Sweet11-87
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id suggest breaking it into multiple job lots of similar items or bring the price right down mate. The chances of finding someone who after everything on this list who is the exact same dimensions as you in a close radius puts the odds well out of your favour.
im not being clever bud simply trying to help as i know this advert was floating about in october, november last year and you said you were after a quick sale. running it by a local surplus store perhaps given that mostly old pattern army gear might be a shout also.
all the best, good luck with the sale.
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as far as i can tell no discount this year. £27 booked £30 on the door... seems a bit strong. best be better than the northern shoot show.
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9 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:
Hello, are they like full body shape new ? and with a flat bottom to sit in the water, i had that with old rubber duck decoys and just squirted some builders foam inside, it also help them floating
No these are the full body with metal spike for on land. flexible for storage just I think theyve been stored too long
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picked up some sportsplast goose decoys 2nd hand a few weeks back. the ones made of the the tough rubber "thermoplastic". theyve been laying in a shed crumpled for some time and lost a bit of the shape. i can push them back to correct but they quickly pop back into the odd shapes. my idea is tp pack them with newspaper and givethem a warm up with a hair dryer. before i do anyone had this problem and how did they solve it?.
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21 hours ago, Minky said:
They'd be a good load if you were standing forward on a fox drive. Since the ban no one makes anything like this. How many have you got.?
gamebore mammoth , lylvale max game, hull ultramax, eley maximum and fiocchi magnum. all the big uk names has an offering
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1 hour ago, old'un said:
one of my pet hates
seen it loads of times on here where people advertise something but never reply to people, why do they do it?
is what it is. probably sold or he might just be busy idk. but i know what oyu mean and the frustration has a correlation with how much you want the item lmao
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well i didnt get replied to a month ago so dont hold your breath
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i read about this a few years ago its not something that can be done all over but in a few spots. if you think of the geography of Europe and how they have migratory pigeons everything in the north is trying to get to the med and it bottle necks at northern spain and italy. and then at these bottle necks they funnel again into the passes over the Alps and Pyrenees. so yeah specific spots at a specific time of year.
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On 25/01/2024 at 14:39, HantsRob said:
I don't think that's a particularly kind comment, and I think it is a little uncalled for. It may be a jaded or negative comment, however it does hold value. Even if just 1 person felt that way genuinely, does it mean it has any less meaning or importance?
you are right everyone entitled to an opinion but hes came here to make an offer/transaction whatever you want to call it and gets picked to bits. the lad might have loads to offer in future and criticizing constructive or otherwise, can make him think "not worth the effort". then everyone's fingers are burned. the free opportunity section is depressingly dead enough as it is
im with the majority well on you mate, hope it went well
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2 hours ago, PeterHenry said:
I was thinking more in the past 200 years, which in my experience tends to be the sort of time frame people invisage when being critical of field sports - pepole in tweed with guns and in pink coats on horse - because it often speaks more of recreation that necessity - as you said.
However we did have places until fairly recently - and in Scotland continue to I understand - where you can freely shoot, and with less fuss and performance than on the continent - the foreshore. But here in England, that most egalitarian entry to our sport vanished. Still, wildfowling clubs are fairly close to what you are describing - everymans shooting on state owned land?
yeah maybe youre right in that respect but i still think hurdles are in place.
i guess what im saying is if you'd like to try clay's or target shooting avenues are available in a straight forward way. if for instance someone from an urban area whos maybe watched some meat eater or YouTube and becomes interested in the idea of the chase or the experience of putting meat on your plate yourself its a difficult thing to access if youre not lucky enough to have had a parent or grandparent to make your initial contact. not as hard as it was courses, guided hunts and stalking experiences have all started to emerge but its only really recently these have become viable options.
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9 minutes ago, PeterHenry said:
It's strange though, isn't it - because it's not actually, and never has been truly the case.
it is true though. not so much now but the roots of english hunting go all the way back and the common theme was always the haves and the have nots its stitched into our heritage. the new forest is the new forest because 1000 years ago the Normans cleared everyone out of an area to make it a royal hunting ground.
for a long long time it was actually illegal to hunt if you were "unlanded" so while the rest of Europe and the Americas were building a culture and heritage of hunting for subsistence we were cementing the shooting for sport culture and romanticism of poaching.
Even today 99% of us shoot by another's leave. France and Germany as do most of Europe have public hunting laws or designated hunting ground. In the uk you could have been shooting for 50+ years and every shot legally taken was at the permission of someone else unless you own the land. everywhere else you can hunt as a right unless youve given reason to not be allowed.
here you must seek and maintain permission from the landed.
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well that's the difference between section 1 and 2
section 1 you need to prove you should have it
section 2 they need to prove why you shouldnt
never thought about it that much and i honestly dont know were i stand on it. whats the point in having a gun for 30 years never shot?. but then again why not? aslong as youre same and of sound mind.
