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  9. Thousands sign petition to stop driver facing criminal charges!

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    My completely uninformed take on this:

    someone was killed and police are required to establish if a criminal act led to this. They arrested him because they know he killed the knifeman, it gives the accused additional rights and they can't yet say that no criminal act took place.

    Same thing happened to the householder who killed a burglar in self defence in SE London a couple of years ago and charges were dropped (if memory serves).

    Having said that, if matters are as they appear to be on the face of it, if charges aren't dropped it would be morally wrong.

  11. Premium cartridges - are they worth it?

    in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading

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    Sorry to resurrect, but a funny thing happened at the gunshop recently. 
     

    The had only the £12 a box premium stuff in fibre wad in the load I was after, so I asked what they had in the cupboard behind the counter that all good gunshops have. After much ferreting, three boxes of Lyalvale Pigeon Somethings appeared, priced at £2.99! Gunshop chap expressed surprise and didn't know how long they'd been there.
     

    Used a box at clays and they were fine. Took a box to a driven day and pheasants were dead in the air. Mixed in my pocket for subsequent drives, couldn't distinguish them from the Lyalvale Ultimate and Fiocchi F3s.

    Couple of points occurred:

    When do properly stored cartridges become too old to use?

    Why do pheasants need more special cartridges than pigeons?

    BTW, I'm not as tight as I sound, but I do like a bargain.

  12. The War Below

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by Townie

    It's called a geoscope (I think). My grandfather was in a tunnelling company and let slip the odd story that sounded unbelievable. If memory serves, the whole thing was an official secret until 1963, or something of the sort.

    And there's a good book: War underground by Alexander Barrie. Worth a read if interested.

  18. Odd thing happened with a cartridge today

    in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading

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    Clay shooting today and for the first time in 50 years shooting, had a squib. Little pop and I thought I saw the wad exit the barrel. A misfire drill later,  barrel clear and the empty had nothing odd going on. Some unburnt powder about. 
     

    Packing up, I found my coat pocket had a lot of shot in it, which must have been from the faulty cartridge. Could the lack of shot mean the powder didn't burn properly? And what had happened to the crimp?

    Fiocchi LiteSpeed plastic wad. Third slab of the 1,000 and nothing wrong with the 189 others used today, so don't propose to take them back.

  21. Recoil. Is it just me?

    in General Shooting Matters

    Posted

    Before starting, I'd like to stress that I am the least macho bloke you could meet. Mid-60s, 5'10", medium build with a bit of padding round the middle. Office job all my life, in appearance like a cross between Walter White off Breaking Bad and Jeremy Corbyn. 
     

    I've come across in various shooting sites Fiocchi LiteSpeed 26g cartridges described as having a 'savage recoil', someone saying they would only fire anything over 24g through their semi and a couple of references to never putting anything more than 21g through a modern-ish s/s.

    I know that felt recoil is subjective and I've seen younger shooters shooting (in my opinion!) excessive loads at pheasants, so I won't bang on about millennials. 
     

    Anyone else come across this? In the days when most people used s/s, my shooting friends and I all used 32g loads with no hesitation.

  22. Premium cartridges - are they worth it?

    in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading

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    28 minutes ago, wymberley said:

    Yes and no. Scully is of the opinion that there are no bad game cartridges out there which he wouldn't buy and has pointed out that that made just 3 of us of that opinion - until that is you now seem to have made it four. Yep, my input was just one offering from Express but as it happens their error suits my application.  :innocent:

    I think I make 5. I've used many sorts of cartridge and they all perform the same for me. Three Crowns particularly nice to shoot though.
     

    But fully understand the confidence point.

  24. Premium cartridges - are they worth it?

    in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading

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    This has been done to death, but a bit of a personal view.

    Small driven day yesterday and I'd popped into the gunshop for 50 cartridges. I've used Fiocchi F3 for a couple of seasons and the chap in the shop suggested Lyalvale Supreme Game Ultimate, that he kindly let me have for a couple of £ off to try.

    First drive with the Ultimates. Crisp recoil, nice to use, couple of clean kills.

    Second drive with the Fiocchi. Precisely the same.

    Subsequent drives with a mix - couldn't tell you which was which.

    My point is that Just Cartridges sell the Ultimates at £389 a thousand and the Fiocchi at £319. That'll probably work out £2 a box more at the quantity I buy and I can't see that premium cartridges are worth the money. Both 30g no6 in lead by the way.

    Thoughts please!

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