Non Airgun Hobbies...

[rgc_swanseaARC]

So Gents,

What's your non Airgun Hobbies?

I race karts, do track days in my own car and keep tropical fish... How about you?

Much like with airguns I love to tinker and perfect things if I can, so racing and cars comes naturally.
The aquaria I've always been around as a kid, but i have in the last 6 mths set up a tank in our house and last night had one of my fish give birth to around 20 little fish... Its all about the challenge of making the fish healthy, at home and then when they breed its the icing on the cake to show you got it right.


What interests you guys when you don't have a pellet in your hand?

Regards
Rhys

[nevadacowboy]

There is nothing I enjoy more that sitting outside my touring caravan on a warm evening with a nice glass of red. Not sure if it's a hobby but I enjoy it.

[Ca_Varminter]

Gunsmithing...Machining..

But my airguns are involved...

Stuart

[Rapid7bee]

My allotment and Beekeeping are  mine,but they are really just my excuses to get up the farm with the gun.

[Daztilley]

I do lock picking ...... its known as locksport 😎
Using professional grade picks and tension bars and opening all sorts of pin tumbler locks - I've bought a few old paddocks from ebay too and managed to pick them open without knowing the bitting of the key or if there are any side pins employed 😎

Many locks employ anti pick measures and specially shaped pins to try and stop pick attacks - but once you get the feel for the different pin types you can guess what you're dealing with 👍

The pic below shows a number of euro locks that I've opened using the single pin pick method 😎

[Squinty]

I used to do a fair bit of carp fishing, who wouldn't?

[Kernal]

Nice sunset Squinty, it looks very relaxing. 

[Squinty]

20 acres of heaven, drive in, lock the gate and switch off.
catching a few carp was a bonus.

[hunter]

I used to do a fair bit of carp fishing, who wouldn't?

them pictures are amazing

[KCE]

Been there m8 spent many years on the bank.
I was also the owner of Yorkshire bait co ltd.
Back in the day I used to wholesale 54 products to over 1800 shops in the uk.
I held all the contracts for the commercial fisheries involved with fisomania as I used to whole sale my baits to them in there packaging.
I launched my bait company with my invention which was the first floating paste of its kind which could be made up on the bank with pond water the paste floated so I called my product ZERO G.
Spent a little over 19 years on the carp side and I retired 3 years ago after cracking clumber Park.
This video below was a small water only allowed 2 rods and it took me some time to catch the only fish I wanted from there a 26LB Leather carp.

Today I am an investor in Antique glass and have built up a very nice rare collection over the years which is there for my wife and two sons when I'm gone.
Another passion I invest in and enjoy playing are electric guitars and have 15  in my collection to date.

[KCE]

Here are a few pics of a small part of my glass collection and guitar collection.
A lot of my glass has be displayed at museums over the years and has been on display at exhibitions here in the uk.
I'm known for my collection all over the world now.
you don't even want to know when it comes to insuring it that I can tell you is a knight mare.

Enjoy.
Regards KCE.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

KCE that is interesting.

You may be able to shed some light on something for me.
My mum has in her possession a filigi (or however its spelt) round handle for want of a better word that was given to her by a grandparent that was fighting in Italy during ww2.

He told her and she has no reason to disbelieve that it was taken from a set of glass stairs in the Vatican when the soldiers fought in/around it.

Its very pretty and you can see from underneath it was definitely attached to something.

I will ask her to take a picture of it.

We have taken it to one or two antique places and they didn't seem to know anything further.

Regards
Rhys

[KCE]

Sure no problem Rhys just upload a pic for me to view.

Regards Kev.

[Squinty]

I launched my bait company with my invention which was the first floating paste of its kind which could be made up on the bank with pond water the paste floated so I called my product ZERO G.

didn't Duncan Kay sell a floating/fizzing Slyme bait?

[KCE]

Duncan kay brought out an active feed bait product with floating particles back in his day.
The product I invented was a cast able paste for the course angler to use based on active ingredients like  Calcium Caseinate/Sodium caseinate/Isolated pea Protein/among other ingredients.
I did take it to the head office of Van Den Eynde in the uk where i met the owners Mark Sawer/Bob Nudd/and Marcel Eynde.
They were blown away with the product and offered to take it on board and put it in to there world wide out lets for me, but they wanted to put Jan Porter onto the front of the packaging I had made up for the product and advertise in all magazines that he was the inventor of the product as at that time the worlds best angler who they sponsored.
It was an offer of a life time for me an open check book is what they say.
I said no to there offer I was the inventor and I wanted the recognition and the credit for it I deserved it.
Later on that day a contract was drawn up by them and me that if ever I changed my mind or invent any other bait products they wanted full rights to them before I went to market with them myself.
I am a firm believer there is more to life than money and I have a copy of that contract with me to day still.

Regards KCE.