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Author Anyone on here have a Shotgun/ firearms license?
csweatherston
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7th Nov 14 at 14:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi.
Does anyone on here hold a shotgun/ firearms license?
I have just applied for my coterminous license - mainly for clay, pigeon, rough shooting.
RichR
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7th Nov 14 at 14:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I do - shotgun. Simple enough process.
harrisp
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7th Nov 14 at 14:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have a shotgun certificate, mainly shoot clays (badly) but much prefer rough/pigeon shooting
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7th Nov 14 at 14:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Here too. Easy to get unless you've been a naughty boy.

Got your eye on anything yet?
csweatherston
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I've already put a deposit on a bettensolli(sp) over under pending my application goes through smoothly.
A bit hasty seeing as I have never fired anything more than an air rifle.
csweatherston
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7th Nov 14 at 15:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm off to a local clay ground/ club on Sunday.
What are they like? Generally cliquey?
taylorboosh
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No usually ok
Gary
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Some can be funny, most are friendly, same as most things. Provided your not a dick you'll be all good.
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Some can be funny, most are friendly, same as most things. Provided your not a dick you'll be all good.
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I went to a clay shoot for a stag do the other year, thinking it will be pretty shit and aimed at toffs.

One of the best days out I have had, easy to get used to and ended up being pretty good at it
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Go on skeet/DTL/Ball Trap/Olympic and say it's easy...

That's not to say I'm any good but what you do on a stag/introductory/corporate doesn't represent the whiles sport.

[Edited on 07-11-2014 by RichR]
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quote:
Originally posted by spencer88
I went to a clay shoot for a stag do the other year, thinking it will be pretty shit and aimed at toffs.

One of the best days out I have had, easy to get used to and ended up being pretty good at it


+1

Exact same thing happened to me.
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quote:
Originally posted by RichR
Go on skeet/DTL/Ball Trap/Olympic and say it's easy...

That's not to say I'm any good but what you do on a stag/introductory/corporate doesn't represent the whiles sport.

[Edited on 07-11-2014 by RichR]


This. I can't shoot ball trap for shit. Sporting is where it's at though.
csweatherston
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9th Nov 14 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just got back from clay shooting.
Was a great day, I'm not actually a bad shot - considering I've never shot a shotgun.
I borrowed a 26.5" browning a1 sporter, which was an absolute animal... Easily the loudest gun at the ground.
First 5 stands hit 3out of 50 clays, last 5 stands hit 48 out of 50.

[Edited on 09-11-2014 by csweatherston]
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Good results. 26.5" is short, was it a semi auto?
csweatherston
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Over and under....
It was very short compared to everybody else's.
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10th Nov 14 at 16:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Very short, most are 28 minimum, mines a 30. Did you try shoot anything else?
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Mine is 28 iirc but my chokes are extenders not internal so it's more like 29" with them in. I prefer 30" or below, 32 and above never feel balanced when swinging through.

Got 3 more spaces in my cabinet though so want a side by side to fill a slot.
Gary
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Pump or semi for me next and try get some pigeon bashing in.
csweatherston
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That's the only one I shot last weekend.
I've got 3 on loan for this weekend;
An ATA over and under which looks the nuts and seems to fit me nicely.
An Escort magnum semi auto
And the bettensolli I have put a deposit on.

Gary - You know without a firearms cert your semi/ pump can only hold 3 rounds.
Gary
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I know this

And do you mean AYA?

Haven't they got anything good to try? Browning, beretta and miroku are the 3 big ones to go for. Both for quality and resale value.

If your tight on budget then try Avalon guns. They'll do finance which makes a grands worth of gun easily accessible. That's what I did.
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Don't buy new is my advice. Go to your local independent gun dealers - I got my 2 year old fully adjustable, Browning Ultra XTR for £1150 including choke set, cleaning set and gun slip; that's near enough £2,500 saving off new.

Also don't buy until you've tried everything and anything you can get your hands on.
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2nd buying 2nd hand (Avalon do 2nd hand too)

I bought brand new and won't loose much on mine to be fair, hundred quid tops but I could have had something nicer for the same money.
csweatherston
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ATA, as in ATA arms....
this is the one ill be trialing.
http://www.ataarms.com/EN/Detay/93/Sp-Series/Sp-Black/

seems they are pretty new to the uk market, but quality for price is amazing.
At the minute im looking more towards sub £1000 guns.. as its something i can realistically purchase outright once my license shows up.

The have everything in my local shop from browning, Beretta to weird stuff nobodys ever heard of.
Being in the heart of Devon it seems shootings a big sport around here lol.


[Edited on 12-11-2014 by csweatherston]
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Same here in the Peak District but once you get into it, you'll be surprised how many extra places there are tucked away in little villages.

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