This was going back to the late 60`s.
It wouldnt surprise me to find others with loaded guns on that trailer.

I once saw a chap with an old hammer gun with an elastic band over the top leaver because the top lever spring had snapped.

Talking to gough thomas at a game fair he showed me an old 12 bore h/g that had holes in the barrels that had been brazed over by local blacksmith.

it had been in regular use until the old boy died.(of old age).
apparently he used to use it with the holes in the barrels but he had to wear a glove because the hot gasses used to burn his hand.

I remember my dads old 410 that had a repair done to the stock due to him running over it.

and my uncle dropping his chas osborne 12 bore h/g to run after a hare he has shot.he only had one cartridge . (this was just after the war).
he caught the hare and walked back to his gun only to find he had dropped it on a stone and broke the ear off the left hammer.
I still have this gun made in-between 1870 and 1876. aged by Birmingham prof marks of "not for ball" on choke barrel.now repaired and re proofed for nitro.
rgds.DD

Huge shop at the time I requsted a Black Cock cape (Indian) at the time to be told they hadn't got one nor could they tell me when they would have one!

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I bet you near choked.

I went into my local tackle shop for some orange fritz. The assistant was new and I noticed that red had been loaded onto the orange pegboard hook. No orange wasn't on the red hook. I went up to the assistant and pointed out what should have been orange fritz was red. He came over looked and said"No sir you're wrong its orange". Needless to say I walked away. Weeks later I went back the orange fritz was back and the assistant gone.

I hate going into sea angling tackle shops - they are always blighted by a particular breed of head banger. Always there, drinking 20p sludge from the drinks machine the propietor has put in to save him having to make a brew for them every 8 minutes. Always wearing some kind of forest camouflage (The East Durham mangrove swamps are a natural wonder) Always ready with a bit of advice designed to hurt the tackle shops sales and make your fishing experience **** if you listened to a word (You don't need swivels just use an old tap, bait clips - they seen you coming mate, a rod rest - HA Ha HA Ha) I've been sneered at on a number of occasions - "120lb trace, were the **** are you fishing" No conception that you are not fishing the local pier. The peeler crab mafia speaking in hushed tones and doing dirty deals.

I bought a selection of jelly worms once for tempting pollock of the rocks on the West coast of Scotland - laughed out of the shop.

Knobs

I must confess - and this is true (Hopefully no one from Frasers Angling in Gateshead will read this) I bought my first return set up from there (Great shop) and went mental, loads of fly gear and the rest. Bought a few flying C's as I'd heard they were good on the salmon, I'd come across them before for sea fish. Had all of this gear on the counter and the lad asked if I wanted a Condom Wallet, I thought how very considerate, he must have thought my chances of a shag had increased with the Simms cap and Leatherman tool. Honest!

That one I like

I used to visit the sea fishing shops round Birkenhead for bait and no matter what time of the day you would wander in, a bloke had always just been in with a 14 stone sea bass or cod from the spot you were heading to.

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This reminds me on this classic scene from a serbian movie Ko to tamo pjeva

conductor Ć(and drivers dad): ...c`mon, remove this gun....
hunter: don`t worry the gun is blocked (BANG)
driver: daddy, a tire has exploded!
hunter: sorry...accident...it was empty!
conductor: OUT!

Gets me every time that one.........they just dont make em like that anymore...

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