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I feel it is unreasonable to call the rspca twice and then report straight to the council when I’ve been round explaining the situation and the issue stopped 4 days before a complaint was filed.

I believe you need to go back and read the original post properly, i understand why people do t like dogs barking, I’ve even been to the neighbours before any complaints where put in, he barked for a period of 4 days, for approximately 1 hour over the whole day. I explained to them that the bitch was in heat, and I was doing everything to keep him quiet, hence why he was barking for short periods of 3ish minutes, the time it takes to put down the paint brush, trowel, etc. And get to the back garden and soak him, making him shut up. Other than this short time period THEY HAVE NEVER BARKED

The barking was for a total of 4 hours over 4 days if you do the maths, purely because he wanted to get to the bitch in the house, any other time you won’t hear a peep from either of them, as soon as she passed the point where she would stand he stopped barking and hasn’t made a noise since. Also, it probably irritates me more than anyone else when they do bark, hence wasting 4 days hiding with the hose.... the neighbour is just the the usual, complaining about parking (doesn’t have a car), complaining about us coming and going at strange times, I work shifts and the las works in a bar (both quiet and discreet) she tries taking our bins if she hasn’t put hers out and just generally pleasant things like that haha

Evening all, me and my partner have just received a letter of noise complaint about our dogs barking. The story behind this is my bitch came into heat so I put the dog in the kennel during the day on the 9th match to separate them and he started to bark, I spent about 3 hours on and off with the hose pipe out of the kitchen window until he stopped howling. This was between 3pm and 6pm. This occurred for perhaps 3-4 days but the barking was not constant, 2-3 minutes every 20 minutes ish. Since this has happened I have received 2 visits from the rspca for a black chow chow that has been abandoned in the kennel, both officers seeing that I have lemon spaniels and being impressed with the kennel overall so nothing has cans of that. We have now received the complaint letter from the council, stating they received a complaint on the 18th March, when the dogs have not been in the kennel since the 12-13th. I also have footage showing my dogs just chilling in the back yard while other dogs in the neighbourhood bark solidly for 10 minutes, I also have footage of a neighbours dog barking at mine through the fence and my 2 just standing watching. Do I have any grounds to find out who complained and counter claim against them for harassment? I have suspicions who it may be, and I’ve even been to the houses on my street explaining the situation before I recieved the noise complaint. I would normally just ignore this situation as I know that no matter how they investigate they will find nothing. But we are new to the area (6 months) and are already having issues with our neighbour, who I believe filed all the complaints, and I believe she is also the reason the previous owner moved on after talking to other locals. Any advice greatly appreciated. Jamie

I believe the standard length of pull should be the trigger blade to the centre of the butt pad.

Hi guys i have a mk4 1.5dci Clio in need of a clutch. I have plenty of experience of doing Land Rover clutches and I’m currently on a mechanics apprenticeship, albeit on trains, so experience is there. I have access to a full garage with 2 post lift. What’s it like working on a front wheel drive? I’d like to do this myself but just don’t have full confidence with having not tackled a FWD before and I don’t know what’s involved. Thanks, Jamie

If you’re driving to Preston then malmo is only another 15-20 minutes from the centre on the a6

I'm assuming he says that because most new guns with 3" chambers made these days do have steel proof so in 20 years it would be accurate to say that 3" chamber means steel proof on most guns

haha that is very true! it's just that in my cabinet of 11 guns everything with a 3" chamber is steel proofed.

well I stand corrected then

as a general rule how is that incorrect? I've just had a quick look and other than old live pigeon guns nigh on everything else with a 3" inch chamber is expect to be steel proofed I'm happy to be informed otherwise but without going into specific makes and models I imagine my statement is pretty accurate.

If it has steel proof it will take any steel load, HV or standard of the correct chamber length but it is recommended to stick to 1/2 choke or less. If a gun is not steel proofed then it *should* be okay with standard, lightweight steel loads through less than 1/2 choke but that choice is yours

You'll have to find a gun that you like and then google it to check, as a general rule anything with a 3" chamber will be steel shot proofed.

Hello, does anyone know where to source 80g gamekings? I have a good load developed but now can't find any more of these bullets. I can find 85g game king or 80g blitz, have they just changed the labelling or discontinued the 80g game king? Jamie

Hello, can anyone recommend a north east company to reblue a set of barrels? Thanks jamie

Thanks everyone!

Thanks to everyone for the advice but I've just been advised the family is increasing by 1 so all shooting purchases are on hold! Thanks all jamie

I have been tempted by the CG guns but it's the custom fitting that's temting me more than anything, my budget is around £3.5k but I'm struggling to find prices as there's such a range of prices advertised for the same model of gun. I'll speak to castle guns as I'm in the north east but if there's a stand out dealer elsewhere then I would travel as this is a big sum of money for me. Jamie

This is mine, price dropped to £200 willing to deliver within 5 hours for fuel money

Can anyone recommend the best people in the uk to deal with for rizzini?

All good thoughts, I'll have a look directly at rizzini!

Hello, does anyone have any experience of the perdix? I believe they're made by b rizzini so should be decent? The looks and some reviews I've read so far are tempting, as is the price for a custom fitted gun. Thanks jamie

Hi everyone, i bought an escort mk4 at auction recently and I'm having some trouble with it. When its spotlessly clean it works fine with 32g cartridges but after about 60 shots it starts failing to feed, not a jam but it just won't feee the next cartridge as though the bolt hasn't came back far enough. After research I've found out about the famous o ring, mine doesn't have an o ring but my gas piston looks different to the others I've seen. Is the o ring missing or do the later escorts not have o rings? Jamie

Grades on modern guns has nothing to do with the actual quality and manufacture of the gun, it’s just a sales gimmick of pretty wood and fancy engraving

Update! I bought some rings and fitted one but the gun wouldn’t fire, not even a mark on the primer. I removed the o ring and took everything fully to bits and give a proper clean with a tooth brush and the air line and reassembled it with plenty of oil and it now cycles 32g carts, I haven’t tried abduthing smaller yet though! After a bit of research apparently this mark of escort doesn’t use an o-ring? Jamie