Bill

I get this too. The only icons not displaying properly since the upgrade are the 'goto last unread' ones. They come out as little orange squares. They work ok though. Happens in both IE and Firefox, and I run the ZoneAlarm Pro firewall.

Don't be too hard on the BSA Martini International. It was a superb target rifle in its time in all its incarnations (Mk II - Mk V. We'll not bother with the Mk I, a prototype, really), and probably still is in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. For fast shooting there's nothing to beat an International. Current examples which might well have shot-out barrels could probably just use new ones to prolong the rifle's active life. It's got a great action with a short lock-time and from MKIII on the trigger was sensational. The MKII's wasn't too shabby either. Many of today's retired and veteran shooters made their name with an International. Barry Dagger and Cyril De Jonckheere spring to mind. Must be others. Anyone stepping up here? (Apologies to our younger listeners.) One big problem for modern techniques is that the butt is far too long. It was designed in the days or the really angled fullbore-type position and anyone who used one had to form their position round the rifle - often grotesquely - rather than the other way round as is customary with modern rifles with their infinite adjustments to everything. Except, that is, if one was prepared to take a saw to the butt. I've not seen many of those, and it may be that they've gone the way of all things but on the other hand perhaps people just didn't want to desecrate a beautiful object. If you ever get an International, ensure the barrel is good (if not, replace it) shorten the butt, and bingo you've got a rifle as good as anything on the market today. Forget the ejection mechanism that causes so much hilarity to today's ingenues. It used to be almost universal, and it's not the shooter's problem! I'm sure there are watchers on here who could wax lyrical about their old BSA. I learned to shoot on a BSA 12/15 and the frst rifle I owned was an International Mk II (we're talking mid 1960s here, ok?) and I got it because all the best shots in the club had one. It cost £28 second hand. Only one member had an Anschutz and he couldn't hit a barn door with it. OK, I made that up but he wasn't the best shooter in the club by any means. Probably more to do with him than the rifle, but what's an impressionable youngster to do, eh? I really am sorry to be seeing these old and venerable rifles going for scrap more often than not, and I implore anyone who is in the positon of having to get rid of one to do their best to find a good home for it. I suppose they're like a vintage car that's beyond economic repair going to the crusher. Sad, but not necessarily inevitable. They might have had their time but in the right hands they could live again. There ARE people who will take them, and spares ARE available. These are an option for the club shooter who wants something different. The biggest problem for today's euro-rifle shooters is that the sights wind the opposite way.

Rob, I've PMd you to set up a meet at Bisley. Looks like this one's sold, folks! Bill

This has now been sorted. Thanks for looking.

OK, but it's the whole thing we need, not just the screw.

The club has an Anschutz 18/19 series canting foresight whose clamping screw has gone walkabout. If anyone happens to have a spare, say from a failed foresight unit, please let me know and we can negotiate a price. Please PM, email or post.

I have an Anschutz adaptor plate for sale. This will enable you to fit a 14 or 18 or 19 series action into a 20 series stock. i.e. the round ones into the square one. It's Anschutz Article No 4980. I only used a for few months while I was waiting for my new 20 series barrel & action to arrive (I got the stock first), so it's in very good condition. Comes with two bolts to fit it onto your existing action, but you will need the four bedding bolts to attach it to the stock. It will raise the sight-line by approx 4mm. Costs over £60 new, so I'm looking for £45. Please PM, email or reply here if you're interested.

Is he selling his dentures with it?

There's one on ebay right now. Item 7220259205. It pops next Friday so there's still plenty of time to bid.

How much?

Any chance of posting some pictures?

Just to get even more ebayish about this, exactly what time on Thursday 17th would that be? (Wish you hadn't started this yet, Chris?)

Chris, I'd ask en2ah for a decision - if he wants it, then it's his because you offered it to him first. End of story. If he doesn't want it, then a blind auction by PM seems as good a way as any for you to sell it. It'll probably net you more than £50 for your Games kit and I don't think anyone would grudge you it.

Please explain to those of us who don't have that particular anorak how this works. Preferably in words of one syllable.

Simon, you want to get in touch with Barry Neesom in Yorkshire, who makes foresights which revolve 180 degrees, one position for 100y and the other for 50/25. You can use standard plastic elements or screw in your favourite iris unit, and you can specify a built-in spirit level and/or levelling bars as you want. Barry's phone number is 01751 473124. Tell him what barrel it's for and he will either make one for it or send you a stock item. He does 18mm and 22mm, and can do colour anodizing to match your bolt knob, or whatever. They cost about £70-£80 and are the bees' knees for easy distance changing. If you can't afford that, maybe someone will have a secondhand one available.

Yes I do, and you've just saved me the bother of advertising it! I see a new one from Edinkillie costs £63.50. Mine has only been used from November last year to March this year, so it hasn't had much use and is in pretty good nick. No bolts I'm afraid as I'm using them on my new setup. Please PM me if you want to make an offer.

This item has now been sold. Bill

I have a Unertl scope sight for sale. I got it new at Camp Perry in 1989 and have only used it twice a year at the Scottish and Bisley since then. It has 20x magnification and a 1 1/2 inch objective (that's Americans for you), which is about 35mm. It is a long scope which is barrel-mounted. If you don't have mounts on your barrel, then you will have to get them added. It won't go on the receiver. Unfortunately it has some small rust marks on the tube, but performance is not affected - optics are superb. First offer over £100 secures. P&P extra, but I could probably deliver in central Scotland or anywhere I happen to be in the next few weeks (eg Aberdeen in March, Bisley in mid-April). I'm having to change to a receiver-mounted scope as the new barrel I have on order won't have barrel mounts. See my post in General/Equipment Reviews...

I have a Ross 20x spotting scope for disposal. It dates from 1971 (yes seventy-one!), but I only used it for two or three years, and it's been lurking in the back of the cupboard ever since. It is in pretty good condition with both lens-caps present and working. It's prismatic, but not angled (i.e. straight but offset), so would make an ideal indoor scope, but the famous Ross optics won't give any problems outdoors if you don't mind a straight scope. I only stopped using it because I wanted to convert to an angled configuration. Focus is by twisting the eyepiece. No fancy sheepskin cover and no stand - just a scope. I'm looking fo £50 for this - it's a quality piece of kit and works as well today as the day it was bought. Contact Bill Hamilton - bill3.hamilton@lineone.net or phone me on 0131 453 4083 any time.