Poor Shot

As above Beretta Mobile flush chokes surplus to requirement. Improved cylinder, modified, improved modified and full. As new condition £45 posted for the lot.

I don't really drink, Christmas and Birthdays aside. I find that the following mornings become following afternoons very quickly once I've come around and it's all a bit of a waste of the day. I'm usually up early on a Saturday and Sunday anyway doing something shooting or fishing related. I don't want to be sat on my deathbed wishing I'd spent less Saturday and Sunday mornings in bed with a hangover. Some may side with the opposite. Though when I do have a drink I love a guinness. I can happily sink them all night without feeling bloated or gassy. Lager leaves me with a headache and cider leaves me ****ting bullets the next morning.

I don't want to come over all traditional but I kind of agree. You can quite often get 3-4 shots at the same bird as it circles trying to get back to it's pond. It's not exactly sporting and frankly, boring. I'd much rather flighting wild birds into a fed pond or shooting them over the marsh. The latter especially is a lot more difficult and requires a lot more fieldcraft than being stood in field shooting at pet ducks.

Same question but replace grey partridge with Mallard ducks? Will we see a lot of traditional shoots move over (more than current) to the rearing and release of Mallard in place of Pheasant and Red Legged Partridge? I believe that the Mallard that exist wild in the UK and the Mallard that are reared are of the same species and therefore not a non-native species? They are also far easier and cheaper to rear and easier to hold in an area given they will often keep returning to their 'home pond' despite intense shooting pressure.

Drip drip drip drip.. One by one they'll all become restricted and then drop off the general license in Wales until there are none left and the general license becomes defunct completely. Can BASC do anything about it? It's probably a huge waste of time trying to speak to those lunatics in Welsh gov/ NRW.

Maybe BoJo, Sunak etc but not some self important boyo from the Senedd. He'll be lucky to head up his local allotment association now he's out of office. To the world outside Wales they are nobodies. They don't have the facilities while in office to award favourable national contracts or suitably change legislation to suit their supporters. Self important little busy bodies treating Wales like their own version of the Sim City video game.

Would you really want the job? Best years of your life spent boot licking and climbing that greasy political pole. Selling your beliefs and values for a shot at the first minister role. The eyes of the nation on you at all times and decisions you make crucial to the countries position on the world stage. Your name forever carved into history for the right and wrong reasons. Hair grayed and eyes disheveled from the ceaseless lurking of the media and the ever circling pack of wolves that are your fellow AMs. All that for a wage comparable to a middle to upper management role in any of the UKs larger businesses? Or that of a chartered surveyor or accountancy practitioner? There are easier ways to make a living which is why only the dregs and the scum end up in front line politics.

I signed, I've no skin in the game other than a hatred of the constant urge by councils to develop green spaces. It's a never ending battle where I live and they won't be happy until every green space has a house, supermarket or industrial estate on it. There are plenty of brownfield sites here due to the industrial past but they just seem to rot with little interest from anyone.

His wife is dead and his son is a convicted sex offender so yes the statements are true. Mark Drakeford has caused untold misery to the people of Wales both directly and indirectly through the policies of him and his party. Untold amount of people passed away unnecessarily due to his inaction and **** poor performance during his tenure as health minister and as recently as 2023 he and his party orchestrated plans to shut down a large percentage of the rural economy in Wales through the gamebird licensing proposals. As someone who lives and works in Wales and is Welsh I feel that Drakeford deserves a good thrashing. He's held nothing but contempt for his subjects and I'm glad to see the back of him. He and the Welsh labor party are no more than parasites.

Sadly, he'll be replaced by another labor lunatic that is likely worse than he was. Wales will never get a leader that we deserve. Good things don't happen to good people.. We can only hope that a Senedd election is pushed for and subsequently called as the new FM won't have a mandate to rule. What's good for the goose is good for the gander and all that.

Please tell me how you would tackle the issue? Given that we've already proven the prohibition doesn't work.

3.2 million discussing steel shot and choking, 0.6 million blasting BASC and the rest about red cartridge cases.

