Mattnall

Some of the new ration pack main meals are good (especially their curries), don't need water adding, boil in the bag and the water can be used for a nice cup of tea.

On 7/27/2019 at 11:53 PM, Popsbengo said:

I'm an RCO +HME.  Trained at Bisley before the NRA introduced the RSO.  It does feel like RSO is about making more income for the NRA rather than a solution to a genuine problem however that's the reality we have to work within. 

The RSO course is a prerequisite for the RCO course now.  Unfortunately the MOD do not accept the RSO qualification, they still require RCO accreditation to run civilian shoots on DIO ranges (military).

 

 

I thought the new course structure was agreed between the NRA and MoD because the Mod didn't like the fact the RCO course was 2 days and the .mil course was 4 - so how were civvies getting the full training considering they could be running the same ranges when it take the military brain twice as long?

So it appears it was a solution to an MoD perceived problem that may or may not have existed, the money making part (if there really is much to be made) is a welcome benefit for the NRA and an unwelcome burden on the candidates.

Beau beat Glenn, don't you just hate it when your boy beats you?

😁

Well done Beau.

3 hours ago, Blue Haze said:

Just be careful what you publicise  - even on totally private land you need a CAA licence and insurance to charge any type of fee for flying a drone/filming etc, no exceptions. 

Don't worry, after stating it'd be "for a small fee" it has changed to "I wouldn't charge anything".

Comply with the conditions on your certificate.

If it (your FAC) says you can shoot elsewhere then crack on, if it says you can only shoot in your garden then apply for the condition to be widened.

On 4/2/2019 at 7:06 PM, gunner said:

Its on private land / estate - no town houses etc and soon to be shooting grounds with owners permission , so think i shouldn't need any license what so ever . 

The CAA (referencing ANO 2016) states

" A permission from the CAA is required for any commercial work with a drone "

and then ;

"A commercial operation is defined as:
 ‘flight by a small unmanned aircraft.....in return for remuneration or other valuable consideration.’ "

So any flight 'for a small fee' is commercial and permission from the CAA is required. Your location doesn't matter apart from being in UK Airspace.

I have used the 139-142 SMKs with excellent results out to 1000. They make it very easy to be lazy on the wind calls if your twist rate can take them .

I might just hold you to that

http://pineymountainammunitionco.com/

Looks like they retail at around a dollar a shot, if the usual mark up applies with importing that will equate to about £1.00 per shot or more.

I have a few hundred Eley and RWS here that I'm saving for another night shoot.

The Eley ones light at fairly short distance (at a rough guess around the 20yd mark) and burn out quite quickly.

The RWS ones however don't ignite until they are around 50yds but will stay glowing until somewhere around the 200+ mark. Much better.

I know Eley don't make them any more (they burnt the machinery) and I think RWS may have stopped making them as well.

If another supplier could be sourced that is willing to ship to the UK there may be a market. However many ranges would not allow them so they might sit on a shelf for some time.

A company in the US make them (I cannot fin the details just now) in various colours of 'glow' but the cost was quite prohibitive before you even looked at shipping.

You should see the rail-gun bench resters in the States then, they have a scope mounted on the bench and use that rather than look through the scope attached to the receiver, and then pinch the trigger.

The whole rifle is mounted on a large metal block on v-rails and is just a receiver and barrel with a small scope attached. With .22LR there is hardly any movement back along the rails as the whole thing is so heavy and no other part of the body touches the 'rifle' itself.