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  1. To be fair what you and i do is likely very different to what people who compete for a living do. For a quick blast on the clays my light flicky side by side is wonderful, no way in hell would i shoot a 100 clay competition with it, let alone 200-300, or do 1000 a day of practice with it. Get whatever works for you, if shooting vast amounts over a single day something long and heavy may fit the bill, if going for a quick bit of fun, walked up roughshooting, or a game shoot, light and flicky can be just the ticket.
  2. I wonder if doing an inverse amnesty international would work, we could all write begging the maltese to keep him.
  3. Looks very much like my last one, check the dimensions of the other pin against this site... http://jefenry.com/main/FiringPinFabrication.php I couldnt find one off the shelf and ended up getting one made, again id be glad to put you in touch with the chap who did it.
  4. Whilst i am sure Mr Digweed could shoot a decent round with a potatoe gun my understanding is that the top end all use long barreled relatively heavy sporters for competitive sporting clays. This might be because their sponsors want them to as such a gun is supposedly easier for mere mortals to shoot, or it might be because they shoot so much in practice and competition that a light gun would be unmanageable. I will happily shoot 50 with my nice light side by side. 100 would be uncomfortable, 1000 a day in serious practice impossible. I do seem to shoot better with the side by side than the over under though for the first 50.
  5. i had the same problem a while back with a cheap gun without a pin readily available. The first time done by local gunsmith for about £50 and took six weeks. The next time i got one made for £20 and fitted myself, turn around time four days. I will happily pass on the details of the chap who made it if you need.
  6. A mate was reconditioning and selling on a load of old gear that would do this. I think he was charging £150 for a reconditioned set. This could work out a good deal cheaper, ill see if he still has any listed on ebay. He doesnt seem to have any listed but with kit available from £40 its probably worth a punt to see how it does.
  7. Hello patentable cannabinoids have been tested and licenced without issue, and seem to work well for their licenced indications. This debate however seems to be more akin to 'herbal cannabis has anecdotal evidence of effect in all manner of conditions, why cant it be prescribed for them?' Where an indication appears well founded and a viable market for a drug exists that will allow adequate return on investment we all trust the free market to embrace development and produce adequate supporting evidence of safety and efficacy. The problem is we dont seem to be looking at a clear indication with a viable market. People seem to be asking why we do not use a readily available substance not open to commercial protection as a licenced medication, to do so cannabis should be subject to the same scrutiny of safety and efficacy as any other medication. The unstated assumption from many contributors seems to be that the large part of the costs involved in drug development are in finding a suitable chemical or group of chemicals, which in this case is already done. The problem comes that actually 90-95% of the development cost comes in the clinical trials and licencing applications process. For a single indication one would expect costs of the order of a few hundereds of millions. Once licenced for one indication much of the phase one data would likely be transferrable but phase two and three (the really expensive bits) would need doing again. Clearly industry funding is a nonstarter if there is no potential return. Charitable or goverment level funding could be an option but such work is not without risk of harm. We know drugs of potential abuse with licences are regarded by the 'unprescribed users' as safe, and unregulated consumption becomes an issue (in part due to availability of supply as well as perceptions). personally i strongly suspect from tales my patients relate cannabis in one form or another (tea seems to be most commonly reported where i have worked), can be a useful agent for some people with some symptoms. Some of the compounds likely to be responsible have been licenced accordingly, although costs are such that they are not widely prescribed. When these drugs come off patent they are likely to become much more widely used, new compounds may be licenced for new indications and patents may be extended. Nobody will be able to support the financial cost of producing licenced medication level data about cannabis as a street drug. To do so would also come with significant risks of harm to the greater fabric of society which would have to be measured against the potential gains. The big issues with encouraging recreational cannabis use for me are lung disease (you see some spectacular cannabis related damage, the last rough estimate i heard was that it is about 50 times more destructive than an equivalent amount of tobacco), mental illness (chicken and egg issues here), and perhaps most profoundly it takes so long to metabolise to a level of impact on reaction time comparable with the drink drive limit that after a dose one should not be driving for several days. This is a huge issue where driving is so central to how our society functions. Watch this space for when the current medications come off patent and become cheap enough to use for unlicenced indications, but until then cannabinoids are not going to fly clinically for the myriad of untested applications the popular press advocate.
  8. nabilone, sativex, there are a few licenced cannabinoids and have been for ages. If you want to do the research required to match the level of evidence needed for efficacy and safety it will take a good deal of cash which there is no model to get a return on investment for with the 'herbal' form. By all means stump up the cash to do the work charitably, but the level the bar has been set at for drug licencing is such that the sums required are huge. It would take the biggest fundme of all time to run the trials required for even a very simple and straightforward licence application.
  9. He probably doesnt know ownership has changed. Have a pleasant chat with the chap down the pub about it before getting worked up.
  10. Id love to but given no idea where i will be come August it is hard to meaningfully approach a club.
  11. Wood. I know all the rational arguments favour that plastic **** but it just seems wrong!
  12. I rather fancy one as a deer rifle, i contacted the importer for a price and never heard back.
  13. Pah, i have an even cheaper way! Not a borehole, currently living in northern ireland so the mainland tax payer covers half the water bill, the local tax payer covers the other half. People here seem to have no idea how much it costs to run a water network, they just think water is free as it falls from the sky. No concept of treating, delivering, and removing the stuff.
  14. Wb123

