Roy W

10 hours ago, ezmobile said:

I wonder if we'll get a discount on our NRA membership subs next time round. After all, last year we lost about 60% of range access - who knows about this year eh?

I don't want to knock the NRA, but it's daft having to pay for something you don't (can't) use. A bit like paying the TV tax - but not watching BBC.

That would be a sure fire way of affecting the NRA's financial status, IMHO.

Seeings as membership is only the cost of 100 rounds of factory .303 ammo, I don't think a 50% rebate would be of much financial significance too many shooters, if any, and would be better spent keeping the NRA going. 

Shooting is an expensive sport and the relative costs of licensing and membership are small in comparison. If someone needed an extra £40 back then shooting is probably the wrong sport for them.

I agree re TV Licensing, but it isn't the same. NRA membership is optional

5 hours ago, brown dog said:

Yep, my point was at unit / bn level;  ie no scaley/engr/log etc regt ever deployed as a formed NI inf bn; but was normal-jogging for RA / RAC.  We sometimes backfilled with non-capbadge or attached capbadges, eg, in the COP pic, a Cfn and a couple of Cpls (probably from regtl wksp) are part of the pl.

Bruin line made me laugh!😂😊

My first tour was 1987 (RE), which was a construction tour where we built a new HQ for 14 Int, along with RUC Police Stn builds in Plumbridge and Rosslea.

We were on Ballykelly base with 2 Grenadier Guards. They were short of numbers and asked us if we could supply some PAX to assist them. We gave them a section, who went off in Guards berets, did some basic trg and spent a few weeks trogging around the south.

It was a hard choice for many.....................laying some blocks, bit of concreting, some painting then knock off, into the bar that was built in week 1 and attend the NAAFI for the weekly stomp along with the local female 'Coleraine Commandos' ..............OR...............live rough on compo, trogging over the countryside in the wet winter pretending to know what you were doing!

Needless to say, there were not many volunteers!

They are no.4T rifles so the scopes will be No.32 scopes. By then I would expect they had all been upgraded to Mk3's 

On 1/2/2021 at 8:46 PM, brown dog said:

Mick probably took the pic!

Nah, he'd have been on his resettlement by 1972! 😂

Strangely Brown will be along in a minute, he was there!

They must be true 'Long Range Snipers!'

It's not really difficult. People aren't allowed to drive into a Tier 4 area.

So if they opened it would be for the residents of Surrey only

We were AM only

You are correct. Our online booking for last Thursday was cancelled, citing no marker available.

we rebooked without a marker and self marked, and the booking was confirmed.

The range office does lack proactivity, helpfulness, desire to fill the ranges. You are almost left feeling like you are being a pain trying to book to shoot sometimes!

Bisley is in Tier 4, therefore those in Tiers 1,2,3 can't travel there.

For Bisley to remain open in the hope that lots of shooters will break the law to go shooting would be reckless to say the least.

Most of their staff were already on furlough, their re-opening business model is probably based on the numbers of staff available to manage things.

It's never been run as a business, per-se, you only have to see the way that range bookings are batted off at the drop of a hat to realise that. We've sat waiting 10 days for a single lane to be confirmed recently, on the premis that a larger booking may come along which would take precedent. We cancelled in the end, so there was no booking at all.

Like everyone they will have ticked over using the Govt money, will probably slim things down next year or remodel the way they work.

I was just about to add Robin Martin. Doesn't look much from the outside, but they are old school Horologists and they turned my Omega round in half the estimated time.

Robin Martin Portsmouth

anyone handing in a lever release could get £115 compensation for these..................just saying

It might pay to put photos of your actual AICS stock, rather than Sporting Services Advert, people might think it's a scam

38 minutes ago, Roy W said:

.22LR - Don Estelle

Which would make Windsor Davies the .455 *** Stopper

.22LR - Don Estelle

I think the fact it's Milspec answers the question. 

Lapua Brass it isn't, but then again, it is good quality for multiple reloads for CSR type shooting.

Do the primers actually sit proud? Mine are well below the base of the case.

Does it really make much of a difference?

I use GGG swaged brass all the time. in 3 years I have loaded and shot over 13k rounds of it through two ARs, with no primer issues at all.

It's Milspec brass after all.

.50 Cal - Chuck Norris

12G - Rutger Hauer

Whereabouts in Lincs are you please? We are discussing options with a fellow shooter who is in Lincs.

Thanks

32 minutes ago, Burgerbudge said:

Is this still for sale?

It was 19hrs ago according to the post above yours. Why not PM him an offer

Surely if it has a rifled barrel it ceases to be a shotgun

There has to be a reason for no photos ! 🤣

You're amongst friends, nobody will laugh🤥

I have a 12.5" barrel on my BAR22. I want a longer barrel.

If that appeals to you (best of both worlds) and they are an easy swap, I'd be happy to

I expect the Home Office has other priorities this year, rather than working out how to introduce a compensation scheme.

They are in a win win at the moment because nobody can buy or sell one and it hasn't cost them a penny yet.

However, by allowing everyone to keep them and use them, they have rather shot their initial argument in the foot because they can't be that dangerous or a big risk if they let people keep them.

Such is the ludicrousy of Firearms legislation! 

Did you respond to the interested party on the CSR forum?

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