Taileron
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When I had my renewal in January with West Mercia, the FEO started that WM Police do not accept “due diligence” of simply hiding the keys, he wanted a key safe, which I subsequently installed.
He went on to say that guns are generally worth more to burglars than the average haul in most houses, so if they find a cabinet they will ransack the house to find the keys.
A few weeks later one of the houses on my estate go burgled, in broad daylight, and they got away with a safe (the size of an average fridge) which contained 40k worth of gold and ignored the shotgun cabinet.
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I have two, one .410 and a 20b, one for Mrs Taileron and the .410 for my daughter, both have had about 1k carts through so far and no issues. Both the guns are non ejector as I found (particularly the .410) the ejectors are very powerful and bang the empty cases about 2 meters over the shoulder. Both are junior stock models and fit a smaller frame very well. My wife chose the Yildiz after handing a browning 525 micro, beretta Vitoria, the other 525 ladies gun and a Kofs 20b. Nicely scaled down actions, nice wood and seem well put together. Not sure about the 10 year warranty, I was told 3 by my RFD. The only downside so far are the triggers, which are horrible on both but for £395 each brand new I can’t really complain.
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Nice one, just did the video for my little girl.
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23 hours ago, Centrepin said:
I couldn't always handle 5 pints of beer, but I tried.
Strange but true, when I joined the army the diet was beer, fags, and chips ( I was unusual because I didn't smoke). I earned £4.00 a week
Times change, but slowly in the military. As a young liney (1990) my diet was bacon butties for 10am when the first wave had launched. Lots of fags ( cowboy killers were the chosen smoke ) and brews, chips at the mess for 19:00, beer until blurry, bed, awake at 05:00 for another 12 hours. 30 years later back on the same Sqn its protein shakes/monster energy, vaping all day, 7pm chips in the mess and vodka shots/ cheeky vimto until blurry.
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I have always had a semi in my cabinet apart from now. I sold (virtually gave away) my Affinity to a good friend who was down on his luck and needed a boost. I have just (today) ordered a new Affinity De-lux, hopefully it will be here soon. For walked up I now use a S/S, I was using my O&U, this is simply for ease empty case retrieval. Pigeons ( in a hide) and clays I have and always will prefer a semi.
1 hour ago, Harnser said:An old keeper friend bent a piece of fencing wire around the action of his 1100 and adjusted so that the empty’s hit the wire on ejection . They all fell at his feet . Not very pretty ,but it worked a treat .
harner
Saw a bloke at millride using an elastic band to the same effect, worked very well.
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28 minutes ago, Zapp said:
Not at all.
Its like when people who never served a day in uniform bemoan how the kids today would hide under the sofa if it were 1939. They did it whilst the same youth were under fire in Basrah and Helmand.
100% accurate. I have spent my whole working life in the military and a huge amount of time in both of those places. The youngsters who were deployed just got on with the job at hand. My son has followed his father into the military and weeks before his wedding he/we tragically lost his sister. We just endured and again got on with the job at hand, his wedding. I’m at the very end of my career and occasionally we do get a idiot through the door but the vast majority are as good, if not better than when I joined up in 1990.
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38 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:
I think now is a time when you can make 'an offer'. They don't have to accept it ........ but cash flow and narrow margin is better than no cash at all.
Not sure what I could offer would be acceptable 😂
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I would have an Electric vehicle if I could afford one, far too much money at the present time IMO. I bought Mrs Taileron a Dacia Sandro as her run around, she crashes every car at some point, it cost 6k new and now has a dented door. My neighbour has just bought an electric mini, 26k new. Approximately the same size, the mini is a much better quality vehicle but 26k it should be. Until an accessible priced electric vehicle is available I think most will be buying a new petrol/diesel car in mid 2029 and seeing what the future holds.
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35 minutes ago, London Best said:
I would certainly agree regarding the Arrieta.
Garbi are also very nice.I visited Weismans in Cannock, he had a great selection of S/S, some of those you mentioned were in stock and had been refinished, they were in immaculate condition, but they were not cheap.
9 minutes ago, greylag said:Isn't it just so nice holding a s/side.They just feel right.Oh so nice.
I have to agree for walked up they sit lovely on the arm. I’m fortunate enough to have a very large permission so I went out last night for vermin control, it felt lovely but took me a bit to get used to shooting one again.
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1 hour ago, Dave at kelton said:
Welcome back!
Thanks👍
47 minutes ago, Gunman said:They were always solid but mainly basic finished guns . Better than many of the rest .
It’s very well put together, a few knocks on the stock but nothing serious. The action is tight and the blueing is good. No pitting or bulges in the barrels and the ejection is very strong. I had never handled one until yesterday, very impressed.
Are they still in business?
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I rejoined the club yesterday. Picked up a 28” Ugartechea ( I think that’s the correct spelling ) for virtually no money. Excellent gun for walked up.
