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JD140

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  1. Can anyone recommend any good pigeon guides for the Norfolk area? I have my permissions here (Derbyshire) but love Norfolk, it would be great to have a day or two in your lots part of the world.
  2. I use a Browning Maxus for pigeons and absolutely love it, but my favourite is Miroku MK70 grade 6 game. Cracking gun but too nice to take pigeon shooting!
  3. Sorted it with Me Matt's help. Photos are now at top of thread
  4. I've just ordered the same one from A1. The one I'm using on the amended link at the top of this thread is 25 years old, was a good net at the time. In fact the shop I bought it from (Shooters Paradise @ Clowne) has been closed of 15 years. Think I'm probably ready for an upgrade!
  5. I intend to. Can you recommend another way of posting pics?
  6. Great day on the bean field, picked 31, shot 39. Would have had a lot more if I has a second net to cover me from behind. The field had a small pond in the middle of it with a few reeds and bullrushes, trouble was they were only about 3'6" high and I only had one net, everything coming from behind could see me.
  7. I shoot shotguns and have done for years and haven't really bothered with airguns since being a kid, even though I still have a Webley Vulcan, which is for sale on here if anyone is interested. Anyway, I have a small holding and decided it would be a bit of fun to buy a modern air rifle to dispose of squirrels, rats, magpies, pigeons and jackdaws. So off I went and decided on a .177 Weihrauch HW100T with a Hawke illuminated reticle sight, also bought a bipod, bag, some targets and a gas bottle. The first job was to set the sight up, so I measured out 32 yards and in five minutes was literally amazed by the accuracy of the thing, its surgical in its precision. Since then (which was only last Saturday) I've despatched 2 squirrels, 3 pigeons and 2 jackdaws and not missed a thing I've shot at. The illuminated sight is great for when the light is fading slightly and vermin just doesn't seem to stand a chance! When we were kids we used to shoot rabbits with .22 spring powered air rifles, they would do the job but weren't a patch on these things, plus this Weihrauch is nearly silent. The last two shots I have taken were from the bottom of my paddock. The paddock rises up by about 30' and on top of it is a fully grown beech tree, on the uppermost branches of this is where I shot the last jackdaw and about ten feet below it with a head shot the squirrel, must be 50 yards. We don't have any rabbits this year but I'm sure this gun would drop them no problem whatsoever with a head shot. What a truly amazing bit of kit and I'm one happy 53 year old, it's like being 14 again!!!
  8. Mk 2 or 3, definitely not Mk 1 but don't know how to tell the difference between 2 and 3!
  9. Just a quick update. I've stripped the Vulcan down, given all the internals a good clean and polish (oil and grease where needed), changed the piston and breach seal and fitted a new trigger spring. It's now shooting fine (IMO) and after cleaning it up I'd say it is in very good condition for its age. The stock only has a few tiny marks, the barrel and action had very minor surface rust which I've wire wooled and oiled and now looks fine, no need to re-blue and it is shooting great. My next question is this. I'm set on buying a .177 Weihrauch HW100KT, which from my gunshot for the gun, a decent Hawk sight, re-fill bottle (with valve) and a slip is slightly under £1k. Now I already have three shotguns and would have no use for more than one air rifle, so how much should I ask for the Vulcan; a) as a trade in against the Weihrauch, and b) for a private sale? The Vulcan just has its standard sights, no telescopic sight.
  10. Can you recommend where to get the kit for renovating, new spring, seals, blueing etc? I am fancying an Airarms Prosport, do you know of a good scope to go with it? I've not been into air guns since being a lad and would like to dispose of some local pigeons with one!
  11. Thanks for the reply. My question was more about f the Webley was worth doing up? Seem to remember it was quite a decent gun when new!!
  12. I have a Webley Vulcan which has been sat (unused) in my cabinet for 30 years. As a lad I think I tried putting a souped up spring in it and it always sounded a bit tinny after that. My question is, is it worth spending the money to do it up? Mainly I shoot shotguns but the wife has a problem with pigeons on her raised beds at the moment. The beds are in my paddock but just behind them is a small road, not ideal for the shotgun!!! If I renovated the Webley are they classed as a good old air rifle or a bit of an also-ran? Also, would it be powerful enough to deal with pigeons at 30 yards??
  13. Funny you should say this as a friend was telling me his camp jacket has been ruined by his wife washing it in biological powder, but in answer to your question I have never washed my net. Pity, as that would at least give me something to blame it on!!!
  14. Yes I'm pretty sure it's me they're seeing. I have tried using/not using the magnet as it did occur to me this may be the cause. I don't always set up with the wind at my back, quite often I have it (as you suggest) left to right or right to left. Think I'll trawl the net now and try to find a decent new net, trouble is with all the 'ghost' and 'stealth' (none of which I really know what it is) it's hard to know what to plumb for!!
  15. Yes, but due to the recent flaring away I've bought a veil and started wearing gloves too
  16. I've had my net for twenty plus years and up until recently it has appeared to perform quite well, however, recently I seem to get spotted quite a lot and pigeons flare off. I always ensure I have a good background, don't fidget around in the hide and generally keep myself as concealed as possible. The net is getting a little tatty and has a few rips here and there, trouble is there's so much kit out there I don't have a clue where to start. If anyone has bought a new net lately and can offer any guidance I'd be grateful!!
  17. I'm going to order one based on your reply, thank you. Is it much easier to use than the Primos, as I don't think given ten years I could ever get the thing to work?
  18. Just out of interest, do you bite/release the reed when you use yours or just control it with the pressure at which you blow? The young lad on Youtube uses his hand cupped over the end of the device to enhance the sound. All seems very technical!!!
  19. I would happily persevere if I thought I was likely to get anywhere. When I blow through the one I've been sent it's as thought it is partially blocked and hard to blow through, this is what creates the ridiculous high pitched squeal. No matter how I try to use it I can't produce a note anywhere near deep enough to resemble a crow
  20. I've read all the above and decided I must have a dud! If you read my original post I've already said that I have tried loads of different blowing techniques, nothing happens except a high pitched squeak. Anyway, I have contacted A1 Decoys and asked them to replace it, with the amount of money I've spent with them lately it would be silly if they refused as it is quite obviously faulty. It also seems to me that there is rather a lot of effort required from reading above. I wanted something that attracted crows, not the hassle of learning to play a musical instrument!!! Obviously a business opportunity for anyone who wants to manufacture one of these things that actually works without having to undertake a training course to use it!
  21. I've recently bought a Primos Crow Caller and must admit I'm struggling to get along with it. I've read the instructions, watched Youtube videos and whilst I've never been aware of suffering from any learning difficulties I just can't make it sound like a crow, it just sounds like a party blower! The young lad on Youtube gives a great demonstration of 'cawing' whilst you blow and the crows come pouring in, no matter what throat of guttural noise I make the thing just squeals. Has anyone else had any issues or have i possible just got a dud???
  22. I can understand your feelings but I'm on a couple of shoots where I don't know (or see) any of the other shooters. One is a club in South Derbyshire, you pay your monies and go whenever you want, it has 130 members and I haven't met any of them. Also the land I was talking about initially is somewhere that I knocked on the farmer's door and asked permission, I've no idea who the other people who shoot there are. Annoyingly it's the few idiots that spoil it for all, as usual!!!
  23. I've seen fields alive with pigeons just after they've been combined, probably Pinky and his mate and the Flowerpots have had a reasonable time!!!
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