mel b3 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 as is usual on boxing day , i like to go for a mooch about to blow the cobwebs away , the last two years have been enhanced , by the purchase of a j.beattie and son , black powder hammer gun. i cant shoot it straight for the life of me , but , it really makes me smile. heres this mornings effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Nice one (or two) Mel. Lovely looking shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 good work mel. i like the old bang stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Happy New Year Mel. The only way to spend Boxing Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Cheers gents. The gun is a bosher special , she's a lovely old lady ,and is in her twilight years , I only take her out for a gentle stroll on boxing day , she's well oiled now ,and back in the safe for another year. When I curl up my toes Steve, she's yours mate . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 18 minutes ago, mel b3 said: Cheers gents. The gun is a bosher special , she's a lovely old lady ,and is in her twilight years , I only take her out for a gentle stroll on boxing day , she's well oiled now ,and back in the safe for another year. When I curl up my toes Steve, she's yours mate . I've got it in writing now, Mel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Seems like a nice way to spend a couple of hours with a lovely old gun. I have been toying with getting and old double 12 for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 20 hours ago, m greeny said: Seems like a nice way to spend a couple of hours with a lovely old gun. I have been toying with getting and old double 12 for a while now. get yourself one , theyre lovely . i cant shoot very well at all with mine , but it even makes me smile when i miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I suppose it would do no harm if I were to browse gun trader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Nice walk out Mel Bumpy and i had a good one today. A couple of Roe, two mins after we got out of the truck and 10 pheasant and a squirrel to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 what a cracking walk that turned out to be, memories like that Mel will be with you forever. Great that you have breathed life into that gun. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, oowee said: Nice walk out Mel Bumpy and i had a good one today. A couple of Roe, two mins after we got out of the truck and 10 pheasant and a squirrel to follow. I love it when that happens. A few weeks back , I was halfway along the first field, on a morning mooch for a deer , I spotted a fox and nailed it . Thinking that I wouldn't see anything else ,I wondered along to one of my high seats , I set about tidying it up , and messing with my phone ,and smoking my ecig (doing everything that I shouldn't be doing),when out pops a cracking fallow buck at 50 yards (I hadn't even pulled my gun up into the highseat ) ,I waited for him to move behind a tree , then pulled the gun up and got ready for when he reappeared, it was a perfect shot despite a slightly awkward angle , and he filled the freezer nicely. ? 2 hours ago, 7daysinaweek said: what a cracking walk that turned out to be, memories like that Mel will be with you forever. Great that you have breathed life into that gun. atb 7diaw We used to go piking every boxing day , and id bring a couple of jacks back for my ferrets ,but for several years ,all of the local rivers were in flood , about ten years ago ,we started shooting on boxing day ,and it's now become the new tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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