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So, as I head further down the shooting rabbit hole, I have discovered something called "practical shotgun". Forget the barbour jackets and hitting clays 2 at a time, this is running around a course, hitting 20+ static, dynamic and reactive targets. Which obviously involves reloading along the way. So the guns are modified into "race guns" to allow you to get as many shells through them in as short a time possible, and generally make the whole process as slick as possible.

So this is my first build, starting from a very cheap donor gun (very cheap due to it's pinkness) and home-brewing or ebaying the various parts:
Before

After

(The John Wick style pistol grip stock was an ebay special)

Now the scary bit - taking an angle grinder to your new gun to open out the loading port (as you would modify an engine head for flow)

Before

After



Note I've also welded and extended the lifter for smoother operation and to not trap my thumb when I'm rushing.

And here is my home made charging handle (high tensile M6 bolt on the lathe, plus a £2 kitchen door knob!)


There are a few internal mods (weakened carrier latch and release button, softer mag spring) but they aren't very photogenic!

The final piece of the puzzle is to increase the mag size from 2+1 to 10+1, but I'm waiting for my little piece of paper from the police to let me do that without getting into a world of trouble.

Is everything alright Nef??

dinny_g wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:25 am Is everything alright Nef??

Yeah, all good. The fact that I seem to be turning my attic into an ever growing armory just at the moment when the world seems to be descending into a dystopian nightmare is genuinely pure coincidence

All round Nef's when shit goes down...

I can bring a decent whiskey/whisky collection and my fine singing voice...

I'll bake cake

and protection...

He's got a shooter!

“Look, I was in my loft when the burglar came up here, the fact the blood stains go up the ladder isn’t important”

Dave!

dinny_g wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:45 am and protection...

Didn’t realise it was that sort of party!

When's the 'big job'?

Nef is becoming Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave.

Amazed it's legal in this country, but very cool from a former CoD enthusiasts point of view.

former? you know they’ve bright Verdansk back on Warzone. it’s like covid again! (as in the only social interaction you have with half your mates is cod!)

Jobbo wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:24 pm Nef is becoming Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave.

You can start to worry when I start boring peep holes in the ceiling

Here's an idea of the sport, in case anyone is interested

Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:33 pm former? you know they’ve bright Verdansk back on Warzone. it’s like covid again! (as in the only social interaction you have with half your mates is cod!)

Warzone in general is what killed it for me.

Nefarious wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 4:24 pm Here's an idea of the sport, in case anyone is interested

It does look fun.

Nefarious wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 4:20 pm

Jobbo wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:24 pm Nef is becoming Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave.

You can start to worry when I start boring peep holes in the ceiling

If people haven't seen the film they'll think your cottaging is particularly niche. Only tall members at the glory hole inn

Tall....and horizontal Some sort of specialist stepladder, perhaps