Autumn Bash 17th and 18th September 2022

[TonyL]

Hello All
Just want to say what a great time I had and thankyou to everyone for making me welcome. Particular respect to Neil for organising every thing.
Got to go off grid again for a few days whilst in a house move.
Thomas

Lovely to have met you, Thomas, and great to hear (although hardly surprising) that you had an enjoyable maiden visit. Every single newbie that attends says the same thing and questions why they didn't take the plunge before. Hope you get those finer elements of your BSA fettles sorted once playtime allows.

[TonyL]

A big thank you for all your kind words.
All the targets have been touched up. The zeroing target had to have the edges filed as the soft lead pellets had caused the 3mm mild steel plates to deform at the edges
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Have great day everyone.

Neil & Tina

Thank you once again, Neil.

Those poor old targets don't half get a battering over the course of a Bash weekend, don't they? Testament to you (and Mick at The Hollow) as to how well they handle the repeated pounding.. It's always quite eye-opening to see how well splattered those pellets are at "Bucket range" when collecting those targets up, too.

Looking forward to May with boingy zest already. Can you put the order in for your customary sunny backdrop, please?

BOING!

[TonyL]

And this little chap hasn't made an appearance for a few days.

BOING!

[look no hands]

That thing would have had the poor target running for cover!

Just got to find something suitable to put that .25 barrel blank on now?

Thanks again Mark for that.


Pete

[CapitalBee]

Just got to find something suitable to put that .25 barrel blank on now?

Thanks again Mark for that.


Pete

No problem Pete, glad it's earmarked for something rather than languishing in my spares drawer.

[look no hands]

No problem Pete, glad it's earmarked for something rather than languishing in my spares drawer.

I was thinking either the Xocet or the Fenman but don't really want to destroy the breech blocks as they are hard to get now, so may have to be an underlever of some sort.

Pete

[Black Beard]

Thanks for running an excellent event Neil. It was lovely to see old friends again.

To anyone shooting the 75m bucket, that was equivalent of 2 minutes of angle. Hitting that is pretty good for a blowy day.

[TonyL]

And marvellous to see you once again, Andy.

[TonyL]

Just got to find something suitable to put that .25 barrel blank on now?

Thanks again Mark for that.


Pete

I was thinking either the Xocet or the Fenman but don't really want to destroy the breech blocks as they are hard to get now, so may have to be an underlever of some sort.

Pete

Be interesting to see what it finally ends up fitted to, Pete.

[look no hands]

Be interesting to see what it finally ends up fitted to, Pete.

I'm trying to find something suitable Tone.

Pete

[TonyL]

How are you doing with those chores at home, Pete? And how's my Tazzy DogDog?

[look no hands]

How are you doing with those chores at home, Pete? And how's my Tazzy DogDog?

Taz is fine, still got painting to do in areas where it looks alright in artificial light but is patchy in daylight, got to go over the glossed woodwork again in places where the carpet fitter cought it with his tools.

Managed to whip the spring kit into the Fenman tonight, only doing 8.6ftp but much easier to cock but the trigger is a bit unpredictable.

Pete

[TonyL]

Taz is fine, still got painting to do in areas where it looks alright in artificial light but is patchy in daylight, got to go over the glossed woodwork again in places where the carpet fitter cought it with his tools.

Managed to whip the spring kit into the Fenman tonight, only doing 8.6ftp but much easier to cock but the trigger is a bit unpredictable.

Pete

Nice to hear you're keeping on top of those jobs, Pete.

Give that fine doggy a cuddle from me.

Great to also hear you've re-commenced works on the Fenman. I don't know much about them at all. I think I've seen varying reports re the triggers / different types used etc (?). Can much be done to generally improve things? Much easier to cock is, indeed, a good place to be. Will you be seeking to up the power level or leaving at a lower level and enjoying that easier cocking effort even more and, I'm guessing, even nicer manners?

[look no hands]

Nice to hear you're keeping on top of those jobs, Pete.

Give that fine doggy a cuddle from me.

Great to also hear you've re-commenced works on the Fenman. I don't know much about them at all. I think I've seen varying reports re the triggers / different types used etc (?). Can much be done to generally improve things? Much easier to cock is, indeed, a good place to be. Will you be seeking to up the power level or leaving at a lower level and enjoying that easier cocking effort even more and, I'm guessing, even nicer manners?

I may tinker with it, I've found in my box of springs one that fits the original Theoben rear ram guide perfectly, so I may just see what that produces, the trigger has this horrid thing of working fine one or two shots and then not letting go and you really need to pull it and then it let's off, don't like that at all.

Pete

[TonyL]

Hope you can get that trigger working in a more reliable fashion, Pete. Are they known for it? Much information to tap into on the subject out there?