Airgun World Podcast | ep 3 | Mat Manning and Rich Saunders talk to Tony Belas from Daystate
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Mat Manning and Rich Saunders catch up with Tony Belas of Daysate, BRK (Brocock) and MTC optics. The conversation covers the latest electronic developments in airgun design, hunting for the pot, the British Shooting Show, plus Tony’s pet hates and his desert island airgun.
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Tony Belas has to be the nicest fellow in the Airgun world. Always a treat listening to him.
He's a top bloke and always has something interesting to say.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat
Thank you to Matt, Richard and Tony for a great podcast 👍
Thanks very much David. And thanks for tuning in.
Thank you David. Already looking forward to doing the next one.
All the best. Mat
That was nothing short of brilliant.. Really enjoyed that.
Thanks very much Mark. Glad you enjoyed it. Terry and Dave up next...
Thanks Mark. We enjoyed it too.
All the best. Mat
I’m on the other side of the pond…these new podcasts are great! I bought a Mark 3 electronic when it came out, have a gold Huntsman “Midas”, and am just about ready to get an Alpha Wolf. Good to hear Tony’s history of the electronics and of BRK. Matt, the benefit of the peanuts is that you can enjoy eating them too while waiting for a squirrel…..and not worry about getting shot!!!
Thanks very much for tuning in Bob.
Thanks Bob. I still really like my Mk3. It's always interesting to hear Tony's take on developments at Daystate.
All the best. Mat
Tony Belas seems like a top bloke. A pleasure to listen to.
Enjoying these podcasts. Keep it up guys .
We've got plenty more in the pipeline David - thanks for tuning in.
Thanks Dave. We're really enjoying making them - looking forward to the next one.
All the best. Mat
A superb podcast, interesting, entertaining and informative. Please keep this up guys
Thanks Nick. We'll do our best. David and Terry are up next and I'm sure they'll have some great chat too.
Thank you Nick. We really enjoyed it - and there should be plenty more to come.
All the best. Mat
Thanks a lot for mentioning the ASP team 🙂👍 Kind regards Soren - ASP from Denmark
You do great work Soren. Hope you are well.
Glad to give you a nod, Soren. You do a brilliant job.
Cheers. Mat
Best podcast ever 👍
Thanks very much. We could chat all things airgun for hours and hours! Dave and Terry wil be hosting the next show.
Thanks for the kind feedback. It was great fun to do and we look forward to the next one - Dave and Terry are up next.
All the best. Mat
Wow, did Mat's eyes light up when you mentioned land mines. Tannerite might be cheaper than peanuts, and much more entertaining.
Ive been using tannerite for years, if you know you know.
Hello Gentlemen,
Thank you for an interesting conversation to listen to. I found lots of interesting points there to listen to and think about.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all the British Shooting Show in less than two weeks time.
I'd like to say thank you to Richard, who's given me lots of advice on airgun shooting, across the board.
My airgun shooting journey began after my dearly loved father passed six years ago. Ivecwanted air rifles all my life. For some reason, shooting was dads territory and not for me to tread, just an unwritten rule.
I've wanted Weihrauch HW80K from being twelve years old. I got one in 2019, but was really disappointed with the stock it came with. So using hand tools in my kitchen, I set about making a laminated stock in walnut and ash. I brought it in last year to the NEC Show and showed Richard and Tony who liked it.
Since my airgunning journey began, I've worked on spring air rifles, tuning them. I've made top hats, spring guides, sleeved the springs, making them function and operate much better than they originally did. I've made a couple of my own stocks as I I thought I could improve on what the air rifles came with.
I think there's a big mis conception about us shooters. I see myself as a conservationists. I keep an eye on squirrels, magpies, Jays etc, so that Songbirds may have a chance to survive and prosper.
I think we airgunners do a great job in controlling pests and not one phonecall to the council is required. We dont eradicate, we just control and keep a balance. I think the public would be really stuck without us.
