From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I enclose a scan of a letter to the secretary of my club on the subject
on being allowed to reload and keep at home ammunition for pistols
stored and fired at the Heritage Centre at Bisley. The letter is from
Home Office minister, Charles Clar
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steven,
I was puzzled by a number of interpretations, so I asked a friend in USA
for comments and here they are.
By the way, I thought he was a Cybershooter.
Regards,
Alex.
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think that McDermott is trying to justify the handgun ban, but
he does seem to think that any restrictive legislation is in order
provided the majority approves of it and wants it - that is his
definition of democracy!
He does not
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm, I wonder if a .307 Model 94 could be converted to a box feed
.308. That could be interesting.
Steve.
___
As the Model 94 action is the one where the floor plate is hinged and
forms part of the a
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We had similar infestations ofter Dunblane and we failed to deal with
them properly.
Alex
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:45:34 -0600
From: "Daszkiewicz" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: misguided to infest Denver; press pr
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
In connection with last Sunday's article about the Gulf Syndrome, I
attended a dinner in London on Tuesday the purpose of which was to
promote Ann Prentice's (Journalist - The Times) book "One woman's war"
in which she w
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
May I wade in on David Edwards's and Antony Harrison's
exchange and say that I have also bought stuff direct
from USA on several occasions in the past year and in
each instance I paid a lot less that prices quoted
here, even with VAT and
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Personally, I'm happy for any dealer to make a reasonable
profit but can anyone explain how I can buy Vihtavuori
powder in the US for about L10.00 per pound when it costs
almost double that in the UK? We are a lot nearer to
Finland than the US
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have heard from a reliable source that the new requirement is in the
pipeline requiring all ranges to have 600 yds danger area behind the
butts, or where this is not possible a 100 foot wall.
The really sinister implication is that
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have heard from a reliable source that the new requirement is in the
pipeline requiring all ranges to have 600 yds danger area behind the
butts, or where this is not possible a 100 foot wall.
The really sinister implication is that
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Their pistol powder, N310, seems to develop a particularly
'hot' flame front in that I used to experience really
severe leading problems in the chamber throats of my SW
686 - but not in the barrel - even with the recommended
target load of
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Who heard Albie Fox's speech? No mention at all that the handgun ban was
a conservative Government, on a THREE LINE WHIP that banned pistol
shooting!
Just the illusion that it was Blair's fault!
--
And that's was the "Founder Member&
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The nitrocellulose paste for RG powders is actually made
at Bishopton and shipped to RO's subsidiary Muiden Chemie
in the Netherlands, who make it into NC propellant and
ship it back to the UK. Muiden doesn't make NC paste
itself. How RO will
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I met an acquaintance at Bisley yesterday, who told me that he had
applied for renewal last July and just got it a week ago. His FAC
actually expired at the end of August and he put his guns in storage at
Bisley and continued using them.
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
I have bought a load of R.G re loading component. I am
using 43.4g of powder (their powder) behind their 155g
bullet. I have had good success up to 600y.
Can anyone tell me if they have used it at 900 and 1000
yards.
Regards
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is also my impression that only some Metropolitan Section 7(3)
holders had been allowed to load and store ammunition at home and if
that "privilege" is being withdrawn then soon no one will enjoy it.
In my opinion, the Home O
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
May I wade in rather late into this argument and say that I am not in
the least concerned about any kind of statistics, nor do I care whether
more guns will increase or decrease crime.
Naturally, I would prefer to live in a society where vio
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Would you say, Julian, that the Python would work if one cut of the
knot in the barrel?G
Alex.
--
I personally think we should buy it and stick it at the
entrance to Bisley Camp with "In memory of the 57,000 scapegoats
of the D
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Court Finds Gunmakers Not Responsible for Wrongdoing
by Ralph 0. Sherman
The lawsuits brought by cities and crime victims against
gun manufacturers offer the courts an opportunity to show
that common sense still exists in the judic
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, it might be possible to modify the 94 action to take box magazine
from the right side of the action - where the loading gate is, but you
would turn it into an ugly beast and, I suspect, that magazine would
upset the fine balance of the
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
I asked Martin Farnan about the warnings in the Bible about
7.62NATO/308Win and .223/5.56 and here is his reply.