    NHS

    The trouble with this argument is that the nhs is already significantly more efficient per pound than any private system one can compare to. Why would we expect a commercial provider to provide a higher level of service per pound if it has not yet been managed elsewhere?
  15. If being cheaper than factory loads is of critical importance you may need to go 28 or 410. Less powder and shot use, and a higher price to beat. Win win.
  16. Wb123

    NHS

    Very true, but if willing to jump through that many hoops why would they come here to be badly paid and treated when they could go NZ, canada, australia, the gulf states etc?
  17. No doubt it would be just the same, 2% is an incredibly fine margin for such a decision, especially when those set to live with the eventual decision stood so firmly against leave. I voted leave but am uncomfortable with such a profound call being made on so tight a margin.
  18. I might have some in the freezer if you are stuck and the other half hasnt promised them to anyone else. The tesco finest sloe gin is almost as good as a decent home one, and wont involve waiting six to eighteen months.
  19. Ill have to get a litter of yellows and some creosote if they sell at that price!
  20. Fantastic spot, well worth a visit. They seem to have a magic cave out the back containing whatever you were looking for, and were so cheap on cartridges it would pay the petrol cost of the ten hour round trip to see family if i stocked up each time i was passing.
  21. I had a very similar problem. In the end a weekend with youtube and some scrap steel got me mig welding to a point that will acheive everything i need to. Tig apparently has more of a learning curve. Someday i will buy a set and will then take the same approach. If i could have found anyone to give pointers it would have been very helpful.
  22. Depends what you want. My custom moulded in ear plugs were about £80 all in, but Howard Leigh max are still more effective and more comfortable for me. If you want something that has electrics to help you hear everything you would otherwise miss things rapidly get pricey. I have gone to Peltor protacs and after a while getting used to them would not go back to in ear protection for shooting unless money were no object. On the motorbike i use howard leigh max plugs.
  23. Wb123

    Kitchen Knives

    I like globals but dont get on with the handles. My father has a few shun permiers which are beautiful, hold a lovely edge, and are a pleasure to use. I have a tesco finest chefs knife that is my go to though, the handle is perfect, tip not too high, hard enough to hold an edge very well but soft enough it sharpens up easily, never been tempted to get something else. A few years ago they were selling ones in a european style but of steel slightly less hard than the global stuff and for me i think they found perfection. I also have a boning and paring knife of the same lot.
  24. I always use spring washers. I never seem to have enough spares so being able to reuse is important. Nylocs come off then are useless.
  25. If doing all that why not import it yourself? (Make sure you are sitting down when you do the sums). I looked long and hard at importing a bps but the fees at the us end take what is already a expensive pump gun into territory where i would be buying something else. Id rather like another barrel to avoid having my choke opened up but i fear i wont find one.
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