Semi auto shotguns on let days

[Bowland blades]

Not disputing any of that and use a semi-auto myself for pigeon shooting, was just stating that there is a certain unfamiliarity amongst the older shooter (on our shoot) with single barrelled, non-breakable shotguns. With my ejector, I eject the shells at my body so that they fall to the ground around me, while my semi-auto tries to launch them into orbit

Regards

Mark

well , we can find reasons not to like about anything. However Stuff 'em, we are talking about the generation who took all they could and missed recruiting enough back into the sport and now we are to fear their wrath ? Seriously the semi auto is a lot better you both youngsters and women ( our only chance to get the numbers where they really need to be ) . Being fair i shot on fox drives with a load of the old boys , even some using 2 1/2" shells and i never did hear a mutter ! If its good for fox drives , its good enough for driven birds IMO

 

[RJD]

My concern with semi autos out of their normal environment is the familiarity of the shooter in the new environment, whether clays or game. We used to have a few wildflowers at our little clay shoot and they were Very dangerous, mind you not as dangerous as a guy at the second and last comp I entered who was wearing a GB skeet vest.

For the cost of a couple of brace you can pick up a very serviceable blne, so no need to semi autos at gem shoots

Beaters days are terrifying with any gun!

 

[enfieldspares]

Once frowned upon using an OU.

Hmm! Not necessarily so. There were folks who could afford to own and use pairs of Boss O/U guns. Or single Woodward O/U guns. The "snobbery" against O/U is not so much, per se, that they were O/U guns but that they were not "English" guns. I'm glad my only encounter with the fellow is on this video. The oft quoted reason that the Edwardians didn't adopt self-loading shotguns was that over a series of shots of one more than the capacity of the self-loader they are slower than a pair of double barrel guns and a loader.

 

[Stimo444]

I must say the on beaters days or the odd Shoot invite ( thanks Jess) I like the use my old Sbs 16 bore, and shoot only within my capacity. However to shoot by pheasant with that sort of heavy load then my shoulder would not take it, so an auto is the only answer. This would apply to ducks, but will stick to th old gun and enjoy as long as I can

 

[glasshalffull]

On previous estate, my employer told me, upon seeing me with a Miroku ou,if God had meant you to use a gun like that you'd have one eye above the other.
Present employer calls my Winchester auto my gangster gun!
Don't think we'll be seeing any used by guests here!

This morning

 

[shakey jake]

This morning

hope the guns not loaded!!!

 

[glasshalffull]

hope the guns not loaded!!!

It might blow the bloody doors off

 

[shakey jake]

all about fashion, still dressing like an edwardian, cant shoot on sundays, stalk with a 6.5 but it cant be a creedmoor.
no gun is more dangerous than another. if your not used to any gun YOU become the dangerous part

 

[glasshalffull]

all about fashion, still dressing like an edwardian, cant shoot on sundays, stalk with a 6.5 but it cant be a creedmoor.
no gun is more dangerous than another. if your not used to any gun YOU become the dangerous part

Would you go to a formal driven pheasant day wearing camouflage along with your semi-automatic? Just whilst you mention fashion all the gun's in our syndicate dress to show respect towards the quarry and all the people involved on the day

 

[shakey jake]

Would you go to a formal driven pheasant day wearing camouflage along with your semi-automatic? Just whilst you mention fashion all the gun's in our syndicate dress to show respect towards the quarry and all the people involved on the day

i dont wear camo or tweed, im fxxded if id wear a tie to shoot any thing.
respect is an attitude not how you dress. modest bags and eating what you shoot is respect. shot two squirrels on monday, they will be eaten this weekend. roe deer haggis on sat.
cant see why a gun could change respect

 

[glasshalffull]

i dont wear camo or tweed, im fxxded if id wear a tie to shoot any thing.
respect is an attitude not how you dress. modest bags and eating what you shoot is respect. shot two squirrels on monday, they will be eaten this weekend. roe deer haggis on sat.
cant see why a gun could change respect

Some just don't get it

 

[Pete1774]

all about fashion, still dressing like an edwardian, cant shoot on sundays, stalk with a 6.5 but it cant be a creedmoor.
no gun is more dangerous than another. if your not used to any gun YOU become the dangerous part

I agree. There's no such thing as a safe gun, only a safe shooter. Re you first point I've never understood why people feel compelled to dress in some sort of "uniform" for sporting activities. Weekend cyclists in multi-coloured, full body condoms are another example.

