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| stanley Member Since: 18 Sep 2009 Location: Dorset /hampshire Posts: 1032   
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From Anti to passionate game shot! Spare time is spent with fellow guns on keepeing and shoot maintaince duties.
Perfect day for me is a gentle walk up , watching my rescue dogs work and a bird or two harvested for the pot ! |
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20th Aug 2015 7:52am |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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Anyone thinking of going to The Oxford Gun Company open day on 26th Sept?
Also, has anyone here got any experience dealing with them? |
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2nd Sep 2015 8:02am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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I use Premier Guns, who based at Doveridge are very convenient.
Open days can prove expensive... 
We are looking at going the Chatsworth Country Show this weekend. E J Churchill are organising Sporting and Flush shoots, should be good, it's a fantastic show. |
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2nd Sep 2015 8:17am |
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| Kitoper Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Geneva Posts: 204 
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Hunting season is starting and the guns are oiled, sights checked and weekends booked.
 I too believe that Land Rovers, hunting and dogs come together nicely and with this in mind equipped my Defender accordingly, both in terms of gun and dog transportation 
Gun Safe  Click image to enlarge Dog cushion on safe and hunting accessories on Mantec load lugger. Click image to enlarge The passion for hunting is much about the walks, the preparation, being drowned in nature, watching the world wake-up, counting the animals, watching the dogs work, being with friends and family, and the quiet that surrounds you when sitting in a forest or on the side of a mountain. I must not forget that arriving in a Land Rover Defender at a hunt is also a source of satisfaction that I cannot really explain. It may not be a Range Rover, BMW X5, ML or the likes, but on a hunt it has a certain class and heritage that attracts attention and admiration from many. |
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2nd Sep 2015 9:24am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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That's a great gun safe !! I'd like a waterproof one for the 90...
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2nd Sep 2015 9:47am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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My Gun Safe
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2nd Sep 2015 11:07am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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That's a great set up you've got there, love it...
Especially like the Load Lugga, not seen that before, may have to investigate some more...  Rog...
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3rd Sep 2015 9:48am |
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| Kitoper Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Geneva Posts: 204
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Ken, your gun safe looks much better than mine
@Venomator - Thanks for the Given the height we have in our Defenders, which often goes unused, I can only encourage the installation of the Load Lugga. It is a pain to install, and I had to put some rubber strips between the metal supports and the tray to get rid of the noise created by metal on metal, but once in very practical. |
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3rd Sep 2015 10:03am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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I am nearly sold...
What is the installation/fixing issue - it is not clear from the Mantec site... 
Is the upper shelf, the actual Load Lugga, something totally separate from the other Mantec shelving/window/dog guard systems, i.e. can it be installed as a standalone product... 
Love the Green response too, thanks... Rog...
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3rd Sep 2015 10:40am |
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| need4speed Member Since: 23 Nov 2012 Location: Kilmarnock Posts: 746 |
I go clay shooting at Dalry and also at Houston (near Glasgow airport).
For those who are a member of a club there is always the full length MOD range at Garelochhead. Used to have fun shooting a Lee Enfield .303 up there. A proper gun! |
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3rd Sep 2015 10:59am |
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| Kitoper Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Geneva Posts: 204
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It can be installed as a stand alone - the issue was that I wanted it up against the LR dog guard and by default the load lugga is in the middle of the rear load space as can be seen in the pic below coming from Mantec.
The other issue is that Mantec assumes we all work with their products every day and therefore don't need installation instructions.
After figuring out how the supports, (red arrows indicate supports) supported the rack, I understood that the supports need to be bolted onto the Defender using existing roof bolts and are pre-drilled to line up with bolts at a give position. I had to modify the supports to suit the place I need it to be positioned. By lining the load lugga up to the dog guard, I optimise space and the dog guard works as a backdrop for the load lugga. http://www.mantec.co.uk/productdetail.cfm?...7ACB4CE749 I hope all this helps a little. I should have taken pictures when doing it, but was too busy thinking about how to do it  |
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3rd Sep 2015 11:15am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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That's brilliant, thank you for the description and advice, makes things a little clearer than mud anyway...
It really does help a lot... Rog...
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3rd Sep 2015 11:41am |
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| Windowlicker Member Since: 24 Aug 2014 Location: East yorks Posts: 290 
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I too had looked at the Mantec shelf concept, great as it is , I didn't actually want something that obscured rear view through the mirror, which I assumed that it does??
I also didn't want to lose as much of the available height , relative to sticking large objects in and the dog having plenty of head height available. So with a bit of sawing, spraying and drilling, I came up with a shelf on the right hand side, just under the alpine window. I was spurred on to do it as after the last very wet dog walk, I put my new ( worn once !) Swedteam poncho in the back, rolled up, and by the time I got home, the two dogs had nicely put more holes than it had in it before  little 
Now I can keep jackets, hats other items, out of reach, and sight, wet or otherwise, it just gives a bit more easy access space than unlocking and messing with the T chest etc, as when the dogs are in the back its a ballache 
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge "Procrastination is the thief of time" |
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3rd Sep 2015 3:27pm |
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| stanley Member Since: 18 Sep 2009 Location: Dorset /hampshire Posts: 1032
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