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Nonsense. They are simply acting on their conscience, and aren't doing any harm to anyone. Calling them "nut jobs" is being as judgemental as those arresting them and throwing them in jail, as happens in communist China. Do we really have empathy with that sort of bully boy policing? I hope not!

"Far Right" = Any view that doesn't correlate with left wing and woke politics; Mainstream Media have been quick to become echo chambers for the hard left, and brand ordinary, fairly conservative citizens who wish to protest against growing illegal immigration, protest against rape gangs and two tier policing and opposing woke politics in all its colours as "Far Right". It's a cop out. Under Starmer's government, "free speech" simply means you're allowed to express a view as long as it echoes their views. Anyone found guilty of saying anything to the contrary is accused of "hate speech". It's standard practice and there's plenty of evidence from groups like ANTIFA, that it's almost a tactic taken from their marxist ideology to force closure on debate an dialogue. Everything Labour is planning involving clamping down on free speech is aimed at shutting down opposition. Sound familiar? China and Russia spring to mine. The most insidious and worrying aspect of all of this are plans afoot to criminalise "thought"! Yes, that's right!....Labour plans to give police new powers to arrest people caught praying in the street, where Christian values might "offend" non-Christians, and that includes anyone within a specified distance of say an abortion centre, standing alone, praying silently for the women with unborn children availing themselves of these places. Not interfering mind, not obstructing, protesting or in fact being stood close to one. Anyone within 150m of such places having the affront to be in public, standing, silently praying on their own, or in small groups, will be liable for arrest and imprisonment. I know a lady who was arrested in Glasgow for being a few hundred metres from one, and was silently praying on a street corner. It's already passed as law by the SNP. She spent several weeks in jail for that "offence" What the hell is the UK coming to?

Lanoguard every time for me. The best rust prevention treatment I've ever used. Use it on my bikes as well as the car, and reapply once every year or two. My last car still showed a factory fresh underside despite years of winter use, thanks to Lanoguard.

My new air guns get the barrel cleaned to remove any possibly debris just once, then only ever again if accuracy starts to wobble.

For anyone wanting to calculate ME from a chrono reading, you can use the simple equation below: M/E (lbs-ft)= mV2/2g Usually expressed in imperial for the purposes of airguns so: m = mass in lbs (gr/7000 as there are 7000 grains in 1 lb) V = velocity in ft/sec g = acceleration due to gravity = 32.2 ft/s/s approx so simplify "2g" by 64.4 I simply use an Xl spreadsheet when testing new pellets which runs a macro to convert each pellet type MV to lbs-ft result.

It does look like a patented Sir William Mills shooting stick mechanism and it may or may not have been given to those attending munitions exhibitions as Mills was the same chap who invented (amongst other things) the Mills hand grenade. The one's I've seen were made of steel with leather wrapped handles, so I've not seen one quite like this. All I know is it's rare. The Mills family were originally ship builders from Southwick, Sunderland, but he moved to Birmingham where he founded the S-Land munitions company (WM Mills Munitions) and after success with the "Accurate Times Mills Hand Grenade", he later moved to Manchester and sold aluminium golf clubs. Interesting piece of shooting history!

Relatively simple to repair most dents. With oil finished stocks, I clean the affected area by wiping a little white spirits or meths to remove the finish, thin use a damp cloth and tip of a hot iron to raise he fibres. It can take several goes or more, but persevere and if you don't get the dent out completely, you can improve it. Then simply refinish using finishing oils sparingly. For re-applications on a finished stock I often use Liberon fine finishing oil sparingly, or orange oil which cleans and nourishes the finished stock. For varnish, you will need to remove the varnish using paint stripper and a narrow sponge. Don't attempt to overdo it, just a little at a time until you think most of it is removed, clean up with meths or white spirits, lightly sand to remove remnants, then steam as before and refinish. Most varnished gunstocks are finished using spray applied PU varnishes. Some alternatives may react with these. Hand finishing in light coats with a decent brush or finishing sponge is fine. Personally, I dislike varnished stocks and most of my rifles or shotguns that have been PU finished, I've completely stripped and oiled them instead as oil finishes are much easier to maintain. Varnishes are more durable though but will deteriorate with age.

