Olympic Hopeful...

[Poppy]

Good luck to Norfolk athlete Billy 'Banjo' Smith who goes for Gold in the Olympics shooting today.

[imtamping2]

Are you sure thats not Griff on his last shoot.........??

[BroadScot]

1 hour ago, imtamping2 said:

Are you sure thats not Griff on his last shoot.........??

Nah, Macie dog aint in the pic!

[BroadAmbition]

Oh Fnar Fnar, 'ping' there goes another rib 

anyroadup, I use an over/under so it can't be me. 

Griff

[ChrisB]

Looks like it could be a heavy black powder fowling piece maybe a 10 or even an 8 bore by the length of the barrels.

I shoot long barrels 30 or 32 ins but they look short compared to those.

[BroadAmbition]

I'm the same, 30 or 32 max I once had a go with a 10g and once was  was enough, I can't see me ever trying an 8g, in fact I don't know anyone who owns one

Griff

[ChrisB]

When under previous ownership Lincoln had a OU 10 bore. The most recent I have seen is the side by side AYA Matador 10 gauge. The trouble is they all go about 9 lbs plus which is a hell of a weight to lug on the marsh. These days I still use my 12 for duck and geese but for game I went for a light OU 20 bore about three years ago and wish I had done it earlier.

[ChrisB]

2 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

I'm the same, 30 or 32 max I once had a go with a 10g and once was  was enough, I can't see me ever trying an 8g, in fact I don't know anyone who owns one

Griff

Well you could Griff, 

It would appear that they build big blokes on the Kent Marshes. Perhaps they come from those lost miners who worked Betshanger, and Snowdon  who once above ground longed for the wild Kent estuaries.

http://www.johnforsey.co.uk/shotguns_big_old.html

 

[ChrisB]

I have just read the spec on that 4 bore for sale at the top of the page. I am speechless!

[JonC]

That 4 bore is rather nice, John Forsey is the North Kent specialist wildfowling shop, tends to have a lot of big stuff in there. Which reminds me I have to take a 10 bore up to him at some point to see if he is interested in it.

[BroadAmbition]

I'm after a 12G ***** O/U single trigger auto eject 26" reach 14"   If you have a spare un kicking about in a dusty corner!

Griff