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My father switched to a 20bore in his 70s, and got on well with it.  I hated it.  It kicked harder than the 12 bore, and I really didn't see the point of it unless you had to carry it for miles.  But he loved it, after years of expensive guns, he was well taken with his 20 bore beretta, and...

Mmmmmm.. you are not selling it to me.... 😅

Anyone going? I am thinking about it, but can't help feel it will just be like going to a big shop.  Is there more to it than that?  Anyone been before?

Fekkin noobie questions.... They are colour coded!  Red for warm weather, Blue for cold. 

Mods.  Can we lock this post before it descends further into a slagging match? Apologies to the OP for the off topic tangent this has taken at my instigation.

The point is that I believe regulation is less likely to be forced upon us if we are seen to appropriately self regulate.  That means if the sport is seen to voluntarily encourage more environmentally friendly activity, there is less chance of any form of regulation coming our way.   Consider a...

😂..  None taken. Just a bit of perspective on where my views come from, not interested in an Internet slagging match. I used to run a shooting ground, back in late 80s.  Never thought twice about selling and using plastic wads back then. I was a member of Team GB, and have shot at world cup...

Disagree. If we adopt the attitude of not getting our house in order because someone else is not doing so, then we are no better than them. Extreme example maybe, but do you condone fly tipping?  As a tabloid reading Townie uppercase oiks shooting plastic wads all over the countryside sounds...

Lots of reading if you Google this.  Consensus is plastic wads tend to produce a tighter pattern, so you may want to consider going up a choke with fibre.  Some believe fibre doesn't break clays as well at longer range - but this is most likely again due to the wider spread meaning less pellets...

So I took the CX 5, and still ended up parked on the road.  What a mud fest! Most enjoyable day, and I got more than half of them, so things going the right direction 😀

Maybe persuaded the better half to come, and that means a CX5.  Touch more suitable...

Thanks Bebo, that's what I needed to know.   Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks.

It is just a BMW 140, but with lowered suspension.  Love that car.

Hi all, Planning to go to Gatton Bottom tomorrow.   Has anyone been before?  What is access like? My car is a bit on the low side, which makes any rutted tracks impossible.  I have an MX5 as a second car which is a good bit higher, but less convenient.  Thanks Alan

I received an invoice from my surgery saying pay £30 or we won't respond to the police request.  Before I had responded, I received renewed SC, FAC and Explosives Cert (for black powder) in the post. So chose to ignore the surgery invoice..... I am in rural Surrey by the way.

My take is that if you are capable of hitting every single target, then you need a tight enough choke to ensure there are no holes in the target that the clay can slip through, thus spoiling your 100 straight. If you are not shooting in that league, then a more open choke will give you more...

Did see a black lab...  ah well, next time. Can't remember what stand 7 was, just looked the score card.  It might have been the rising pair.  

I went to Kingscote today, but didn't bump into any of you 😞 But I was adopted by a really nice bunch of guys from Caterham who scored for me and made me feel really welcome to be with them.   I just shot the 725 (the sporter) and was so pleased to break the first pair with it.  Always a...

And if you see a beard bloke on his own trying to sell a 725 after missing everything give him a hug and tell him it will get better...😁

All being well I'll get down to either or both the shoots mentioned above.  Cheers all.