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Just a reminder, BST ended this morning.
My Controls / Board Settings / turn off daylight saving.
Should be automatic, shouldn't it? Mine seemed to change itself OK
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Hello all.
I've a club mate who may be in the market for a S/H smallbore prone rifle in the near future. His preferences are for a Anschutz thumbhole stock or even an older ally stock if he's lucky. His Budget top end is £700.
I dont know any myself, since surrey guns seem to have an empty shelf, but if anyone knows of a dealer etc running a website advertising S/H rifles it would be a great help to him.
Many thanks all...
Well, the obvious one is the NSRA, although you might have to phone them to find out what they have in stock. It might be worth while trying Fultons as well.
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Don't forget the NSRA shop and Fultons (both based at Bisley in Surrey) sell second-hand rifles, but I would echo Rob's advice - get some advice from your club (instructor or experienced shooters) about the sort of rifle that you should go for. There are different models available to suit different types of shooting and different types of people. If you leave it to a trader to advise you, you might end up with what they want to sell you, rather than a gun that is right for you.
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I didn't get back from Bisley until 11pm last night but I got a one of the guys to restore to Sat night's backup for me.
Haven't had time to see where the managed to 'get in' so to speak ...
Would have been fixed before 8pm I believe and probably happened around lunchtime.
Well I don't think anything would have been lost - it was a really, really quiet weekend on here - all the chatterboxes must have been otherwise engaged at Bisley!
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I think the problem is something like this...
The appearance of the new post markers is controlled by the timestamp of each post, and the "last visited" date, which as others have noticed, isn't getting set correctly. However, when you log out, and log in again, the last visited date IS set. So the problem seems to be when you leave the forum without logging out - i.e. when the server times you out. I'm thinking that this is probably a bug in the IPB software, and while we wait for a fix, the work-around might be to log out when you have finished a session on the forum, and therefore having to log in again the next time you visit. A bit of a pain, I know, but it might just make life easier!
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This is driving me mad. I haven't got the faintest idea what I have read and what I haven't.
New Post markers appearing where they shouldn't be, not appearing where they should be, and ancient dormant threads appearing in my "View New Posts" for no reason.
I going off to open a bottle of wine (or 3).
Does seem a little strange. Posts I've read are marked as unread and posts I haven't read are supposedly marked as read? That and everything since 18th October is a new post?!
As a bit of a techie I've been racking me brains a bit, but I have to admit I'm slightly clueless. Have cleared all cookies, authenticated sessions, history, everything else and still the problem prevails wherever I access the forum. Must be something to do with the database? Any ideas Neil?
At first I wondered if it could be a problem with the clock on the server... but it looks like most date and time-related stuff is working OK, so that is unlikely. But I wonder if it could be the database serve that has got its clock wrong. In any event, it looks like things started to go wrong on the 18th, so what was changed then? Neil?
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Phew! I'm glad its not just me!
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What can I say, if a buttons there I'll try pressing it
And they let you play with guns ????????
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Neil,
Do any of the options have any facility for a spelling checker...
Clive
Take a look at the later version of the firefox browser, it has a spelling checker built in to it. Works for most things including this board www.firefox.com
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Julian,
I discovered IeSpell some time ago, and as Neil has said there is now an integrated link in the forum post editor. It all seems to work well, once you have given permission for the active-x control to run.
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... theres a bit of time to think about new products ...
Robin,
Don't forget your other projects, like the recovery of the smallbore.info wiki...
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Some years ago, I was working at a large phamacutical company with a multiple pipes to the internet, dedicated lines to the states and other parts of the world, etc. But internet browsing during peak hours was so slow that once I had time to get my laptop out, plug in the dial-up modem, connect to my ISP and browse to a web page in the time the desktop PC connected to the company network took to browse to the same page!
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Surely, Clive, if that's your local school then the council should help out?
Its not the nearest school, which we would not have wanted him to go to anyway. The council will only help when the nearest school is more than 3 miles away. I think their help is financial, and I would guess only for the child. Since he is only 6, he needs to be accompanied. My point was how much longer the journey would take using public transport. As I need to take him, I need to get back again as well. That would take an extra 2 1/2 hours out of my day (morning and afternoon), time that I just cannot afford.
