Thanks for the invite. I have now purchased the gun, bought some cartridges, a cleaning kit and took it for a try out. Great, no bruises, fits like a glove. As you rightly say, nerves do play a big part and have just about got into the swing of it now(especialy on the skeet shoot). Just need more practice when I can find some cheap cartridges. Not much discount by quantity is there? Regards Inis.