Savhmr

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.

Precisely that John. It's a great shame but with care and careful placing of wifi cameras dotted around as well as other necessary security measures you can make it harder for would be criminal types and make them think twice before attempting such things. It's still a concern though.

I had a gen2. Fantastic vehicle that would go virtually anywhere a landy might albeit limited ultimately in ground clearance, it was better than most suv's. Reliable petrol engine, better than the diesel and very nippy too as well as economical, and used a clever auto-mechanical difflock which once at 18mph or below automatically locked the diffs and was permanent 4WD. It saved weigth by omitting a low range box and instead used a crawler gear in first which was also a clever touch. Never once got bogged down off road but avoided deep mud as clearly any SUV has its limitations, but steep grassy banks no problem, rutted racks no problem. I had slightly raised suspension and used 16 inch fat tyres (geolanders). Loved it. No rust underneath as I'd coated it liberally with Lanoguard. Only sold it last year as I was moving and already had two other vehicles so needed to raise some cash. Could kick myself now as to find another Gen 2 (which I rate as the best of them) in such good condition is getting very hard and the ones locally are all silly money now, £4K-£5K. Mileage isn't that important. Those petrol lumps are virtually indestructible and use chain drive to the cams so no cambelt. If looking for one, the major changes for the worst happened on the gen3 and gen 4 versions which were more road oriented. Look for a 2001 to 2005 model (gen 2). I rate those as the best. Great road car but limited off road as they have now switched to the road oriented low profile 17/18 inch wheels & tyres. New ones are either e-cvt or manual but without the crawler gear of the gen1 and gen2 which negated LR box to some extent. Even the new 4wd versions are more for rain/snow than true off road 4x4s. Not really as good an off road vehicle and really I'd be too scared of damaging a now expensive road car in that guise. Great cars though.

Ask yourself why that might be? In many cases it's because the landowners refuse to press charges for fear of further retribution. I had direct experience of this when my primary shooting ground was subject to blatant poaching on a large scale. Not hunt sabs but a syndicate ignoring boundaries who were warned numerous times. We confronted them peacefully only to be threatened with physical violence. Police came straight out, rounded up the ringleaders and were shown a smashed up truck belonging to the landowner, damaged by these thugs. He refused to press charges for fear of reprisal. Had he pressed charges, these thugs would likely have received criminal sentencing. I wonder how many landowners simply don't think it's worth it for whatever reason? They are at liberty to insist that charges are brought where there has been a clear criminal act committed and if none are brought, they can make a formal complaint and go to the pcc. We need to do more ourselves sometimes to ensure these things happen.

They can be prosecuted not under trespass but under legislation prohibiting the right of anyone disrupting a land occupier from rightful enjoyment of their legal activity. The landowner is permitted to use reasonable force to evict them but the sabs know this and are quick with the cameras to accuse shooters of threatening behaviour which is why it's not a good idea to lay a finger on them or become aggressive. The police should treat this aggressive onslaught of sabs with the seriousness it deserves and the CPS prosecute them with full sentencing and no leniency for these divisive and disruptive acts. In short, they should be treated as what they are...countryside terrorists.

It's a national disgrace that we're getting 1000 plus illegal immigrants (NOT refugees or at least I'd wager a tiny minority are genuine refugees) landing on our shores almost every day now, with successive governments not having the cahoonies to turn the boats back around. We need a blockade stretching across the channel to stop this so in effect it's just going to carry one. The french continue to service this route by allowing it to happen. So we're not in the EU any longer, it was little different when we were!

I've had my carbine TX200 for close on 17 years now and it shoots as well now as it did back then. Pellet on pellet at 25 yds using Acupel 22 pellets. Tested it from new at 10.8ft-lbs which was about right from the factory. Thousands of pellets later and it still tests at 10.6ft-lbs. The most consistent and accurate springer ever! I wouldn';t be tempted to a pneumatic. Expensive and little advantage over the groups I get from this. Shoots very silently with 22 mod fitted.

Avoid 243 if future proofing for LF. Suggest 30 cal, either 308 or 30-06 or 6.5CM or 6.5 x55. Better LF bullet choice and ballistics than the options for .243 of the ones above, 308 will give better efficiency than 30-06 with a slight disadvantage to MVs but for all UK stalking it's more than enough. Ditto for the 6.5CM. Efficient cartridge allowing long for cal bullets to be loaded; Less powder space compared with 6.5 x 55 but still enough for LF options.

If concerned it's easy enough to make an MDF cabinet to go over the main cabinet with a removable and lockable door. Thinking of doing this myself to tidy the room up a bit. Make it look like a small talboy or locking book case!

The sides of most cabinets are made of thin pressed steel and any cordless grinder these days will eat through them in no time. Mind you if they made the sides as thick and tough as the cab doors on mine it would be impossible to lift into place!

I use one with SeaClean solution my compact U/C cleaner....2 caps per 400l warm water. Does a cracking job and unlike the "clock cleaner" mentioned above does not contain ammonia. Best to avoid any cleaner with ammonia as it can damage your brass. Jif's highly acidic but cleans well. You can also just squeeze the juice from half a lemon into warm water for the same effect!

Not law and no, Glos cannot stipulate it must be had. All Glos really need is evidence of competence for safety in handling firearms before letting people roam loose with a 308 around the fields. It just happens that DSC1 provides the most basic of evidential tests in the safe handling and shooting part of the course. Saying that, I took mine years ago with Corinium at Ciren and tis was enough to satisfy Glos at that time. I would recommend anyone new to stalking to do the course in any event. You do learn a lot of interesting and useful stuff and I was surprised by how many old hands attending the course ended up fluffing their shooting test....not nerves so much as not the moa shots they claimed to be!

