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Spectacularly failing to answer the question there by BASC. I would say that a single boot to the skull is not going to cause un-necessary suffering. If you have to put the boot in the second, third or fourth time then you might be stretching it more than a little though.

Sorry, been away sorting a move to Scotland. £525 posted and I will send the money straight away.

I have an original Sirocco, bloody brilliant rifle. Only putting out about 9 ft.lb but sub 5p groups out to 45 yards. I've taken it to pieces a few times, and it has a valve to adjust the power but I never would, it works so well as is. I think it could do with a good service, new seals would almost certainly give a little more power, but I don't know where I could send it for tuning/servicing since Theoben went pop.

This is all well and good, but the legislation specifically states that the power limit is relevant for "any projectile". If HO guidance came out suggesting a pellet, it would not be binding on any particular force (trust me, some firearms licencing departments routinely ignore, or (apparently) wilfully misunderstand the existing HO guidance) so there is the risk that in one force area you are ok, in another they can decide to use a different pellet and you might be over. As such, the suggestion really isn't all that helpful.

Aaagh, for some reason this has stuck on the first page, I can't see the rest of the thread.

Don't suppose this is still going, and if so, would you fancy a Hatsan Escort?

Shropshire dan, as far as I know there is no shooting at Dauntsey Guns, and no practical shotgun at Barbury. I visit Dauntsey regularly and used to help out at Barbury.

If you can post for 500 we can do a deal.

This still for sale mate?

Is BASC insurance ok Davy

Anyone who's been around shooting for any length of time has probably experienced similar. If it's not in the back garden it's on your perm. I've had mp5's pointed at me on a couple of occasions, nothing concentrates the mind quite like it. As the shooter, their seems to be an immediate assumption of guilt, that you must be doing something wrong. That said, I like to think I'm pretty liberal in my outlook, and I'd say it's far more likely to be a Sun or Mai, reader that's doing the reporting on the grounds that their particular rag says "guns am bad" and everything written in the papers m

Is there any allowance for people who can't manage the entire weekend, but might fancy turning up and remaking some old acquaintances one one day?

I have a Nikko Sterling range finder that I use a lot. Mainly I use it when shooting deer from high seats, but it's very useful when you set up in ambush for buggs. Get in position and then use the RF to get a definite range from known points. Maybe a gate post is 45 yards, that big bush is 20 yards, the big standing stone is 30. That way you can judge fairly closely how far bunny is away by comparing the distance against the known spots.

Great find, thanks. That'll be a good read one day when I'm not busy.

Yes shotgun, before you can own it "off ticket" you'll need a cert from the proof house stating that it has been de-activated to the specified standards. You can do the work yourself, if you have the tools and the knowhow. Of course, until it has been to the proof house it still needs to be on a SGC (or some other authorisation to hold)