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Fellside

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  1. A tip given to me by an electrical engineer: use silicone tubing cut to 1” lengths to insulate the terminals, as it stays put. Works very well. The silly little plastic terminal covers (as supplied) just go AWOL in no time.
  2. This is very true. And……. of course in bonny Scotland you can shoot them with lead shot over land.
  3. Excellent work Conor. Clearly there are several important economic benefits. However, the biggest gain has always been difficult to express in monetary terms, and that is gains to ‘public goods’ via the preservation and enhancement of key habitats. This appears to have relevance which is more emotional than monetary. (I must apologise for not having read the assessment - time pressures etc. perhaps net gain to public goods gets a mention…..?)
  4. Well done for supporting the farming community - and good luck to the Welsh farmers!
  5. Yes I understand your caution, as often these ‘guidelines’ can be adopted more firmly. 10 ducks though…..?! That’s a fair old heap for one gun.
  6. I don’t see anything wrong with what is being suggested. “No more than 10 ducked per person per day” is more than my own self imposed limit, but gives flexibility for those who don’t shoot very often.
  7. Carrion crows yes: 'conserving wild birds of conservation concern'. We all have a few red listers nearby. Have a look at the BASC gen licence summary - quite useful.
  8. The ones I bought were dedicated clay cart’s, called F3. They are red (which of course makes them hit more…🙂) and they have 7 1/2 and 2.4mm stamped on the box. I think they cost about £300 ish now. I’m sure they do an F3 game range also - I hear good things about them but have not tried any yet.
  9. Fair point MartinJ. There is always the fibre F3 for clays and real pigeons. Same thing re UK 7s. Last time I bought them - about £280 / thousand. Probably a tad more now. Quite like these Italian jobs.
  10. I meant I (myself) was in danger of cartridge rambling…..! Yes UK 7s - I find them to be great on real pigeons as well as the clay type….. 👍
  11. Agreed re FBlues. I tend to use more open chokes - and then patterns are fine. I think high antimony shot does just pattern tighter generally. Anyway, I should stop there otherwise a long cartridge ramble may ensue…… 🙂
  12. Everyone will have their favourites. I can only tell you what mine is: Fiocchi F Blue. In terms of price they appear to be a cheapie, but they are a quality performer made with good components.
  13. I haven’t bought Lyalvale cart’s for years. I won’t bore you with the whys and wherefores - but this quality issue doesn’t surprise me at all.
  14. Good suggestion - especially given that their misinterpretations are likely to throw a wrong steer for beginners.
  15. Multi chokes are like everything else - if you take care of them they’re fine. After learning the hard way, I now always (always!) take the chokes out after rain.
  16. You could try WD40, also tap the outside of the barrel on the choke area with a wooden tool handle - say a file handle or similar. Gently does it. Your just causing vibration, not a proper impact. Also over tighten the choke along with trying to loosen it. I’ve only ever done this once and it worked. If it’s really solid it’s the diesel option. Good luck.
  17. I have little knowledge of the 20 bore side of things. However I have just bought a used Silver Pigeon 12 bore sporter, in pristine condition for £1,300. 5 yrs old. That may give you a rough idea. Mine was from a dealer so included the dreaded VAT. Perhaps have a look on Gun Trader.
  18. Don’t tempt me. There are some nicely balanced 20 bores out there these days.
  19. You’re right Fargo. I mentioned the 525 as I have used a few of them over the years. However they produced the B425 ‘Wildfowl’ along side them for a while - with the new barrel type. They all got changed to ‘back bore’ Invector Plus at about the same time. Mirokus also. I always liked the look of those Wildfowl models, but never got round to trying one.
  20. Ah yes - the Maxus got the ‘back bored’ Invector Plus barrel also. Browning made a lot of marketing noise about this at the time.
  21. Browning ‘back bored’ barrels. Used from half way through the B525 production to current new ones. Can’t remember the date of change exactly - but circa 2012. It will not fit earlier ‘standard invector’ barrels, they are very different.
  22. Interesting - thanks for the replies. Right now I would be quite pleased with £5 compared to last year’s prices.
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