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Im hoping squirrels of the grey kind can still be controlled whilst everything else is STILL being sorted???

I have the ATA Venza myself and I have so say i am rather impressed with, only had to fit the stock spacer shim to get the right eye alignment and feels like it fits perfectly, it certainly shoots great. Never had any issues with it and its so easy to strip down fully for a clean. Best money i have spent in ages and the added bonus is somehow my average clay scores have gone from 55%ish to 80%ish.

I'd also take the gun to a local gunsmith to measure to ensure it fits you correctly. I didn't bother for some time and thought my shooting was ok but when I went in to collect from having gun serviced the chap also double checked the fit on me. Found out my eye alignment with bead was miles out!! He nipped out back made an adjustment and checked again, now instead of me just clipping clays I'm turning them into clouds of dust!!!

Pretty much most sporting can be shot with using 1/4 &. 1/2 chokes. Just put these in and forget about them apart from making sure you remove them every time you clean the gun. And stick with one cartridge and just concentrate on your shooting. Sticking to one cartridge and choke combination will help remove doubt in the mind as in 'perhaps I should have used X choke instead of y choke on that stand or X cartridge instead of y cartridge on that stand'. I've been shooting clays for a few years and even now I still use the exact same set up as I started out with.

Most annoying thing is most of what our government take from us they send over seas to help every other Tom **** and Harry. Yet our forces, NHS etc get constant cut backs. ***!!!

ATA Venza is good too!! Sportsman gun centre Exeter.

Sounds proper job to me, so with regards to a holesaw would it be best to find one to drill a hole just big enough to fit washers into??

Would the feo be ok with that??

Am following this as going to be moving soon myself, will I need to remove the plasterboard from the wall so back of cabinet is actually up against the masonry wall or ok to mount it against the plasterboard?????

Yes it was just stuck! As it is attached to the camshaft I decided to simply replace it as it was easier and didn't actually cost that much.

After listening to engine running and what you have just said I think you could be right, had same sort of sound on my Briggs and Stratton classic engine and did same, stripped down and removed the decompression bit which yes did stop the noise and yes the engine ran perfect but after a few times use decided to reinstall a new one as the pull over to start was harder and if engine kicked back ****** me it hurt me hand!!!

There one tip my grandad gave me about petrol mowers, that was to not just clean it and put it away for the winter months left idle. He basically told me to put the mower deck on to its highest setting so blade was well away from the garage floor and every couple of weeks just pop over to the garage and fire it up and let it run for ten minutes. Doing this puts engine in constant use and keeps it all healthy as nothing will dry up/sieze up! Pulled mine out today, filled up with some more fresh fuel, changed the oil, new spark plug, cleaned airfilter.... Primed the pump three times and first pull vroooooooom!!! My neighbour on the other hand stood with his pulling starter over and over again!!!

Could possibly be the governor arm needs adjusting.

Could you if possible post us a video of you starting it so can hear and see what is happening exactly? What is the Honda engine model number!!

How long has the engine been sat up for?? You say you have ruled out the carb?!? Is the air filter ok as in clean enough?? Did you blast out the fuel jets within the carb as they are a ****** for getting clogged up! As for the ticking sound it sounds to me like it has a sticky push rod lifter which should cure itself with a couple of heat cycles. Also these small engines sometimes do have a small catchment on the cam which holds a valve open very slightly for longer which helps lower the compression to aid in easy starter in the pull rope, once running this is flung open and away so that normal valve function and compression is resumed for running. Oh and if spark plug is old and full of crud replace with a new one, old cruded up ones can and do make starting and running a ******.