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the list of what it could be is endless, could be hes in the area making quota, could have been an anon call that someones concerned about your suitability to be a ticket holder. id seriously not over think it, and i always always kill them with kindness. end up having a good chat and they remember you and that youre sound.
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these days people are in education until the early 20s you can go to university doing PE and media studies or whatever and then enter the working world in the early 20s. If you want to be a soldier you'll be a soldier but its just not an attractive enough a preposition to people who are on the fence. You start on 18k a year and are still only making about 30-35k a year as a screw. thats the experienced back bones of the fighting unit on the same as a call center worker and not a rank you'll achieve in a year of 2 of just towing the line.
no level of advertisement or beating on the patriotic drum will turn that around until professional soldiers are treated as professional tradesmen ready to do the trade.
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sorted cheers
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looking for the above year edition of the eley diary if anyone has one. cheers
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location mate
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just as a baseline before i start i use steel for wildfowling, on the odd pigeon and personally i find it acceptable, i can get on with it and can and have killed with it plenty of times. but for everything else i use lead and always use fibre wad. i get why BASC put forward the voluntary transition and for the most part actually support it. why sink millions into an unwinnable fight make the best of a bad situation and do it on shooters terms and show we can negotiate.
the core reason im still using lead is this.... i feel like im (the everyday man) the only one taking the hit and carrying the weight. the ballistics are inferior how much isnt relevant but its agreed lead is better. why am i being told i should be using and encourage others to use something that costs over £525 a thousand when im currently using something that costs about £325 a thousand that only 2 years ago i was paying about £200 for and can still get on the continent for about £280?......that british made cartridges btw.
might be worth convincing the cartridge manufacturers to not cream us every time they get the excuse or opportunity to hike the price and maybe take a hit as we've taken the last 5 or 6 off the bat. were all in this together right?
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sounds daft. park it with the prevailing wind. ive noticed if i park my truck pointing down the street its way less frosty than when i park it up.
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cardboard pallet dividers about £10 for 50 and an old pallet..... or go to somwhere like a food wholesalers and ask if you can have the old pallet dividers. theyre usually thankful youll take them as they fill the bins up.
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23 hours ago, steve_b_wales said:
Is anyone going to the above this February? I am debating on going there, but I'll be on my own in my car. There would be room for 3 other's living in the Mid Glamorgan (CF39) area, all I ask is to share the fuel costs, which won't be a lot. Obviously, we don't all live in the same area, but I'm sure I/We could arrange something. I plan to go on the Wednesday (Feb 24th)
its Friday to Sunday mate feb 24th is a Saturday. next Wednesday is the 24th but youre a month early.
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7 minutes ago, scarecrow243 said:
he would have as the lead pellets deformed the steel could have gone thru the cheeks also non lead pellets for air guns have been tested and are useless after a short range they also don't deform
well like everyone youre entitled to your opinions and you may be right but literally everything ive read and experienced will lead me to believe the opposite is true. yes the harder material will deform less but its also lighter and will slow down quicker and strike with less energy. at any given range bar point blank were the point is moot lead is the more lethal material.
like i said above for the energy retention and penetration its advised to go up 2 shot sizes when using steel to achieve the results desired from lead.
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10 minutes ago, scarecrow243 said:
steel does not deform like lead does after hitting flesh it will keep going further
i appreciation what your saying but the laws of physics don't agree with you unfortunately. 2 projectiles of the same size and shape the heavier more dense of the 2 will carry more energy at a greater given distance. i hear what you are suggesting about softer lead deforming but the energy it carries pellet for pellet over an equal sized steel (very soft iron) will give it the edge. its why its been used as a impact projectile since they discovered it more or less.
both are very much lethal but i dont think the poor chap would have been worse off having been hit with steel shot. its the basis of why its advised to go up a shot size or 2 when using steel because its simply not as effective as lead.
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21 hours ago, scarecrow243 said:
if people keep saying there is nothing wrong with steel shot wait till someone is killed with it by accident where if it was lead shot they may not have been killed as lead deforms steel does not
but like for like shot size wise lead is more lethal than steel. thats kind of the main issue people have with it. im really perplexed by your take on this. under what circumstance are you thinking that the scenario you suggest? the argument regarding the safetly glasses is a bit flawed as steel of the same size is lighter and will slowdown faster.
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we will find out in time if its a 1 off or a flaw/poor quality gun. might have just got an unlucky one mate. i imagine the stocks arnt fitted by hand and if a bit of machining swarf in the threads might be enough if the bolt has been driven in to put stress on it. as for SGC customer service bought 1 gun off then a a 15/22 and the bolt in the pistol grip came loose after a few boxes of ammo and when i went to tighten it turns out it was stripped and they payed for me to send it it, sorted it and sent it back was gone maybe a month.
but that is an example of a poor design a heavy duty bolt threaded directly into polymer.. that is a common fault.