Dave at kelton

I don' agree but am cautious. If the gun is not in your possession then I would tell the police. I moved England Scotland and left all my guns with my rfd until I had security in place. Police Scotland wanted to be told when I moved them up and back into my possession. I didn't look into the law just felt I could not be criicised for saying what I had done.

I never bin them they always have some use. Payne Galway type brushes are the best in my view. I have a selection accumulated over the years and from 100 year old plus cases. Just buy a new brush if you think you need it. I use a mix of spray oils and basic 3in1 types. If it' oily and you scrub the barrels it works. Blackpowder is different. I mop out with a mix of 50% neat windscreen washer fluid and water before drying and oiling. This mix removes all BP residue.

Difficult one. Firstly it is likely that as the first agent introduced you he is entitled to a fee if he got his contract with the vendors right. He has though been sacked it seems so may think he will leave the aggro to the new agent and then try and claim a fee. Acting for more than one vendor can be hell if they don' get on. I have been there! If you **** the vendors off they may say they will not sell to you whatever you offer. I think all you can do is make sure the vendors know you are still interested but not to the point you will pay any price and then wait for the new agent to be appointed and try to deal through them. You have not of course said if there is likely to be much demand as that of course does make a difference. Whatever you do don't **** the new agent off and don't slag off the old one. And by the way I am a commercial property consultant not an estate agent if anyone is sticking pins in my effigy

Not entirely sure about the hammergun point. The photo of Lord de Grey shooting three hammerguns appears to show the hammers at half cock with his loaders. It would make sense from a speed point of view but not safety which is why half cock exists as far as I was aware As someone who shoots hammerguns I would be interested if there is anything documented on this point.

This sounds awful but a brillo pad and oil rubbed lightly will shift them. The soap in the brillo takes the edge off the wire wool. I use it all the time on my wildfowling guns as they usually have rust when you take them out of the slip at home.

1. I only load heavy wildfowling loads or blackpowder and would not bother with game loads as it does not seem worth the effort. Others who know more abot cost may disagree. 2. Can't say 3. Do not see why not subject to 5. Below 4.You can get a good crimp but really need a good quality press and to taper the closure and cost of kit may make it uncommercial. 5 rto definitely performs as well in my experience but not unless you start with a new case. Never works brilliantly for me with once fired crimped cases. I am sure you will get plenty of sound advice on this.

Few points that may help. I have checked and my old Lee loadable will prime but will not deprime. I used to use basic hand tools but now use mec steelmaster. This is what I used to do If you drill a suitable hole in a block of hard wood you can stand the cartridge on that and tap the caps out with a steel rod of suitable diameter. To prime I used a large dowel in the case, upside down and tap the cap in with a punch or dowel that bears on the outer edge of the cap at least. I have done this for years and not set a cap off but wear safety glasses just in case. You have not mentioned what type of ten bore. If you are using a sxs or ou roll turnover should be fine and you can just get a roll turnover head for the drill, or a hand tool. Semi autos can be more temperememtal. My browning gold will not recycle rto cases even when shortened. That is why I bought the mec even though I have to weigh powder and shot. For this claygame sell very reasonably priced digital scales. Resizing is always a problem which again the mec does for you. You cannot guarantee both chambers are identical although they should be close. I used to use a resizing die to be on the safe side. You can squeeze the case through with a large g cramp held in the bench vice. I have to do this with my 8 bore cases. Hope this helps and pm me if you have any queries but I cannot help on NI supplies. Good luck

I am old fashioned and just used dubbin on mine. Used to use Nikwax liquid but the big tins are no longer available and I don' like the new stuff.

Wife is an easy fix just tell her they are an investment, works for me. Bank manager is more difficult as he just says No to the overdraft.

I load steel in heavy loads for geese. Because steel is less dense than lead it needs speed to kill cleanly so we never look to reduce our speed as we just end up wounding. I am looking for 1450 fps. You are looking for sub 1125fps. Look on Gamebore site and see what speeds their steel loads generate. They are fast for a very good reason; they need to kill. I would not bother doing what you are trying. If you really intend to load then you must must must recognise the steel is far less forgiving than lead. Don't experiment. Get a recipe from Claygame and stick to it. Weigh the ingredients accurately and don't guess by just filling the plastic shotcup. If I did that without my packers in the 10 bore shot cup I would be way over on shot weight with a significant increase in pressure and probably would not be posting this. I think we would all prefer not to be reading your obituary on this site.

Interesting article and worth reading.

I am in your area on Tuesday and could call and collect but cannot guarantee a time as travelling down from Scotland to High Wycombe via Halesowen. Likely to be late afternoon earliest. Would that suit you?

Please can we just rememer what a safety catch does. It locks the triggers and nothing else. So unless you have a shotgun with intercepting safety sears it does not prevent it going off. So a gun can still discharge with safety on in most cases. That could be caused by any type of jarring such as dropping and I guess snapping shut if the gun has excessive wear. The point is you can never rely on the safety, auto or manual, with a loaded gun and must have the barrels pointing in a safe direction, preferably skywards or into the ground. That is also why you raise the stock to the barrels not vice versa. In so doing the barrels are always pointing safely into the ground when the gun is closed. That is my two pennies worth.

Sorry for the stupid question but is the price for the two or each?

I have shot eveything in 12 bore from 25 to 30 inch barrels. I can honestly say only the very short barrels seem to be noticeably different. As has has been said it is all about gun fit and balance, not barrel length. Psychologically though if you are going to have a nagging doubt about 28 inch barrels then wait for a good 30 inch barrel beretta. It will come and welcome back into the sport.

First off I wear contacts for shooting in anything appoaching wet weather. Specs have the obvious problem, but also can steam up under a peaked cap. Worse still peaked caps such as baseball type have too long a peak and restrict or remove your view of over head birds. I largely wildfowl and cut the peaks right back on waterproof caps as when ducking below a bank you don't see the geese over your head. You will only do so at risk of a crick in your neck. My advice is try daily contacts and if you persevere they are by far the best way to go. Good luck

Great thanks guys will try and get a pair off sgs

I have a 53 plate l200 with snugtop canopy. The gas struts are now pretty weak and the window falls if jarred eg when the dogs jump in. Is there an easy fix replacement anyone can suggest not just a stick to prop it open. Thanks guys

Whar are you looking for something cheap, foreign, english etc

12 months is the minimum recommended age so the dog is fully grown. You also notice at that age the testosterone starts kickingin , leg cocking, marking etc starts to take hold. Older dogs it takes several months to really notice the change but young dogs it' seems stop these behaviours quicker. So stick with your vets advice and wait to 12 months or so.

Agree with layering and the Ridgeline Monsoon smock cannot be beaten for wildfowling as a top layer. Just sweat a bit walking but absolutely wind and waterproof. Good value too.

Thanks I'll take it just let me have the address for a cheque to be sent through via messaging

Does it come with the nozzle for sausages? If so I would be interested.

I work labradors three days a week through the season August to January. I always have dogs and have three castrated and a pup that is about lose his balls. I always have them castrated at 12 months. It has no effect whatsoever on their working ability but it does take the silly edge off them, namely sniffing, marking, chasing bitches etc. My dogs are all pretty chilled because that is how I like them so that is not a matter of castration. I cannot say what the effects on an older dog like yours is but would be surprised if it was adverse. There are many good breeders out there and if you have no wish to breed fro him I would have them off without a second thought. There is a lot of rubbish about them gaining weight or not working as well but that is down to the owner in my experience not down to castration. As usual there are the risks of anaesthetic etc but that is all as far as I can tell. Good luck