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7 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:
Hopefully the poor job done by many firms is gone for good.
Nope, good old Hermes are still doing their very best. I ordered a few clothing items from M&S (Xmas gifts) last Wednesday. Saturday AM half the delivery arrived by Royal Mail. This afternoon I received an email from Hermes stating my items had been delivered so off to the front door I went.....no parcel......silly me, why would it be by the front door (like every other courier) when it could have been thrown over the 6 ft fence into a nice big puddle......let’s hope the plastic bag is intact.....nope a great hole in it......parcel now full of muddy rain/puddle water.
Amazing Service.
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2 hours ago, Realale said:
Never had an inertia gun before, how fussy are they?
I can’t comment on other models, I followed the instructions and “ran in” my Affinity with some heavy loads (32g min) and it cycles most. I tried to get it to fail by deliberately mixing loads, 21g is the lower limit. It likes 70mm shells and I mostly shoot lyevale power red/blue.
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3 minutes ago, billytheghillie said:
Look at recent post--- Need a new semi auto.
But to save time buy a Franchi Affinity
+1 Fully agree.
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17 minutes ago, Stimo22 said:
Me to
In USA it seems that you can buy the wood stock and forend for the Affinity but on in Uk
Spot on. The UK importers, GMK, stock virtually zero extras and have limited options for franchi in general. The seem to have an extensive Benelli and Beretta range........I wonder why.
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1 hour ago, Mr grumpy said:
In my opinion a 20 should be light and used with light loads,otherwise whats the point in using one?
I’m with you on this, I don’t see the point.
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Or one of these bad boys. I sold my previous Affinity a few months back as I was going to buy a John M Browning special edition maxus. My RFD, who promised to give me a bell when they were in stock didn’t bother and sold his pre orders, so I didn’t get one.
I hope Santa gets my letter in time.
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2 minutes ago, thebigH91 said:
just going off the owners manual - IMPORTANT : STEEL SHOT AMMUNITION “high performance” can be used in your CLASSIS shotgun with CYLINDER, SHORT 2/10, MEDIUM 5/10, LONG 7/10, XTREME 9/10 choke tubes.
Both my previous Fabarms did the same, steel throughout the full range.
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16 minutes ago, thebigH91 said:
Mine's steel proof up to Full choke - Fabarm Classis
That will be my next purchase, absolutely lovely thing in grade 5.
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12 minutes ago, figgy said:
As the saying goes, there can be only one, for sporting clays. The Benelli SuperSport, it beats the rest hands down, buy a good used one and enjoy the best auto there is around.
Breiley guns has a mint one in for £1295, had a look at it a few weeks back, lovely thing.
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12 hours ago, Fred Flintstone said:
Thanks taileron... I must admit, it looks as though there is more chance of getting a bit of a rough ride with them... more than 1 or 2 tales of woe which I rather suspect are in much less quantity (in terms of ratio to physical numbers) with, say, a browning.
Damn... I’m on the roundabout again!!! My missus can pick shoes easier than this, and that IS saying something!!
I agree mate, but still worth a good look over. Like I said if you get a good one they are excellent, just I got a couple of lemons ( which could have been damaged in the proof house, not the factory)
Lincoln make a quality gun and are available new for £599 for the base model, for the same you can also get a higher grade 2nd hand. Don’t for one minute think more cash=a better built gun, it should but sometimes it doesn’t. Pre lockdown I was shooting at oak edge following a party where 1 individuals beretta had lost its hinge pin, all manufactures can make a lemon.
The Turks can make a quality product for virtually no money, just ask any Hassan pigeon shooter who has thrashed their gun and it still keeps going bang.
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12 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said:
If it's a dedicated rough gun does it have to be new? Could pick up a baikal or an old sxs for <£100?
Not for me unfortunately, I’m one of those individuals that have absolutely zero luck with anything 2nd hand (not much better with new) but I have a guarantee to fall back on.
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Just to thrown into the mix my experience of ATA. I purchased the junior stocked game variant for my wife as it seemed to represent excellent value for money. She loves it, it’s not missed a beat, so I picked one up as a rough gun as I didn’t want to bash my miroku based on the gun my wife had. I ordered a 30” laminate version, the first one arrived with a dink in the stock, the second arrived with a dented rib, the third was ok and it performs well. Unfortunately the safety started to play up so I took it back to my RFD who exchanged it for a new W&S 912b. It appears to me that if you can get hold of a good one they represent excellent value for money. The guarantee is 2 years, so you will have confidence there.
The W&S is a different beast altogether, much higher build quality of the mechanical aspects but needs to have the stock properly treated from new, failure to do this and the first time it gets wet the finish turns to a dull washed out mess.
I have now given up on finding a good/cheap/new rough gun and am back to taking my chances with my MK70.
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Oak Edge, Doveridge, millride.