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To get 3 failures to fire in one round/stand which is all purely down to cartridge manufacturing I would say is exceptionally unlucky. I think in a registered shoot most refs might use some discretion. In a championship shoot, maybe not. I've had a 2 failures on 1 stand before, which turned out...

I got a message today from one of the other guys who was at MR the same time as me. His stock and forend was sent from Portugal yesterday via UPS, and was delivered to him this morning. No accompanying import duty or VAT bill. So now the question you've got to ask yourself is how are you going...

I received my licence 4 years ago, just before they introduced the medical checks. I appreciate things have been tightened up since then, as my reference wasn't even contacted. From the BBC news today it's soon to be more than a med check and a reference, my local authority are now giving a...

Been out to my local club shoot this morning. The wind was that strong that it was trying to blow my barrels around. Good practice session though.

It is not unknown for parcels entering the UK to occasionally get delivered without being picked up for import duty and VAT, even though the parcel has a declared value on it. It seems to happen to some couriers more than others .

You are correct, it was £37 per flight, my total extras came to approx £120. Corrected in initial post

This is what it looked like when I left Portugal. It's only had one coat of oil in the pics below. Old stock and forend had now been put back on so that I can carry on shooting. I'll post some more pics when it's finished.

Was his name Peter?

AGL for me on Friday. Good course hampered by the gusts of wind. A considerable amount of no birds as well, which is very unusual for AGL. With trap filling happening as well, resulted in a round of over 3 hours. Came out of the gate pretty well, dropping 2 on the first 3 stands. Got to stand 4...

Wednesday 09:45 pick up from the hotel, off to MR to pick up the guns, then driven the 45 mins to Restaurante Clube dos Caçadores do Porto, to give then a go. Choices of trap, skeet, sportrap and Helice. Shot 100 sportrap to get a good feel for the gun. Take a pencil with you, if you want any...

Apologies, this is a long post. TL : DR at the bottom if you’re after a quick read. Before we start, a bit about me. I’m 6ft 4, north of 18st, size 11 gloves. In the industry I’m in we have to design our equipment to fit the 5th to the 95th percentile of people. I’m 97th. Off the shelf guns...

Excuse my ignorance, I've never shot any trap disciplines, but why would anybody walk between pegs with a loaded (but open) gun?

I've got 2 Beretta Optima HP Flush Steels in 1/2 (M). Bought a 2nd hand DT (2 years old) very lightly used, and they came with it. PM me an offer Now Sold

I think their last registered shoot wasn't listed in the CPSA magazine. That may have had something to do with it.

I had compact fluorescent bulb in my lounge uplighters that I could hear even at 50. One was significantly louder than the other. These we the newish g24q fitting (square plug with 4 pins) as opposed to the bayonet or Edison screw type we all know. Unfortunately it would appear that it's the...

Oh, I can be lazy too, but I do like a clean gun. Magicbore drill kit is my best friend. :D

EJ Churchills for me today. Had the pleasure of Bebo on our squad. Always nice to shoot with fellow forum members. Typical EJC course, although softer than usual. Had my gun fit assessed last week, which had now resulted in a stock that is 15-1/2" rather than the 16" I've been swinging around...

A couple of years ago I bought a particular slab of cartridges to try. Shot 2 of the worst rounds I've ever had with them. Absolutely nothing to do with the cartridges, but even now if I put one in my gun, the little devil on my shoulder says "You're gonna shoot badly with these, like last...

A lot of people will judge a cartridge on recoil. Can't see how that can be done. I recently been using a cheaper cartridge a lot of people think is really punchy, but I quite like them. Another premium cartridge that is highly rated, I never want to put in my gun again. Perceived recoil comes...

Big loss to this forum, big win for the shooting ground you're going to.