I'm sure 99% of people couldn't give a toss should someone else want to go down that path and ruin their lives. That's on the individual to make those life choices. It's when that life choice starts to interfere with the lives of others when the individual has to lie, cheat and steal from others to fund that drug or alcohol habit. Ask any tradesman who's recently had their van broken into and their livelihoods stolen just how they feel about addicts and other associated scum. Its rife just now.

British columbia only decriminalised drug use. They didn't legalise it meaning the control and supply is still in the hands of the criminals and the selling of drugs commercially remains illegal. The issues of an uncontrolled and unregulated drug supply still remain. In the UK possession of a small amount of an illegal substance is often served with nothing more than a slap on the wrist when caught which is effectively what B.C have done just unofficially. A quick Google reveals that there is only one bricks and mortar store in the whole of B.C that is attempting to sell drugs under the decriminalisation scheme but they are facing huge challenge In remaining legal.

It's cheap and highly addictive. It's apparently being used by some dealers to cut with other more popular party drugs. It ensures that your middle class, company director/ weekend wide boy keeps coming back for more instead of the occasional weekend and Christmas party 3 for £100 deal.

I have a KOFS Sceptre in 28 gauge. From new it was less than £400. I'm sure you could pick up a lightly used example for under £300. It looks ok on the outside and has yet to fail to fire which is good enough for a gun that I use 2-3 times a year at most. Being a budget Turkish gun it obviously has signs of cost cutting if you look for them. The underside of the ejectors are roughly machined, it has an alloy action rather than a steel action and the barrels are coated rather than blued. A more traditionally manufactured gun like a Lincoln will set you back close to £1000 but will be better quality.

Legalise 'party' and recreational drugs and take the control out of the hands of the criminals. If you could go to a club for example and buy over the counter substances which are industrially produced and regulated then there would be no need to buy charlie or MDMA cut with fentanyl and drywall from some dodgy bloke with a burner phone. Part of what makes these drugs so damaging is the lack of control over their strength and what they have been diluted with. If you could ensure that these substances are sold in fixed quantities with a known strength then a large part of the risk is eliminated. A lot of overdoses come from using very weak and low percent purity substances for the most part with the occasional batch being very high purity. When a regular user then takes the high purity stuff in the same quantity they find themselves dead very quickly. There is no way for the user to know what they have. I would also suggest that they are taxed in same way alcohol and tabaco are and the earnings directed toward prevention and treatment. If a criminal organisation can ship coke half way around the world through multiple parties with each stage taking a cut of profit with a healthy allowance for interruptions by the law then I'm sure that approved organisations could manufacture, distribute and sell these products in licensed facilities for far less even with a large percentage of tax. Buying in this way also removes the link to harder drugs. There will be no more 'Sorry pal, don't have any coke but I have this crack you can try. It's the same buzz, trust me'. It seems to work well enough in Amsterdam and large parts of the US with Cannabis.

I much prefer morning flights. It's generally easier to collect shot ducks in increasing light than pitch black, even with a good dog. The weather has been very poor so far this year with very infrequent ideal weather, wind and tide combinations. I've had a few trips out which resulted in me sat watching a perfectly flat calm sea with ducks roosting on it 200+m out despite the met office promising strong winds which would have pushed the ducks into the marsh. Now the weather has improved slightly it's peak game shooting season and I don't have the time to get to the marsh. You can almost guarantee that February will be cold but calm for the entirety of the remaining season. If only I were retired and I had all the time in the world..

It's not uncommon in registered sporting or FITASC events for the squad to be in the immediate vicinity of the stand or hoop. Especially where friends are shooting together and offering some coaching to or ribbing the shooter in the stand. Shooting from a hoop enables the shooter to point the gun anywhere. It's up to the shooter, course setter, ref and bystanders themselves to ensure that they are acting safely in that environment. It's not too hard to imagine a situation like where a person has taken a single shot at a no bird simmo pair, lowered the unbroken gun with one shot remaining, turned to acknowledge the ref and created an unsafe situation. That's not speculation on this particular case but it can and does happen to even the best of them.

