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Shelve life For Plastic Cased Cartridges ???
London Best replied to marsh man's topic in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading
I used thousands on pigeon, duck and game. I never opened one up to see what was inside. I never felt the need as they seemed devastatingly effective (if I did my bit!). I only ever bought ones labelled No.7’s. -
Shelve life For Plastic Cased Cartridges ???
London Best replied to marsh man's topic in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading
At the end of January last season I took a load of mixed cartridges on a walked up day. I had nine old paper cased Baikal Records from a box of ten. I have no idea where they came from. I certainly have not bought any since the 1970’s. The nine Baikals produced six pheasants -
Shelve life For Plastic Cased Cartridges ???
London Best replied to marsh man's topic in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading
What kind of a numpty would store cartridges in an outbuilding? -
If you want a republic.......GO AND LIVE IN ONE.
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Shotgun cert, not enough space for a new gun.
London Best replied to Down South's topic in General Shooting Matters
Err, should have a dealers licence. -
Shelve life For Plastic Cased Cartridges ???
London Best replied to marsh man's topic in Bullets, Cartridges and Reloading
100 year old cartridges usually work just as they should. -
I haven’t shot a Goldie for over forty years now. Nor any other wader, come to think of it. I have gone the totally opposite direction to yourself and now virtually leave the wild birds alone and just shoot reared stuff. I suppose the ‘in vogue’ word for it would be “sustainable” shooting.
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And they are SO delicious!
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HELP Please - Anti Fog / Non Steamy shooting glasses
London Best replied to Downforce's topic in Guns & Equipment
Surely, they are essential for the right “image”? -
Rewilding, remember? The wolves will have eaten all the sheep.
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Reminds me of ‘The Navy Lark’ on the radio. Yeah, I’m old!
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And every bit of advice, here and elsewhere, will tell you to buy Japanese.
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I don’t know where some folks get all this doom and gloom stuff from. Shooting is so popular that if you are offered a place on a day you have to make the decision and snap it up right now. If you wait a week or a day or sometimes even an hour whilst you think about it, the place has gone.
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Amazing! More so because it has just taken Cumbria over a year to process a friends coterminous renewal of a long standing certificate.
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How much smaller is a 410/28 bore pattern?
London Best replied to Gungoesbang's topic in Guns & Equipment
Everything else in your post is correct, but there are NOT 256 pellets in 18g No.5. -
Of course not, that’s why all commercials are diesel. That and the fuel consumption.
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Second piece of advice: listen to the first advice.
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We have just bought a skateboard sized Toyota, made in Chekoslovakia.
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I have a stuffed bat flying around on a fishing line in my gun room. It’s a Pipistrelle. It flew into a Land Rover windscreen 25 years ago whilst I was stalking in the Borders.
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Trainee Gamekeeper Required
London Best replied to Sussex Countryman's topic in Gamekeeping and Shoot Management
That sort of package has been the norm for a trainee gamekeeper for at least the last half century. -
That’s the end of those then!
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I used to put those tyres on my 90 for Summer road use! Useless in Winter fields. BFG mud terrain rules!
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In the 1970’s, when I was using exclusively Baikal cartridges (cheapest!) everyone in my little syndicate, shooting in a 600 acre forest, said they could always tell when it was me who fired the shot.