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While I appreciate the musical skill in jazz, it does nothing for me. I'll leave "extreme metal" thanks, not really music just sonic torture. At the moment I'm listening to Peter Green's early Fleetwood Mac (pre Christine Perfect/McVie) and there's only one British blues band that comes close - John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton and occasionally Peter Green on lead ('The Super-Natural'; one of the greatest guitar tracks ever). BB King, Duane Allman, Steve Ray-Vaughn, early Santana - I guess I'm a sucker for electric blues. Oh, and of course the greatest of all time - Jimi

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Yes, seems a bit of a waste as RCO must incorporate RSO. I also completed both yesterday and passed both

I guess my experience meant I could pretty much fly through the RSO as it's meat and drink to any Range Officer however for the RCO I had to mine answers from the handbook as some questions were subtly different and on the face of it had two or more seemingly reasonable choices - just not necessarily the precise book answers required.

I've just finished doing both on-line assessments, the questions were quite different (and RCO was hard!)

It does make sense to me as a large percentage of clubs do not use military ranges or officiate at Bisley. The RSO course is much more 'approachable' than the RCO training and probably quite a relief to some candidates. The RCO course is a "bolt on" to the RSO and it does make more sense when seen in the round. Roy W has hit the nail on the head above - it's not an unreasonable cost.

I was quoting NRA member rates. £48 RSO + £5 RCO Not sure what the problem is? I don't think it's extortionate at all. Laminated badge is an option not a requirement

The RCO on-line renewal was £46 (RCO renewed at our club last October). It would appear the new fees are £53 so that's plus £7 if I understand the new structure.

Staffs have also been pretty good - but recently v. slow. They have introduced a new process and time will tell. Bitching is easy; actual constructive engagement takes effort 🤔

Funny you say that.. It's sort of what I suggested in my feedback along with proper engagement with clubs and standardised processes.

This may be of interest especially to RFD and Club officers. https://www.college.police.uk/article/firearms-licensing-guidance-have-your-say?fbclid=IwAR1Pv3xBkBtRUfcVJNiBI8zgtQFHP9kEBevxWbbyiidCVPnrQ-yd25wJCoY

I use a tiny amount of jewellers rouge powder, it brings the brass up very nicely. I mean tiny too - quarter of a teaspoon max in a full Lyman tumbler. It will naturally distribute around the walnut media and turn it a red shade. If you don't know, jewellers rouge is super-fine ground iron oxide (rust) used for polishing precious metals and glass Most important though: clean the necks inside prior to loading - I use a wet cotton bud. Personally I can't see any reason to use wax and would think it detrimental

Bullet derived from French boulle meaning a small ball Heads, something to take a dump in at sea

I can't see NRA enforcing a rule that only their hand-loading training would be acceptable anymore than they limit SCC certification to those receiving direct NRA training. Clubs train and endorse an application for SCC in particular categories, and the NRA issue cards on that premise. Why should reloading be any different ? What it does mean is club committees having to make a judgement as to whether their members are competent hand-loaders and possibly to offer training - and that's a potential minefield of having credentials to train others. The problem I see is that poor skills with a firearm can be evident to supervising range officers, training coaches etc. and that can be felt with. That's not the case with hand-loaded ammo, it's potentially a hidden hazard only evident in failure - hopefully not catastrophic failure. I understand that 2024 is the date for implementation so I expect NRA policy before then.

Lovely job indeed for a fine watch. Your son should be proud to have it. I wear my Rolex Explorer ii every day and serviced in Marple by Precision Watch Services (twice in 20yrs). Both times came back 'like new'. A good price too, £500 including a replacement winding mechanism (worn out).

BS abounds no doubt. Having annealed and not annealed I think I'll stick with doing it after four reloads, especially with .338 brass that costs ££££, not lost a case to cracks yet and the occasional 1 moa group at 1 mile does me fine. I also enjoy the reloading process almost as much as shooting

True, but training should reduce the likelihood. I've come across a few woefully ignorant chaps who don't understand the basics, just muddle through until they make the (hopefully not) fatal error.

I don't get your point ? What's "time served" in a club to do with it ?

I'm not personally adverse to the idea of accredited training so I'm looking forward to NRA advice on exactly how clubs are to achieve this..

is that big pins or small pins ? We need to know

Fully agree. You either have a good reason or you don't. Just think through why for yourself and be prepared to stand behind it when challenged.

How do you deal with the transfer between FAC and SGC ?

when was the last increase? Without that information it's difficult to assess given the rate of inflation.

I believe it can be done, it's more than just crimping the tube and it will need to be re-proofed.