kevin55

Nice damascus I see that Vintage Guns are selling a lot of damascus guns now, presumably as owners are worried about steel

Very nice indeed

B.E. Chaplin remains open today as a traditional gun shop. According to the company's website, the original shop was in London and located in a famous coaching inn owned by the Chaplin family known as the yard of the "Swan with Two Necks" (the origin of the logo on the gun). In 1932 the company was relocated to 6 Southgate Street in Winchester and opened as "Howard A. Davies". In 1955 the firm was renamed "B.E. Chaplin" and still resides at the same address to this day. From the Westley Richards site As above by LB likely re-barrelled by Davies

Members with over 100 posts can now sell 2 used items per month in each of the classifieds sections. From Flyfishing.co.uk

I'm a pensioner, but it would have to be £250 plus to not renew (and then what would I do with several shotguns?) It's not a cheap hobby and I probably have £250 worth of cartridges at home K

My rod license cost, to fish, aged over 66, is £23.80 per annum, under 66 it's £35.80 With Salmon, over 66, it's currently £60.20 per annum I paid £79 for 250 21gm Comp X yesterday The license fees aren't unreasonable for 5 years I am a BASC member

Broadly 2.5" - 3" is a trout reel 3-5 wt say, I mostly use 4 wt reels on rivers - Wharfe,Loddon etc For bigger lakes or reservoirs - 6-7 wt reels - they tend to be 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 as thicker line and backing requirements 3 3/4 would tend to be for sea trout/salmon with 7-8 wt lines or bigger reservoirs Large Arbor reels confound this

I'm just looking at the WWT website: HELP MAKE LEAD HISTORY on the home page in big yellow letters with an invitation to write to the secretary of state and a blue button to 'take action' Cats of course kill 160-270 million animals inc approx 1/4 birds per even the Guardian in 2022! Are they advocating action - No!

Very nice I do like the top lever to be able to clear the hammers when cocked Also a side lever or under lever is good for that And it is nice to have something a bit special

They look like those in the video, i.e. no springs in the battery compartment, though also no stickers Cheap even if used as passive I hadn't realised that these were copied

Lots below £20 on eBay I've just had a pair delivered for under £17 2 AAA batteries needed K

Melbourne Gun have 1 for £695, though the barrels look to be a bit marked externally

Regulator proposes alternatives to lead ammunition would need to be used for some outdoor shooting Isn't clay shooting 2/3rd to 3/4 or more of all UK shooting? 'Some' implies less I thought Apologies if I've missed this earlier in the thread

And some of the hammer guns went for over 3x top estimate

Given that the market for SBS' has supposedly collapsed, especially for old English guns, who is paying this sort of price