Terrible situation for all involved. A woman with life changing injuries, another who will have to live with the consequences of her actions for the rest of her life and likely also an instructor who failed in keeping them safe and also has to carry that for the rest of their lives. Any idea what the shooter and possible instructor could potentially be facing from the law? I often see shooting ground employees who are there on minimum wage to fill traps, cut grass, general dogs body as well as host groups for hen do's and other parties. Unless properly trained and renumerated, it's not a job I'd want to do (More an observation than an assumption of the case in this particular situation).

Good write up. Its the buzz and feeling of a good days shooting that I try (and often fail) to convey to anyone who asks what pleasure I gain from a day stood in muddy fields murdering things. It cannot be accurately conveyed unless experienced for real IMO.

In this context an air rifle is relatively harmless but you are correct in stating they should be treated with caution as per any other firearm. Unless you cop one to the head or neck it's unlikely that you'll need more than short trip to A&E to sort out. In comparison, being shot with even a 22lr sub is quite a lot more serious and life threatening. The purpose of a brightly colored tip or other telltale signs would be to make the police question themselves prior to instigating a full scale response. A response would be required nonetheless but at least they can approach the situation with a suspected imitation airsoft or air rifle rather than having no choice but assume that they are dealing with a real weapon. I'm not sure a would be terrorist would be too concerned with trying to conceal their weapon as an imitation toy gun in the hope that a lesser response ensues. Even carrying an imitation in public would ensure a police response of some sort. It would certainly be quite far down the list of terrorism priorities.

That's correct but it does make a lot harder for the police to identify as a harmless air rifle, especially when it has a dummy bolt and magazine. It's makes the situation as a whole more dangerous as the police cannot easily identify that the gun used is an air rifle and forces them to approach the situation on the assumption they are dealing with a real life weapon. When it hits the fan it would be near impossible for untrained officer to tell the difference between a near miss from an air rifle or a centrefire rifle. I am anti-ban and I would never propose a ban on 'tactical' looking air rifles but purposely dressing up an air rifle to replicate a firearm is silly. At least they should have an identifiable mark such as a dayglo tip to signify that they are a relatively harmless toy and not an illegally sourced assault weapon. I believe airsoft and replica toy guns are both subject to that for very similar reasons. Very lucky that the perpetrator didn't end up dead as a result of his stupidity and the very casual attitude the police seem to have in training non-firearm officers in firearm ID.

I had a MK7 Fiesta ST that I bought new when I was around 22 which was probably my favorite car. It handed like nothing else i'd ever driven and was reasonably quick with 200bhp and around 1200kg in weight. It was a ST3 model in spirit blue so it looked brilliant and had all of the options and extras and as it was a 16 plate it even had the revised suspension setup so it was a little easier to live with day to day. What I'll never forget though was the almost crushing anxiety that came with owning it. At the time they were being stolen in the hundreds so leaving it anywhere other than the private car park at home was a risk. It was also the first new car I had ever owned so every stone chip, every swirl mark and blemish was heart breaking. There was also the constant fear hanging over my head that any day a NIP or worse would drop through the letter box as a result of some spirited driving. It was far too easy to break into license losing territory and a prison sentence would have been easily achievable on a longer straight. A job change and company issued cars meant that it was left gathering dust and I sold it for around 70% of its cost new at 4 years old. If only I had known COVID and the resulting sky rocketing of used car prices was only 6 months away I'd have kept hold of it and likely sold it for what I bought it for. I'd also rediscovered shooting and country sports and a 3 door car with lowered sports suspension would have lasted all of 10 minutes. I was also given a 22 plate Audi A6 S-Line as a hire car for a few months while my company car was on order. That was a beautiful car and surprisingly good off road with the quattro system. The BIK tax was devastating given the £56k list price and high C02 emissions. It worked out around £1200 over 3 months in just tax alone. It was also relatively terrible on fuel, never once achieving over 35mpg from it's 2.0 TDI.

Looks to be a black ops tactical sniper air rifle from SMK. https://www.justairguns.co.uk/black-ops-air-rifle-22/ As a person I am anti-ban anything but dressing air rifles up as a military firearm is something we could do without.