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I've never shot a goose; in fact, I've never pointed a gun at a goose. And it's a long, long time since I shot a duck. Now, however, opportunity knocks. Keen to learn, I've bought some books. I was surprised to read the following in Mike Swan's good book "Rough Shooting". Talking about wildfowling, he says that his father believed in small shot and they tended to use 6's in Eley Impax with 1oz. of shot, and Hymax at 1 1/4 oz. But one day he ran out of 6's and used some Impax 7's he had in his bag; he found that "they worked admirably"- he missed no more than he usually did, and the proportion of wounded birds "fell dramatically". He says, "Today, for all normal game shooting and wildfowling purposes, I use these 1oz. loads of No.7's, with my gun bored improved cylinder in both barrels. (improved cylinder in both barrels... - my comment) If I were marksman enough to use full choke reliably, I might go up to 6s for extra range, but I know that my shooting would deteriorate dramatically". Even for geese- which he acknowledges "pose a special problem"- he breaks with tradition and uses 4's or 5's rather than 3's. He says, "Earlier this season (early 1990s- my note.) I was surprised by a Canada coming in from behind. I took a hurried shot and it fell very dead to a 1oz. trap load of 7 1/2 shot from quite a reasonable altitude". I think this is a good book ,one which I'd recommend for folk in my kind of situation in relation to rough shooting generally, but I was really surprised to read the above. I was also interested to note that he makes no reference to a need for a 3-inch chamber, though that's maybe implicit in his reference to "Hymax", etc. I wish, though, that he'd spelt that out as I'm thinking that I need to get another, 3" chambered, gun if I'm to make a job of the goose side of things. I guess this subject has been done to death over the years on the forum, but I would like to hear reactions from those with more knowledge than I i.e. everybody on here.

Hi all just looking for some help I've got a cz 22LR and wanting to take the gun to have the barrel cut down dose anyone no how short I can have it taken down to and what are the pro's and con's of having this done thanks shippers

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Hi I need to fix a firing pin in one of my shot guns. Any suggestions of local gunsmiths in the Chippenham (Wiltshire Area)? Thanks Ry

I am looking to buy a second gun. Only to be used by my guests so nothing special. I am willing to pay up to 50 quid . I am located in Cambridgeshire and I can colect from the area! Cheers!

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Hello all Im new to this site so thought I'd start by asking a simple question, so here goes... Does anyone know of gun shops that have a large seletion of 12 ga over and under by the likes of Beretta in the hertfordshire? I'm willing to travel as im based in Cheshunt but just wanted to know if anyone out there can recomend one. Also slighty unsure on what barrel lenght to buy so would like to see the full range in possible. one shop said "the longer the better" even to im only 5"6... So any help would be great PS, im sure (not 100%) that The EBSC clay shoot is on this sunday, so hopping to get there early. Thanks for your time and thanks for reading Reagrds