Uilleachan
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Shot my worst score on Saturday, DTL rather than sporting. Had the comb up on the mk38, patterned it, shot a 75 bird practice last week, missed a few that I put down to distractions.
Went to a local-ish shoot on Saturday thinking I knew where my gun was shooting, and missed loads on the 1st stand, put the comb back down for the next and then recovered as much of my composure as I could. The scores are up on face book today, oh the shame
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If you're a standard-ish gun fit for the off the shelf Browning, then I don't see the advantage in going for the inflex version other than having an eye on possible resale. If you are looking to lengthen the LOP then the inflex system is pretty good, two screws to remove and you can add the various off the shelf compatible spacers to suit, which proves very effective and inexpensive to do. So a good system IMO.
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If you don't open the gun fully it won't engage the trigger, the gun can open far enough to drop a cart into the bottom barrel without engaging the trigger, if the gun closes but won't fire and doesn't want to eject the carts on reopening, it hasn't been opened far enough to begin with.
This happened to me a bit when I first bought a new 525, my normal holding the stock in my right arm opening and allowing the barrels to fall, reloading with the left hand; didn't work every time, at first, as the gun was quite tight, meaning that the weight of the open unsupported barrels weren't heavy enough on their own to fall the necessary distance of travel to do the do. They do now, now that the gun has had 14 or 15 thousand rounds through it .
Bottom firing pin was replaced at around 10,000 rounds.
If the 525 fits you, and it's not that difficult to make that model fit most folk, then you won't go far wrong with it. Good gun in my opinion.
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Currently using 3/8 & 3/8 for sporting 3/8 & 7/8 for DTL, today I shot a round of sporting plus a little DTL at Auchterhouse so just left it 3/8 7/8 for everything.
Recently bought a new to me mk38 for trap, so that'll be staying 3/4 & Full. The sporter will then go 3/8 in both once the mk38 comes home 1/2" longer.
Do I change chokes? If I change ammo I try it through a few different chokes and go with that offering the best results. I've shot the mk38 and it seems to like the ammo I've got, being fixed I'll try a few different brands before I settle on ammo.
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I roll my own, not too difficult but time consuming. A reliable cutting tool for the cases is well worth having, as a RTO finished cartridge has a habit of splitting a little at the top edge of the crimp, but 76mm finished carts tidy up to become 73mm, then 70mm and possibly a few will survive to become 65mm carts.
+2 for SP3. Had good results with H110 too. Using both C&G and FE components and data, to good effect. They do say the .410 isn't a good starter gun for the kids, but the kids were doing just fine smashing straightaway clays as well as the adults last outing up the croft. Hopefully I can press them into hand pressing wads and weighing shot, to ease the strain of the next batch.
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I've used all the non fly fishing methods for trout over the years, despite catching my first rod caught trout with the fly as a 13 year old I was obsessed with spinning rod tactics. This last 20 odd years though I've fished almost exclusively with the fly, trawling a rapala back to the start of a drift being the exception. If you chose your moment and adjust your tactics accordingly, the fly won't be beat.
Tight lines for the new season to all.
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Most brands of invector + chokes use the same Browning type key, Teague chokes have their own.
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I've a wheen of Inv + chokes bought off here and elsewhere 2nd hand. They pop up quite frequently.
The Browning factory versions are quite open in comparison to the Carlson Briley & Teague chokes I have, the Browning full is patterning similar to the Carlson half, the teague 3/8 patterns tighter than both, currently 3/8 & 3/8 for sporting, 3/8 & 7/8 for trap (with Fioochi FBLU 28g Italian 7.5).
Keep an eye out for 2nd hand chokes, but I'd avoid the Browning chokes.
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I don't want to buy expensive carts, but the carts that I've found that work for me are 1p percent more expensive per shell than the cheapest I can buy. A tenner a thou more expensive I can live with.
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Plastic for me.
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Right to roam law in Scotland is pretty clear, the reason you can't walk through a farmers crop is that to do so would cause damage.
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Carrie's making decent vids with a pro game shooting spin, very many of the people featured speak in regionally accented english which goes some way to closing the perceived gap between the working and monied classes of the participants, to counter the elitist wealthy man's spin thats often attached to the sport by those who'd attack it. He's showing things are much more socially inclusive than Joe Bloggs is led to believe, by pressure groups and our often hostile media.
Sure it can be expensive but it's not class exclusive. Then there's the clear but under played visual evidence of the symbiosis/relationships between the shoot staff help the guests and local businesses benefiting from the activity in what is otherwise a fragile rural economy.
So we can argue the toss about the shooting of the sorts of targets featured but that aside, his vids present a more balanced and positive view of the activity for the non shooting public at large. That IMO is a good thing and much needed in the current climate as it kicks away a couple of the props often employed against the sport.
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Auchterhouse for me.
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For actual midgies any clothing will do. It's just a case of staying covered as the humble midge, burgers' that they are, can't bite through clothing.
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I'll still be voting SNP, because there's much decided in the diddy parliament that affects me directly and IMO the Nats are the best of the bunch at the moment, when it comes to running the show locally.
