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A Remington 1100 gets my vote, the barrels are interchangeable and not expensive.

A 5 bore would be .976”, so that’s probably what you have,with a slightly smaller slug.

Same in Wales,free hospital parking and prescriptions,the woke Drakeford government is good for something at least,though I think if people with say over £30,000 income paid £5 for their prescriptions the money could be used for important nhs needs.

I last had a check up at my nhs dentists 18 months ago, have had regular 6 months visits for decades,then suddenly they decided 12 months was enough,since then my dentist left the practice and they haven’t got a replacement- not sure they are trying anyway as they want to force us to go private.When I ask them I keep getting the same answer month after month- we will call you in when a new dentist starts, question is when? years,decades? or in truth,likely never!

Yes, it’s JCB-SS2400, I still have it, 20 years old, 40mm cutter,very heavy steel construction.

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I was 15 in 1972 when I cycled from Ringsfield to Halesworth with my shotgun certificate and my Dad’s too,my first 12 bore was a used BSA Snipe which I put in a case over my shoulder and biked home about 8 miles! In 1972-73 I was buying their Style cartridges 30 gram loads for £1 exactly for 25, Eley were £1.15p Yes I remember old Lindsey Tilney,and in 1971 bought a second hand .22 Webley air rifle from him,£8.50.He used to shoot regularly at Redisham hall, passing our place in his Morris 1000 estate. I think he died in 1990 age 85. A gent,unlike his son who I knew at school,a big show off,and nasty at times!

I bought my first shotgun from Richardson’s in 1972 for £13 Alan was in the shop then! I have called in buying various things over the years, not much changes except the prices. I believe both brothers are still working,Leon now 78,and Vere 74.

Not sure if still made now but JCB made a very good branch muncher up to about 35mm diameter. Very powerful motor with a reverse gear!

For a child so young and small I would start with a small air rifle,I imagine even the lightest.410 will feel too big and heavy for her,and even the low recoil will be more to a young child. 10 is probably a better start age with shotguns in my opinion.My nephew gives his 7 year old boy a few shots with his HW 97,but he struggles to even see through scope properly.

If it was me I would sell,and buy much cheaper place to live,depending on area this might be £150,000 or less, alternatively sell and simply rent somewhere for the rest of his life,yes rent is expensive but no one to inherit anything anyway so the lot can be spent.£300,000 invested would bring in almost £15,000 a year income after tax.

Some people just aim to be the richest person in the grave yard! Some still want to grab every penny by working past 60 or even 70 paying loads of tax,just so they add to their savings balance.When they get older the nursing homes take it,or they pay a fortune in inheritance tax and undeserving families spend the remainder.

Of the two I would choose a .410 and use 9 gram 2” cartridges with number 9 shot. More effective at a bit further and cheaper ammo.

A man would work 8 hours for less than 75 cartridges then, today he would get about 200.

In 1958 Eley Grand Prix 30 grams cost approximately 14s (70p)for 25 at a time when a man took home about £7 a week.So really it was 4 hours work per box. Today that box would cost approximately £12,about 1 hours work. We can get 4x more for our money now,and it’s still expensive!

It could be bought back from the insurance company and fixed for a couple of hundred. They may pay out market value, say £2,000 and sell back for salvage price of £400.

Roost shooting in woodland 3-4pm in November as they sail over the tree tops! Best if a gang of shooters are covering several woods for a few miles around.

That was damn good money(£4 hour) for a 16 year old then! I was 33,also in a factory and getting £3.50 an hour,about the best around here at the time.A 16 year old would have got about £2 if lucky!

Cartridges usually go up beyond the estimate prices,and with 18% buyers premium they become very near current shop prices.

Nothing wrong with an auto safety if you have a good memory,but they can be disabled as a gyn dealer offered to do for me once.

That’s a lot different to £4 an hour in 1990! (550%) Same job? Not many in the same type of job have seen that kind of increase in income..A single state pension was £47 a week 33 years ago.

Well no my income hasn’t risen 350% either as my total pension is now only £242 a week,I was saying wages in general and take home pay for working has risen 350%. However a pension in 1990 would probably have been just £50 a week,so up by similar percentage!

I had £3.50 an hour I think, seem to remember taking home £115 a week,would be over £400 now.

Interesting to see what our sport cost us 33 years ago.Our incomes have risen by about 350% since though!