Alex
- Original Message -
From: Martin G Farnan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Alex,
No, we merely draw firers
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An interesting, if long, article on the anti-gun lobby in USA, which
proves that written constitution "cast in stone" is not a good defence
against those bent on changing it. Reference to the Cop-Killer bullets
might be of interes
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just as a matter of interest, how do you de-prime your
Berdan cases?
Steve.
_
I use a hydraulic decapper made about 25 years ago by
a long defunct firm, Wamadet.
The "production rate" i
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think Ed has a point about the different brass being used for
military and civilian ammunition.
I do not load to maximum pressures, so I have not noticed that the
military cases generate higher pressures, but the case life is very
differen
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6) Perhaps, if selected Pistol Shooters wish to make a point,
they could turn up for the matches, without a gun, and record
a zero score. Personally I consider that there is more to be
gained by obtaining good results, remember Micky Gault'
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BRITISH shooters are threatening to boycott the 2002
Commonwealth Games in Manchester because the Government's
ban on handguns prevents them practising.
They claim the ban puts them at a severe disadvantage to
fore
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "E.J. Totty", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have an interesting question - hypothetical as
it is: Knowing the particular laws about using certain
ammunition types, suppose nation 'A' and nation 'B' go
to war -- agai
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gill Marshall-Andrews was invited to speak first. I have
to admit that she is an accomplished public speaker but,
as one would have expected, had nothing sensible to add to
any debate on firearms control. During her 'opening speech'
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh how nice - a party to celebrate the country being
brought to its knees.
How jovial everybody seems to be that the 'country'
may be brought to it's knees because few there will be
no fuel in a few days time - even to the extent th
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
I have heard today that St. Nicholas Club in Chislehurst,
cancelled an Open Day Shoot and wrote to each entrant
explaining that "they did not wish to be associated with
plate shooting".
I have to confess that, having shoot
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well Alex, for your help and assistance, both Richard and
his father are extremely pleasant and caring people, who
are dedicated to the sport of shooting,
That's not the point, Chris! Their neighbours have an
equal right to become dedica
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Got to strongly disagree with you Alex, if he took notice of his
neighbours he wouldn't have that Gold medal.
You are absolutely right there, but you would not say that if you were
one of his neighbours and as they have won the court case, he
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The malcontents seem unresponsive to the obvious
suggestion that the clayshooters were there first,
arousing no hostility, and that before moving into
their twee executive dwellings they might have checked
for any nasty shootin
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many interesting comments have been made regarding Vihtavuori powders
but no
real explanation has yet been forthcoming of why I experienced ferocious
leading with N310 powder but not with Hercules Bullseye - all other
components in the equa
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Government will wish to explore
further and possibly extend the provisions that would
allow young people to use a borrowed gun under adult
supervision if the minimum age is increased to eighteen
as recommende
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am interested in any smokeless powder loads for the
.577/.450 Martini Henry rifle. Black powder seems a
little too corrosive to use even if it can be cleaned
out with water and the like. Lead bullets would be
used and new boxer primed bra
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The information that Albie Fox had been accepted as a
Conservative party candidate for Ynys Mon was posted
to the SA WWW site at least 3 weeks ago. Albie himself
also posted information to the SA BBS. Does nobody keep an
eye on this site? I
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charlton Heston criticises UK gun law 'cowardice'
Heston: Britain's gun laws are "a subtle form of surrender to the
criminals"
November 15, 2000
Web posted at: 5:25 AM EST (1025 GMT)
November 15, 2000
Web posted at: 5:25 AM EST
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Given the assumption that the terrorists will always use available
weapons, if one type or class of weapons is made especially difficult to
obtain, they will switch to the next easiest category and thus give ACPO
and the government an excuse f
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At the AGM of Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association (HBSA) at
the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London, on 20th November, it was
reported that:-
The claim for loss of profits pursued in the European Court of Human
Rights (EC
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I heard from a fellow shooter that there was an article in The
Telegraph "early last week" under the general heading Foxhunting Bull
and in it there was a mention that the cost of pistol compensation was,
in fact, รบ4.3 b
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Without the shear-pin, the missile would have just flopped out of the
barrel, because little pressure would have built up behind the
stationary
round.
