bread flour 2 tsp sugar 25g butter 1.5 tsp salt 430ml tepid water Set to large loaf, medium crust, menu no 4 (5 hours). This assumes you have the same Panasonic machine as me Good basic recipe. Ignore the hecklers - there's nothing like coming down to fresh bread first thing. The salt is to control the gluten build up, not kill the yeast.