...including a now, completly illegal semi auto shotgun.
Eh? Nothing illegal about semi-autos, you see loads of them about. The magazine has to be restricted to two cartridges (plus one in the chamber) on a shotgun certificate but you can have larger capacity on an FAC.
@ rkk01: I don't do it any more as I moved from Leicestershire where I had a decent sized rough shoot, down to Bath where I knew nobody with land. I now no the people, but it's a time thing with a young family. Gve them a few years, I'll get another gun and I'll try to get another shoot where they can come with me.
@ timmys: Due to not being able to tell if it was loaded, I believe the model was outlawed. I could have got this wrong though as it was over 20 years ago. It was also never restricted. I once watched the old man take 5 shots at one pheasent, miss them all and simply put the gun back in it's slip and say if I can't hit that in 5 shots I deserve to just eat vegetables. Still makes me smile.
Had a daystate something, an air arms S410, a lazaglide HW98, a standard HW77, a ratcatcher, a webley hurricane and the only one that I've held onto a .177 HW77K Lazaglide, its older than I am and its nice to take out of the cupboard now and again. I went through the spectrum from air to .22 to .222 and had a 6.5x55 and have cut down to a couple of shotguns and the Weihrauch. I don't do much shooting these days so have no need for so many guns. Would be nice to get an air pistol again, HW45??? Hmmmmm.
Did my fair share as a kid witha BSA I inherited from my grandpa. Spring type , not breakneck, circa 194somthing. Wont say no to one of these now 😀
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Used to shoot something similar to this
[img] 
[/img]
Because I used to partake in this (best to watch on mute)
but now i shoot things like this:
[img] 
[/img]
with this
[img] 
[/img]
helped by this:
[img] 
[/img]
I don't do it any more as I moved from Leicestershire where I had a decent sized rough shoot, down to Bath where I knew nobody with land. I now no the people, but it's a time thing with a young family.
pretty much mirrors my situation 🙁
Sputnik. Baby steps man. You don't go from this:
[img] 
[/img]
to a .50 cal rifle designed for ultra long range sniping and "anti material" applications!
This thread has got me thinking about what is needed to get my air rifle back in tip top condition.
I've got all the tools to do the job myself - notably taps and dies, but realistically, I'm never going to get aorund to it.
Any advice from on here regarding getting a gunsmith to do the work? I'm guessing that most gunsmiths are going to be used to working on 12g shotguns rather than pcp air rifles?
Any specialists that come recommended?
My local gunsmith ( Fred Beesley in Little Chalfont) is happy to work on all sorts, including air rifles.
Highly recommended.
Unbelievable DereK!!! That is the very one 🙂
Got it when I was about nine. Was my favourite and do it all toy. Used it about every day for hours after school. Shot far too many birds... Grew up in South Africa so no shortage of wildlife. My nephew is now using it , but next time I'm in SA I'm bringing it back. My son is 11 and just about right to start target practising.
It is an heirloom after all.
One that got away....
My great uncle used to have a lovely little Martini action .410 (IIRC it was a BSA). Would have loved to have persuaded him to pass it / sell it in our direction. Something very satisfying about the Martini action - too many westerns as a kid??
His 8 bore (possibly 4 bore true cylinder) "pigeon gun" (as he called it!!!) came into our side of the family, but never did find out what happened to the 410 after he died.
I use a custom Ratty to..er...shoot rats with. Juiced-up .22 despatches them quickly and humanely.
Most of my shots are now taken, as others have stated, with a camera...
Just found some more pic's 😀
A 40th birthday pressie - HW45 Silver Star
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
This was as a shit load of fun - a CO2 powered semi-auto Desert Eagle with red dot sight
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
My Crosman Model 1
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
I lost count of how many magpies and rabbits my FAC Rapid accounted for...
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
And a classic springer - my Original Model 45 in .177.
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
His 8 bore (possibly 4 bore true cylinder) "pigeon gun" (as he called it!!!) came into our side of the family, but never did find out what happened to the 410 after he died.
8 bore? Just how heavy was that?
8 bore? Just how heavy was that?
Not to bad to be honest. Gun is about 6' long, but quite a bit lighter than my father's 4 bore.
Had one of these when I worked at a place that had fields and a field target area just outside/
[img] http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRoh9lk4T7zHZyXp9v7EE7hKxAoFw12kCREA8JCenKCvLgh_ScotQzbpaic [/img]
