CS: Misc-instant incapacitation

2001-02-19 Thread John Hurst.
From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why do my chickens thrash about when I have severed the spine? They thrash their wings for up to a minute, with considerable force, despite the complete severance of the spine. Steve, Good point. Looking about it from the head end, there is a

CS: Crime-Getting the guns off the street!!

2001-02-19 Thread Tim Jeffreys
From: "Tim Jeffreys", [EMAIL PROTECTED] A police source said they found "enough weapons to start a war" at the semi-detached cottage I seem to recall that some rather large dust-up in 1914 was largely started by a young chap with one pistol... Cybershooters website:

CS: Target-Gallery Rifle power limits

2001-02-19 Thread D.F.Mallard
From: "D.F.Mallard", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vince Steve According to TAS Warminster drawing SDS 003 Centrefire Pistol NDA Range, the ammunition limitations are: Max calibre 0.455 inch Max muzzle velocity 1675 feet/sec Max muzzle energy 1496 foot/lbs Hope this helps. Mally Cybershooters

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread N
From: N J Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simply because people _want_ something banned is never a particularly good reason to ban something. There must be a _reason_ to ban it. As the handgun ban amptly demonstrated. There was no sensible reason to ban them so not surprisingly it didn't

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread Neil
From: Neil Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] As over 75% of people in the UK cannot stand the silly game of Foot Ball Completely and utterly incorrect. You have just made this statistic up haven't you? - Neil Francis Trowbridge, UK - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CS: Target-Head stamp Markings

2001-02-19 Thread Pete
From: Pete Ansbro, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone kindly identify these markings for me please? RORG (Royal Ordnance something or other?) 89 (or possibly 68 but unlikely) A circle containing a cross of St George I'm guessing it to be a military .223 case. TIA Pete -- Standard military

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread matthew.wright7
From: "matthew.wright7", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re. Richard and Neils comments: Why do the scruffy ordinary Joes always following on foot or in their cars. Why are the scruffy ordinary Joes never riding to the hounds? I put it to you the scruffy ordinary Joes would soon go find something else to

CS: Target-Gallery Rifle power limits

2001-02-19 Thread Peter
From: Peter H Jackson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vince, From the Y2k Bisley Bible, rule 165: Calibre .23" to .455", MV 2,150 ft/sec and ME 1,496 ft lbs, (same as the Army limit for outdoor c-f pistol ranges). Rgds, Peter. www.jacksonrifles.com Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread Andrew Chastney
From: "Andrew Chastney", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why have you never ridden? Because a serious accident I was involved in years ago has left me incapable of sitting with my back unsupported for anything more than a few minutes without debilitating pain. Whether it's a saddle, a stool or a bale of

CS: Target-Gallery Rifle power limits

2001-02-19 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to TAS Warminster drawing SDS 003 Centrefire Pistol NDA Range, the ammunition limitations are: Max calibre 0.455 inch Max muzzle velocity 1675 feet/sec Max muzzle energy 1496 foot/lbs Damn! I suppose this excludes one of Peter Sarony's cute

CS: Target-Any old brass?

2001-02-19 Thread Norman
From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] You had teeth? Why, during the Great War the Germans reckoned 40% of the British Army should have been in sanitoriums because of malnutrition. Teeth? The Army chest X-rays showed NO SKELETON AT ALL with some of the men - on dissection they had a

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a) Just because you find something distasteful is not a good enough reason to prevent other people who happen to enjoy that activity from engaging in it. But if - say - 70% of the country find it distasteful - does it become reasonable to look at preventing that

CS: Misc-The Story of The Passenger Pigeon

2001-02-19 Thread John Hurst.
From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hunters put the screws to a bird called the Passenger Pigeon. It went extinct about 1900. I remember reading about it as a youth in disbelief. I thought surely it couldn't have been hunters it must have been habitat loss. Being a hunter I have always

CS: Target-Help with CofF!

2001-02-19 Thread John
From: John Howat, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyone out there who has done the basic work to produce a CofF* for (a) Practical Pistol Shooting and (b) UIT (ISSF) 25m shooting?? Here in New Zealand this information is now reqired to prove the safety of military ranges if they are to be used by

CS: Pol-The march in March

2001-02-19 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, In response to email written by Richard Loweth about justification of foxhunting, you wrote:- -- My response to all arguments against hunting no matter how reasoned is that most people don't reason, in fact most people don't care, except the

CS: Legal-Section 5(1)(b)

2001-02-19 Thread John Hurst.
From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now you see _this_ is what Section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 was intended for. ;) Steve, I take your rhetorical point but the debates on the Firearms Act of 1920 which the '68 Act amends refereed to "deathless gas" being used for

CS: Pol-Face values..

2001-02-19 Thread bob blake
From: "bob blake", [EMAIL PROTECTED] While defending an individuals rights to wear what they like, I do, however, consider that those, who insist on wearing camo gear on range, to be doing the sport a grave dis-service. To use cost and warmth and suitability as an excuse is nonsense, try