Farmboy91

Only ditchy's 🤭😂

Wouldn't have thought your too far off then, not many days till you can try it now! 👍

My affinity wasn't the easiest thing to put together, the manual was useless. Ended using YouTube too lol, does the bolt rack back then release ok?

Yeah I saw the buffalo one also. Could be the problem, I was just surprised when you said you'd seen a new one that was all as I not seen anything on them for a while. Hope all goes well if you do purchase it 👍

Ahh ok, to be honest I wanted one myself after seeing the review TGS did but could find little on Google. I'll have a look and see if I can find the article I was reading. Edit, it was on here, if you search for it, it should bring the thread up 👍

I didn't even know these were still about, I thought armsan had recalled them due to reliably issues.

Just had to have a look at the website to see if you was being serious or not 😂 I appreciate that not everyone can get a permission to shoot pigeon or whatever but I can't believe anyone would pay that.

When I learnt a lad I went to school with failed around the same time I passed for driving to slowly as he was doing 45 in a national speed limit so ie not observing the road signs.

I had gun safety drummed into me by my old man with an air gun when I was young, on the odd occasion my lad wants to use his air gun he knows the first thing to do is to repeat those words back to me. Even if he never takes to shooting like I have I like to think he will always be competent around a gun, even if others are not.

To be honest ideally I'd like to put a red dot or something to try and negate the can obstructing the view, but have no way of mounting it. I'm starting to think a modded gun might come in handy for one of the places I shoot but don't want to go the whole hog and buy a new one 😂 although I would have a bretton and gaucher phantom if I could pick one up at the right price.

👍 Definitely better to have another lease of life than sit gathering dust. Half tempted to re-do my .410 folder in black and stick a can on the end, I'm never going to sell it because it's not worth it.

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😂 I follow her on Instagram, she really is a cracking shot and very talented.

Exactly the words I was going to use 😂 @Pangolin good on you for giving it a go, I did my first one around a year or so a go now, used pretty much the same method and product as you, albeit with alkanet then Danish oil lol. With what you paid for it why not do something different. Looks very similar to Amber Hill's clay gun 😂👍

Suffolk water park, that's the one couldn't for the life of me remember the name. I'll keep them in mind too, I did have one of those breakfasts before and wasn't well after so that put me off lol. Shame the two ponds on my perm haven't got anything in really because they would have been ideal. Thanks NB 👍 Cheers, I'll have to have a look and see if there's anything like that round here for the future if he enjoys it. Thank you 👍 Thank you, to be honest I didn't even know where to start looking. It's one of them things where not putting him off is the biggest thing for me.

I'd have great fun doing that!

Thank you both 👍 more than happy to drop a few beers as a thank you in return. I'll see if I can grab the bloke who runs one of the ponds in the village and see what he says, hopefully by the time the weather is better I'll have something sorted for him.

Lovely old job, thank you for the pointers 👍 Thank you for the offer too, I'm about 20-25 minutes from Colchester. I'm probably going to hang on doing it till next year anyway, weather reasons more than anything else, I don't think he'll enjoy it if he's cold and it's miserable out and I don't want to risk putting him off. Definitely, I know he likes the idea of catching something and cooking it up but once he's got a fish in the line I don't think he'll care what it is lol.

Cheers 👍 as I said I litteraly know zip on fishing haha. There's a couple ponds close and the river that runs through the local town but it all belongs to the same fishing club. I'm not fussed what we fish and I don't think my lad is either, think he's just looking forward to a day out with he's dad more than anything. Travel around the local counties isn't a problem if I can find somewhere that will supply the gear etc

I did spend a little time looking on Google, there's a big lake in near Bramford that I will give a call after the lockdown is finished. Ill keep an eye out for a book, do you have any suggestions? should it go well ill look for some basic second hand gear too, thanks for the suggestions and reply 👍 I did look at charter/day fishing trips last night, there's on in Lowestoft which is something like 8.30-5.00 at £50 pp which is a bit much if he decides after an hour he's hand enough. I'll keep an eye out for a half day one too. He did mention cooking and eating what we catch which is a positive thing to me, he's always been keen to have a try of whatever I've shot in the past. Thanks for your reply 👍 When he first said about it I did say to him it's called fishing and not catching for a reason 😂 But yeah I would definitely like him to catch something and feel that excitement of a tug on then line. I did get taken fishing off Weymouth pier once for mackerel too but never caught anything, wish I could remember more of it now but the bloke I was with did most of the rod related bits. Thank you 👍

My lad has asked me if I will take him fishing, he wants us to have a day out together and fishing had piqued he's interest. Aside from a trip on a mackerel boat and one carp I pulled out of one of the ponds where I used to work (purely by chance) I know nowt about fishing nor own any gear. He's not overly keen on shooting and I'm not going to push him into to but if he takes to fishing that would be fine with me so, Is there anywhere anyone on here knows of where a days fishing, kit and maybe a bit of guidance can be had? Suffolk area ideally but Norfolk/Essex would do too. Cheers all.

@hankymight be able to help?

I thought exactly the same thing, I've not trusted any manufacturers claims in the past. It's a 2.0 diesel blue motion, by the fuel receipts it averages in the mid 60's most of the time. Clarkson said it best, it's not what you drive it's how you drive. I don't drive slow by any means, I just don't use the brakes unless I have to, always look far enough ahead so you don't have to slow down when passing someone on a duel carriage way, over taking cars that are moving too slowly because sitting behind them burns more fuel than over taking, it all adds up. This car really is ridiculously good on juice.

It might not, but that's the facts. Going to work in the morning when I've had the roads to myself the best I've ever had was around 74mpg on the trip. Eco mode just seems to labour the engine the whole time, constantly having to use more throttle than you know you should need.

My golf does more to the gallon in sport than eco. Eco mode burns the most juice of all.