Having plunged in with the £12 winning bid on the Parker-Hale 12 bore BLE with chopper lump barrels I mentioned on the Heronshaw thread I will try to be philosophical if I fail to re-coup the £15 (with buyer’s commission) it owes me.

Mind you, it will cost me over double that to shoot 50 sporting clays to find out that it shoots better than I do.