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Hi... I shot with a 12 bore from the age of 14 until I met a falconer when I was 17 and got completely hooked on that.

 

I was fanatical about both, used to get up before light so i could walk a couple of mile and get into a hide before sunrise, all for a couple of pigeons !

 

Sat there for hours some winters watching the ice form on my (then) long hair !

 

Happy days...

 

Only take a twelve to Scotland now when I go hawking up there, just for a bit of sport with the bunnies, never had land for grouse up there (not to shoot at anyway, just for falcons) but had fun with duck & snipe.

 

Had a couple of years with pistol target shooting, thats good too.

 

Always fancied stalking, but never enought to actually do it.

 

G

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was also in the marines for a brief period (after college kinda spontaneous decision)

but the plastic sa80 just felt like a toy :D

well dissapointed

also popped my knee - ouch :(

you can come to my farm and shoot these mental foxes that eat our lambs if ya like!! :)

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Hi... I shot with a 12 bore from the age of 14 until I met a falconer when I was 17 and got completely hooked on that.

 

I was fanatical about both, used to get up before light so i could walk a couple of mile and get into a hide before sunrise, all for a couple of pigeons !

 

Sat there for hours some winters watching the ice form on my (then) long hair !

 

Happy days...

 

Only take a twelve to Scotland now when I go hawking up there, just for a bit of sport with the bunnies, never had land for grouse up there (not to shoot at anyway, just for falcons) but had fun with duck & snipe.

 

Had a couple of years with pistol target shooting, thats good too.

 

Always fancied stalking, but never enought to actually do it.

 

G

 

Ahh ok, i do some falconry too actually!

 

Not flying anything at the moment but had 2 harris's and a gos before i started uni! Flown my mates gyr saker quite a bit too!

 

What do you fly?

 

Im going 2 get back into it now that i have time for it again!

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but the plastic sa80 just felt like a toy :D

well dissapointed

 

You shoulda been in when the SLR was being used, now that was a mans gun. Some people complained it wasn't automatic but a small modification made it automatic no worries. 7.62 mm of nasty surprise is way better than any 5.56 mm :)

I shot SLR, poxy SA80 1 and 2 (the 2 is labelled up Heckler and Koch what a load of bollox), 60 mm rockets and GPMG. Various sniper rifles and 303's at the gun club I used to be a member of.

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Do you mean a BB gun or a proper air rifle? If you mean a proper air rifle what sort of target are you talkingabout? I ask as like any equipment the range is very varied. If you want to take a couple of pot shots at a can at the end of the garden then a cheapy will do. If you want to take a pigeon out of a tree 50 metres away then something a bit more sophisticated will be required.

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Loved shooting for many years

 

from a young army cadet shooting anything from an old bolt action 303, SLR, 9mm Browning Pistol to a Bren Gun.

 

Then when i met my wife, the father in law (ex DC) introduced me to Full Bore Pistols and Practical Pistol Shooting along side the Police Shooting Team.

 

Personally i had a Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum Revolver, and my Favorite Colt 45 Automatic

I used to shoot most monday afternoons and in many competitions.

 

making your own ammo was the best chill out job of the lot

casting the bullets , straightening the cases, priming and capping

 

great times

 

I decided to sell up just before they recalled all the full bore pistols

 

but really miss it as a sport.

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done quite abit of shooting, my ole man owns a farm in the wolds so had loads of land to wander about in. I have a f,a,l and own a mauser 7 shot semi + a 7 shot bolt but my fave was my theoben rapid 12/20 running at 42flbs with a full on scope 12/42/60 used to go rabbit shooting and did alittle pest control for the local farmers.I miss it now i live in the city

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You shoulda been in when the SLR was being used, now that was a mans gun. Some people complained it wasn't automatic but a small modification made it automatic no worries. 7.62 mm of nasty surprise is way better than any 5.56 mm :)

I shot SLR, poxy SA80 1 and 2 (the 2 is labelled up Heckler and Koch what a load of bollox), 60 mm rockets and GPMG. Various sniper rifles and 303's at the gun club I used to be a member of.

 

 

SLR Definately a mans Gun, i got cracked across the Jaw with one, if it had of be an SA80 it would have cracked...not my Jaw :(

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