lost caesar guerini chokes doveridge

[dashman1]

Very true but personally do not find it funny atb

 

[stevekeat]

Well I visited mike, Kevin and Alistair at Anglo Italian today, top guys replaced my chokes at cost price. They didn't have too but they wanted to. Thanks to all my friends for the support with this, shooting is a big part of my life and I am not rich. Funding such a replacement would have been hard without help.

 

[dashman1]

Very good of them pleased you are sorted atb

 

[Bryn12]

Big hat's off to Anglo Italian, very glad you're sorted

 

[Deershooter]

You lot need to chill out I have lost more than any one on here

Both my legs !

but I can still have a joke about them as long as it a joke and not a direct attack

Get a bloody life

Deershooter

 

[bigmac1]

I Had a chopper once??? But the wife wore it out  :shout:   :sarcastichand:

 

[ips]

Deer shooter

take no notice pal some people have no humour and are very thin skinned.

Regards

Ian

 

[Wonko the Sane]

It is always so amusing that the jolly brotherhood of shooters is such a pack of thieves.  Unbelievable theft rates of anything not chained down at gun shows.  When I was selling I prided myself on being WAY alert and still some ahole made off with an old old Brit gunsmithing book.  And it's amazing the things that go "missing" at shoots.  Even the occasional gun.

funny old world, ain't it?

 

[Doctor Lecter]

puts the shooting fraternity  in a dim light ,   lowlife tea leaf  , 

 

[stevekeat]

On the subject of trust amongst shooters, Its amazing really that you see some people dump their gun and rest of kit outside the clubhouse and go inside, cup of tea and a BAP and then return hoping to find thousands of pounds of kit still there! My whole attitude has changed completely sadly and will operate differently at shoots from now on where kit is concerned.

 

[Hamster]

On the subject of trust amongst shooters, Its amazing really that you see some people dump their gun and rest of kit outside the clubhouse and go inside, cup of tea and a BAP and then return hoping to find thousands of pounds of kit still there! My whole attitude has changed completely sadly and will operate differently at shoots from now on where kit is concerned.

I had a full set of Optima chokes drop out of my bag over ten years ago which never turned up (so basically nicked), totally agree with the above which has always amazed me. The hassle and possible loss of certificate alone means I never have the gun out of my sight and will only lock and leave it in the boot of a secure car, I've been known to leave one at the club house before now rather than inside a car.

 

[ips]

I never ever leave my gun anywhere unattended not because i don't trust other shooters but because of other none shooter thieving low life scum that may be loitering about.

 

[Wonko the Sane]

It is always so amusing that the jolly brotherhood of shooters is such a pack of thieves.  Unbelievable theft rates of anything not chained down at gun shows.  When I was selling I prided myself on being WAY alert and still some ahole made off with an old old Brit gunsmithing book.  And it's amazing the things that go "missing" at shoots.  Even the occasional gun.

funny old world, ain't it?

I 'm thinking I should have made that "sportsmen"  rather than limiting it to shooters

 

[Bryn12]

I find it just a little disappointing, shouldn't really I suppose.

 

[Les53]

I never ever leave my gun anywhere unattended not because i don't trust other shooters but because of other none shooter thieving low life scum that may be loitering about.

Aha....but you shoot a very posh gun, probably with engraving by Michaelangelo or someone! I dare not leave my gun anywhere, someone would end up using it to install fence posts!!! :laugh:   

 

[Finners]

On the subject of trust amongst shooters, Its amazing really that you see some people dump their gun and rest of kit outside the clubhouse and go inside, cup of tea and a BAP and then return hoping to find thousands of pounds of kit still there! My whole attitude has changed completely sadly and will operate differently at shoots from now on where kit is concerned.

Agreed Steve, particularly in the Winter. I often arrive at my local shoot, nobody around and who knows how many £££'s of guns and other stuff just lying around, whilst as you say the owners are inside the clubhouse.

BTW, I think Deerhunter's comment was ill timed rather than ill intended. And knowing you, I'm pretty sure you'd agree.

 

[woody]

I used to leave mine in the rack to go in and get a butty and a cuppa etc but my gun has 2 really horrible pieces of superficial damage, both which occurred when it was left in the gun rack.  One time somebody knocked the whole thing over, and another time somebody crow-barred their gun into the same rack as mine and went at it like they were Stevie Wonder.

 

[stevekeat]

I am sue it was Paul, I don't get offended easily, some people just think they are funnier that they are, never met the chap so I couldn't tell you. ;-)

 

[westley]

I have tried to make the point elsewhere on this Forum about security and the way in which we portray ourselves at the various shoots around the Country. These points were only made through PERSONAL experiences which had occured whilst I was running a shooting ground. The Guy that left a Browning B25 in the gunrack and took home a Baikal AND still had not realised until we telephoned him at home. A similar occurence at another ground led to Police involvement. This prompted the Police to make an unannounced visit a few weeks later. They removed a few guns from the gun rack OUTSIDE the clubhouse and placed them in their car, they then sat back and timed the reaction. An incident whereby personal injury occured at another ground, that led to Health and Safety investigators posing as beginners wanting to 'have a go' at shooting and noting how we dealt with them. These things are not something new and I can recall cars being broken into and guns removed as well as the cars themselves being removed in the 1970's. It was however viewed a little less seriously before the Police were involved in the issue of a  shotgun licence. Gone are the days of leaving a loaded shotgun behind the farmhouse door, in case a fox happened by, or stood in a corner of the barn until required. I have even experienced thefts taking place from inside the clubhouse, in particular the more expensive shooting glasses and electonic hearing protection. I am sorry to say it, but, it usually takes an incident such as this to make people more aware and take more care in future. Having said that, I am glad the ending was better than it could have been. 

 

[ips]

I have known two occasions were someone took the wrong gun home from the rack but how you don't know your own gun beats me. I never leave mine anywhere.