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from Sacha contains these words:

The Captain of at least one of the local syndicates uses an
over-and-under - indeed, I've never seen him with a side-by-side...

Is it possible that the O&U prejudice started not just because they were
cheaper to make but because they actually *are* more accurate and therefore
gave the birds less of a 'sporting chance'?

No. The aim is to kill the game as cleanly as possible. They aren't more
accurate per se, but they do give you that extra fraction of a second
for the shot.

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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Where can you get clay traps for 'home use'?

Any of the major shooting suppliers. They come in all types from
cheap and tinny up to the expensive ones used in shooting schools.
I don't know if any are well-adapted to using by a single person.

If 'using by a single person' means the person shooting the clays
operates the trap, the answer is yes, but not at a realistic price.

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Somehow or other I suspect that the gun I used for poaching does not belong
in "this arena"....it was a .22 BSA airgun...H

Side-by-side, or over-and-under?

(I'm a real bounder, and have a pre-charged air rifle with a 10-shot
pellet magazine.)

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On 27/6/05 9:01, in article , "Harold
Walker" wrote:


There were some really fine guns made to both patterns, but the best O&U
ones I've seen were the fixed barrel types.

Side-by-sides only really started quite well into the flintlock period.

I think the prejudice was just snobbery because O-Us
_were_ actually cheaper and perhaps don't look so nice. I don't mind
snobbery about self-loading automatics, though, which is about
sportsmanship, not money.

The Captain of at least one of the local syndicates uses an
over-and-under - indeed, I've never seen him with a side-by-side...

Is it possible that the O&U prejudice started not just because they were
cheaper to make but because they actually *are* more accurate and
therefore
gave the birds less of a 'sporting chance'?
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

Somehow or other I suspect that the gun I used for poaching does not belong
in "this arena"....it was a .22 BSA airgun...H



Ah. But did it fold up?
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On 27/6/05 9:34, in article ,
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote:

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Where can you get clay traps for 'home use'?

Any of the major shooting suppliers. They come in all types from
cheap and tinny up to the expensive ones used in shooting schools.
I don't know if any are well-adapted to using by a single person.

If 'using by a single person' means the person shooting the clays
operates the trap, the answer is yes, but not at a realistic price.

Thanks to you both but I doubt it would be single person use if we look into
doing it at all. More likely me pulling the lever, or whatever it is
nowadays!
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www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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....

Is it possible that the O&U prejudice started not just because they were
cheaper to make but because they actually *are* more accurate and
therefore
gave the birds less of a 'sporting chance'?
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

Somehow or other I suspect that the gun I used for poaching does not
belong
in "this arena"....it was a .22 BSA airgun...H



Ah. But did it fold up?///////////////aye lass, if you mean did the
barrel break to depress the spring.....yes....it took down many grice and
pheasant in its day.....H

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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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The message
from "Harold Walker" contains these words:

Somehow or other I suspect that the gun I used for poaching does not
belong
in "this arena"....it was a .22 BSA airgun...H

Side-by-side, or over-and-under?

(I'm a real bounder, and have a pre-charged air rifle with a 10-shot
pellet magazine.)

Is that with a a CO2 cylinder?.....I used to have a .177pellet revolver with
a magazine and cylinder for charging...H

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The message
from "Harold Walker" contains these words:

(I'm a real bounder, and have a pre-charged air rifle with a 10-shot
pellet magazine.)

Is that with a a CO2 cylinder?.....I used to have a .177pellet
revolver with
a magazine and cylinder for charging...H

No, there's a big air reservoir under the barrel, and I use either a
multi-stage pump or a sub-aqua cylinder to replenish it.

The pump goes to 250 bar - and it's hard work!

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