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you need to lower your stock,use a shim and place the thin end at the bottom which in turn lowers your stock,then shoot at a sheet of wallpaper with a target drawn in the middle of it,if 30 or 40% of your shot hits the target its "job done". ps might be worth doing a" before and after" on a sheet of wallpaper to see what difference the shim has made.

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try placing decoys in a u or v shape with the front of the pattern about 25 paces from the hide,judge the distance by looking at the landing zone as oppose to the decoys,as for dead birds a quick solution would be to prop them up with twigs under their necks.and on the subject of necks dont be annoyed if the bag aint a big one because in winter the woodies can be a pain in the neck.for the future it will be best to invest in some equipment (whirly etc) to increase your chances on future outings. good luck.

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a beretta outlander (not arrived yet)

around £40 on ebay ,worth buying a couple if u can.

hi walker570,it was definitley the gun,i aimed like a rifle then mounted,pointed and fired all in one motion so to speak,i class myself as a decent shot and after 4 or 5 misses i knew it was the gun or should i say "gunfit".the gun was fired several times at paper with a tennis ball size target painted on it the pattern was all underneath with a couple of shot hitting the target,i tried this with full and quarter choke.tweeking the gun helped but still resulted in many "unclean kills".fingers crossed i manage better with 26" barrels.

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hi all,was just wondering about your experiences with gunfit regarding semi autos.my first semi was a hatsan which i shot fine with but needed a more reliable gun,so i bought myself a beretta teknys,after several misses of normal range woodies i decided to pattern the gun,it was then i found i shot low with the gun,i raised the stock with the shim and bought a slip on comb raiser but still shot a tad low.which i couldnt understand why.my beretta had the same length barrels as the hatsan (28"),i have just sold my beretta via gunwatch and getting myself a beretta outlander but this time with 26" barrels.iam just wondering how many members have had to tweek their semi auto or managed to shoot fine with it straight from the box.

its good to see people getting good results in winter,in my 20 years of shooting i have had around a dozen bags of over 80 the rest of the time its been bags around the 9 or 10 mark,my last good bag was 92 which was 2 years ago,i do still have a trip out in winter just to see how the woodies are behaving or if i get a phone call off an irate gamekeeper or farmer,i now tend to wait for the woodies to split up from their winter packs.i shoot a couple of farms and two estates of 4500 and 2500 acres and sadly for me the woodies just dont play ball in the winter and it aint for the lack of trying,so hats off to all you folk getting decent winter bags.

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i look forward to clover every year,biggest bag was 89 but half of them were shot from a flightline my usual bag is between 20 and 40 ,as jdog says you dont need the rotary,i put out around 15 decoys,a flapper or two and a couple of full bodies on fence posts which works well.

winter woodies = kiss of death

Dont think you have much to worry about,all convictions have to be declared now by yourself,regardless if they are deemed "spent",thing to remember is you are only declaring things the police already know about ,a simlpe tap of your name into their computer tells them all they need to know.Regarding wait time for a certificate, that all depends on the force dealing with it,the force i deal with (northumbria) are brilliant and tend to be very quick,but i have heard about other force areas taking ages due to backlogs etc,so any members from the kent area will give you a good idea of wait times.

hello everyone iam new to the watch,pigeon and crow shooting is the joint first love of my life (the wife might read this posting)

hi,pics are now on gun watch advert