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25 to 30 years ago you’d have got a fair bit of timber on a 682 Beretta , I’ve had a few stunners . However when you look at a new £3000 gun today , there has obviously been , to be kind , ‘ Value Engineering ‘ to keep the guns competitively priced .

Just what the others have said . Spend a day on the telephone and be prepared to put the time, hours and miles in . I did a similar thing with a Miroku MK11 , I ended up at J Neville in Alfreton who a) had five in stock , b ) were quite happy to unbox them all so I could select one that I...

I’ve got a rifle for sale on it at the moment . It is truely a woeful excuses of a platform . Sack of spanners is polite

I spent an hour or two at Kelbrook Lodge this morning . The shooting stands there are the benchmark for self buttoning . On the left hand side of every stand at the front is a specific bracket to locate the hand set , be it a two button or multi button unit , they are located at a very...

I sold my best mate my wide action original 682 sporter about 20 years ago . It’s still shooting like the day it came out of the box and the Mobil Chokes are lacking nothing . Those guns and the first 682 gold were breathed on by the Competition department at Beretta !

It’s just a case of ‘ gun fitness ‘ the more you do it the less of a problem it becomes . Another little tip , don’t hold the loaded gun with the barrel on your shoulder like a sentry . It’s bad practice for so many reasons , particularly doing a Kurt Kobain if you drop it butt first :eek:.

I doubt it , with the exception of the HSE review of lead ammunition , which isn’t a political issue as such there shouldn’t be any reason to legislate on firearms . On an ideological basis I could see problems arising for game shooting .

It’s worth taking it just to see the engineering workshop . I asked if I could have a look around and it’s great to look at the machining centres . The barrels waiting to be worked on ranged from bread and butter Miroku trap guns all the way up to new English side by sides , still in the white...

Easy to take out , not feasible to put back . Also consider that steel shot is coming ( like it or not ) within the foreseeable future . So you may find that your opened up for lead chokes then pattern tighter than you want . ( I’m not saying that’s a fact , just hypothesising. Then you’d be...

I don’t know if you follow this practice , but before I even take the gun out of the slip , I’ll button a single of all the targets I want to shoot on a practice stand . I’ll follow the clays with my forefinger on the extended left arm to get the line . Then I’ll adjust my stance to suit the...

Power Blue are IMHO quite thumpy . I won’t use them . At your stage of the game just shoot the lowest cost club cartridges 28gm 7.5 or 8 . Eley First are nice shoot all day long cartridges , I use Eley Olympic blues 7.5 for everything , both are cheaper than Power Blue plastic fouling is...

Assuming lead shot here, as I’ve never used steel . Anything from B&P with the Gordon System case head is worth a try . This used to be standard on Gamebore Black Gold game cartridges which were lovely with that head , but they no longer use it . Last season I used the same mix as Jonny...

Not having your head in the game . If you can’t focus on the task in hand which is just to shoot the target or pair , or pheasant in front of you you’re stuffed . Thinking about , the last pair , the next pair , thinking you’re on for a straight , thinking you look like a clown , making sure...

. On certain days, usually flat and dull light, you may see a short grey blur like a smudged pencil streak , that’s the shot charge stringing out as 450 pellets start to go on their individual paths . Seeing or not seeing it has no practical use whatsoever.

Are you shooting on your own ? Are you shooting a set course club shoot ( ie 5 stands with 5 pairs , no practice ) or are you using a commercial shoot with a clay mate card and delayed throw and picking your stands . I ask this as I’ve seen quite a few beginners get themselves in a knot with...

Before you even look at lead , hold points , kill points etc , you have to have a good stance and a good gun mount to deliver . Once you have satisfied a good instructor ( note good instructor ) that you have this right , the good thing is that you can practice that at home at zero cost until...

Store the gun muzzle down in the cabinet , also prevents any excess oil getting near the head of the stock .

This probably isn’t going to answer your question , however the difference between the CPSA , BASC , and the commercial insurers are that CPSA and BASC are in principle organisations that also represent shooters , organise competitions , offer training programmes for members , have members...

Yes , you are right , despite clay shooting being one of the safest participant sports there is, with a very low probability of an incident , an incident could have the potential for very high consequences . If you ever intend to shoot live game , then the proximity of other participants ...

The Decathalon clay shooting mitts ( fingerless ) are one of the great shooting bargains out there as well .