paulos Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 There's absolutely no need to rest the pins on anything. Leave it cocked, it'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I remember when I was shooting at Bisley last year before I moved, I only had a camo vest I use in the field, and it worked so I didn't worry about changing it. I always thought it was funny - if I was out shooting with the regulars there nobody would really worry too much, but a few times you'd get a group of very well off pheasant shooters come down for some skeet. They'd see me and some of the looks were brilliant. They were bettered only when these guys couldn't hit a barn door (10-15) and I was knocking in 22s and 23s - the looks then were priceless. Didn't happen often, just a few times, but priceless when it did!! I had the same with my SBS heard a bloke say to his wife about 'the pretty little gun but not very practical for this.' well his O/U did not fit well or he could not shoot for **** missed most of the birds over the top, I offered him a couple of words of advice tho!!! I had the same thing at the World Championships. I was shooting in a ghillie suit and pink Y-Fronts, using my Baikal fencepost and a camo wedding veil. I beat the entire Great Britain team by 4,560 clays. All the gear and no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskymac Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I had the same thing at the World Championships. I was shooting in a ghillie suit and pink Y-Fronts, using my Baikal fencepost and a camo wedding veil. I beat the entire Great Britain team by 4,560 clays. All the gear and no idea Just nearly died choking on a wine gum when I read that Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I had the same thing at the World Championships. I was shooting in a ghillie suit and pink Y-Fronts, using my Baikal fencepost and a camo wedding veil. I beat the entire Great Britain team by 4,560 clays. All the gear and no idea Made me chuckle Chard but my experience was somewhat different to both yours and those other two guys. Let me expand if I may, I pulled up at an un-named but quite well appointed clay ground, stepped out of my oldish but spotlessly clean Range Rover, nodded politely and exchanged a few pleasantries with some acquaintances while I perched on the tailgate and changed from my driving loafers to my old but highly buffed brogues. As it was quite a warm day I didn't bother with my pheasant motif jumper but just slipped on my usual shooting vest after snipping of a stray thread that was hanging down from where my good lady wife had sewn on my county shooting badge. Put 5 boxes of my usual brand of clay cartridges (not the most expensive admittedly but cloth has to be cut). Got the 12 bore out of the travel case, put it together and slid it into it's gun slip. It's an over and under 32" barrels, a popular model with clay shooters but too long and heavy for a pigeon hide or walked up shoot and the tighter chokes would have made mincemeat of the average driven pheasant. Anyhoo you can guess the rest I'm sure, it was one of those thankfully rare shoots were you are squadded, and I happened to end up with a group of thoroughly decent chap which proved you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, one was dressed in what appeared to be a moth eaten gillie suit and was shooting some sort Russian made gun, a Bike Al I think he called it, whether that was the make or just his pet name for it I didn't find out. One of the others was head to toe in camo gear which was a bit of a nuisance really as we could never find him when it was his turn to shoot, when he did reveal himself he was shooting one of those semi-autos which was the cause of some amusement on three of the stands with his empty cartridges bouncing back off the side of the cage and hitting him in the face. Another was shooting a lovely little side by side game gun and he shot very well for the first 7 stands then he mentioned his shoulder was playing him up a bit and he started missing more than he was hitting. He was also the subject of some good natured micky taking as on two stands he realised that he had left his cartridge bag on the previous stand and had to dash back to retrieve it. The other squad members where pretty much the same as you see at any clay shoot up and down the country, some smart, some scruffy but all in the same basic "uniform" of the clay pigeon shooter which most agree is pretty functional. Well I think you know were this is going, yes your right those three " live bird" shooters made fools of us clayshooters and took the top three places on both our squad and the shoot!! No sorry just the opposite ***** were whupped and the guys with the correct tools for the job triumphed. I did take one tip away with me, the guy in the ghille suit persuaded me that a certain colour of y-fronts was a sure fire shoot winner and do you know, I think he may have been right. Mr Potter All the gear and at least some idea!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 their is some tackle tarts hear eh! i were jeans and wax jacket if its gona be a damp day or geans and mole skin shirt, kinda like evey other day realy. gun clapped out breda semi-outo with half a shooting times on top of the stock to raise it a bit carts..well what ever the boss gives me normaly 32g 5-6s and away i go. all this gear and i still kick *** of most guys i shoot with even the head keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Logic Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I think you may have missed the point there for me anyway. I simply used to use my old camo vest with as you say "correct attire" apart from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I found shorts, sandals and a string vest was best when I shot in Singapore :-) https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kBS4AldpVSFjsdBZZK6JJQ?feat=directlink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Thank you Mr Potter, That was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit the frog Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 nice one Chard! kermit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 It's been a while since we had a 'my farmer mate with a sbs with a stock made from pallets and bailer twine shot more than a load of blokes with 10 million pound Purdeys' threads. In a way, I miss them So, the OP must have about 10 grands of stuff he can't possibly shoot without now, do we know if he has actually bought any of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I remember when I was shooting at Bisley last year before I moved, I only had a camo vest I use in the field, and it worked so I didn't worry about changing it. I always thought it was funny - if I was out shooting with the regulars there nobody would really worry too much, but a few times you'd get a group of very well off pheasant shooters come down for some skeet. They'd see me and some of the looks were brilliant. They were bettered only when these guys couldn't hit a barn door (10-15) and I was knocking in 22s and 23s - the looks then were priceless. Didn't happen often, just a few times, but priceless when it did!! I dont know about it not happening often, I reckon if I had a pound for every time someone reported getting a load of snobby attitutde from the Purdeys and Pimms set at a clay ground, before promptly outshooting them using a sweaty old Baikal held together with bailer twine, I could retire and live in a house made of cocaine and hookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timps Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 So, the OP must have about 10 grands of stuff he can't possibly shoot without now, do we know if he has actually bought any of it? I don't care but I do want to know what colour the underpants were and where do I buy a house made out of cocaine and hookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 You would need to speak to Zapp about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderdude Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 So far o have the following; Brattonsound 5 gun cabinet Lessons Glasses Ear defenders (free from work) Gortex Jacket.. Bargain from Forum Member Cartridge bag & gun slip... Bargain from Forum Member Bore Snake Large dollop of humour & ability to take **** out of ones self! Just need me SGC & gun now... Next two weeks that will be here! Your help has been most welcome.... Though decided to avoid flip flops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Now you'll have to run the gauntlet of what gun to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderdude Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Brand new Silver Pigeon 1 Sporter 30" to start with then following that the month after with a semi auto... Easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Now you'll have to run the gauntlet of what gun to get. That's an easy one. The mighty (s)Hatsan Escort. Best clay gun ever made, will cycle everything from .177 dome head pellets to 155mm Howitzer rounds. Even comes in camo to match 'unusual' skeet vests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderdude Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Maybe later, but more likely to get a Beretta or Winchester semi auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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