Lord Flashheart

Just don't crash one of the new ones... This was a 7 month old Summit, and they stopped counting the damage at £28k. That was without checking engine, gearbox, chassis... A new headlamp unit is £1500 ex VAT, so they sell them cheap and then clobber you with replacement parts. Shame, as it was an awesome bit of kit, though it did resemble Mater from "Cars" at this point!!!

I phoned TVP Licencing Team to check, and was told that yes, I could hold expanding. The woman even asked the person on the desk next to her, and it was confirmed. Me, being me, then asked for it in writing, and the email came back with a different response from the FEO himself saying that I needed to lodge all expanding ammo with my RFD.

You can buy shotgun cartridges with an S7, and hold non-expanding rifle ammo but not buy any. Anything expanding needs to be handed into your RFD until you get your new FAC through... What a nonsense

Beaconsfield, but can travel to be closer to your route

It's what we like to eat, so I'll stick with "all the extras", but thanks

This is the recipe I use for venison burgers but should work equally well with beef. My children won't eat anything else, and get really chippy if we run out of venison! Venison Burgers 1200g venison mince 400g pork belly mince 2 large onions, finely diced 2 carrots, grated 2tbs olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, roasted and pureed Salt and freshly cracked black pepper 2tbs whole grain mustard 2tbs freshly grated horseradish 2 whole free range eggs 100g fresh breadcrumbs Heat a large non-stick frying pan with olive oil and sauté the diced onion and grated carrot with seasoning until soft. Leave to cool completely and add the mashed garlic. Measure all the ingredients including the cooked onion mixture into the bowl of a mixer, attach a dough hook and kneed the meat until all the ingredients are well mixed. Test a small amount in a hot pan and taste, adjust the seasoning if needed. Let the burgers rest in the fridge for at least 6 hours. Cook the burgers 5 - 6 minutes on each side in a hot griddle pan, alternatively brown the burger in a hot pan and transfer it to a preheated oven at 200°C and cook for a further 5 - 6 minutes.

So that's 1/12d then?? They were never legal tender in the UK, only Malta: http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/coins/british-coinage/old-denominations/fractional-farthings/index.html Great share, thanks!

I felt the same about my 690 Field III, so bought a mint Previously Loved Benelli M2 Comfortech for £600. Not only will I not gasp when it gets knocked, but I'm going to stick in a variation to get it upped from 3+1 as well, which isn't an option on the 690, so win:win

It's arguably one of the top clay grounds in the UK. Owned by Sir Edward Dashwood of the West Wycombe Estate who offers pheasant and partridge days on the estate, and access to global shooting via the EJ Churchill sporting agency. Great bunch of folks, and a nice relaxed atmosphere.

Not this week as I've been loading for them on the estate for a couple of charity shoots, but sometime next week could be a laugh!

They are £275 new, and I'll be parting with it shortly if it's of interest...? It's only going as I have the 4" MuntjaX now, and it seems rude to have 2 of his knives!

Returned to the Freepost address, and rumour is they were printed in Germany...!

There are some cracking knives on here, so I thought I'd add a couple of mine... EKA Swede10: Richard Eadon 4" Stalker: Stuart Mitchell 3" Muntjac Stuart Mitchell 4" MuntjaX

Done, but still less than 4,000 signatures! BASC, CA, NGO etc should be pinging this url to their entire membership lists

Good blokes at Emmett & Stone. I'd come along with you, but am already committed to family stuff.

Hahaha! Almost got me...

What's your thinking behind asking for "flat shooting"? Spend time at the range... Get to know the drops at 100/200/300yds and you can dial in, or just zero 2" high at 100 yds and you'll have a PBR of around 240/250 yds. Doesn't really matter whether one calibre drops less than another as you'll know what your rifle/scope/ammo will do. As others have already said, I'd go with a .243 as you're not limited to muntjac and CWD at a later date. That said, .308 makes a mess of anything fox and smaller, there's no shortage of ammo and you can knock over boar when you add AOLQ

I am (BSRC as per fortune's post - would've helped if I'd put that first time!). Pm me with any questions and I'll try to help Cheers iain

Fantastic advice, and I'm in the same position as the OP, so will try and put it all into action next week. I have decoys and a couple of bouncers, but am ordering a magnet and the archie coats book. I can only blame myself if I'm using that lot, but much like stalking, most of it is fieldcraft, so "watch a lot, move a little"...

140gr comment is based on how many folks use 120gr in x55 nowadays as MV seems to be de rigeur rather than energy. I just prefer heavy and slow PS thanks for adding 0 in .30-06 - doh!

Absolutely nothing wrong with either of those calibres, they'll certainly knock down anything that the UK has to offer. Worth looking at 6.5x55mm as well. Go "heavy for calibre" with 140gr ammo, and you'll have a softer recoiling rifle that you can also shoot boar with under AOLQ. Not as much factory ammo available as the .308 (probably more than .30-6 though), but either speak to your RFD and they'll order in, or look at reloading. I use HPS-TR to reload all my ammo for me - 6.5x55mm 140gr SST and .308 165gr SST - for around £1/round and at that price it's not only cheaper, but more accurate than any factory ammo I've used. Much like Pheasant Feeder, I have mine zero'd 2" high at 100yds, and have PBR of 240yds in the x55 and 250yds in the .308... "Range/Squeeze/Drop". Enjoy!

EJ Churchill have a no shooting on Sunday policy imposed on them under noise abatement reasoning, so nothing to do with CPSA. I ref'd at the CPSA event on Sunday, hosted by EJC but on The Dashwood Estate the other side of the motorway. 306 guns game through and it was a cracking event, certainly helped by the weather! Cheers iain

Morning all New member from South Bucks. Just got my first pigeon permission, so looking forward to trawling the site for hints 'n' tips! I've been shooting for a number of years (game, clays, stalking & statics), and along with my centrefires, have a couple of guns, both in 12b - Beretta 690 Field III and just picked up a previously loved Benelli M2. The semi is purely for the pigeons as I reckon I'll be getting over excited in the hide, and don't want to do anything to the O/U's wood... I'll be using Superfast Pigeon 29g 6s as they work well for me in the Beretta, but picked up a couple of boxes of 32g 5s to see how big a difference there is. So, that's me. Plenty to learn, and an open mind to all suggestions Cheers iain