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TommyH
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Morini screw driver

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Hi all

Left my small Morini screw driver on the shooting table at my club, when I realised, I thought someone would hand it in but they didn't they walked off with it (same as stealing in my book). Have tried to buy a new one but with no success. Anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Tom
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You've so got your knickers in a twist over a chintzy screwdriver that you have to tell the world about it?
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Rover wrote:You've so got your knickers in a twist over a chintzy screwdriver that you have to tell the world about it?
Says the guy with 2700 posts
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Post by TommyH »

john bickar wrote:
Rover wrote:
You've so got your knickers in a twist over a chintzy screwdriver that you have to tell the world about it?

Troll
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Just call ANY dealer around the world to send you a replacement.
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Re: Morini screw driver

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TommyH wrote:Hi all

..... Anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Tom
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Get a Steyr or Pardini, then you don't need a screw driver to adjust your sights!
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Post by TommyH »

Just call ANY dealer around the world to send you a replacement.
Thanks Conradin

Some are obviously wondering why I'm at all bothered over a screw driver, but it's not just any old screw driver, it's a component that belongs to an expensive piece of kit. I thought about replacing it with 'similar' but I cannot find one with the same dimensions to fit into the cut-out in the Morini box. The supplier (Scottish based) I bought my Morini from in the first place are tied up with the commonwealth games and won't be answering orders for a while.

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Tom
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TommyH wrote:The supplier (Scottish based) I bought my Morini from in the first place are tied up with the commonwealth games and won't be answering orders for a while.
According to his web site it's back to normal on Wednesday. Not too long to wait.
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Post by TommyH »

According to his web site it's back to normal on Wednesday. Not too long to wait.
Thanks David, I bought a cheap one yesterday that is too thin for the cut-out but will suffice for now.

I hope the thief who took my property is reading this - 'what goes around comes around' fellah!

Tom
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Post by Tim S »

Andre,

to add a little perspective, Tommy is English. His range will be a private one, owned by a club (although sometimes shared). It's not a pay and shoot range open to the public. His screwdriver has been stolen by a fellow club member, whom he knows, not some random member of the public. This is why the theft rankles.

I once thought a fellow club member had stolen an allen key, only to find it two months later in a Gehmann catalogue, where I had used it as a page marker.
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Post by Andre »

Tim S wrote:Andre,

to add a little perspective, Tommy is English. His range will be a private one, owned by a club (although sometimes shared). It's not a pay and shoot range open to the public. His screwdriver has been stolen by a fellow club member, whom he knows, not some random member of the public. This is why the theft rankles.

I once thought a fellow club member had stolen an allen key, only to find it two months later in a Gehmann catalogue, where I had used it as a page marker.
I did not know that, thank you!
Sorry about than Tom, I didn't mean to offend you. Hopefully it slows up!
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Just ask around. Probably someone didn't think it worth mentioning.
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Post by TommyH »

I did not know that, thank you!
Sorry about than Tom, I didn't mean to offend you. Hopefully it slows up
No offense taken - just that there's a saying I strongly believe in "if it's not yours, don't take it", if I was a thief then I suppose I wouldn't be too bothered but I'm not, I have very strong issues with dishonesty

Tom
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Re: Morini screw driver

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If it's anything like most of my clubs someone probably picked it up, put it somewhere safe for you and then forgot all about it. I'd just ask around.

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Re: Morini screw driver

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BigAl wrote:If it's anything like most of my clubs someone probably picked it up, put it somewhere safe for you and then forgot all about it. I'd just ask around.
I asked around the next time I went, the consensus was; "if it's not nailed down in here then it goes missing"

Anyway, I've joined a new club now, it's a state of the art club in Wigan. For the first time last week I stood in a line of other shooters firing at a target (had only ever seen that on you-tube before). The target was retrievable electronically, the club members I met are nice. The gentleman next to me had a Morini, the one on the other side of me had a Steyr (first time I've ever seen one in real life). I was mentored for the first night and they seemed satisfied with my conduct, am really looking forward to my next shoot on Thursday. To think of what I endured in the cold, dark basement of the last club (I mentioned in an older thread that I blew the lights one night warming my hands up with a hair dryer) and I always had the feeling I was being watched, in what was a 150 year old warehouse, as I was mainly the only one ever down there - perhaps it was a ghost that took my screw driver!

Tom
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Re: Morini screw driver

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The gentleman next to me had a Morini,
Tom[/quote]
Maybe the gentleman next to you was a visitor at your old club and he took your screwdriver because he lost his.
Come on its a screwdriver move on.
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Come on its a screwdriver move on.
Yeah - I think you're right, let's put this to bed, I'll go and watch the news, sure there'll be someone in the world worse off!

Tom

(Doughhert - thanks for the link)
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