Behemoth
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Shotgun surpriseHad a go at clay pidgeon shooting yesterday - first time with a gun, 3 out of 5 hits on what was supposed to be a diffcult flight!
Good fun.
better if dinner was on the end of it. 
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Brownbear
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Well, you can kit yourself out with a decent gun, cabinet and certificate for about £500.
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KILLITnGRILLIT
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Re: Shotgun surprise | Behemoth wrote: |
better if dinner was on the end of it. |
I agree absolutely, and BTW, well done !
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mochyn
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I'd love to have a go at shooting, but my shoulders are prone to aches and pains.
Should I leave it to the old chap? At least that way all the animal rights activists will be happy: he can't hit a barn door.
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KILLITnGRILLIT
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| mochyn wrote: | I'd love to have a go at shooting, but my shoulders are prone to aches and pains.
Should I leave it to the old chap? At least that way all the animal rights activists will be happy: he can't hit a barn door. |
Simple pimple, try a semi auto shotgun, they are slightly heavier but felt recoil is significantly less than any other as the exhausting gases are used to cycle the next shell into the chamber.
That way you can show him how good you are
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kevin.vinke
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Have to agree great fun.
Got treated by BIL (who does the proper shooting too) to some tuition and had great fun. Not very popular here though 
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VSS
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| mochyn wrote: | I'd love to have a go at shooting, but my shoulders are prone to aches and pains.
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Try a little .410 or 20 bore.
The female half of VSS uses a double barrelled .410 (side by side) no probs. She once bagged 17 rabbits in 27 minutes!
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Marionb
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I've got a .410 - its great
I'm a bit rusty at present though since I havent done any proper shooting for years although I did bag a squirrel last year!!
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vegplot
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| VSS wrote: | | The female half of VSS |
That explains a lot. I was getting confused.
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vegplot
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| VSS wrote: | | mochyn wrote: | I'd love to have a go at shooting, but my shoulders are prone to aches and pains.
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Try a little .410 or 20 bore.
The female half of VSS uses a double barrelled .410 (side by side) no probs. She once bagged 17 rabbits in 27 minutes! |
I think I'd go for a 20 bore if I took up the shotgun again.
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VSS
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Her .410 is chambered for magnum cartridges, so is comparable to a larger weapon for hunting. With smaller cartridges its ideal for home slaughter - I do all the pigs and sheep with it. A very versatile gun. Also folds in half which is nice.
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vegplot
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| VSS wrote: | | Her .410 is chambered for magnum cartridges, so is comparable to a larger weapon for hunting. With smaller cartridges its ideal for home slaughter - I do all the pigs and sheep with it. A very versatile gun. Also folds in half which is nice. |
I didn't realise you could slaughter with a shotgun. Solid slugs?
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VSS
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| vegplot wrote: |
I didn't realise you could slaughter with a shotgun. Solid slugs? |
No, just ordinary cartridges. Shoot from about 2 - 3 inches away. The .410 just makes a small neat hole.
Shotgun is also legally ok for home slaughter.
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vegplot
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| VSS wrote: | | vegplot wrote: |
I didn't realise you could slaughter with a shotgun. Solid slugs? |
No, just ordinary cartridges. Shoot from about 2 - 3 inches away. The .410 just makes a small neat hole.
Shotgun is also legally ok for home slaughter. |
You learn several things every day 
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Jonnyboy
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| KILLITnGRILLIT wrote: |
Simple pimple, try a semi auto shotgun, they are slightly heavier but felt recoil is significantly less than any other as the exhausting gases are used to cycle the next shell into the chamber.
That way you can show him how good you are |
I use an old beretta A301 semi. The recoil is substantially reduced over an s/s or o/u, and I'd argue that the weight if any isn't noticeable.
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VSS
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Don't you find the semi-auto feels rather clumsy? I've always found that they are very hard to swing through in a "natural" way. A bit out of balance somehow. Give me an English made side by side any day!
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vegplot
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For nostalgia I love side by side. Never did like semi-autos but they don't kick so hard.
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Brownbear
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| VSS wrote: | | Don't you find the semi-auto feels rather clumsy? I've always found that they are very hard to swing through in a "natural" way. A bit out of balance somehow. Give me an English made side by side any day! |
Madame Bear, who has a bad shoulder and finds both the weight and recoil of a gun a problem, used a Benelli Montefeltro. Light as a feather, but the spring-cycling of the mechanism absorbs a lot of the felt recoil. Other people have tried it, and most loved it. Very crisp action when fired as well, none of that 'kerthump-tunk' of the gas-blowback guns.
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Jonnyboy
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I like my weird clanking noise, thank you very much.  
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SheepShed
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I'm happy with my big, black kerthumper semi-auto as well, but for stroll round in the evening with the young cocker I love my Yildiz .410
Makes me feel like an Edwardian gentleman
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vegplot
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| SheepShed wrote: | I'm happy with my big, black kerthumper semi-auto as well, but for stroll round in the evening with the young cocker I love my Yildiz .410
Makes me feel like an Edwardian gentleman |
Are the inuendo's intentional
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SheepShed
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| vegplot wrote: | | SheepShed wrote: | I'm happy with my big, black kerthumper semi-auto as well, but for stroll round in the evening with the young cocker I love my Yildiz .410
Makes me feel like an Edwardian gentleman |
Are the inuendo's intentional |
Feel free to insert the word 'spaniel' at a suitable place in the text 
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vegplot
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| SheepShed wrote: | | vegplot wrote: | | SheepShed wrote: | I'm happy with my big, black kerthumper semi-auto as well, but for stroll round in the evening with the young cocker I love my Yildiz .410
Makes me feel like an Edwardian gentleman |
Are the inuendo's intentional |
Feel free to insert the word 'spaniel' at a suitable place in the text |
I was more concerned about your "big, black kerthumper" 
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SheepShed
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| vegplot wrote: | | I was more concerned about your "big, black kerthumper" |
At least it doesn't make a weird clanking noise like Jonnyboy's.
Did you use to be a script writer for the Carry On films or something ?
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vegplot
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| SheepShed wrote: | | vegplot wrote: | | I was more concerned about your "big, black kerthumper" |
At least it doesn't make a weird clanking noise like Jonnyboy's.
Did you use to be a script writer for the Carry On films or something ? |
Now there's a thought.
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