Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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I hate high towers. I reckon I can hit about 1% of them
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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The standard driven targets I can cope with. The 120+ft ones I can't hit for toffee. Good job I'm not rich enough to be shooting on high Pheasent estates!
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
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Went to a friends farm today. Just got one trap set up on a post we use. Didn't do many but hit most as its a pretty easy set up.
Going to a brand new club tommorow that is £20 a Year membership and 15p a clay!
Only have to join after first time there which is good.
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-POST-MOUNT-CLAY-PIGEON-TRAP-CLAY-TARGET-THROWER-/120744232269?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c1ceac54d
Is that the sort of mount? I was going to get one to use at a friend's farm occasionally. Any good?
15p a clay?!
The cheapest deal around here is £75 per year membership, then your clays drop down from 30 to 20p per clay. So if you shoot 100 sporting each time you need to visit 8 times to be in 'profit'. I'm tempted as it is the closest one to my house but it is only open for a few hours each Sunday. Will be heading down there in a minute actually.
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Has it got different opening times in Summer? Most do.
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Doug
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Sadly not.
Sundays from 10am to 2pm.
In fact, I should probably get moving or I might miss the opening hours 
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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Pretty much like that post one Doug. There ok but can't vary it really.
The 15p a clay place is like a syndicate place. Only open on sat and Sunday mornings and do it in sessions so
25 clays per person.
Went to another place today instead. Did 75. Hit about 30. Was so windy!
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Doug
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Today was terrible, did 100 at CotswoldCC and only managed to hit 40!
The wind was a joke, some of the clays would just start to fly upwards like a UFO when they entered the kill zone. Very challenging!
I didn't find any noticeable difference between the cheapest hull compx 21gm shells and these Gamebore Evo's.
Will stick to the cheapest ones possible for a while.
If anyone wants to buy any Hull ammo buy the 1k I can beat the Justcartridges prices most times! Let me know.
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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I had so many fly away and up but ended up coming right back towards you.
Or they would be ducking and diving the whole way.
Doug how much can you do 1k and 2k of 21g for?
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Doug
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Hull Comp X 21gm on Justcartridges are:
P: £155.70
F: 163.75
I can do:
P: £148
F: £156
Possibly a little bit cheaper, can confirm when buying.
Could bring them along to any CS meet up we have.
[Edited on 01-03-2015 by Doug]
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Doug
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Going to be two weeks before I can get out shooting again now. Got plans for both Sat/Sun this week 
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Think it must be the weekend of bad shooting-I went on ball trap for the first time in months which I used to love and have a 90+ average on - I gave up counting the hits, can't have been more than 50% at best. Had a go on a brand new XTR high rib with stock extension, not dissimilar to mine but with the high rib; hit all 10 with that - only problem is it's about £3,500+ worth otherwise I'd trade mine in for one.
We supply a guy at work who makes carbon high ribs which attach by magnet to you barrel, might have to get one.
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Doug
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Anyone interested in a Barbour Berwick jacket? Medium but wears like a large.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=111610924165
Would rather not sell it on eBay so happy to do a deal. Would accept cartridges or part ex towards a side by side.
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Doug
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Had an interesting weekends shooting.
Spent Saturday in a mates field where we went through 300 clays pretty quickly.
Then today I went back over to Cotswold Clays as its the only place by me thats open on a Sunday.
Managed 50%, not great. I need to improve!
I got a free lesson thrown in with the gun so I need to take that and get myself shooting properly. I want to be hitting 75% within a month or so which seems a distant dream at this point.
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Doug
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I know that we provisionally agreed on 4th April to meet up but I'm going to have to pass as I mistakingly booked to shoot in a registered shoot ha ha
It's not going to go well, but bugger it. Only live once
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JordyCarter
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Whats the law on de-activated and BB guns these days? For example i assume you cannot just buy the below online?
http://www.gunstar.co.uk/swiss-made-uzi-177-bb-guns-for-sale-in-east-sussex/Air-Guns/748310
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Yeah you can buy it. Not sure why you'd want to though
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Doug
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Shooting my first registered competition on Sunday at Westfields down by me. Hopefully meet some of the guys on the shootclay forum.
Been shooting 5 weeks and only fired about 500 shells. I'm going to come last but it should be an experience at least!!
Joined the CPSA so can have a lasting memory about how terrible I am.....
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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Shot another 80 yesterday!
Was very busy so all the stands that were A good variety were taken so got stuck with bloody hard ones and only hit about 35
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Doug
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Well..... I did shit.
People were telling me the shoot is up there with some of the hardest layouts you can shoot in the UK. People on the shootclay forum even suggested that I didn't bother going as it was a bit much for someone who has been shooting 4 weeks.
I went. I came last.
I had a mental benchmark of 25% to be happy, I managed to get 38% so quite pleased.
I have a lesson with Dan at Prescott Shooting on Saturday morning, then hopefully shoot a registered on Sunday. The weekend after there is a registered at Prescott which I am hoping to shoot, then find something for the Sunday.
Anyone else got plans?
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