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koopmaster

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Shot at !!!!
« on: January 22, 2015, 08:09:58 am »
Was cleaning a custy in wallington (sutton) yesterday and I heard wood chopping?

I opened the back gate and my dog ran in the garden while I cleaned the side windows....


then he came back and started hovering around my legs.

I moved to the back windows and hear the "CHOP" again and then a ricochet of a pellet on the fence and realized that the guy next door was sitting in his house with the doors open and had a full "rifle " sticking out and he was target practicing with his pellet gun. 

But one of the pellets had shot across and hit the fence right next to me.  I shouted to him and said "just wait till I am done"  but I dont think he heard me.

I buggered off asap.

Jakey boy

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Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 08:15:34 am »
Report to the police if you want some sort of justice, what an idiot, he could of blinded you, a friend of mine once accidentally blinded his mate with a stray air rifle pellet, not good.

SeanK

Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2015, 08:20:49 am »
Report to the police if you want some sort of justice, what an idiot, he could of blinded you, a friend of mine once accidentally blinded his mate with a stray air rifle pellet, not good.

Totally agree report this Muppet to the police, he wasn't shooting at your dog by any chance ?

Elfyn

  • Posts: 495
Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2015, 08:50:05 am »
I had the same happen to me a few years back - I was actually working at a school. I hopped over the fence, took the rifle off the guy and threw it into a big clump of brambles nearby.

deeege

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Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2015, 11:01:33 am »
A fella who lives in a house that backs onto mine did this last summer. He was shooting targets on his back shed but they were bouncing off into my garden, couldn't beleive it, especially with a toddler in my garden.

I went and had a word and it hasn't been a problem since.
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

colin bird

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Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2015, 05:26:01 pm »
next time you go have someone riding shotgun ! on a serious note report him to old bill

Steve foster

  • Posts: 90
Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2015, 08:21:22 pm »
An offence is only committed if the pellet leaves the boundary of the property where the shooting took place. Same with any bullets or shotgun pellets.
I have to be careful on my shooting permissions with my .22LR as it ricochets quite easily.
Sounds like the guy didnt have a good enough back stop. 

deeege

  • Posts: 5109
Re: Shot at !!!! New
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2015, 08:50:26 pm »
An offence is only committed if the pellet leaves the boundary of the property where the shooting took place. Same with any bullets or shotgun pellets.
I have to be careful on my shooting permissions with my .22LR as it ricochets quite easily.
Sounds like the guy didnt have a good enough back stop.  

So I wouldn't be breaking the law firing a shotgun in my back garden aslong as nothing leaves my boundary?
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

Perfect Windows

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Re: Shot at !!!!
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2015, 09:58:49 pm »
An offence is only committed if the pellet leaves the boundary of the property where the shooting took place. Same with any bullets or shotgun pellets.
I have to be careful on my shooting permissions with my .22LR as it ricochets quite easily.
Sounds like the guy didnt have a good enough back stop. 

If it's within 50ft of the centre of a road and is likely to upset or inconvenience someone, it's an offence even if the pellets stay on your land.

Vin