Anyone here shoot?

From NI originally. I had a 44mag underlever rifle and a 9mm pistol while I was there. Got rid of them before I moved to Wales. I had had enough of shooting in the Army. Have gradually drifted back into Air rifle and air pistol.
 
I used to shoot a lot when my in-laws were farming, with shotguns and also small-bore rifle for pigeon control. When they retired and sold up, I kept on my licences for occasional use, but, in the end, the cost, the bureaucracy, and the feeling of perpetually being regarded as a criminal-in-waiting by "the authorities" persuaded me to give it all up.

It was a bit of a wrench, as I'm now in my sixties, and started shooting at about eight, when I was sent to Churchill's shooting school to be taught properly. I then shot in the school shooting Eight, with plenty of. 303 in the CCF. My first shotgun was a Jeffreys 28-bore.

I was a pretty good shot, but like anything else, too little and infrequent practice leads to a decline in performance (!?) and I started missing more. No big deal with clays and targets, but a good reason to give up game shooting.
 
Fergiebilly said:
FAC Gun Clubs are Waste of Time in the UK..There are So Many Restrictions..Also..Being a Former Royal Marine I Cant Stand Civvies Playing Rambo..Gun Clubs in the UK are Full of Ham Shankers..:eek:

Billy
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I can imagine. I went to the Midlands Game Fair a few years back, I wore walking boots with jeans and a grey fleece jacket and I was amazed by the number of idiots who'd turned up in full army camouflage and high-leg combat boots. A couple of them were also wearing those "tactical" vest things with all the pouches on, they looked proper bell ends.
 
chris.hale said:
I can imagine. I went to the Midlands Game Fair a few years back, I wore walking boots with jeans and a grey fleece jacket and I was amazed by the number of idiots who'd turned up in full army camouflage and high-leg combat boots. A couple of them were also wearing those "tactical" vest things with all the pouches on, they looked proper bell ends.
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I'm a member of an airgun club and they we get the tactical vest type there too.:eek:
 
I must be lucky as I get to carry a handgun every day and sometimes two when the need arises. I have shot just about everything, but I could never cure the blackpowder bug as it bit me hard after seeing Jeremiah Johnson as a kid. Too many Brits have forgotten the legendary name of Curtis's & Harvey's who in the 19th century made the some of the best blackpowder ever.

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Without getting too political, perhaps if things keep up as they have of late the U.K. might consider rescinding the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997, or at the minimum another Lend/Lease plan. ;)
 
Bogeyman said:
I must be lucky as I get to carry a handgun every day and sometimes two when the need arises. I have shot just about everything, but I could never cure the blackpowder bug as it bit me hard after seeing Jeremiah Johnson as a kid. Too many Brits have forgotten the legendary name of Curtis's & Harvey's who in the 19th century made the some of the best blackpowder ever.

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Without getting too political, perhaps if things keep up as they have of late the U.K. might consider rescinding the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997, or at the minimum another Lend/Lease plan. ;)
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Jeremiah Johnson was a Scotsman..:)

Billy
 
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