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Hope this is OK to post, if not please delete. A friend of mine passed away recently leaving a few guns and associated items to be delt with. One of the guns is a Sig Sauer SHR970 in 9.3x62. He had it screw cut and comes with a wildcat predator 12 moderator. There is also lee dies, lapua brass...

That's Frankie off the mark with his first 2 geese. We had a small flock of geese come in perfect, he picked his bird, fired a shot and down it came. The next lot came in a bit further out and moving a bit faster, he picked his bird and fired, a bird peeled off and landed in the loch. There was...

Great to be out again with the gun and the hound for the first day of the wildfowling season. I have been wildfowling since I was 13, i am nearly 40 now and still i cant sleep the night before opening day. I was up and making coffee for the flask at half 3 and in the field for half 4 all set up...

*Please do not copy any of the loads shown below. These loads were carefully worked up in MY RIFLE and may not be safe in another rifle* Hi all. I finally managed to get my hands on some woodleigh 300gr rnsn and started on some load development last night. Using N140 I loaded up 9 cartridges...

Just picked up this 10 bore side by side. I had one years ago but it really did not fit me well at all, this one fits a lot better so we will see what happens when the season comes around. It's an Eibar made in Spain, a nice English gun by Tolley or Baker would be nice but they are harder to...

I had good news yesterday from the police, the restrictions they had put on my licence regarding the 375H&H has been removed. When my licence came back after applying for the 375 it came back with 2 restrictions, firstly I couldn't fire the weapon at all in the UK and secondly it couldn't leave...

Just wanted to share with you guys my new edition to the cabinet. It's a new to me winchester m70 super grade in 375h&h. Absolutely delighted with it, I've never owned a rifle that fits as good as this winchester, it comes up perfectly.

That's the end of our 20/21 wildfowling season. Just thought I would share some photos, it's been a great season. It's been great to have my eldest out this season, him and his cousin have had some good shooting.

Had a great couple of days sport after being on shift for 3 weeks. The dog was delighted to be out getting some action too.

I had the privilege of shooting a goose with a Tolley double 8 the other morning. A good friend of mine has a fantastic collection of big bore shotguns, mostly Tolleys. I only bagged a single goose but it's always great getting out with an old fowling piece.

I bought a s/h bettinsoli over and under for my eldest to use now that he is big enough. We went out for a nightflight the other night and we didn't have to wait long before a small bunch of geese came in. He didn't need telling twice, up the gun went and his first shot brought down a pinkfoot...

Had a fantastic morning flight and night flight on opening day of the fowling season. Bagged 3 geese this morning and the dog did great but the night flight was made even better as I was joined by my eldest and his cousin and they both managed to bag their first geese. Very proud of them both...

After 3 firings I noticed the signs of case head separation. A bright shiny ring just above the case head, couldn't feel anything with a bent paper clip so I opened one up and could just make out the faintest ring on the inside too. What causes head separation other than excessive head space? I...

Just been cleaning up some more brass in my new rotary tumbler. I wish I had changed to this system before now. 1 hour in stainless steel pins, hot water, a squirt of washing up liquid and half a teaspoon of citric acid and hey presto beautiful shiny clean brass inside and out. It's cheaper than...

Friday was the last day of the wildfowling season for me here in Shetland so it was good to end up with a few birds to pluck.

I have my firearms license coming up for renewal in April and I am thinking about applying for another caliber. After our trip to Namibia last year, all I can think about is planning the next trip and what to bring. I have been thinking about a applying for a .338 win mag. I think a .338 win mag...

Just thought I would share some photos of Tildas first season so far. She has been such a pleasure to train through the summer and a pleasure to have with me wildfowling so far this winter. She really has done well considering I got her a year ago and she was 7 months old when I got her. (hope...

Hi. My name is James. I am from Shetland, a tiny island in the North Sea. After being in Namibia for a month last July/August with friends I am more fascinated with Africa than ever before and cannot wait to return. No easy task coming from Shetland. Here at home I enjoy shooting as much as I...