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[ANON]

i shoot a 12b browning cynergy black ice 32". my 11 year old lad shoots a 20b cynergy sporter

i was fortunate to get loads of pistol shooting done when i was a teenager before the handgun ban came in

also did a lot of shooting with .303 smle, lmg, gpmg etc

Edited by ANON, 11 November 2008 - 09:58 PM.

[shedonwheels]

So do you guys just shoot practice targets then, or little bunny wabbits? or maybe cats?

[JohnGordon]

I've got:

4-10 shotgun
20 gauge shotgun
12 gauge shotgun

and mi dad has 4x 12 gauges, the joys of living on a farm!

[james105]

I go beating at the moment, sometime pick up the shotgun and have a go.

When im home from uni, use the air rifle a little bit.

[Marky Tizz]

I've got a Dragunov I use on the local chavs. Might have spelt it wrong. But it's a joke anyway so it doesn't matter...

I should stop talking. Or just go to sleep.

Soryr...

[Mini Adam]

So do you guys just shoot practice targets then, or little bunny wabbits? or maybe cats?

I do target shooting with my air rifles/pistols.
Clay pigeon shooting with my Remington.
Rat Shooting with my 410
And rough shooting with my 20 bore and remington 1100

Rough shooting includes shooting foxes, rabbits, pigeon and anything else that can be legally shot at that time of year

Adam

[Juju]

I was in the Rifle & Pistol Club for a number of years at Imperial College. It was fun shooting at targets & I found it challenging (especially trying to fish hot cartridges out of my cleavage before they scarred me).

Then the Dunblane Massacre happened in 1996.

It suddenly wasn't fun for me anymore & I could no longer justify going near a gun as a "hobby". I haven't touched one since.

Shooting animals outside of pest-control or food-provision is completely beyond my understanding.

[erica]

i can see where your coming from juju. im glad we have tight gun laws here so there aren't too many loonies with guns.

that said i do enjoy a bit of a shoot with the bf's guns when we go camping.

i have shot slug guns, shot guns and rifles, but don't ask me the brands!
i have also had a bit of a go at clay target shooting.

it's all a bit of fun if you are careful.

[AzMaN]

So do you guys just shoot practice targets then, or little bunny wabbits? or maybe cats?

yer wabbits, bloody things eat all the crops, so they earn a one way ticket to a hole in the ground (and not the one they live in)

[Mini Adam]

Shooting animals outside of pest-control or food-provision is completely beyond my understanding.

I agree with that, which is why I only shoot animals for pest-control and food-provision

im glad we have tight gun laws here so there aren't too many loonies with guns.

Mmm you'd be surpirsed actually at how easy it is to obtain my gun. For me to get my license the Firearms Department from my local police station came round, asked me a few questions about safety that anyone with common sense would know the answer to, had to show him my gun cabinet, and then I was issued with a shotgun certificate. This allows me to own a gun at 15 that has been given as a present and buy a gun and cartdirges at 17. I beleive this is correct.??

Edited by Mini Adam, 12 November 2008 - 05:10 PM.

[AzMaN]

Shotgun is easyer to obtain than a rifle, no idea why to be honest they should both be the same, although i think for a shotgun "sport" is a valid reason to own one, where as a rifle, it has to be pest control, or target shooting there again there are many regulations in the uk that make no sense.

Edited by AzMaN, 12 November 2008 - 05:25 PM.

[Mini Adam]

Shotgun is easyer to obtain than a rifle, no idea why to be honest they should both be the same, although i think for a shotgun "sport" is a valid reason to own one, where as a rifle, it has to be pest control, or target shooting there again there are many regulations in the uk that make no sense.

Mmm yeah your right I dont understand why you have to have a firearms certificate to own a rifle

Not that I shoot rifles anyway so it doesn;t affect me

[Dog]

For me, I mainly shot metal drop down targets, but now and then, the odd bunny, or pigeon...
This time of year, controling rabbits is advised to stop mixy running wild

[Mini Viper]

hi i have air rifles me self i have a

22. bsa tactical with night vision optical zoom cost me £500 with scope
and a over
22. that i payed £80 with scope

[AzMaN]

Shotgun is easyer to obtain than a rifle, no idea why to be honest they should both be the same, although i think for a shotgun "sport" is a valid reason to own one, where as a rifle, it has to be pest control, or target shooting there again there are many regulations in the uk that make no sense.

Mmm yeah your right I dont understand why you have to have a firearms certificate to own a rifle

Not that I shoot rifles anyway so it doesn;t affect me

maybe its because a rifle has a larger range, and dose damage consistent in one point, where as a shotgun spreads its load, so the further away the less chance of major injury but thats a guess.