Congratulations to Tony and his Daystate Company. They make fantastic air rifles, and they're British! It doesnt get any better.
I spoke to Matt briefly last year, though, understandably, he was heavily in demand.
Good luck to you all, and I hope, even though it's a lot of hard work for you, the British Shooting Show is a great success again.
Best wishes, Ian.
Well said Ian. See you at the show...
Love my collection of Daystates and bought a BRK Ghost last year and absolutely love it. My biggest bug bear with it though is the such high cost of the magazine (and single loader) for it. Everyone says how ridiculously expensive these are. When you feel like you're being ripped off it does tend to put you off.
I know what you mean. When squirrel shooting I always like to have another 2 mags ready to go, that's another £160 approx. Not an insignificant sum.
...and a great podcast. Really interesting. Learnt so much.
Daystates must hold up all right, I still have a Daystate Harrier SE .22 (left hand)
They certainly do in my experience - and I give them a lot of stick in all weathers.
All the best. Mat
Another belter lads love this podcast 🎉
Thanks very much.
Thanks for the kind words. Dave and Terry will be back with more very soon.
All the best. Mat
Thanks guys. A very interesting talk. Would love to be at the show but not really possible as I live in Germany. Currently shoot a HW95K but in the spring I will be changing over to a Revere. Thanks again.
Two great rifles there Andrew. Hopefully you'll make it to the show one year.
Hi Andrew. Sounds like you know how to pick a decent gun. I have an HW95 and the Revere in Safari edition - both are excellent.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat
we are grey squirrel free here on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) and have a very active red squirrel society, always on the look out for any greys that cross the bridges or swim over the Afon Menai
Love it in Anglesey, visit Beaumaris regularly, both me and Mrs are avid airguners and do mention to each other if many greys get across the bridges, and if there's any defence to stop them in place? Can the actually swim across the menai?
@@markhomer5704 a few years ago a grey was videoed try to swim across by Pont Britannia , a grey carcasses was then found a few days later on a beach past Caernarfon
Keep up the good work on that front!
That's good to hear. Long may it continue.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat
Price of peanuts has gone crazy for some reason.
I still have my very first Daystate which is a original Midas and still going strong 💪
Matt where can I get that scope designer eye brow from looks awesome gotta have one😊.good work lads great show for a Friday evening thanks to you all keep up the good work 🙏👍🏽
Hi Andrew. Forty years of heavy scope use should do it.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat
Another Great Podcast 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Thanks very much. Always easier when you have a great guest like Tony.
Yeah it was Great '' Cheers ''@@richsaunders6515
Thank you. It's not difficult with someone as interesting as Tony. We're already looking forward to the next one.
All the best. Mat
Looking forward to the next one 👍@@theshootingshow
the discount code only works on the top package - digital and print with BASC 😥😥
Thanks for flagging this. I have asked the subscriptions team for clarification.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow Thank you! I'm ready to sign up!
I can't afford peanuts. Whole maize works fine for me and has done for years. If there's nothing else they love it.
Coating maize in aniseed works very well.
I've grown sunflowers and harvested the seed, it works really well plus they look great when flowering and the bees love them to.
Glad maize is working for you - no reason to change if it's producing good results.
My biggest snag is having to compete with other food sources - pheasant feed or beech mast and acorn crops - on most of my permissions. I've had reasonable results with maize - and slightly better when flavouring it with aniseed - but it doesn't come close to peanuts on my patch.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat
Discount only works for full subscription? Not digital only?
I have asked the subscriptions team for clarification on this. Thanks for bring it to our attention.
All the best. Mat
Super impressed with Tony Belas - I'd work with him!
Would be nice to send aigunners shot rabbits to soup kitchens but this day and age everything as gone crazy with the health side, bits of bone and whateverwe would be getting our arses sued
There are a few initiatives doing just that with pheasant from game shoots. Hopefully they will gain momentum and extend the menu to other wild meat.
Thanks for tuning in. Mat