Tried most and for ease of use and long duration the peacocks win hands down. I have two of the the giant ones for each hand when its proper cold. Only down side is the smell of lighter fuel but it doesn’t bother me. Have had a total of 4 and no issues lighting any of them - easy peasy. I use...
Nice trip to AGL this morning. Checked my scores and last time I shot the ground was in January so its been a while! Lovely day for shooting and warmer than forecast. Was busy first thing so picked my way around the stands to avoid too much queueing. Pretty decent round straighting 6 stands...
After 2.5 months of no shooting I managed a trip to Horne last Sunday and wasn't as rusty as I had expected, so was happy to come away with a 75. Went to 4C's yesterday and was late due to only 1 lane running on the M4 but it was actually the quietest I have ever seen it. Literally had 2-3...
Popped down OLSS for the last sportrap squad. Lovely weather and cracking squad even if we were 1 light and I was in stand 4. Managed a 24 on the first layout but missed some silly birds including a gimme single that I forgot to even use 2nd barrel. Ended up on 89 which was good enough for joint...
Seems like a lot of conjecture from the internet. Even the ground didn't confirm the reason for disqualification. Some folks are talking about card changing but the only “evidence” I’ve come across is a 9 second video about a no bird call so totally unrelated and something that would likely...
Court Farm also. Started off badly dropping 5 on Stand 1 with the rabbit in the grass that was more like a mouse. After this just dropped 1 or 2 here and there until the corner of the field where I dropped 16 over 4 stands. Quite a lot of edgy stuff. Luckily I straighted the two gimme /...
Owls today for the Sportrap. Holidays, birthdays, weather and other family events meant I haven’t picked my gun up in 3.5 months. Added to which I fell off the loft ladder on sunday so currently nursing some rather large bruises on both arms amongst others. So was nice to just get out in good...
I come from Reading direction and tbh for 4C I always go on to J14 and up through Great Shefford. Google maps says its about 4 mins slower but in reality as the roads are straight and normally quiet I reckon its the same if not faster.
I forgot about that rabbit. 2 chaps in front of me missed them all so I was happy to hit 3 of them and the one I missed was a jumper. Very little time to see it before it was gone so very much reaction shooting.
Just back from Owls. Decent course with no eye tests. Richard said I was High Gun as I left 🤣 (was one of the first handful to get around). Started off well enough dropping just 4 over stands 1-6 and that was just sloppy one aways. Then got up the top and didn’t touch the fast blaze down the...
I also shot Gatton and whilst I seemed to shot better than I have recently I still had a couple of horror stands that dented my score. That stand 2 I did 2nd to last and it was a following pair. Looked simple but I dropped the first two pairs giving it a little lead. Then shot straight at it and...
Shot Horne today. Been shooting like a blind man lately and my round turned was a tale of three thirds. Started on 1 and dropped 8 over the first 3 stands. Then somehow managed to pick myself up and only dropped 1 over the next 6 stands. Then threw away a decent score with a 4/10 on my last...
Never met the guy in person but certainly his FB persona is very confrontational & condescending when responding to anyone who disagrees with his view. Nothing he has said to me just general observation. And I do think there is some truth in his view re: fibre wad performance in newer guns...