TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 A Mate collected me at 13:00, I knew where I thought we should go to. We arrived to find the farmer cutting the next field from where I hoped to set up. The field I was after will be harvested tomorrow. So chatting to the farm hand, he suggested another field. So off we went and set up 600 yards apart. Well thankfully my Mate had a few shells stashed in the van, so when I ran out I had the long walk. We finished with 78 picked and 14 we just couldn't get to and a couple of crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffgg Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 well done dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 You had a lovely day both weather wise and a nice lot of sport , your net blend in a treat and I noticed you got several young ones , they are the best ones to eat and I recon they have only been brought up on grain until they met there end . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 17 Author Report Share Posted August 17 Yes a nice westerly breeze from my left and the 8 birds in the front are the youngsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbert Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 Cracking result, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 good effort there dont think I have shot more than half a dozen squeakers this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 That was a brilliant day out and a good bag at the end of it. Well done and thanks for posting. Out of interest, were you using that lovely newly acquired Browning A1? OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 No, I took my VERY old but still loved Hatsan Escort with its 24" barrel and 1/4 choke. My shooting Mate was impressed by the range of some shots, but the majority came to the large (40 Decoy) pattern. After we had packed up, I took Graham for a pint in the Sun Inn and then to the Cottesmore Fish and Chip Shop for Haddock and Chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbert Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 A pint, fish and chips and 78 pigeons picked....living the dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Great day out, well done. Nice presentation so we can count the birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Sounds like the perfect day all round, well done 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 very good day out well done. only some dream about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 What a great day out 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Excellent bag nice to see a pigeon post from you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 34 minutes ago, yickdaz said: Excellent bag nice to see a pigeon post from you 👍 Cheers, I do get out and often take a few pictures. May well get out again in the next couple of weeks, just to keep my hand in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 19 Author Report Share Posted August 19 As a passing comment, I took the old Escort out with me and was pleasantly surprised how the Hatsan 1/4 choke worked. It was shooting well out to a good distance on the few long birds I tackled. Yesterday I took the gun with me to shoot a 100 bird ESP Reg and when finished I took the escort in to the Gun Shop and got Paul to measure the degree of choke. It is actually a good 1/2 choke and is much like the old tulip choke design, opens our initially then tightens noticeably. I can only presume it helped the odd selection of cartridges I was using. NEVER too old to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: As a passing comment, I took the old Escort out with me and was pleasantly surprised how the Hatsan 1/4 choke worked. It was shooting well out to a good distance on the few long birds I tackled. Yesterday I took the gun with me to shoot a 100 bird ESP Reg and when finished I took the escort in to the Gun Shop and got Paul to measure the degree of choke. It is actually a good 1/2 choke and is much like the old tulip choke design, opens our initially then tightens noticeably. I can only presume it helped the odd selection of cartridges I was using. NEVER too old to learn. It also helped with you being able to point the gun in the right direction in the first place and the right choke and cartridge become a bonus . But how many times have I heard people blame the chokes they are using as the main reason they are having a bad day , very few blame them for being to open as most think the choke is to tight and need opening up a bit , as you say , You are never to old to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 19 Author Report Share Posted August 19 (edited) 4 hours ago, marsh man said: It also helped with you being able to point the gun in the right direction in the first place and the right choke and cartridge become a bonus . But how many times have I heard people blame the chokes they are using as the main reason they are having a bad day , very few blame them for being to open as most think the choke is to tight and need opening up a bit , as you say , You are never to old to learn Oh I quite agree, much easier to blame one component of the mix rather than the bloke with his finger on the trigger. Off out on the search tomorrow, a chap and his son are keen to have the chance of some Wood Pigeon shooting. Edited August 19 by TIGHTCHOKE More F's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Oh I quite agree, much easier to blame one component of the mix rather than the bloke with his finger on the trigger. Off out on the search tomorrow, a chap and his son are keen to have the chance of some Wood Pigeon shooting. Good luck for tomorrow , the local combines have been going non stop for the last two days , getting it cut mainly on the marshland before the weather change . I noticed somewhere on another thread you were saying what a difference it make in having your gun fitted , this is no doubt good advise if your pockets are deep enough , sadly our pockets were never that deep. Over the years I have come across some excellent shots who have moulded themselves into the gun they have either bought second hand , or off the peg . one chap who was in our shoot for years was one of these sort of shots , he lived not far from Henham and would often pop into Bidwells for a round of the sporting clays that would be set up for a competition , he wasn't into competitions and just enjoyed the round , once John Bidwell told our head keeper who used to take a team from the estate now and again that many years ago this bloke once got a score that was higher than the bloke who ended up winning a major competition , he was a fairly shy bloke who preferred going around the round by himself , now his shooting days are well and truly over but if there was ever a natural shot then he would have qualified . On your travels around the clay grounds have you come across anyone who stand head and shoulders over other clay shooters who have never been fitted with a new gun and is just a very good natural shot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 19 Author Report Share Posted August 19 I have seen far more shooters with all sorts of cardboard and electricians tape on their stocks in order to get the fit correct and then they get the stock changed to their measurements. I still have the Beretta stock I used to set up my guns last century when shooting lots of registered competitions and being supported in my shooting by the RAF. As you have said before, far too many people look for something to blame rather them and their poor gun fit. If you can mould yourself to the gun and it works that is good. But I always wonder about the man who spends a fortune on a lovely gun and fails to spend a few more pounds on having it fitted to him. Takes all sorts I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 THANKS for your reply , You would know the price of stock fitting and new stocks far better than me as I have been one of those who have had to mould around the second hand gun and as I don't shoot clays and I can cope with that . On the cost side , a few weeks ago I went down to a little clay shoot near mine and the guns were all in a rack , one o/u was way above all the others by a good four inches and one of the blokes said your alright have a look at it , he had a brand new stock fitted by Beretta and he told me the wood was just over £300 and wait for it , the stock made by Beretta was over 3K , he was a tall bloke with long arms and where a normal stock was around 14 1/2 inches , this one was over 16 , yes 16 inches , if you have got the money then why not , but if he ever sold it , who would want a o/u with a 16 inch plus stock , also to me it weighed a ton as the stock also had some weights in it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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