I suspect that moly lubrication of bullets has a related (less extreme
!)
effect, as Steve
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve and List,
Thank you of advice on Drill Purpose firearms, which I have sent to my
friend in the States.
I enclose below a message on the same subject from David Penn, the
curator of the Imperial War Museum,
which also advises caution
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I am in favour and would travel anywhere in UK, but Steve's
suggestion of holding it at the NEC in Birmingham is probably the most
practical. I agree that there is a need to distance ourselves from the
NRA althought I am not
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That doesn't necessarily matter, to be frank, but getting people
to lecture on the rights of self-defence and so on I suspect would
go down like a lead balloon.
Steve.
__
I agree that raising the "right
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I read an interesting article in an old copy of "Handloader" about
supplemental chambers for full bore rifles.
These chambers look like cartridge cases on the outside, but are made of
solid metal and bored to accept pistol cartrid
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[snip]
My use of wadding goes back a long way and was centered
around preventing the detonation of small charges of
very fast burning powders.
[snip]
That is very interesting, John, but my understanding of the internal
ballistics is that it i
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. The media tells us that people just can't be trusted with deadly
instruments. But you possess one every day when you drive your car. Yet
you
refrain from running over pedestrians at crosswalks.
Quite right, but let us not waste any
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think she deserves a medal myself.
Steve.
Well, you took the words out of my mouth, Steve. Why don't we send her
letters/emails/faxes of thanks.
If she were to receive, say, 5000 letters of thanks, perhaps her
"colleagues" wou
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
42 deaths as use of handguns hits seven-year high
NTL NEWS 9:21am Thursday, 11th January 2001
Use of handguns in crime in England and Wales reached its highest level
for seven years in 1999-2000.
This is in spite of the ban
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
H, wonder if _your_ old gun is finding a new life in Jamaica???
Or is that just my suspicious mind???
mike
__
Well, I would rather somebody had some use for my pistols than ha
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a bad idea! If your air-rifle is rated to 11.98ft.-lb.'s, you
will
break the law by using moly. You will get higher velocity from the same
pellet,
and therefore a higher M.E., due to the way an air-rifle works. Unlike a
pow
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I won't be put off from joining the Countryside Alliance march
by imagined threats of retaliation. The reason I won't be going is
because I'm opposed to fox hunting. You do what you think's right.
S
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kenneth Pantling wrote.
Sorry James but you can't count on the Tories. I would say
that, faced with a choice of candidates that are all anti,
the Tory is probably the least worst choice but I go with
Steve. Pick your
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is incredible:
A man who was mistakenly arrested and charged with possessing a firearm
which turned out to be a cordless drill has been awarded compensation.
Mel Sealy, 50, was paid an undisclosed sum in an out-of-court settlem
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got a stereotype letter from Kate Hoey thanking me for my interest in
the
forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Actually, when I wrote, most of my
comments
were about her attitude to guns and hunting. I never mentioned the
Games.
Barr
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As for the slogans posted the other day, many of them hinge on the
concept
of firearms ownership for self defence and are therefore useless. We
need to
think for ourselves rather than try to borrow from the States on this
one.
It's a
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To clarify the position on placards on stick I asked Countryside
Alliance and below is their reply.
