Andy_Roo

Hi all, Thanks for the replies. All sorted, just showed the copy I made which was fine as they only needed to note down license number. Thanks again for all who replied with useful info. Andy

Hi All, Just a quick question I want to put out there to the PW massive. I have recently moved address, and being a responsible SGC owner, moved cabinet, sent notification to issuing force (West Mercia) via their website as well as posting license back with covering letter detailing old and new addresses. What I didn't do was stock to ammo cupboard before doing this!! I have a colour photocopy of my 'old' license as well as copies of all the communication sent to West Mercia. According to their website, amendments are currently taking approx 50 days to complete (but I can't wait that long!). Aside from the obvious 'ask a friend to buy on their cert' (which is an option), has anyone done a similar thing in the past and be able to still buy using the details on their 'old' cert? Whenever I have bought carts in the past, the RFD normally just glance at license (it's in a wallet) to check valid dates and note down license number on there system etc. I won't be trying to pull a fast one, but wondered what general thoughts were on just presenting the copy in my holder and saying nothing to RFD versus being open and honest (my preferred tactic) and providing all paperwork to support, or just ask a mate and wait for new cert to arrive? Any thoughts ladies and gents? Andy

Licences held before 1 January 1997 If you passed your car test before 1 January 1997 you’re usually allowed to drive a vehicle and trailer combination up to 8,250kg MAM. View your driving licence information to check. You’re also allowed to drive a minibus with a trailer over 750kg MAM. Source: https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/driving-licence-rules-and-what-you-can-tow

All practical, you need to know the 'theory' behind safe loads, how to secure trailer correctly (which will be part of the test as well). Just like the car test the examiner will ask you about general car maintenance when on test such as washer res location, tyre tread depth etc. The Prac test is more about how you handle trailer on road, positioning and safety etc. Hope that helps! Andy

Gonna throw Grffin Lloyd just outside Knighton in the mix as well, should be an easy run from Shrewsbury 😀 Gonna throw Grffin Lloyd just outside Knighton in the mix as well, should be an easy run from Shrewsbury 😀

Get yourself down to pound land or savers and buy the blue cleaning rags that come on a huge roll, take one sheet and cut into 4 patches. Each patch can be folded in half length ways then wrapped around the bronze brush (after a good barrel scrub with plenty of cleaner). I personally find passing around 6 - 8 of these patches per barrel gets all the residual gunk out and leaves the barrel very clean, I then pass the wool mop through twice with Legia spray. Have been using the same wool mop for about a year now and it looks almost as clean as new, never been washed but used in the correct way after a good cleaning of the barrel and the mop should last a long time. Andy

Did mine last year after finding the same out (ie passed driving test in '97 but missed the Jan cut off by a few months). If you have previous trailer experience then the practical should be easy enough. Just need to show the examiner the correct way to hitch and unhitch. It's all formal stuff like the car test, correct approach to trailer, safe loading, hitching sequence and trailer awareness. I'm sure if you towed before then you'll be fine, might be worth a quick lesson prior to any test just to make sure If you passed your car test pre Jan '97 then you're fine, if after then you are restricted to 750kg braked until you have B+E entitlement.

That's good for a 'first' outing! I remember my very first proper sporting day out.... Think it was around 20 from 100 but I had a great day from memory. As long as you enjoyed your day, stayed safe and left with a sense of wanting to do it all again then it was a success! Many many more days out to be had in sure 😀

Have used these on clays many times and found them to be a good cheap effective cart. As others have said (poss read on other posts), a load like this (28g 7.5's from memory??) should do the job nicely.

That's the benefit of a claymate system (or similar) used by some grounds I shoot at (Griffin lloyd as mentioned by Buze). Everytime you call for a bird it adds 1 to the tally, you pay at the end (minus any no birds which I always note down + location). On other shoots I have been to it's a pay before scenario and then off you go. This has the benefit of allowing you to 'look' at a pair for 'nothing' before shooting but can be open to abuse as well. If the community of shooters look after the ground and do not take the P**S then surely we all win in the end? Maybe the shooters in the OP are new to things, or just chancing. Perhaps after the quite word they will return with a more understanding approach :-)

Had a very old outdoor coat (non waterproof) which reacted very well to the 2 stage washing machine approach of using the NikWax TX products. It's now waterproof and has been used quite a few times recently without any leakage (label says its a poly cotton mix but that's all). Just make sure no taped seams as they can come unstuck! All the best with your 'project' Andy

I have an MK38 owned from new since Feb 2015. Mainly clays with this one, would estimate 6000 shells through it (1000 English Sporter's, 5000 Hull SuperFast). Recently bought a 1952 Belgian SXS which has had around 500 shells through (Hull Superfast) all clay.

Not much help but never used them, always found CPC or promatic ones to be all I need (promatic trap). Have used CCI in the past but they tended to have the occasional shatter from being knocked by the knife when loading. Try a box and see how they perform, be sure to adjust any knife separators (if applicable) on th trap as different clays can vary some in dimensions (enough to cause issues with consistency anyway!). Andy

Glad you enjoyed the outing 😄 I had a solo run over there yesterday as well and had a good time, few silly misses but the weather was superb which helped me forget all about the missed clays and enjoy the views from the top end of the valley.

You can buy MS office for Mac but it's rather pricey, I prefer to use iWork's which gives all equivalent packages but at a cheaper price (Word > Pages, Excel > Numbers, PowerPoint > Keynote). All iWork's packages can export formats that can be read by MS office products but with much more usability. All existing MS office packages can be opened using the equivalent in iWork's. I regularly send word docs home from work and open in Pages to edit then send back.