CaptainBeaky

If your fuel is dry, a Kelly Kettle makes hardly any smoke. As above, they are great fun to use, and (at least the stainless ones) last for ever. My scouts love mine!

Another vote for Navfree. Mind you it sometimes gets confused if you are way out in the sticks - it couldn't tell the difference between a B road and a footpath in the South Hams last year.

Hence the reason for the mk2 version! Not enough thread in the button to hold the paddle screw sufficiently firmly. Thread lock a good idea here. The £60 charged to fit was probably the minimum of an hour's labour - bit much for a 10 minute job (or 20 if he had to drill and tap the original button), but gunsmiths do have to make a living.

Nice Good bit of suspension travel there... Surely that is a Disco with RR running gear, not a Rangie with a Disco body? May be taking the proverbial calling it tax exempt!

Photos, please!

So you are, in fact displaying mechanismism?

Wasn't aware that the chain widths varied that much. My Husq has the narrower gauge chain, I forget what they call it, and the Oregon chain I put on to replace the original didn't last very long (although that is more to do with finding a nail embedded in a birch than any issue of fit!). I then bought a Stihl chain on the recommendation of the dealer, and it has been great. Cuts well, stays cool, seem to get plenty of oil to the tip, no abnormal wear on the bar.

Yup, them little knobs can be a right chore! Ok, that could have been phrased better The release on my MP153 is stiff enough to be painful in the summer, so I dread to think what it would be like with frozen try fingers. Sooooo much easier with a bigger bolt handle and release (more pics in the DIY sub forum when I've finished the mk2 bolt release).

Very pretty Tried them out yet?

+1 for the Baikal MP153. Cycles anything down to 28g, seemingly irrespective of cartridge length. It appears to be a very fussy on length for 24g loads - doesn't like 67mm, but will cycle 70mm. As SW says above, they're a bit heavy (especially if you add a little ballast under the recoil pad to bring the balance back to somewhere sensible), but if you're not doing walked-up shooting, they soak up recoil wonderfully. Tough as old boots as well. You should be able to get one plus a slab of cartridges for your £300 budget.

PPE first! Husqy or Stihl seems to be a perennial Ford/Chevy type debate. personally, I use a Husq 442, but with a Stihl chain, as they seems to last longer between sharpenings.

If the legislation is to be extended to cover the rest of the UK, they will have to re-do the consultation - if/when that happens we need to make sure the response is a resounding "f##k off!"

Welcome to PW

Wow! That is seriously gorgeous Pics in the water, pretty please...

I've taken to fitting an open brass ferrule on the ends of mine, made out of worn out safety valves. Makes a nice tip and certainly stops any splitting. Danish oil all the way for me. 3 - 4 coats over a week, then once a week for another month.

Ghenghis Khan? I'd be wary of quoting that dangerously left-wing pinko subversive around here...

+1 Congratulations to you and Lady S - have you booked the youngster's first shooting lesson yet?

Never tested it on a chronograph, although it seemed ok for what it was. It doesn't shoot at all at the moment - the trigger valve stem broke, and it's still waiting for me to make a new one (long wait - must be 30-plus years since I shot it)

Ah, the Sharp Innova...Great fun, and lots of exercise! Still have one tucked away in the loft somewhere

Pull! Clay flies, gun speaks Target becomes orange dust Only in my head...

What about a camo pump? You will join the dark side eventually, young Skywalker...

80 hour-plus weeks during term time. 12 weeks 'holiday', well over half of which is spent working - just because you aren't in front of a class doesn't mean you're not working. Pension - getting eroded just like all the other public sector, as they are an easy target. Benefits? What benefits? Hundred quids-worth of soap and chocolate once a year? (plus chocolatey soap and soapy chocolate) - great incentive that one... Constant interference from politicians in how you do your job - from people who almost invariably are not qualified to have an opinion (cough... Gove...cough...). Regular changes in guidelines and new "initiatives" - which seem to go in cycles. What is currently in vogue is pretty much the same as was being taught 30-odd years ago. All driven by seagull politicians eager to leave their mark (fly in, flap around, **** over everything, fly away again). Governmental obsession with measuring everything - "let's test kids who are too young to understand what a test is for, twice a term, to show how our wonderful new initiative is working" (see above). Yes, and your current cohort of sow's ears don't make sufficiently convincing silk purses, you'll be monitored even more closely and "put into special measures" until they do. Oh, and you get to put up with people telling you that you work a 6-hour day and get 12 weeks off a year. Yes, I come from a family of teachers, and a lot of my friends are teachers, so I have been observing the profession closely for pretty much all my life - and there is no way on Earth I could do that for a living. And - breathe....

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I made a carrier for a friend of mine, from an old Karrimor frame rucksack. Removed the bag, and built an extension onto the ally frame to hold the battery. Added a hook to hold the lamp when not in use and Robert is your father's sibling. Still in use 15 years later!

Simon and Patrick SP6 cedar top, plus an old Eko 12 string (18th birthday present!). My ancient Japanese classical has been half-inched by my daughter to use at college, so I suspect I've lost that one :( Play mainly at home, but do a few local gigs - folk clubs and local festivals etc.