Regards,
Alex
- Original Message -
From: march-info [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for your E mail...placards on stick
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The question of one shooting organisation has been discussed before and
much as the idea appears attractive, I fear that it would not work
because of a large variety of interests and, especially, because of
disinterest of one segment o
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm still intrigued as to how they could define it without also
banning lots of other things - which would be outside the scope
of an order under Section 1(4). Going by the draft guidance
the Home Office is concocting they stil
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "George", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are British hunters permitted to shoot cats like German hunters are? If
I
recall correctly from my Jagerprufung class you may shoot cats that are
over
100 meters from an inh
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually, Tom, I have never seen a 50 cal rifle and certainly never
heard or seen one being shot. I shoot regularly at Bisley and other MoD
ranges and although I shoot Target Rifle up to 1000 yds. Match Rifle is
shot up to 1200 a
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I drew the attention of the NRA to Ian Brown's open letter of January
29th. I have been asked to publish the two preceding letters (Mr Brown
to Mr de Havilland of December 19th and Mr de Havilland's reply of
December 27th) so as
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Norman Bassett, INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I'd like to do is to make it a lot easier to get
a few shots at all kinds of guns at the four main
annual shooting shows in the UK. Otherwise shooting
anything but what you
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To claim that something is a sport implies that a large
number of people are participating. The fact that something
is shot in Switzerland or USA does not constitute a sport
here - I wish it did, but we have to be realistic.
Ah! An
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you read my reply to Tom Charnock email, Paul, you would have known
that I do more for you that you do for me and that I am spending more
that anyone half a working week every week on trying to do what I can
for all shooting spor
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's happened to the Phoenix postal competition?
I can't get them on the phone and we are waiting results from last
season.
--
Our targets and stickers arrived this week, but I have had same problems
in contacting them.
Emails
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And your point is? If you seriously think that rapid fire
competitions
caused the demise of pistol shooting then you aren't on the same planet
as me.
No, Kenneth, I don't think that rapid fire had much to do with it!
Ferocio
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am doing an engineering written project on the development
of the small arms cartridge (from paper, foil, coiled brass,
drawn brass (rimmed, rimless, RF, CF), to caseless) and I was
wondering if anyone knew of any, particularly e
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alex, you seem to want to misconstrue nearly everything I write. I'll
have
one more go then give up...
If that's a firm promise, Kenneth, I will try to explain, but without
inserting yet again everything that was written before.
My
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not after the comment about Pistol AD. I was at the last one and
so was Lord Cullen and neither of us saw anything that you mention.
You say later on Pistol 94, so possibly you are getting confused
as to the dates, but Pistol 96 di
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
STOP SPREAD OF WEAPONS, URGES COOK
131054 FEB 10 By PA News Reporter
The Foreign Secretary today called for an international
fund to be set up to help stop the spread of weapons
around the world. Robin Cook said it was needed to s
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and .303" ammo is either expensive or scarce (who'd
pay L27.50 per 100 for HXP anyway?
Only L27.50? I pay twice that for .22/250 and .243!
Aye lad - we were that poor we 'ad to make us own bullets w
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was concerned too that at the last "Pistol AD" that there were a
number of
black people present also. One can most definitely "judge a book by its
cover"! Drug dealers and illegal "Yardies" seeking to buy
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would be very interested to hear of problems with 22 autoloaders and
especially how they were solved.
In my club Ruger 10/22s are by far in majority and the favourite
ammunition is Blazer because the higher velocity and recoils seem to ai
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew, 0.6 MOA from a .375 HH Magnum loaded with lead bullets!
Please come and shoot benchrest and give us all a lesson.
Cheers
VinceB
_
I can't do .6 moa, but with the rifle unsupported (s
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The E-mail about "black faces" at Pistol A.D. was not meant
to be sarcastic in that sense but to show that perception is,
in fact, not always reality.
It is the same with the disparagement of those who wear
ex-surplus "cammo ge
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New website that might be of interest to Cybershooters.
http://www.shootfastdontmiss.freewire.co.uk/
Alex
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's the same as the MoD standard for indoor pistol ranges, max.
calibre .455", not sure what the exact energy limit is off the
top of my head.
Steve.
475 ft/lbs seems familiar.
Jonathan Laws
47
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's true in this country (to an extent, depends how big the
minority is) but I find it to be less true in most other developed
countries. Probably because they have lower population densities
so there is more room for people to do what
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 ca
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