This brand has now, I think, started rebranding under the VictOpics brand name. They've been out quite a while but this is my first foray into what they offer and I had a pleasant surprise with one of their offerings, the Maverick II Gen 2 1 x22 Red dot. It uses a 3moa dot which I find perfect for most air rifle and pistol ranges. People often remark that 1 or 2moa is a must and if you're a competition target shooter, then yes. For plinking/target and hunting, I find it's spot on (dot on?). 3moa at 25 yds equates to the kill zone on a rabbit, or a head shot on a pigeon at 10-15yds. What most forget, is that as long as you centre the dot, even if it blots out what you're aiming at, you're still centred, so with careful alignment it's absolutely fine for airgun work out to 35yds with the benefit that it's easier to pick up more quickly than a 1 or 2moa dot, hence my comment that it's perfectly suited to air rifle work (or air pistols). The dot is bright and clear and benefits from no less than 11 illumination levels, although it's really only useable from the 2 setting to around 6 to 8 for bright days (above that it does fringe and is too bright). Quality seems spot on, at least on par with Hawke red dots and one attribute for fast dialling is the finger adjustable elevation and windage turrets so no screwdriver or coin needed. It's a nice compact unit and comes with two picatinny mounts (high and low). Initially intended for my Remimex pcp pistol, I will be trying it on my TX200 as once I got used to the whole red dot thing, it does make aiming a lot quicker and less bulky than a scope, plus do we really need a scope for airgun ranges? (I managed perfectly on open sights for years). Optics aren't the highest resolution but for an entry level red dot sight, the multicoated lens assembly seems relatively bright and clear. No problems with daytime shooting where my UTG CQB red dot struggles. It's also labelled "parallax free" and whilst nothing really can be parallax free, it does a decent enough job. I reckon it displays a fair bit less than 1moa parallax error, so performs well. It's housed in a decently made aluminium alloy barrel which whilst heavier than cheaper synthetic polymer/plastic options, is reassuringly rugged and nicely finished. Looking around, I'd say you's have to spend over £150 to £200 to really better it by much, albeit, that budget opens up a few 2moa options. It seems to hold zero really well and dialling repeatability from 10 to 35 yds is spot on. All in all, highly recommended and the short length makes it very suitable for 10m pistol work as it won't upset pistol balance. It's around 188g so whist not the lightest, is still pretty light. There do seem to be a few duffers in the range (including the frenzy models which some have blasted as poor quality and not worth the money) but this one is a keeper. I picked it over a Hawke Vantage as on balance, it is more fully featured and I reckon has the edge on build quality, although optically it's very similar.

I have a £37 Vevor 3 stage pump from Amazon, which is identical to some branded ones sold in gun shops for £100 plus. It's well made, even has an oil filled Japanese made pressure gauge and is no problem filling a PCP air pistol to 200bar. It does get slightly hard work from around 130 bar upwards but still takes only 5 minute to fill the gun. No probs for most of us. The ONLY other stirrup pump worth a damn imho is the FX 4 stage pump. I wouldn't pay what Hill are asking for theirs and their spare parts are extortionate. If I had a larger reservoir to fill on say a PCP rifle, I'd buy an FX 4 stage. Decent moisture trap negating the need for all of the refill packs Hill uses and I reckon a better quality pump. I may go compressor in time and the only one I'd probably bother with is the GX-CS2. Very good reliability rep and simple to service.

No problems at all with Pellpax. Very straightforward procedure....simply produce proof of ID ion collection and they'll deliver to your front door for a very reasonable cost anywhere in the UK. Used them once and all went very smoothly.

Uniknot, Albright or full or double blood knot depending on what it is I'm tying. To a certain extent, dacron lines changes many of the knots I used to use

I count the BASC partially responsible for backing GP reports and felt so strongly about it that I didn't renew my membership. That and off the back of all their other disastrous debacles. Not a chance in hell I'll re-join now. Looks like Medicert or similar and the extra cost now involved. The whole things' become a s&*^ show.

Lucky to get a GP form returned! My GP is flat out refusing to have any part of it and so are most local to me (they're all part of private practice contracted to the NHS Trust and have ganged together to say they conscientiously object to shooting). Looks like I have to find one of the agencies/consultancies offering to retrieve and produce the report on my behalf now.

If you're after a short barrelled rifle, 308 is your best bet due to little really disadvantage to a 20inch barrel over a 24 inch and really wide variety and availability of ammo. Something like a Ruger Ranch comes from the factory with a 16.4 inch barrel and might be just what you're looking for? 6.5 is a great cal, in 'x55 or in CM but you do need the extra barrel length to avoid dropping MVs. Most 6.5's do best with between 24 and 26 inch barrels

Still flavour of the month for lots doing fox control but many have woken up to the fact you can get almost the velocities as 204 factory from home loading .223 lightweight bullets fast...as in up to 3700fps for something like a 40g Vmax. For anyone with a 223 it's not worth the swap especially as barrels last longer in 223 chambering. A mate swapped his 223 for a 204 and loves it but admits it's only a marginal difference from the 223.