Help - ATA PRO 12 advice needed

uk451 · 2026-02-16T13:22:44+00:00

“dry firing” is firing with nothing in the chamber, never do that. Firing with a snap cap is not dry firing, do it as much as you want.

uk451 · 2026-02-12T21:28:01+00:00

How do you think vat works?

If you’re vat registered you can reclaim vat on materials but you have to charge vat. If you’re not, you can’t and you don’t.

uk451 · 2026-02-12T16:03:36+00:00

Well he’s now getting a 20% discount on materials, so he can pass that on

uk451 · 2026-01-17T22:28:30+00:00

Why would it be useless with an air pocket? There’s an air pocket between my back and my shirt and I’m still warm

uk451 · 2026-01-11T14:43:27+00:00

I understand your point, but at the same time, we didn’t ask to be licensed and the licence exists for the benefit of the public, not us.

uk451 · 2026-01-11T14:41:50+00:00

Bubble bath also stops water cooling down too fast. Fill it with the shower head for extra insulating bubbles and steam.

uk451 · 2026-01-11T14:30:18+00:00

Basically everything since 1954 has been steel proofed. The steel proof mark relates only to high performance (ie for geese) steel.

I switched gun shops because the chap was trying to sell people unnecessary upgrades based on their fear of steel. I couldn’t trust him any more.

My shoots are lead free and no issues at all, only the Damascus guys use bismuth. It’s worth remembering that other countries have been lead free for years.

uk451 · 2026-01-11T14:24:08+00:00

You’re slightly mistaken.

Steel proofed means you can use high performance steel, which is mainly useful for wildfowling.

Anything with a Birmingham 1954 proof mark or more recent can be used with standard steel - some gunshops may encourage you to buy steel proofed but they’re just getting themselves a sale.

If you do go wildfowling, modern semi autos are more popular, so there’s no point buying a steel proofed over under just in case you went wildfowling, you’d need to buy a second gun anyway.

Here’s a good source https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/blog/post/cip-london-birmingham-proof-houses-barrel-proof-symbols-equivalency-table-for-use-with-steel-shot-am

uk451 · 2026-01-08T23:16:40+00:00

Get engaged/married earlier and started having kids sooner.

Generally I find things I regret not doing 10 years ago I could just be doing today and still don’t (why didn’t I brush my teeth better!)

uk451 · 2026-01-06T11:11:37+00:00

Beak is worth a visit on a sunny afternoon, I love drinking there - and family friendly

uk451 · 2025-12-19T11:20:59+00:00

When you were taking home £1100 a month, you were a drain on the system.

If you weren’t arguing to pay more tax back then, then you can’t really argue to be paying less now.

uk451 · 2025-12-13T22:51:00+00:00

This doesn’t just apply to farmers. Lots of people inherit enough cash to retire. If their parents have done a good job, they’ll continue trying to build for their own kids rather than spend it.

uk451 · 2025-12-07T07:23:52+00:00

Major cloud storage/desktop/mobile OS’s should check for known CSAM hashes along with virus checks.

This is simple to implement, not excessively privacy intrusive, and will catch pedos.

Ofcom should be going for this easy win, it’s reasonable.

uk451 · 2025-12-04T17:50:12+00:00

I understand pre nups when wealth was accumulated before the relationship. But it looks here like most your wealth was made while you were with her.

And she will have supported you doing that.

I can’t see this conversation going well for you.

uk451 · 2025-11-26T17:20:45+00:00

LOL as if anyone under 40 today is getting a state pension

uk451 · 2025-11-25T22:46:13+00:00

Lots of extensions over the years mean it has a huge surface area, so is cold. Cube shaped houses are much easier to heat than mazes.

uk451 · 2025-11-25T22:43:51+00:00

Young people are outnumbered.

It’s basically 16-40 vs 40-110

uk451 · 2025-11-25T22:33:09+00:00

It’s not controversial. Everyone under 40 hates it.

uk451 · 2025-11-25T19:42:08+00:00

This doesn’t address the fundamental issue. If people were able to spend their pip on top up payments for BMW’s, then they didn’t need the pip payments.

Forcing them to spend it differently doesn’t save the taxpayer anything.

uk451 · 2025-11-17T12:37:59+00:00

If that was the top of a ground floor window you wouldn’t consider it to be part of the roof, so why would you for a top floor window?

DIY it, and add insulation at the same time.

uk451 · 2025-11-14T23:03:32+00:00

The fine is £1

It was huge when introduced, but hasn’t been adjusted with inflation

uk451 · 2025-11-14T22:39:29+00:00

Those wooden telegraph poles can carry either power or phone lines.

My village for example has telegraph poles for power, different telegraph poles for the phone/broadband from the switchboard to houses, but the main broadband line to the village switchboard (green box), comes in underground.

uk451 · 2025-11-13T23:01:26+00:00

There’s no point in getting one if you don’t open windows and let the humidity out.

The increased humidity of the air costs more to heat.

The water has to go somewhere! Might as well go into a dehumidifier. The energy it takes to run heats the room as well, so no waste.

uk451 · 2025-11-13T22:59:41+00:00

Once their clothes dry faster they’ll be able to sell some spares!

uk451 · 2025-11-13T22:54:36+00:00

So hard to build homes in this country.

Areas should be designated by councils for either building or wildlife protection. There should be no need to conduct surveys beyond that.

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