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Fabarm Axis shotgun review

Fabarm Axis shotgun: Makers of the Fabarm series have brought all the modern technology they can muster to bear on this over-under.

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Blaser F3 shotgun review

Blaser F3 shotgun: Blaser has certainly blazed a trail with its F3 Sporter - a shotgun that oozes design qualities and manufacturing excellence at an extremely affordable price.

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How much of a problem are grey squirrels?

Grey squirrels have received a lot of bad press lately in relation to the decline of woodland song birds. How much damage do they do to game bird nests and how are they most effectively controlled wit...

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Ferreting
My ferret is too fat!

A friend has given me an extremely fat ferret which hasn't been worked for several months. I read recently that I should put it on a cereal based diet. Do you agree? How can I get it back into working...

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When pigeon shooting, I’m always breaking my hide poles!

How many pigeon poles do you go through each year? I bend and break no-end of them and I'm still searching for a really sturdy set that won't let me down. Which makes can you recommend?

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I want to re-blue my barrels

Is it possible to re-blue a complete barrel set with the kind of cold blueing compounds sold in gun shops?

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Swans on my flight pond

Last season I tried to attract duck to a small spring fed lake - but without success. I fed barley in the shallows, but apart from one or two mallard it only managed to attract three resident swans.

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How does trigger switching work?

In your gun tests you often mention a gun's trigger is switched to the second barrel by an inertia mechanism. How does this work?

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Digging deep

How deep can rabbit burrows go? What's the deepest hole you’ve had to dig? If my ferret should get lost in a big burrow would it be best to leave it there overnight and hope it had resurfaced the ne...

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How many pigeon decoy machines will run off a battery?

How many pigeon 'whirlies' can you run off a normal battery? I want to run more than one, but don't want to lug the extra weight.

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