Smokersmith

Easy ... it's too expensive for the masses to use on a regular basis, and would equate to a very small percentage of shells sold over the counter today. Less use = less issues = less berating ..... there's another equation for you

I guess this is the same as ITX13 from Ballistic Products? I'll be in the US over the summer and plan to pick up a tub or two ....

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I'd search a US forum .. they get it far colder then we do ....

Either that, or use 2's in the 1 3/8 load, and BBB's in the 1.5 oz load.

I can understand that completely ... My 'want' is a DT11 Black Edition, but the reality is I'd be asking them to make it 100% the same as my current Invictus. DUH ! Why do it?? So booked a couple of hols with the family instead and got more points to go shooting through the year :-)

Decision made ... I'll get them replaced. And yes .. they're linked and all going off together. With a bit of Tinnitus anyway, at one stage last night I couldn't tell if they were going off or not !

Folks, any quick fixes for this? Last night our smoke detectors started to go off .. around 01 00, then at rough 45 minute intervals. They're on the mains, with a 9V battery back up. The first time I changed all the batteries .. which didn't work. Then finally at around 03 00, I 'solved' the issue by taking out the fuse on the fuse board, and removing all batteries from the units. I suspect that either cold or age got to the original batteries ... and guess that the low power left some 'faults' inside the units. So ... do you reckon I should persist with these (circa 15 years old), or get some new ones?

Well said .. I think the answer to your original post ...Heard some good reports about the newer lot of ssb .has anyone tried it yet? should have been .... No.

This is how Deutsche Bank views it ..... This afternoon the EU Commission released its draft legal text on the A50 withdrawal agreement. The most important parts of the document concern Northern Ireland. At the December EU Council, the status of Northern Ireland after Brexit was one of the main obstacles to the UK and EU27 agreeing sufficient progress on divorce talks. The eventual compromise represented a careful balancing act between Prime Minister May's need to retain the support of the DUP for her parliamentary majority and the support of the government of the Republic of Ireland to move Brexit talks forward. The central issue concerned the maintenance of a soft border between the North and South of Ireland, which is integral to the Good Friday Agreement. The compromise reached was that in the absence of agreed solutions, the UK would commit to regulatory alignment with the EU27 as it relates to parts of the Good Friday Agreement, without compromising the institutional integrity of the UK. While the language used in December was sufficiently vague to be acceptable to both sides, in today's legal text the EU have made Northern Ireland's post-Brexit status much more explicit. In the absence of a future free trade agreement or technological solutions that would solve the border issue, Northern Ireland would remain within the EU regulatory and customs area. This includes external tariffs, customs checks, a common value added tax, excise duties, product standards, state aid rules as well as the continued authority of the ECJ. In our view, there is little prospect of UK Prime Minister May agreeing to the EU's current draft text. Aside from the question of the opposition of the DUP, the details could compromise the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom. In this sense, Prime Minister May would face a far larger parliamentary rebellion than the 10 DUP MPs. The release of the legal text comes only three weeks before the UK and EU27 must agree a transitional deal at the March EU Council, in which the UK needs the support of the Irish government. It also comes before Prime Minister May's speech on Friday in which she is due to lay out her vision of a future UK/EU trade relationship. Today's developments thus risk bringing to the fore many of the internal contradictions that govern Brexit negotiations, including the UK government's red lines on the Single Market and customs union and a soft border between the North and South of Ireland, Prime Minister May's wafer thin parliamentary majority and her weak position within the Conservative Party. Given that we believe no agreement can be reached on the EU's current text, we see three potential scenarios: 1. The EU27 water down the current wording of the text, or agree to shelve the issue of Northern Ireland entirely until the end of Brexit negotiations this autumn. Given that this option was already available to the EU27 prior to today, we are concerned that motivations in Brussels may be to force the issue now. 2. Prime Minister May moves her red lines on the UK's membership of the customs union and the Single Market, committing the UK to regulatory alignment with the EU27. Given the continued influence of Brexiteers within government and the Conservative Party, this is likely to cause an immediate political crisis with a leadership contest in the Conservative Party a likely outcome. 3. Talks between the UK and EU27 break down and no transitional deal is agreed in March. This would have negative implications for the UK economy given the 12 month lead time for companies to implement contingency plans before the Brexit date. This could also result in a political crisis in the May government, for example if a vote of no confidence was caused. In summary, today's developments represent a potentially important turning point in Brexit negotiations. They have reduced the chance of transitional agreement being reached at the March Council, and increased the risk of an imminent political crisis in the UK. We believe that the increased risk of no Brexit deal and the uncertainty generated by a potential political crisis should be further reflected in market pricing and remain bearish GBP.

I could do with a spare set also please ....

Not always

This ... had it Sunday evening after one appeared on my bird table!

I'm doing well with mine then ... usually get at least a month out of them (they are the bigger size).

On the hide element ... this one was a beauty.... https://www.dropbox.com/s/2sgqo07gbhtr35c/Photo 03-02-2018%2C 10 34 22.jpg?dl=0 Coupled with an FF5 on a maize stalk and 6 decoys I managed 80 by 10am a couple of weeks ago.

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Hmmmmm.... nice.

They don't have a readily available range in the UK. Stick to RC or Fiocchi would be my advice.

I like the layering approach .. most of my fowling is 'mobile'. Drake Equader for the mid layer - saves the bottom half of you getting too hot ... Thin ex army goretex top layer for showers ... Kobuk neoprene for extremes.

Orston have run open days with a number of different guns to try out ... not sure if they have anymore planned, but Google will be your friend on that one.

https://www.opticsplanet.com/buck-knives-game-shears.html These ...

The Buck ones I now use are ideal, and would look to replace with the same if I ever needed to.

Patience paid off ... A new Winmau black Ash cabinet off the bay for 1.20 + postage All limbs intact

88 quid a slab, and ideal for pigeons ..

It was a piece of shot, and it did nothing strange. You'll see it happen many more times now you've seen it once. Good training to keep your eye on the bird.