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    My dear friend, it is a pleasure to share what little knowledge I have. May I include Welshdragon in this reply. I will resist explaining my cleaning regime as many knowledgable forum subscribers have eloquently done so before. I would, however, like to respond to a few of your items. How often should I clean my rifles? This is a two part answer, the manufacturers have spent millions producing a fine peice of machinery engineered to the finest tolerances that modern machinery will allow. The bullet manufacturers have equally invested useing the information from the arms manufacturers, th
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    Right chaps, this has just got to stop! All this totally incorrect information that is being passed around the website. Sniping at bore snakes. Incorrect information resulting in people buying frightfully expensive cleaning solvents like Shooter's Choice, JB Compound, Dewey rods, Kano Kroil,Pro Shot jags and patches. Bore snakes are the finest piece of kit that has every been invented for the keen shooting man. I feel that every major rifle manufacturer should give one away free with every rifle. Bore guides should be abolished and oil should come in large cans with big nozzles so you can
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    As Snap Shot says get yourself a Dewey rod,bore guide and the Pro Shot spear jag. and either phosphor brush or nylon brush for your calibre. There are only one good sort of patches - the ones made by Pro Shot - they are made of better material - the others have inferior material and slide down the bore too easily. Reloading Solutions have all you need and will talk you through the purchase of the various items you need. Please dont listen about bore snakes unless you dont care about what happens to your crown. Right chaps, this has just got to stop! All this totally incorrect in
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    Deker. My Friend you have walked a few miles and watched more than a few sun rises. Good call. I'd say that exerience will bring the right tools for the job! It's a big step from planing to execution, and often a big surprise to many that their dream gun/calibre doesn't always deliver in the way they expected! What "may" look good on paper can often come up short when the real field tests start! ATB!!
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    Good evening. In your post you do not mention what model or make your gun is. If it is of a recent build most manufacturers use very accurate CNC machining with minimal hand fitting, makers such as Browning, Beretta and Miruko - the tolerances are very fine and in most cases with minimal work will interchange. The problems come with earlier guns, the only hope is that the new barrels are of slightly larger dimensions than the old, stating the obvious, metal is easy to remove, far more difficult to replace. Have you considered changing stocks? If I can be of any further help please do not
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    Good evening Ruth. Lots of if's and buts here. Gun fit is the single most important thing. The Gunmakers produce a one size fits all stance, and it is far from true. A properly shortened and balanced light 12gauge o/u, nice soft recoil pad and 21gram light loads to start with. Get a proper fully quilifed coach who will take you through correct stance and gun mounting and you will find you will be more than able to shoot a 12 gauge. you can then move to readly available 24gram cartridges that are a lot cheeper than 20 bore cartridges. I coach a number of lady and junior shooters, and try for
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    does oil adversely affect sythetic stocks as well? cos i have gone for the maxi-chav option and all my guns have synth stocks. cheers UG The major problem is with traditional wooden stocks i think you are quite safe. I can tell you that some copper solvents can bleech some man made stocks
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    A little over the top my topic title. As a gunsmith/stocker I have lost count of the hundreds/thousands of gun stocks I have seen oil soaked by well meaning owners. to much oil in the barrel and it all goes one way down into the action and into the head of the stock, go easy on the oil and beter still put the gun in your cabinet barrels downwards. Nag number two. the biggest give away to a shooters years in the sport is watch which way they carry their gun or rifle in the case. Zip at the top please or some time you will be paying me a visit for a new stock or costly repair when the zip
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    George a second hand rifle is allways a slight gamble, I am happy to by a second hand shotgun however if you buy through a large dealer and at time of purchase you ask for a note to be added to your purchase invoice that the sale is subject to you testing the rifle and should you not be happy with its performance that they will return ALL money's without question and get them just to sign behind their words. Any proper RFD will be happy to do just that. they should ask to put say a 7 or 14 day window on the deal.
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    Thank you Sage.
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    So pleased the s/s is back on form. Now its me/us that owes you a big thanks, after a long testing Monday to read kind words from you and black fox made my day with show the other lads in the morning. Very happy to help with any gun/rifle problems, between us we can sort most things. Best Regards Sage.