 

[glasshalffull]

I agree. There's no such thing as a safe gun, only a safe shooter. Re you first point I've never understood why people feel compelled to dress in some sort of "uniform" for sporting activities. Weekend cyclists in multi-coloured, full body condoms are another example.

Just because you don't is no reason to be judgmental on those who do

 

[Doodles]

Hunting and shooting wildlife

Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

www.gov.uk

 

[Doodles]

I’ll leave just leave that there. Driven game shooting with a semi auto, big no no.

 

[enfieldspares]

i dont wear camo or tweed, im fxxded if id wear a tie to shoot any thing.

Re you first point I've never understood why people feel compelled to dress in some sort of "uniform" for sporting activities. Weekend cyclists in multi-coloured, full body

Regarding the tie. If someone breaks and arm and you've no necktie what are you going to use as a temporary sling? If some one breaks a leg two stout branches with two jackets and a couple of neckties make a stretcher. Or as a temporary tourniquet if a vein or artery is severed. It's the same reason stocks are worn when hunting. Tradition because the thing has a use other that as a neck garment. I don't like wearing a tie either when shooting anything as it restricts the turn of the head. But I will on a day out in the field with others just case it's needed for that second purpose.



As for a self-loader by date of invention Browning's Auto-5 predates the modern O/U by nearly a decade. Designed in 1900 it's another nine years until Boss's O/U comes to the market. I'd have no issue personally with using one on a formal day and, to my mind, it's all nice blue steel and walnut at least it won't have God awful multicoloured choke tubes sticking visibly out of the muzzles. Still horses for courses and if it upsets others it stays at home for their enjoyment of the day is also my enjoyment.

 

[JH83]

The safety issue can be debated until blue in the face. I have a pump for wildfowling and I don’t think they’re any more of less safe, it’s really down to handling.

I keeper/captain a shoot and I wouldn’t be overly impressed if someone turned up with a semi/pump, nor head to toe in cammo either. At the end of the day it’s a sport, it’s a heavily orchestrated set of circumstances not pure hunting..but a test of marksmanship so to be limited to 2 shots makes sense. I wouldn’t expect a full bespoke tweed suit, moleskins and a shirt are plenty good enough, as others have said shows a wee bit of respect. I think some people revel in sticking two fingers up to tradition which is their choice, but you won’t get many nice invites !

The caveat to this is if it were a young person or someone very new to shooting who had nothing else to wear/shoot and were short of funds, I think eventually a friendly, discreet chat would be had, as an entry level game gun are really not expensive.

 

[One on top of two]

Your be seeing a lot more S/Autos when the lead shot ban comes into force , same as clay shooting .

 

[shakey jake]

Regarding the tie. If someone breaks and arm and you've no necktie what are you going to use as a temporary sling? If some one breaks a leg two stout branches with two jackets and a couple of neckties make a stretcher. Or as a temporary tourniquet if a vein or artery is severed. It's the same reason stocks are worn when hunting. Tradition because the thing has a use other that as a neck garment. I don't like wearing a tie either when shooting anything as it restricts the turn of the head. But I will on a day out in the field with others just case it's needed for that second purpose.

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As for a self-loader by date of invention Browning's Auto-5 predates the modern O/U by nearly a decade. Designed in 1900 it's another nine years until Boss's O/U comes to the market. I'd have no issue personally with using one on a formal day and, to my mind, it's all nice blue steel and walnut at least it won't have God awful multicoloured choke tubes sticking visibly out of the muzzles. Still horses for courses and if it upsets others it stays at home for their enjoyment of the day is also my enjoyment.

dog lead or belt would work just as well.

 

[shakey jake]

I’ll leave just leave that there. Driven game shooting with a semi auto, big no no.

you can legally shot pheasant with a semi, your article above states that. is your big no no just an opinion?