HantsRob

Personally I think it's probably the best new semi on the market currently, for its price point.

Are you ever over towards Pompey or Fareham? I am down there relatively often. I'd give you the £500 you're asking, subject to barrels being ok etc

I bought a butt pad from them last year, and in all fairness they couldn't have treated me as more of an inconvenience to their chatting if they tried! Decent clay ground all the same.

I feel a lot of anger in that post, and frustration. I believe you are incorrect on several issues. With regards to covering cost of all elements of the licence processing, including overheads, they are not running a profit. Also the deficit is then covered by the council tax. What the full recovery process is suggesting is that everyone else doesn't have to pay for your licence application and renewal. In the world of business and finance, they are not profiting as it stands today. I would however agree for simple renewals that this would absorb some of the overhead costs for complex cases, and to pay towards issues that result in revocation, storage etc. Whilst you may argue storage is free or covered elsewhere, overhead allocation will say otherwise. Whilst you may not see a shorter than life term is appropriate, there are very few things that are ever issued for life. There are many documented reasons why every 5 years is a potentially good idea, and if you look at the revocations every year that are missed by BAU activities, it's a very good idea. I think the better argument here is that BAU should report better, which would then negate a 5 year period. Your comment about your driving licence is partly valid, you don't renew it every 5. But you are forced to do it every 10. Or, when you turn 70. By your own comment, maybe driving licences should either renew more frequently, or we need more driving tests to prevent such carnage a car can cause when used in anger? In short, your comment is talking about treating the symptom, but not the cause. For example: If we could have Doctors and Police working on tangible reports/evidence on ill health, safety concerns, and Police involved occurrences, we could negate the need for shorter and costly licence re-checks, rather than them only appearing on the 5 year check. Finally, the mandated doctors checks should have negated many of the concerns around reporting ill health and unsuitability, however this is not working efficiently if at all. If that system worked as intended, it could have meant we could leverage our shooting organisations such as "the voice of shooters" (other organisations are available) to fight for longer certification. Sometimes the wrong argument is presented, and whilst we fight around symptoms and not causes, we will get no-where. HantsRob's 5 penneth. FWIW.

Pics for those that can't open a zip file easily from a phone.

The validity period of a licence seems to be a waste of time. It can be 100 years. It will be the frequency of checks for ongoing eligibility that really counts. If the Docs and Police worked efficiently in safeguarding, then either/both would be able to alert licencing if any adverse reaction occurs. That should already be happening anyway!!

Welcome onboard. It may help if you list where you live, barrel length, and LOP.

Out of curiosity, how many weeks before it's due to expire did you put in your renewal?

Oooo you have an RFD licence for the rest? Proper fancy pants! Side question, I assume the 10k "limit" is mostly anecdotal rather than actual law?

It would just be easier to stop the legal sales of lead cartridges, and the transition is then absolutely guaranteed, so TC doesn't feel rushed to shoot his 9,999 cartridges in stock! I have a few thousand, I will burn through those next year though.

Close enough, with various links. In addition my ex-wife has been on them from a youngish age, and we had similar concerns. I think the doctor was quite blunt in saying that we shouldn't think about what it may do to her, but rather what's possible (such as DVT as an example) if you don't take it. Final thought? If you get "excess" bleeding from a cut, get a knock to the head, "small car accident/bump" just go to A&E or at least call 111. There's a risk of internal bleeding for knocks to the head for example, and just not worth messing with. I am not trying to scaremonger, just to say be more aware for the 9 weeks! Good luck with the heart ablation! Wishing you good health and a speedy recovery. 🙏

Are they able to say objectively what they found disappointing? Did scores drop, and why? What about the performance did they not like? How much of this is a bad taste before they started? I ask that as I once moaned about CompX being "slow" compared to others. A reply from an international shooter was around consistency, that if you always use it, you become accustom to its use and can be as adept with it. He said something similar around steel that he doesn't want to change as he's used to his go-to cart, but he will adapt fairly easily. I just wonder what the cream of the crop have to say at to why it's disappointing? I am not a pro-steel fanboy, I am trying to understand why they were disappointing, to expand my knowledge.

I get the joke, not taking that away. Shotgun wounds are going to be particularly gnarly, however tourniquets and celox still work great even on persons on blood thinners. Of course, centre mass at close range isn't going to be able to be treated with first aid!! To the OP, think of it more as an anticoagulant, rather than a blood thinner. The thinning element is around the lessening of clotting, and it does NOT thin/dilute the blood. Yes it can make bruising easier, and yes injuries bleed more. Like most wounds, direct pressure is the best result, it just means you may need to do it for longer, or seek secondary aid.

To be fair Scully, this is an excellent self promoting BASC post where PW folk can see some of the great work. They can get involved or not. It's a great post. 👍

Tramadol wouldn't show on a typical roadside drugwipe. It only indicates cannabis and cocaine, and without a blood test it wouldn't indicate. I think the more interesting point is that misuse of Tramadol may be worse. I worked for a large government agency that had "random" testing. I am sure they tested randomly, but it was an easy way to "randomly" select someone if an accusation is made.