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    I have to say I am not a great fan of autos or pump shot guns great in a pigeon hide or back of a pick up truck lamping, great fun. So why do I have a slight downer on autos? They are often purchased by novice shots often for the reason of lack of recoil (good reason) but a gun that cant be broken in the hands of a novice can prove a little disconcerting and tends to raise a few eyebrows unless gun handling is impeccable. A traditional break action s/s or o/u at a glimpse any one can see is safe, but the auto is not so easy especially if you are on the left hand side of the shooter. All th
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    My local shooting ground`s clientel are far from this! Although we do get a few blokes who meet the above criteria - but I tend to avoid them. Id checkout a few local shooting clubs and see whats in your area. Its a great place to start, have fun and meet people. They`ll know about all the local competitions, and probably organise some themselves. Airgunning in general is becoming very popular atm and clubs are springing up all over the place, so you shouldnt have any problems finding some. If you do, have a chat to your local gunshop... they usually can recommend local places.
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    I coach a lot of juniors both sexes. At the age of nine most children would struggle with the size of a 12 or even a 20 but as you say you lads big for his age. So given he can saftly handle the physical size of either gun I would have him shooting a small 12 gauge 26 28 inch barrels, fitted very important. Nice soft recoil pad or pref recoil reducer and 21 gram cartridges. The benifits are many. Please take care not to over face him at a young age. most my students at that age would be shooting a 28 gauge or a light twenty fitted with a recoil reducer and little light loads the recoil reducer
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    One of our customers had a problem such as yours. He was a smart chap and got on well with his local farmer he got said farmer to write a letter stating he was going to offer a job of vermin controler to this chap and offer him a part time job, with payment,ONCE all the paperwork from the police was in order put a different twist on it. Worth a go, he got an open ticket in 4 weeks of the farmers letter. just an idea.
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    [c ode] [/code] What a shame my friend. I am one of the 4 gunsmiths/gunmakers at UK Gunrepairs in Somerset. We are a bunch of old boys the young lad in the workshop is in his 40's and the rest 50 plus total workshop time for us put together is over 150 years at the bench. We have one young lad 15 that is keen as hell and we all would give hime a chance,but so much red tape, health and safty ect. our workshop is full of things that would send the H&S officer into a spin. To give you an Idea when I started in the trade my first job was to make my own vice claps casting them in lead th
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    hi you have worked with the guys in Italy alot can i help? regards Sage uk gunrepairs
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    always clean my c/f's but put a fowling round through before I go start my next shooting as a clean barrel does affect point of impact.cleaning does prolong barrel life. I was once under the mistaken impression that a cleaned bore (C/F) needed a fouling shot to bring the group back. Now I disagree with that statement. I shoot 6.5, a 17 Rem and two 22.250s and can honestly say after cleaning, the second bullet goes virtually in the same hole as the first - reason? Perfecting one's cleaning regime. To the bore snake boys - dont bother reading any further as your accuracy is going to b
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    Only had 2 of the new Webley models through the workshop so far. so that is a plus for a start. my view is they are good value for money and a good starter gun for your son. One of their models comes with the stock option of being factory shortened with suplied spacers very good idea except does me out of a job or 2. My advice would buy a good used Miroku browning or Beretta and have it fitted to him and dont be frightened to keep pace with his growth. The models mentioned are hard to find, very popular and a few pounds more but trust me the best way to go. And the big pluss is not only are
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    Respect your work and share your passion for all things wood. As a stocker for the past 40 years if I can be of any help with tips or just to chat over a problem, I am hapy to help anyone with your pasion. Good luck keep rubbing REgards Sage.
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    HI I worked for the UK importers of Lugi Franchi way back in 1968 through to 72. your gun is 100% Franchi. in the early 70's Franchi launched a number of new models on their standard and alloy actioned guns I think I recall the CNC style of engraving. The Importers then were Millard Bros at Mitcham Surrey but sadly not with us now. Most parts are still available and I belive there is still a uk importer WEB SEARCH WILL GIVE YOU A NAME. I have aquired parts for some old Franchi models straight from there factory in Brescia Italy. They were very helpfull. Hope this helps Regards Sage.
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    Hi Tom. Read your post re your 4.10. the barrels dont sound good and that fact prompted me to reply I am a fully qualifed gunsmith, and barrels that are discribed as horrid and very pitted tend to make me question weather they should be used. Very pleased that you have taken them for inspection by your gunsmith. and pleased he has given them a clean bill of health,but when it comes to safety it may be wise to get him to take another look or seak a second gunsmiths view, you can get another gun but new hands are slightly harder to aquire. Take care Sage.
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