Leiopython Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi all, I've been looking for a good forum that's geared towards rough shooting as well as the other forms and think I may have found it!! Was out this morning with a mate but all I had was two rabbits with mixy :-( not exactly any skill needed there....mind you, despite an early morning tramp round the fields I still feel like I've been dug up! I've been rough shooting for about 18 months now and had my license and own shottie for about 6 months It's a Bettinsoli 20 bore and I love it. The closest I could get to the balance of a silver pigeon without spending over £550 (so not very close but it's still a lovely light gun) I do have a question if anyone can help? I feed about 70% of my kills to my snakes (no I'm not a weirdo covered in tattoos and piercings!), but whilst I know it would take a lot of ingested lead to cause a problem for my animals, I want to start using steel shot What kind of markings do I need to look for on the gun to find out if it's proofed for steel? Thanks all Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDCREST Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hello and Welcome aboard Helen...Steel shot proofed barrels have a Fleur de Lys stamped on the breech end of the barrels beside all the other stamp marks usually....Oh and don't use steel shot in a tightly choked barrel..nothing more than half choke ideally I would have thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hello and welcome Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve_b_wales Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi Helen. Welcome to PW. Enjoy your stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leiopython Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks all, I think I may need to do further research into steel shot...been reading a few threads and there seems to be a lot more too it!! Hi Helen from Hook Norton area. Where are you around Banbury? Hey I'm in Bloxham...so very close!! Where do you shoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi and to PW (Better hide my tattoos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcusgolding Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi and welcome. I'm from Banbury originally and now living in stow. Do you just rough shoot or clays as well? I enjoy A bit of everything airguns too. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi and to PW (Better hide my tattoos) Haha! No offense was meant (I do have a few), but there's always a stereotype isn't there ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hi and welcome. I'm from Banbury originally and now living in stow. Do you just rough shoot or clays as well? I enjoy A bit of everything airguns too. MG You escaped!! I'm originally from a village called Brill the other side of Bicester but moved here for a job I have shot clays a couple of times but I'll be honest, I find it a bit monotonous Rough shooting for me is awesome, we tend to go out for about 4 hours on average but we don't have any decoys nor have we figured out any flight paths so we just tramp around and keep our eyes and ears open. I won't shoot anything I can't use (like crows or magpies), I'll only ever go for grey squirrel, rabbit or pigeon I've been reading some threads on here and notice people shoot pheasant/partridge etc when it's in season but not on a paid for shoot.... What's the score with that? We've never really sat down and discussed it with our landowner, so would we need to have permission to shoot game (in season of course)? Does the landowner own the game on his land even if it's not maintained and no paid for shoots are organised? We've seen so many ducks and pheasant recently and we've just assumed we don't have the right to shoot them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcusgolding Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I did escape! Haha! On the land I shoot, they have a syndicate so during the season all game birds are off limits except the coots as they are harmful to the ducks. However out of season the farmer regards the left over pheasants as pests eating his crops. I have heard of the beaters on some shoots shooting the game behind the line of guns. I'm still quite new to all this and I'm sure some of the more experienced will fill us both in on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Haha! No offense was meant (I do have a few), but there's always a stereotype isn't there ;-) No offence taken Enjoy your visits ,,,,,,,Ohh and i like it RUFF ROUGH, ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 hi helen and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I do some clays but am looking to gain permission somewhere locally like you, where I can walk around for sport and fitness lol It definitely helps with fitness...amazing how the hours fly by before you realise it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I did escape! Haha! On the land I shoot, they have a syndicate so during the season all game birds are off limits except the coots as they are harmful to the ducks. However out of season the farmer regards the left over pheasants as pests eating his crops. I have heard of the beaters on some shoots shooting the game behind the line of guns. I'm still quite new to all this and I'm sure some of the more experienced will fill us both in on this. That's a sensible way of doing things. The landowner are currently going through a stressful time so I will probably hold off my questions to them until after Christmas The land is a cattle farm so I won't be able to use the crop damage 'argument'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Welcome to the PW forum :yahoo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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