MattyF
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What you doing with him Alex ,Beating ? I took my spaniels out at dusk for some woodcock …. Arrived a bit early but at around 4 .30 the flight lanes came alive but I was nearly home and had unloaded the gun so just sat and watched them for a while darting and weaving in the wind … tbh I’d rather watch them anyway unless I’m counting 50+ coming past.
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I just keep going back to the pfanner nanosheild , although eye watering for a jacket that I usually get full of thorns or put a 395 dog in as I did to a brand new one this week they seem to offer the best in comfort and work best to the layers I use to keep warm or more importantly cool when working , I like the pocket layout and detachable hood too. only Swazi I ever owned I could not wear for work as even in minus conditions it was too warm!
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We have a tracked 235 cant fault it, I would not go back to another brand , plus points is the galv chassis is strong enough for a decent winch which I think if you have a tracked machine it is a game changer , I know a few makes that have folded and bent when they have had winches fitted , they go on forever and although overland are the other end of the country to me we find them bang on for help and parts … they are very agricultural machines so easy to work on if you have some mechanical aptitude. problem I think is with forst Is once you have bought in to them the resale is so bad you are kind of stuck with them as no one else really wants to touch them … which is fine I guess if your happy with the machine and your trading in for another once the warranty has ran out.
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Have you tried Feild and forest?
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Aye that’s probs what we did .. was 5 + years ago so can’t remember what we did … I know it was dark when we left though !
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To be fair I did a big wellie maybe 75ft , still about half that size with and for a member on here a few years back it was an utter ball ache getting it in to a spiral.
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Not sure rich It was a while back … possibly in America or could have been your mate.
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Apta launcher was good , probably the best out of most the alternatives, as long as you had a good pump. my throwing was not great , just practice for 15 mins once a week and it will improve massively over a month or so. big shots are ok , with out sounding like a wet wipe the forces of what you need to propel 12-14oz bags up a tree are potentially lethal , didn’t some one die a year or so back when a pole collapsed or elastic broke ??? , I would just buy the stine one and save yourself the time and have some piece of mind.
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They are loud , I had to have permission and notices in the natural trust car park that was on that job warning people what the noise was.. will make your ears ring anyway. Basically it’s a dog dummy trainer , you just need to modify the dummy with some weight other wise they ricochet all around the tree and you have zero chance of getting the line back on the ground.
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They are wank krammykins, **************** off for miles and don’t come back as I imagine a cross bow bolt will too , I added around 16oz of lead to a blank dummy so I could actually get it down but it’s pretty pointless when you can polish up your throw line skills and hand throw and isolate an anchor at 70ft. here’s mine in action. Matthew Fathers (@matty_arb) • Instagram video WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 54 likes, 6 comments - matty_arb on June 16, 2015: "Beech monolith work from this morning.".
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I was looking at the notch carbons as my old geckos are wearing a bit thin…. Nearly 1 k !!!! I’m gonna have to buy some carbon fibre and add some strips on !
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I must admit I’ve not really being paying much attention to new climbing kit , looking around as I replacing most of it the other week I was surprised to see how much stuff was notch.
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@Steve Bullmani think you had to show me how to use the first one I bought at Caple years back…..after a few beers it wasn’t working for me.
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As a triangle it’s black ?…. Any way I’d say that mold is more testimony to its longevity, I’ve had two in the last 15+ years and I’d still be in the original probably if it wasn’t in a stolen climbing kit. Bought a cheap one off eBay as a back up and it lasted two minutes before one of the steel rods poked through the side.
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I’d agree on the faltimer and FTC , I would not use another line, it’s lush and does not tangle anything like any other line that doesn’t have a mono core . 8oz and 12 is too light for me , I’m a 14 all day long with a 16 to manipulate the route …. Nothing worse than spending time getting the throw and it won’t come back down!
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I was watching my mates 280 track on site the other day , I think it was doing 20mph!! … I think our Schliesing is about 1mph if that … can’t say I’m bothered by it much , the speed would be nice but I’m pretty sure I would drop tracks more, the slow speed seems to make you more aware of stumps and obstacles that could de track.
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Sounds interesting
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Did did you get it sorted ? I’ve looked through my 325 manual and can’t see any guidance on spring settings.
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I doubt it stubs … if they do decide to put shotguns on a section 1 it will take a long time before it happens.
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Aye I don’t really want to insult him as he’s a good friend though😂 on the plus side the misses seems happy for me to buy another gun so I might bide my time on this one.
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Yeah that’s what I’m thinking Mike , I just fancied a 20 gauge in the cabinet.
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I don’t think so, guy who owns it likes his 12’s and shoots another 20 , this I believe came from his father…there is a crack in the stock that has been fixed , it feels tight and shoots nice and has ejectors ….don’t suppose I could ask for more but it’s a pretty ugly thing though! He wants £500 for it but it seems really a buyers market out there for older second hand guns.
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Does any one know owt about proof marks on shotguns? been offered this old miroku 600 20 bore .. not really interested if it can’t shoot steel though.
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If you ordered the spring through a Schliesing dealer a quick call on Monday will set you right. I’ve found Dave at overland extremely helpful with any questions on ours when fitting new parts.