Shooting isn't going anywhere soon, Knickers & Co are politicking for the gallery of public opinion over the "Yank" and her antics. The locals of Morningside may support a gun shop, but the majority in my homeland don't. The recent failure of the Greens to win their "Hill Track Bill", whilst a pity in my personal opinion as the ground is starting to look awfully scared, is proof positive, all be it inspired by revenge for the Green's failure to back the Gov's education policy of sampling progress in P1 & 2, that they know where the cash comes from that keeps the few remaining local people on the ground working.
It still is shooting heaven, but unless you have a pet laird or an in you have to pay. The other side of that is that shooting policy, other than air guns, is decided in London.
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On 27/10/2018 at 11:23, PhilR said:
I haven't shot DTL seriously for 30 odd years. Nowadays I shoot ABT, UT and OT the targets are quicker and have a greater distance. I use more open fixed chokes my Perazzi is roughly 1/2 and 3/4 and my newly acquired DT10 is around 5/8 and 7/8. Quite a few trap guns, notably Browning and Guerini, are available multichoked so I guess owners are experimenting with more open chokes. I use Fiocchi cartridges with Italian 7.5 shot so 2.4mm or English 7.
Was speaking to a lad last Saturday, one of the better shots, he's 1/4 n' #8's & 1/2 n' #7.5 english, plas wads, for DTL.
I'm 3/8 & 7/8 fiocchi Fblu "7.5" (2.4mm) plastic for both.
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17 hours ago, novice cushie shooter said:
Ridiculous state of affairs but hopefully the publicity will help ed in the long run. The MSPs constituents need to have a word with him. He is also the one sprouting his trumpet about the american lady shooting goats on islay. Trumpet
Same MSP.
Different MSPs', the guy in Edinburgh is the list labour MSP.
That American Lady on Islay also shot a sheep, well a blackface Tup, as well as a few goats and deer. Then plastered it all over social media with the usual cousins enthusiasm that many here found distasteful, round here it's the shooting of the Tup thats got everyone talking, including the odd keeper, with enough social media traffic to spark wider media interest, so we're now subject to trial by media, every petting zoo aficionado and their pet are on radio and TV expressing their outrage at the moment. Mike Russel, the Islay MSP, isn't really to blame here. He's expressing his view, but he's not responsible for the viral nature of the story, he's responding to rather than initiating the copy.
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Dave Carrie pattern testing vids show good patterns with his gun at 55 yards with 3/4 choke and gamebore plastic & fibre wadded shells.
Vid here using pigeon extreme 5's in plastic
and with Grouse extreme in fibre:
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Comparable Aigle wellies I've tried have been too high in the heel for me, unfortunately. Which makes them unreliable underfoot on rough ground.
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I share your pain. My 10 year old hunter balmoral's died last year, although I still wear them if it's just mud I'm dealing with. For my feet and ankles they were by far the best fitting and I did try all the wellies in the shop. Those were the first wellie I've owned that I could go miles off path on the open hill without hurting my feet or wishing I was in boots.
Great boot, but sadly it seems their likes will never be here again; as I've yet to find a comparable fit and feel replacement.
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20 minutes ago, Mickeydredd said:
I suppose, for many, the problem may be partly the financial reward. She got her verdict in a court so vindicated her claims, why would she want to benefit financially too?
Financial awards are made by the court to compensate for "Damages" incurred, they're not set by the claimant.
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1 hour ago, Scully said:
Yes, I’d agree, the question ‘ why do you want a shotgun’ is a reasonable one, but when people state specifics as ‘good reason’, then it is open to setting a precedent where there isn’t one, in regards to S1. If the stated ‘good reason’ becomes the precedent then we may find ourselves at a stage where we need to state ‘good reason’ for each shotgun owned, and that requires a variation each time we wish to purchase as in S1.
The ‘good reason’ for shotguns has already been mooted by ACPO, unless I’m mistaken. The distinction needs to be kept separate.
...... and thats the point where you politely agree to disagree, wait for them to leave, and then call your lawyer to have them write to the chief constable on your behalf, politely expressing your dismay that sec. 1 criteria is being applied to your sec. 2 renewal that has no basis in law.
Round here it's the local bobbies that do the leg work, we have officers that grew up on working estates and officers for whom fire arms are an anathema, plus many in between, sometimes the criteria for sec 1 & 2 can become blurred in the eyes of the inexperienced. IME, best just to humour them be polite and leave any wheat and chaff separation to the professionals processing the paper work and issuing the certs.
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Has to be said coming up with a good reason isn't difficult, occasional clay shooting, occasional game shooting etc. all tick the box. The question is being asked round here under Police Scotland and as it's the local police who do rural home visits, rather than specific firearms officers, it's wise not to be too shirty about "our rights" . The question, "why do you still need/want a shot gun?" is a fair one for a local bobby to ask, IMO.
The good reason criteria for section 1 grant/renewal is a completely different beast and shouldn't be confused with being asked why you want a shot gun at grant or renewal.
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Write to them and ask. Most likely a tweed they commissioned themselves so they'd likely be quite happy to give you any information they have, especially if they still have some of it kicking around. .
Who has signed the BASC survey?
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