Sorry to hear that Ditchman. I can empathise as my mother has dementia (I'm one of her carers) and lost Dad to it a couple of years ago. Best mate I ever had...miss him terribly. Been living as a carer for them both for some years. Happy to have a chat on PM if it helps you at all.

222 expensive? Nonsense! crack on. I can reload my 223 which takes more powder for around 50p/load. I anneal brass to make it last longer, pay 24p/bullet and buy once fired Sako brass for around £25/50 which I get a minimum of 5 to 8 reloads from. Primers although going up are still cheap. Happy to help if you need hints and tips. Best to buy and read a reloading manual as there are pitfalls which you need to be very well aware of. I recommend the Lee 2nd Edition or later manual. It's very comprehensive. Also, there are software tools to help establish likely pressure models for different powders to help you pick the best match for your barrel and bullet type/weight, such as GRT and PMAX. These are freeware and taking over somewhat from Quickload. Personally, I use GRT. You'll also find it essential or at least very helpful to buy or borrow a chronograph to test your loads as you need MVs to establish likely chamber pressures, trajectory, and truing of ballistic calculators like Strelok if you use them. Otherwise, you can use the stated BC of the bullet and work out bullet drops at 200 and 300 yds to group centres from 100 yds which also gives an indication of velocity and for your drop charts.

I ended up deleting the forum on my website. Thankless task and would have had to spend far too much time policing idiots just out to troll other members' posts and create circular arguments. On the flip side, I was myself banned from a hifi site when it transpired I hadn't been vaccinated! (what that had to do with a hifi forum is anyone's guess). There are a lot of forums (not this one) run by people scared silly of thought police if anyone posts anything remotely anti-PC. Wokeness has really taken a grip in the UK and mostly, it results in uncharitable untruths and loss of freedom of speech. It's only that type of thing I have a problem with. On my own site, I wouldn't tolerate foul language, ad hominem attacks or anything lewd being posted. Other than that, people were free to have reasoned discussions as long as it was kept civil.

Had them in my elbows and shoulders. Unpleasant but not too bad. Really, they're only a short term relief aid to a longer term problem. I find that using K Tape helps with support and you can do things with diet to reduce inflammation. I haven't had any injections for my osteo arthritis in years now, following steroid and painkiller injections to my spine and other joints, instead using physio, keeping mobile and altering diet to cut right down on wheat based foods, increased the amount of fish and greens I eat and manage ok.

I now use chemical anchors after having issues with rawlbolts (or other expanding bolts) bursting brick or block. M10 studs, 120 long using Rawl R-Kem 2 resin. Drill 14mm holes in wall after marking out centres using cab holes as the guide, inject resign and place bolts into place after positioning cab in place. 5 to 10 minutes later the bolts can be pinched up. I then tighten 1/4 turn after leaving for a day. Works a treat and no need to fret over cracking brickwork. Absolutely rock-solid way of fixing a cabinet and quick too.

No JohnfrontheUK, but it's part of the picture because the cladding itself, never mind the design deficiencies of the buildings, didn't pass muster. The Fire service report was pretty damning. Point taken though, money is tight everywhere for all authorities. Lets park it there as clearly there's many aspects involved but the Tory handling of the economy generally has cut back far too hard in many critical areas. Their response to Grendfell I think fell short too, and that's a personal opinion which doesn't need any further justification. I think we disagree on the responsibility issue. I still believe that the buck must stop somewhere and in this case, the organisation signing the cheques have responsibility under law to ensure that proper construction, design and management checks, especially risk assessing fitness for purpose on things like the cladding, should have been undertaken and recommendations made up the chain if that proved unsuitable. This was the view of the Fire Service...their involvement at an earlier stage may have saved more lives. Lessons have to be learned, not just lip service given.

The point was that it was a Tory authority who saw it through. The buck has to stop somewhere. I agree though that Labour are also culpable. Point is generally that there are areas where cuts have been made where they should not have been made and austerity at local council level is affected by central government funding.

Raab is one of the few credible ones in the running imho. One of the few who stepped down from supporting May in Cabinet when he realised she wouldn't deliver a no deal brexit. He never changed his mind about supporting her awful deal when others wavered and caved in. Johnson talked the talk but when put forward last time was like a rabbit caught in the headlights and stepped out of the running. He's on record as being pro-EU then pro Brexit when things suited him. Untrustworthy, especially as he's now said that his intention is not a policy of pursuing a "no deal agenda" to appease the remainers in the Tory party. Leadsome would be better. As for that slimy toad Gove, he comes across as a treacherous little man and with his Packham and Tony Juniper connections, he won't be a friend to he shooting community. He can't be trusted as far as you could throw him. Same goes for Hammond. I'd far rather see a majority support for Brexit party candidates and see some migration from the Tories over to them. We need the two party system broken up. Labour is just the marxist party now and the Tories are New Labour. They have been since Cameron who modelled himself on Bliar. The Brexit Party are the new conservatives. We also need to get away to the devastating austerity under the Tories. Grendfell was as a direct result of their penny pinching where it mattered not to.

Is that really the best you can muster? Pathetic. My nephew, who you don't know just in case you think you do, and his mates, are all sound, mannerly and intelligent young men and women, so you resorting to now insulting the mates of his, him and by association, myself still doesn't show you in a particularly good light. Quite the opposite in fact. You seem incapable of putting forward one single reasoned argument about your stance against those in favour of cutting ties with the European Parliament and Commission (but not Europeans) nor your obvious angst and issues. No need to try and show you up for the bigot that you obviously are...you've done a great job of that yourself. You haven't so far had anything specific or intelligent to say bar thinly veiled insults. Crack on...I won't be wasting any more time on you.