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Sweet11-87

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  1. its not on the doctors or staff, if it were it would be an isolated thing. schools, buses, rail,, border force, airports, freight, postal service, BT, binmen, firefighters, baristers all have been on strike in 2023 or late 2022. im honestly surprised the political parties dont throw the next election because at some point the music stops and whoever is in charge when it does are finished. they deserve better working conditions and pay, we all do, but to deliver that we all have to be taxed more and whos realistically gonna sell that to the public in the current climate and expect votes. situations untenable. stall stall stall. only viable tactic. and thats all they have done and all they will do.
  2. take it the bloke asking for one in the wanted section didnt want this one
  3. i kind of had the same thing. the last 4 or 5 years decoying results have declined and the last 2 have been very poor, but roost shooting results have been the best i ever had. maybe (at lease in my area in the north east) the decent summers have made the availability of woodland food like ivy and acorns more abundant. i was still in tshirts late october, maybe the pigeon calendar has shifted about. who knows its the fun thing about wild birds i suppose
  4. is what it is, id not worry yourself about it especially if it arrived before you've even had a chance to complain its annoying but its not the end of the world.... its fox stink and it was only a day late. The reality is, a mysterious bottle of liquid was posted, at the bussiest time of year and unfortunately it went walk about. arrived a bit late. if its the postage cost is it really worth your time jumping through the hoops for what? £10?, if its principle it was a mistake and mistakes happen. i doubt giving someone whos working over xmas a hard time if gona fix anything. try and enjoy the holidays. p.s ive heard good stuff about this lure i might have to order some myself, no doubt karma will get mine lost in the mail and i cant really come forward and say anything about it now
  5. all articles i can find just lead back to LBC and LBC is and has always been paper thin journalism. no statistics, no numbers doesn't even mention the country or what type of migrants they are. id wager the story is actually "Christmas sees an influx in economic migrants returning home to see families"
  6. near Sunderland mate so only about 2 hours or so out and by the sounds of it well worth the journey
  7. i dont think old people are bad drivers per say but with age everything slows down but the car. and theirs a reason were not allowed to drink and drive. how many old people are driving around with the reaction and mental sharpness of someone whos had a skin full?.
  8. im north east and im always game go to out for a shoot, drop me a PM and well sort somthing out if youd like mate
  9. theyre not warm gloves. theyre gloves that provide grip in all weather conditions and they excel at that imo and i wear them most of the year round . my hunt for waterproof warm gloves with dexterity is still ongoing as i find the macwets fall down a bit on the foreshore but as someone else said a pair of latex gloves under them does go a long way to keeping the cold out. ive had a few pairs of macwets and im a big fan
  10. it would seem they only make em in a 4,5 now but i bought a fair few and they are stamped with a big 3 on em.
  11. yeah he said anything bigger than a steel 4 is "high velocity" ive got a slab of eley vip eco steel 32g 3s at 1230fps that are neither high velocity or high performance. each to their own but for me its painfully simple fleur de lis- high performance, anything else -standard steel. as for chokes ive found it starts to make no diffrence or blows the pattern out worse after half choke so i just use half maximum across the board.
  12. my lord we having a go at the postie now?. got a 40 ibs cinder block here id like it taking from the scotish border to london please and i want to be able to track were it is at any point at all times. the bloke id like it taking too works shifts so youll have to keep trying his door until he answers to sign for it and make sure youve got a pen becasue he wont have. and it best not be marked at all when it gets their, youve got 3 days cheers. im offering £20 and if out goes pear shaped i want £50 back......any takers?
  13. im still onboard with BASC if im honest, i know people give them no time of day but i cant help think they seen all this coming and knew it would be a fight that might be lost to a major detriment. the volantry transition away from lead for game shooting where the meat will enter the market food chain and single use plastics was a move to pacify and divert. i dont know about any of you but id take that in a heart beat now if they left smallbore, clays and game i shoot for personal consumption alone. the weight would then fall on the shoulders of big comercial shoots that all seem to have transitioned to none toxic 2 seasons ago with no issue.
  14. agreed. the plan was to show that the shooting community can be flexible and reasonable and at the same time control the situation on our terms on what was clearly coming down the line to us anyway. ok it wasnt handled as well as it could have been, but realistically without basc wed be in a bit of a situation becasue who would have squared away the GL issue a few years back or the countless none starter court cases by packham. theyre also still pressing on about licencing turn around times. self fufilling prophersy not suporting the only organisation with any really clout thats on our side. i ask again whats SACS all about becasue if they have some clout or talk some sense ill become a member of that too.
  15. they are what they are. a day out with my mates looking at stuff and getting hands on. then i go home and find it way cheaper on line. if its not a big purchase and the diffrence is a few quid then i gan home with somthing new. aslong as i get in for free with basc ill still go every year.
  16. im not his mate like lmao, ive never met the bloke.
  17. im a basc member and for the most part support what they do. this sacs orginisation, honest question what do they do?. are they at the courtcases, legal actions and promotions for the sport or are they just an insurance firm for people who have a bad taste for basc?. not wanting to start a fight more intrested in fact as ill support both if they are somthing more. already been on the website and its all generic they got to make it themselves afterall.
  18. went belly up in may by the looks of it. bloke who posted the comment above on airgunforum posted another about 3 weeks later saying hed heard it from the horses mouth. how and why ive no idea.
  19. the conical locking pins/bars are made this way to account for this they just self adjust so it stays tight. aparently you can aslo get oversized hinge lugs for when they start to show wear never heard of anyone needing them.. but honestly id probably not have an issue with it at 15 years old even if id did 100+ clays a weekend since new. theyre pretty robust guns. get a hold of it youll feel if its tight and solid
  20. gold E recently picked up a 1993 s686 special and i love it. thought it was just a silver pigeon before they were called so, but got my hands on a new SP and honestly i feel mine is a bit more gun. SP still great guns but beretta are obviously keeping the price competative and profitable so little things had to give. 2008 is nothing for a looked after quality gun. and id say it will be the better built gun. a decade or 2 down the line and the gold E will probably be worth twice the SP
  21. would be nice if they gave you a refund on good faith given that you have traveled 5 years in a row, but sadly thats as far as you can take it, T&Cs are the same as every even like this. none refundable, none transferable and non negotiable. if its through redbox events you can insure your ticket at the checkout, and they will be glad to remind you of that when you call. fingers crossed for you mate but if you get a refund in this after the events already happened youll be the first ive heard of.
  22. soon as i get home the gun comes out of the sleve and sits on my cleaning mat on my desk for an hour or so then it gets cleaned and oiled and back in the safe. unless your house is inherently damp, what will put damp in the safe is putting cold guns youve had out in british weather into a warmish safe and then locking the door.
  23. decathalon/solognac 500 neoprene waders. had them 3 seasons at lindisfarne they get worn in the river fishing in summer. cannot fault them. shoulder buckles on back away from gun mount point, heal moulds for mud patterns, shell holder, phone holder, repair patches and 2 year warrenty.im so sold on all the solognac gear i should be a rep by now. all my pigeon gear is the same until they pulled the line from the UK. even the binos stand up price to performance wise
  24. i use a 261 daily for work and honestly it has no guts with 20" bar. 18" and it ok.
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