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Its not just simply about cost, either. To take my son to school in the morning takes about 20 to 25 minutes each way. To do the journey by public transport would involve:-
- a 20 minute walk to the bus stop
- wait for a bus (5-10 minutes? not sure)
- 15 minute bus trip to the underground station
- 5-10 minute wait for a train
- 6 minute train journey
- 20 minute walk to the school
Thats about 1hr 15 mins, or about 3 times as long as it takes in the car!
And then there's getting back again...
When it comes to transport, the usual rules of supply and demand elasticity don't apply. Most of the journeys that people take by private car are because they have to. Certainly in and around London, you only use the car if public transport is not suitable for your journey. That is why, despite what Mr. Livingstone says, the congestion charge has made very little impact on the number of vehicles inside the zone. Like speed cameras, it is first and foremost a revenue generating scheme.
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I've put some photos of his modifications here.The Secretary of my club made himself a set of offset blocks ....As you can see, the sights are mounted on their side, so the elevation screw adjusts windage, and the windage screw adjusts elevation. He has 3 blocks for the foresight of different heights for 25 yards, 50 m and 100 yards.
It certainly works for him, he got a possible on a league card tonight!
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I always feel that offset sights look very fragile and easily damaged if the rifle gets knocked.
Yes, and WATCH THAT CANT!
The Secretary of my club made himself a set of offset blocks so that he can use the normal sights and the other eye. His job involves precision metalworking, so he had the necessary skills, which I admit many people (me included) wouldn't.
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Can you not just type out a message in something like word, spell check & then paste it in here ?
Yeah. But its a pain. What I've done a couple of times is post, copy & past into word, and edit the post with corrections!
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Neil,
Do any of the options have any facility for a spelling checker (either on-line or hooks to one already on the PC, e.g. Word)? It would help me (and I guess others as well) not only because I can't spell, but also because of poor typing and the very annoying trait of my keyboard to miss out the occasional keypress!
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phpBB (used to run that for this forum)
Neil,
Why did you decide to switch from phpBB? I think it must have been before I joined. If there was a good reason for dropping it then, is that still valid now?
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Perhaps I should add that it came 2nd in the Earl Roberts in 1989 (the year Malcolm Cooper won... I shot next to him in all 3 stages. I think something must have rubbed off!)
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I've got an 1813 action & barrel, surplus to requirements since I got a new one just over a year ago. Last time it went to Eley (April 02), the average group size with the best batch available was 14.7 mm. If it helps you date it, the serial number is 189777. I have no idea what it might be worth - PM me with an offer and I'll consider it!!
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I don't know about anyone else, but the first thing I do whenever I come here is click on the View New Posts link near the top of the page. Sometimes, there are no new posts to look at - which is fine, except that I am presented with an error message, that directs me to the help files. Almost as an afterthought, it suggests that it's possible that there are no matches to show.
Now, call me picky if you will (and I'm sure that someone will
- I've been called much worse in my time), but I think finding no new posts is a perfectly valid result of a search, and shouldn't be reported as an error.Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.The error returned was:
Sorry, but we did not find any matches to display. Try again and broaden your search criteria. If you were searching for new posts since your last visit, it's possible that there are none to show.
Prone Stand
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I would think that small camera tripods will not be designed to carry that sort of weight. Also, the "classic" tripod leg arrangement gets in the way for prone shooting. Stands specifically designed for shooting (Freeland, Tucker, etc.) solve this but are not cheap. Most of them provide the standard tripod screw mount for attaching the scope horizontally rather than vertically as is normal with cameras. For this reason, and to get the angle of the eyepiece correct, it is best to have a scope that allows the mounting bush to be rotated around the barrel of the scope and fixed in the desired position. The weight of scopes means that the ball-and-socket panhead devices are just not strong enough to be stable.
Your best bet (after asking here, which you have done!) is probably to keep an eye on ebay. Alternatively, Chris Fordham of Bedford Target Supplies sells a small and basic stand for about £50-ish. This is not a recommendation, just information!