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Is keeping rabbits for the table OT here?
Ophelia wrote:
"Peter James" wrote in message Back in my younger days when I did a lot of rough shooting, I would sit in a field hedge with the wind in my face and wait for the rabbits to appear at dusk. I would then shoot them with a .22 semi-repeating rifle fitted with a silencer and a telescopic sight. Always through the head, that way you didn't spoil the meat. My local butcher would pay me 2/6d for each fully grown rabbit. As the bullet cost about 3d it was money for jam. Sometimes I could get 25 or 30 rabbits in one evening. Himself used to shoot with .22LR too, I think his last gun was a BRNO bolt action, but he gave up the FAC (Firearms Certificate) when he moved down to Glasgow and away from where he had suitable shooting permissions, so now he uses the air rifle and shotguns. When we move to somewhere he can shoot over ground safe for cartridge rifles he says he will apply for a FAC again in that police area, for .22 and perhaps a .243 if there are deer. Do you still shoot? Not any more I'm afraid. At 75 years of age, I'm not too sure I would be safe with a .22 rifle. And I'm pretty sure the police would agree. Peter -- It is necessary for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph. Attributed to Edmund Burke 1729 - 1797 |
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