Originally Posted by
simgre
The big thing to remember is in the UK, is that those that shoot, are not necessarily "gun people". I've come across clay shooters that have had the same gun for 30 years and use the same cartridges. They have no concept of what's available to them in the way of guns, likewise, deer stalkers who shoot maybe 20 rounds a year through a 40 year old Parker Hale, but it's the hunt for them, not the guns.
That said, I know a stalker who uses WW2 rifles. I have a mate who manages boar in East Sussex with a .45-70 lever gun, a 12ga s1 slug and a .44 mag humane dispatch revolver. And one bloke I bought a 1904 made Marlin carbine in .44-40 had it for fox control on his orchard to protect the bantams he kept for fun! There's loads of what would "obscure" stuff used. Some necessity, some because that's what they've always used and other stuff because they can, have justified it and enjoy it!
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