BlacknTan Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Greetings from the USofA.. Just thought I'd stop in and say hello. I hail from New York in the United States, and i'm an upland (rough) shooter running Gordon Setters. Also have an English Setter at the moment, but, she's a rescue.. We hunt ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, and the occasional pheasant. I've shot Trap (DTL), Skeet, and Sporting on a regular basis for many years.. I was born in Fishguard, Wales, and spent most of an idyllic childhood there until about age 5. Back and forth after that. Quite a few relatives still in Wales, although, we're all getting on. I'm just interested in friendly discussion with peers. I've grown tired of argueing on the internet! I hope to interact and learn from all you good folks in a friendly way.... Regards, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Welcome aboard Bill. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 to PW forums ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 hello and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 welcome bill...........what guns have you got i am off to your ex part of the world in august,staying at broad haven/little haven...week on the beach,barbies,cold beer and beach fishing mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Whatto and LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknTan Posted June 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.. To answer a few questions... mikkey, I've got a Beretta 682 for skeet, a couple of Perazzi, assorted Winchester, SKB, A. H. Fox, and the old Remmy 1100, that we all know and love.. A few rifles kickin' around including a Dakota in 7mm Dakota, (based on the .404 Jeffrey) Assorted handguns, including a Glock 19 Compact.... Blank guns for working the dogs, a Beeman airgun, and I guess that's about it.. Wish I was heading to Wild Wales with you mikkey! Haven't been back in a good many years now. I'd like to see the house I was born in one more time before I'm pushing up daisies myself... Now, a question for the members here... I'm surprised at the amount of gun activity still available in the U.K.! The American press, which is notorious for printing lies, has painted a picture for us that private gun ownership and use on your side of the pond is virtually non-existant... Please explain... or, should I start another thread?? Thanks again for the welcome. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlacknTan Posted June 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 http://www.uplandjournal.com/cgi-bin/ikonb...a/ikonboard.cgi? Sorry, I was banished from that BB last year... Can't read it there. It's a loooong story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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berettaman1 Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.. To answer a few questions... mikkey, I've got a Beretta 682 for skeet, a couple of Perazzi, assorted Winchester, SKB, A. H. Fox, and the old Remmy 1100, that we all know and love.. A few rifles kickin' around including a Dakota in 7mm Dakota, (based on the .404 Jeffrey) Assorted handguns, including a Glock 19 Compact.... Blank guns for working the dogs, a Beeman airgun, and I guess that's about it.. Wish I was heading to Wild Wales with you mikkey! Haven't been back in a good many years now. I'd like to see the house I was born in one more time before I'm pushing up daisies myself... Now, a question for the members here... I'm surprised at the amount of gun activity still available in the U.K.! The American press, which is notorious for printing lies, has painted a picture for us that private gun ownership and use on your side of the pond is virtually non-existant... Please explain... or, should I start another thread?? Thanks again for the welcome. Bill hi bill, and a warm wellcome, no your press was quite right, following the massacre of several little children by a pistol owning peodophile (legally owned) only a few years ago, all handguns were banned and some 60 thousand legally owned pistols were handed in and some goverment compensation was paid to the legal licence owners, at the same time the goverment made other draconian legislation which tightened the controll of certain rifles and calibers and use of,this bought other problems for shooters here as chief constables in different areas misinterprented the new legislation (deliberatley) and made it even harder for people to obtain a licence. the only people who have sidearms now in britain are the armed forces, the police,goverment agencies , and of course criminals, who all the time now are shooting people on a regular basis. any sorry to give you the bad news Bill, all the best my friend, Ron, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ryman Gun Dog Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Greetings from the USofA.. Just thought I'd stop in and say hello. I hail from New York in the United States, and i'm an upland (rough) shooter running Gordon Setters. Also have an English Setter at the moment, but, she's a rescue.. We hunt ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, and the occasional pheasant. I've shot Trap (DTL), Skeet, and Sporting on a regular basis for many years.. I was born in Fishguard, Wales, and spent most of an idyllic childhood there until about age 5. Back and forth after that. Quite a few relatives still in Wales, although, we're all getting on. I'm just interested in friendly discussion with peers. I've grown tired of argueing on the internet! I hope to interact and learn from all you good folks in a friendly way.... Regards, Bill Hello Bill and the Pigeon Watch Community I thought I would also stop in and say hello. Ryman Gun dog is my handel, born in the back woods, Potter County, Pa - USA Grouse hunt and Fly Fish, now prefer to now spend most of my time at home in the Pa mountains. Now retired, I own and operate a small Gun Dog Training business in the Pa Mountains. Have Ryman English Setters, Gordon Setters, and Small Munsterlanders in our home Kennel. Like Bill I hope to interact and have friendly converstaions. Hello from the Pa mountains Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squodged Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Good evening! And Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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