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    Quote Originally Posted by MattyBoy View Post
    I have a lovely little Mitchel 308 Prince which I still use

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    They really are gorgeous little reels MaTThew, use mine for legering/swimfeeder fishing. I also have the skirted spool and VERY rare version in a graphite colour the 908. These smaller Mitchells of both types are much scarcer than their bigger cousins in the 300/400 series.

    As Wotswot said in an earlier post we really all are a very similar bunch on here.
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    dosnt add up

    I started with the old gat and webley pistols.We used to divide up in to teams, British and germans, then shoot at each other,the rule was, dont shoot at heads.But the day "Sweetie" got a .177 between the eyes we stopped, swearing he was ok we thought it would be wiser to stick to tin cans etc. He was combing his hair three months later and the pellet sort of popped out. We were aghast at how shiny it was.
    These were more casual days when you could walk down the main street with a rifle over the shoulder and no one would worry.Now days a swat team would arrive, before you had time to roll an old holborn ciggy.The farmers were ok about knocking off rabbits if you asked them.When i could afford it i bought a mk1 meteor .22..then a Airsporter. I could light a red topped match at twenty yards with the Meteor.But the Airsporter seemed a nicer looking rifle and had all the acolades but i couldnt understand why the meteor was more accurate and seemed to have the same power....You could drop a rabbit at 75 yards with the airsporter, but the meteor was passe...
    Fast forward fifty years and i find the meteor and airsporter spring are the same,..same power plant, the meteor isnt as sexy but, its lighter nice and simple to work on, and in my humble opinion, one of the best designs. If its in good order i reckon its as good as the Airsporter. I have the suspicion that the forman at the factory was told to detune them as it would slow airsporter sales..or something like that.

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    o no, now i want to go back on my fishing nostalgia trips to and dont talk about fishing reels,here i go again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grayling View Post

    As Wotswot said in an earlier post we really all are a very similar bunch on here.
    In which case GaRy; can we discuss YOUR Shandy drinking habits?

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    Started with air guns in the very early fities 51 o52 I think, It was either a Big Chief or Indian Chief, then after a couple of years it was a Diana 15 followed by the Diana 16 then Diana 22. the next gun was the Cadet followed by the Major and then in my opinion the nonpareil Airsporter MK 1. The Major was sold to a fellow apprentice, He was wanting an air rifle so we went for a walk on the Aire & Calder with the two guns and said he could take his pick which ever he fancied. After the five mile walk up the canal he plumped for the lighter Major, It was a minter, he got the damn thing for four quid but in those days that was his weekly wage. Then I'm afraid for me it was girls, more girls and then beer.

    Marriage brought two boys and when they were old enough I got out the Airsporter bought the eldest a second hand Meteor and did some plinking in the garden and on a local farm. The guns were stolen from my shed, which I hasten to add was my fault really as the shed was never locked.

    Many years later, in fact just two years ago I was with my eldest son in a gunsmiths he was trying to get some measurements of some PcPs so that he could make some shrouds that I asked the proprieter if he had a Cadet or Major in his stock. He promptly lifted his arms above his head and from an out of sight rack produced a Cadet, I let my heart rule my head and bought it. It was varnished and painted black. That's when the collecting bug started, since then I have acquired Airsporters MKI, MKII, MKII MKVI and an RB2 Stutzen, BSA Supers Star in 22, a shite condition Webley Hawk, A HW97K in 177, I have had a damaged Cadet Major given along with a HW 35 both in poor condition but working, a Mercury in 22 and Cometa and two Meteors in 22.

    The wife wants to know why I want two guns when I can only shoot one at a time, I don't know what to say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MattyBoy View Post
    In which case GaRy; can we discuss YOUR Shandy drinking habits?

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    Excuse me MaTThew please get it right, you are the SHANDY DRINKING SOUTHERN SOFTY I'm a LESBIAN and Tia Maria is my tipple of choice .
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