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  1. Looks like an aquilegia (Columbine) of some sort. Self seeds everywhere.
  2. Windswept

    Honey Comb

    As a bee keeper I would advise against putting honey or comb out for things as honey bees are likely to be attracted to it and this can lead to diseases being spread. The honey bees will mostly go home by dusk and I would advise binning whats left.
  3. A lot of people I know use a 2nd hand violin case, fits the barrel and bit that pokes out the back quite well.
  4. I also had problems with the plas wads following through the target, getting close to 12 holes for six shots at 10m, I now use two 20g nitro cards under the slug and the last comp didn't have any extra holes. I did notice others shooting factory loads also had wads separating and going through the target so a common problem.
  5. I can't help with data but have a few questions as someone else who loads the Lee 7/8 slugs. With regards to Bullseye I don't see any load data shotguns and would be curious to know why before using it. Many other similar powders are used for both pistol and shotgun. I use Viht N320 with plastic wads and a roll crimp with mine. Interesting to see your red dot load as I've N310 handy and the lead shot data is very similar to red dot. Do you have any issues with fibre wads and the undersized Lee slug? I find a suitable plastic wad works very well so not tried fibre.
  6. Another vote for socks, I picked up a load from JSRamsbottom, currently £3.19 each. They easily go on shotguns and with a bit of care over scoped rifles. I also live in the wet west and I'm not sure just heat alone will solve your problem as it's currently rather warm for the time of year just very damp and humid.
  7. Plenty of hornets around here still, I always thought they would carry on going to the first frosts. It's also been a very warm autumn which will keep them active. The other thing it could be is a queen wasp looking for a place to hibernate. It's hard to know the size as there's no standard size for a honey bee. I'm another vote for not killing them, I'm not just a hornet hugger but people seem to stand more of a chance of getting stung but trying to kill things. Either open a window and encourage it out or use the glass and card method.
  8. I've tried the Lee and RCBS but much prefer "Imperial Redding Sizing Die Wax". Just a light smear with fingers and a little cotton bud for inside the neck and it works a treat. Expensive but my tin is hardly touched after sizing a few 1000 cases. Easy to wipe off with a cloth.
  9. If it has any material that would be pruned this winter you could take cuttings or even try grafting some more. I've had some heavily damaged apple trees survive deer damage removing about half the bark so yours could be fine. It might be worth protecting the base of this one and the other one with chicken wire. As for variety, the original tree could have been a self sown one so one of a kind. I've got a couple of trees here I've grafted from unknown trees that have produced good apples in previous homes.
  10. Windswept

    Hedge ID

    I think there's more than one tree in the pics. The first photo, the twig on the laptop, looks like a dogwood because of the flowers. Some of mine have green or brown stems, mostly new growth but also some grown in the shade. Most does have reddish stems though. The 2nd photo does look like alder, the third I would say dogwood again.
  11. Windswept

    Hedge ID

    Your photo looks like common dogwood to me, Latin name Cornus sanguinea. It is quite variable and over the years cultivars have been bred that have more vivid stems and leaves, so the garden center stuff could be the same plant.
  12. In case you don't know they are Berdan 5620 type primers, suitable for Berdan rifle cases (with the anvil in the case), not the more common Boxer primer. Price wise who knows, primer prices seem very variable at the moment and Berdan primers are not that common. Finding someone who wants them might be tricky.
  13. There's a big range of 10/22s so I wouldn't rule out shooting past 25m. I shoot a lot of gallery rifle comps and many of them have 50m stages. They can be almost as accurate as a good bolt action. Some comps are hard to shoot with anything other than a semi. Personally I wouldn't rule out 2nd hand if you know what you're looking at or know someone who does. I've not known problems with subsonic target rounds but have seen people struggle with hollow point subs. Also high spec match barrels might look good but often need match grade ammo or they can be prone to jams due to narrow chambers. I would check over a new gun carefully as I've seen a a few where the stock to receiver fit isn't great and I didnt like the plastic trigger housing either. One thing to watch out for is dirt around the chamber, 22 can be a dirty round and you often get a bit of build up which hampers cycling.
  14. It still is used for pistol rounds, 38 & 357 in LBRs and rifles. There's shotgun data on the Gualandi site for it. As for the age, some people don't like to risk old powders so it seems to be personal choice.
  15. I don't think that is exactly correct. The circle with the line at the bottom means reset, so it's the distance since the trip computer was last reset. So nothing to be shocked about.
  16. How do they distinguish between multiple replies from the same person or different people replying with the same IP, e.g. two people who shoot who live together? I do get your point though. I decided not to give my name and address as the survey was not hosted on a government site and there didnt seem any guarantee who would have access to the data.
  17. It might help* if the name was correct , it GAEP and I think this is what's wanted: https://www.ballisticproducts.com/GAEP-BN2-Star-Crimp-Finisher-Steel-12ga/productinfo/GAEPC0112/ * Or it might not!
  18. I'm not an expert but have been sorting out problems for someone else. Firstly, bills rising is more likely to be down to the general rise in energy costs. If anything the smart meter should reduce bills. The smart meter should be able to send automatic readings. But, you can opt out of this so have you opted out? Secondly some areas don't have great mobile coverage and as the smart meter uses a similar network then it may not be picking up automatic readings. You provider can fit an aerial to it to improve matters. Smart meters can also go wrong, even power cuts can affect them and stop them sending signals. The solution is to call your provider and ask why they want a reading. If the meter isn't sending readings and you want it to ask them to fix it asap and if they refuse log a complaint.
  19. You may struggle to get hold of similar powders and most are going to be just as expensive. Ramshot TAC for example is more expensive in some places pound for pound as it's only 454g vs 1kg for Viht.
  20. Dorset, Devon & Cornwall insist you use their online form. It works fine and you get an email notification. The email notification does list all the details you've provided though in plain text, including DoB, full name, address etc!
  21. Even if you reload there's no wads for the .410 for steel or TSS - TPS wads always seem to be out of stock and their doesn't seem to be a European wad for steel in a .410 despite claims than various countries have been shooting non-lead for years.
  22. I would have thought the most likely reason to buy them is for home loading because you have slug on your FAC, just like thousands of people who reload for pistol and rifle calibres in the UK.
  23. You can buy the lump of lead without a licence. Some companies insist of seeing a licence before they will sell you them or other components but that's just their own rules. Edit to add, if you look around the Folkstone Engineering Supplies site they only say you need to show a licence for powder.
  24. Are you able to say roughly what Hortonium contains yet? For example does it contain Bismuth at all? Sounds very interesting to me as I shoot a .410s and .22LR a fair bit and there doesn't seem to anything that comes close to lead available.
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