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super 10 makes a dent in corvid populaion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!was down the allotments today,and as usual i took aan airgun,this time my new super10.quite a lot of pigeons like the fruits of my labours,and often i bag a few that sit in the ash trees waiting for me to go.today as i worked a woody alighted in the tree so a shot it central in the chest and out the tree it fell! almost streight away the magpie perched on a branch cackling and going ,so i lined up the x hairs on its head and down he went!
apon retrieval i saw that the pellet had got hin streight in the eye and out back of its head!!!!
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ratbuster
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You really took his eye out!   
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the farrier
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Good shooting Fish
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fish
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cheers guys !!!!! matt said be carefull youl have someones eye out with that!!!!
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ratbuster
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Really CHUNKY airrifle you have there, Mate 
How many shots does it give, before you have to refill?
RB
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steve
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nice shooting fish,i had a magpie on the bird table in the garden the other day but he was off before i could get a shot at the b******d . .
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fish
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| ratbuster wrote: | Really CHUNKY airrifle you have there, Mate
How many shots does it give, before you have to refill?
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not sure i think 300 shots.
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Baldryk
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Good shooting,i hate them maggies,but theyr good in a casserole!
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fish
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you eat corvids?!!!!!!!! 
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Yeeharr
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Nice shooting Tex, that shot count soon drops when you push the power up to 30 ftlbs
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fish
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i bet! ime suprised just how easy the precharged is to shoot!
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Gareth
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| fish wrote: | | you eat corvids?!!!!!!!! |
Where I originate from in Leicestershire it is traditional to have Rook, Jackdaw, and Crow shoots at Autumn sowing time. Some villages, notable South Croxton, Beeby Croxton Kerrial, Bescaby, Goadby Marwood and Hungerton still continue ths tradition, with Rook Pie being a firm favourite of the participants.
This rural tradition is centuries old, and possibly strap type slings were the primary weapon of choice before firearms, and it is credited with being the origin of the Nursery Rhyme: 4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie.
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fish
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i was aware that rooks are eaten ,ive eaten them myself ,but ime suprised anyone eats carrion!
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skip woody
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Yeehar: The Battle of Little Big Horn was indeed the end of General Custer and much of the 7th Calvary. One of the reasons the bow was mighter than the rifle that day was due to the budget of the U.S.Defence Department. I am not sure of the exact number, but each solder in the 7th Cav. had issued to him something like 10 rounds a YEAR.. to practice with. No wonder they could not hit anything!
I have visited the Custer Memorial and it is quite moving. There are head stones where each Trooper fell. The land is mostly flat with a slight rise about a mile from the Little Big Horn River so there was little the Cheyenned and Sioux could hide behind. Custer, after all the glory he could get, did not wait for reinforcements and attacked not realizing he was attacking a force 3 times his strength. No one survived.
There is a Ranger Station there in what is now a U.S. National Park overlooking the battlefield. Interestingly enough, the Station is manned by decendants of the Cheyenne and Sioux that actually fought there. Their account of the actual battle....and the man, Custer differ somewhat with history.
skip
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steve
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well fish i made a little dent in the local corvid population today with a little help of no 5 shot and my hound.
heres the hide i was shooting from
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Baldryk
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| fish wrote: | | you eat corvids?!!!!!!!! |
Yep i eat corvids!Whats not to like,in a casserole there really good.
 Taste like they smell
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sully916
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so its not eye for a eye.. its eye for a pie 
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