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Thanks for the helpful advice all and noted, will try to do as little as possible, and noted re. no Connolly's 👍.

Yeah, thanks ditchman, really chuffed to have it. I used to manage filling it up for him prior to shoot days 35years ago when I was a 10years old. My grandad passed away 6 years ago now and it's been politically difficult to get access to it until now, just gutted it's been left to get into this state. When I picked it up this morning larvae were rolling around in it eating the label and baize 😠😕. Anyway it's now in my hands, where he'd want it to be, and I'll be trying to get it in good enough shape to last a few more generations.

Thanks Mr grumpy, will give them a call next week and see if they can help.

Hi All, I have a badly moth ravaged cartridge magazine that I've inherited from my grandad but has been languishing in a very damp cellar for years and has it on its last legs. I'd like to attempt a bit of a home resto. Any advice appreciated but to start with does anyone have any idea of where I could source as similar as possible an original makers label? and any suggestion on appropriate baize? Thanks in advance.

would be video evidence of it though! I think I'm going to do exactly that @shalfordninja33 and will report back on findings 👍🏼.

@WalkedUp Exactly right, it's an over vertical shot as I remember, with a hopeful pull of the trigger 🙄.

@motty Ha, harsh but true on these shots. Perhaps should have included the hits for better context! Had gun fitting on a new gun and a lesson with it was great for a technique reminder and this you'd certainly not get from watching Shotkam vids. What i think Shotkam must be useful for is diagnosis of those that you weren't sure why you missed in the field and perhaps to identify any fault patterns. @WalkedUp 👍🏼

@WalkedUp This is the last frame with visible pattern in it for that shot at 0:30, yes I'm underneath a little, but I have a feeling this frame still has the pellets a bit of a way before the bird, so I may be behind on this bird. I am using a 20b with either 28 or 24gm #6 (mixed cartridge bag🙄) and 1/4 and 1/2

👍🏼 Misses in front seem to be the easiest to see as the bird v obviously throws the anchor out. @Centrepin Perhaps there'll be some on ebay later on in the year when we've all become crack shots!

ooohh, that first Pidg is a lovely bird and shot 👏🏻, smiled seeing that.

Ha ha, ah yeah, the old Eley Uranium 28gm no.6's!!

Aha @WalkedUp I see that nice youtube feature of ',' & '.' to go back and forth frame by frame, and I see the below from that first shot. Difficulty is you still don't know how far there is between the bird and the shot string. @Centrepin Zeroed as best I can, cheated a bit in that I lined it up with bead at about 15ds not 30, as I did it indoors. Think I'll take a trip to the pattern plate and align it there. It seems to be broadly ok, perhaps reticle a little high I wonder though. Here are some shots where I did connect. Lots of us seem to be buying these Shotkams, we should have tried for a bulk buy, bloody expensive these camera's really.

Ha ha ha, thanks chaps. @prem1234 it's lots of fun watching the vids, you're gonna love it. Thanks for your analysis, I'll watch again with your conclusions overlaid. @WalkedUp was that frame taken from the YouTube vid i posted? Wow I couldn't see that and I've been trying to view frame by frame in VLC. @all - It's got to be a helpful tool really hasn't it, certainly a fun one. Then again all well and good analysing this from the comfort of home, but when snap shooting in a cramped hide or windy wood with limited vis and shot window putting the lessons from the analysis into action is a different thing. Better interpretation of a bird's flight path and incremental shooting improvements is what to hope for i guess. More to come from when I next get out....

Oops, sorry all 🙄, vids now made public, should now be viewable.

First outing with the new Shotkam toy, lots of fun looking at these things and I can already tell this will waste far too much of my time, but perhaps it will help my shooting. Here's a vid collection of a number of misses. Some I think I can see where I missed, some are not so easy to diagnose. I think this is where I missed, what do you think? I was above (?) I was behind and above (??) Above (?) Behind (?) Above (?) Above and behind (?) Way behind (?) (Possible my reticle is set too high, but not sure, need to align on a pattern plate i think) p.s. there were some hits too!

Got my new Shotkam toy through the post a few days ago and managed to get out for a spot of decoying today. Set up on a field where small flocks were seen on the Clover. Here are just a few select vids, I'll get some more up shortly. Only 8 on the deck over 2 1/2 hrs, didn't shoot well plus patchy sport, but a few really decoyed well once the sun got behind me and the wind got up. Shotkam vids

Is it this jacket? https://www.musto.com/en_GB/fenland-br2-packaway-jacket/80226_432-M.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA1fnxBRBBEiwAVUouUgwxZ-dxnYStfW2_qZW6HvJw5YdbiapCop_mBLuBgcuTIGToKtSNeBoCYlQQAvD_BwE&source=googleshopping&locale=en_GB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Is this still relevant I wonder, if so surely we can get more signatures; https://www.change.org/p/natural-england-reinstate-general-licenses-gl04-05-06 I realise that the GL has been put back in place temporarily, but it seems that it being put back in place permanently looks a bit fragile, especially considering that darn Zac Goldsmith fellow. Anyway, I'll get myself refreshed on the GL thread about this all. Wonder if it's a good idea for BASC to do a reduced membership option to purely fund their lobbying efforts, perhaps that'd help get more funding to them for their lobbying work, or perhaps that might cannibalise their existing membership. Just thoughts, amidst general concern that's all.

Thanks folks, will actively engage in as many of the above suggestions, that I'm not already doing, as I can.

What can I do as an individual to support a) the case for the the general license remaining in place to continue to allow vermin shooting and b) fieldsports in general.

Wondering if there are any airgun rat shooters here near Chelmsford way? Whilst looking for pigeon shooting I've found a farm that has a rat problem in a barley hay storage barn. Wondering if someone that properly knows their stuff with night ratting with airguns, and with gear, wants to join me on a recce over there? Thanks

Is this sold now @nabbers? Thanks

Hi all, some of my family have recently moved down to Grasse in Alpes Maritimes area of southern France. I'm wondering whether anyone knows about how they tend to 'wing shoot' down there. I'm aware of wild boar and stalking going on in the local area, managed by some kind of license allocation within defined hunting areas method on I presume public land. But I've no idea of what sort of bird hunting goes on there, and as a pigeon shooter I'd be really interested to know if there's any woody action going on there. You do see wood pigeon down there, and doves, though not large populations due to little arable land there for anything other than olives and grapes (I guess). Does anybody know much about hunting down there? I must brush up on my language skills and find a local hunting shop there.

Aha, excuse for more guns! 👍🏼 Can't wait for my skotkam to arrive, reckon results will be v interesting, likely hilarious too 😉.

Noted!! I actually knew that but had been shooting top barrel first, until I read something recently about bottom barrel usually being shot first, due to less muzzle rising on bottom barrel thus better to avoid that for second shot, but d'oh i forgot to swap chokes around, will now do this. Incidentally have you noticed Beretta's safety catch tendency to flip over to top barrel first a lot of the time? Quite annoying. Spot on, kudos 👍🏼