A man's gotta do.

Criminal offence now, hope it's been reported to plod, so it's on record.

Poacher alarms very useful, especially when you use cartridges with rock salt in them.
Rock salt disolves , no evidence.

 

Its because he thinks he is a big man. No doubt, loud loud mouthed and full of muscles.

Let the dog have a good go before you call it off

 

Hopefully it's a rotty...

 

If you lived near you could borrow my dog

This is a female Boerboel "playing" with a burglar in SA - the dogs tail is wagging in the video a bit like a cat toying with a mouse



BTW it is not uncommon to "find" an offensive weapon after you have defended yourself. So make sure that your prints aren't on it before he arrives but I didn't suggest that

 

Guy is probably 4ft and obviously a coward

 

Just the noise is enough to make most think about changing their underwear!

 

Now there is an idea, somebody was snooping around my workshop last night, I am going to fit an alarm but I want something that will really deter them too, I was thinking of wiring the lock live but poacher alarms could be the more legal way to go, looks like they do a mine one as well.

I guess you would need a shotgun licence to buy the blanks?

 

A strange quirk of the laws is that you can purchase blank cartridges without a licence as long as they are less than 1 inch in diameter. Crazy rule but there you go

 

I was just looking at them on a websites. Yes I don't think you do.
£15 for the trap and £20 for 10 blanks.

 

Definitely don't as long as the diameter is compliant.

The main restrictions on using things like this is that it must not be placed in a position that may harm or injury a person - e.g. putting the firing mechanism at head height where the sound of the discharge may damage hearing.

 

http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_44_47&products_id=2964

and blanks a bit cheaper:

http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=57_58&products_id=1303

The blanks will be around £1 to £1.20 each - mainly because they are black powder to get the noise.

 

Set them at knee height, otherwise if you set them ankle level, you'll give a hedgehog, cat, etc the fright of it's life when it trips one.
Use to set them up so the discharge into a tin can,or similar metal tin use to ampilfy the noise.
It's easy enough to make double barrelled version, tripped by a single wire.

You can rig them up to a garden gate, so they go off when gate opened.

 

I was thinking about rigging it to a round knob door handle and have the blank firing out at just above head height, 2.1 ish

 

Too risky, as you don't know height of intruder, he could be 6'+, you then risk being sued!

Nuts height is best.

 

Don't put it pointing towards where an intruder may be, have it pointing up or down and even just above head height. It is the NOISE rather than physical contact with a projectile and if above head height they will hear it and not know exactly where it is coming from - everyone else will hear too.

Just follow the smelly trail to track the perpetrator down ...

I have heard of people putting them inside steel drums which serves to make the sound worse with local echoes or close to branches overhead so that the leaves rustle and fall suggesting that a few projectiles passed through. The intest is to scare not to injure.

 

After the last few days, I could be available for hire - the mood I am in would scare anybody off at the moment, even the dog is keeping his head down

 

HEY! CHEER UP, SOS! IT MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN! HARRUMPH - I GUESS IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT PO....


Sos...put that hammer down, man. I was kidding. Just put the hammer down. Sos... SOS!

 

If I ever met one of the ******** that steals or creeps I would make sure they never see light again
They make my blood boil.

I had a transit connect with the ****** tibby locks ford supply on them, and about 5 years ago a bunch of lowlife ***** cleared the whole van out. 10k+ worth of stuff gone. Van on driveway, me asleep.

No damage to the van, so insurance would not pay out. Never seen or heard from the police since. There was a >6 month old sthil saw in there too. Lowlife scumbags

I brought a new VW caddy in 2012 and paid for 2 mortise locks on both the sliding and rear doors, steal reinforced welded bulkhead and alarm with PIR in back and button sensors on all doors. Best investment I have ever made.
All tools come into the house now when I get home.

Rant over. Wiggy stop at nothing to get these lowlives. I know I wouldn't use blanks on them.

 

It already has:

I got ambushed by the wife on Sunday - she asked how long it would take to make a kitchen cupboard unit. I said once I am set up about an hour a unit. I was then TOLD that because our neighbour is having her kitchen by Christmas It won't take me long to make the 18 units for our kitchen and she wants it ready for Christmas. So alongside all the other work I have to custom build solid timber cupboards and doors.

Then today I got a call that a neighbours van had rolled down the hill and ploughed through my fence, 2m x2m T&G gate and hit my workshop doors. It was only because I had made the doors to be resistant to ram raiding that stopped the van. So now I have to replace the fence, gates, and workshop doors interior and fix the drip edge and guttering where he hit that as well. At least they are paying for it.

To cap it all ordered replacement timber from Wickes as I can get it more or less the right size and don't have to struggle with 4m+ lengths from the timber merchant. Ordered it online and went to collect it, the muppets had put a load of damaged timber so swapped it for better stuff. Opened the packs and all the timber has stickers, not one but two on top of each other and so well stuck on look at this
Two hours peeling labels Just had my evening meal and going back to staining the boards so I can put them up tomorrow in the rain

Fuse is very short at the moment