CS: Target-.307 Winchester

2000-07-23 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The development of the rimmed .307 Win. began in 1980 with the first public announcement in Dec 1982. The cartridge and the Model 94XTR Angle Eject Carbine chambered for it were not available until early 1983." Above and more det

CS: Target-.308/7.62

2000-08-03 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have any personal experience of the problem of using 7.62 NATO in a .308? I bought some ex military "MEN" 7.62 ammo (German I believe) to use for target/plinking in a Brazilian Mauser rebarreled to .308. After the fi

CS: Pol-Olympic shooters lobby for easing of handgun ban

2000-08-13 Thread David M
From: "David M", [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 foreign rivals, Personally I would l

CS: Misc-Gulf War Syndrome

2000-09-04 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] A friend sent me the following. Sorry I don't have a source for it but you may be interested anyway. DM Tests show Gulf war victims have uranium poisoning Jonathon Carr-Brown and Martin Meissonnier NEW evidence that Gulf war syndr

CS: Legal-flick knives

2000-10-18 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did think when they showed the flick knife and the butterfly knife that was a prime example of why knife bans are a waste of time. Flick knives have been banned for 30 years. Longer than that I think. I remember going to Lake Como on a school tr

CS: Field-Handloading 6.5 x 68

2000-10-27 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes indeed the MV's are a bit on the conservative side hardly any advantage over the 6.5x55mm for which, of course, there is a vast repertoire of loads. I dare say though that with time and careful load development a much hotter load could could be

CS: Target-new Ruger Carbine

2000-08-13 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I doubt it because (a) there is no demand in the US for such a device and (b) it's quite difficult to do because the 4-round mag is a rotary one. But the 10-22 uses a rotary magazine and there are a number of after market magazines available for

CS: Target-new Ruger Carbine

2000-08-14 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, their old .44 semi-auto was extremely popular, but it held too many rounds and changes in hunting laws in the 70s and 80s put it out of fashion. This new rifle is designed with this in mind. If it sells really well and some people start

CS: Target-melting wads

2000-09-22 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] After all shotguns don't get plastic deposits in their barrels from plastic wads or cartridge hulls do they? They most certainly do if you use plastic wads over blackpowder in shotgun cartridges. The much greater transfer of heat to shotgun ba

CS: Field-Rifles, scopes and baggage handlers

2000-11-06 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] steal. Also, in aircraft where the hold isn't pressurised, the combination of cold and low pressure might overcome the gas seals of an old scope just when you _don't_ want them to fail. Aircraft holds are pressurised. They have restricted airflow

CS: Misc-Molebdenum

2000-12-07 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Gazette Saturday 1 September 1917. "Molebdenum can increase the life of a gun by as much as twenty times" So whats new then. My Swedish Mauser 6.5x55 is 102 years old, has never had a moly coated bullet through it in it's life and

CS: Pol-Scotlands knife culture

2000-12-07 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Knives don't kill people, people kill people. Now where have I heard an expression something like that before? DM Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 2022 Thursday 7 December 2000 Knives blamed for rise in Scotland's murder rate By Nick Britten

CS: Misc-Molebdenum

2000-12-09 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex, I have no scientific evidence to quote to you. I understand that Sierra conducted a series of tests and concluded, basically, that moly coating their projectiles is a waste of time but I don't have details of those tests. I am surprised you s

CS: Misc-cartridge cases wanted

2000-12-13 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be very careful what you do with empty cartridge cases! Remember the the man who held up the restaurant by exhibiting a cartridge in his hand? Such is the level of ignorance and hysteria about firearms in the UK these days that anyone equipped with

CS: Field-BBC kills deer unlawfully

2000-12-20 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Makes you wonder just how the human race actually did survive before the invention of firearms doesn't it. Neil Francis Trowbridge, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Oh yes, politically correct castaways. They should last about fi

CS: Pol-Mass. shooting. Daily Telegraph editorial.

2000-12-28 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily Telegraph editorial 28-12-00 This man wasn't mad about guns - he was just mad By Toby Harnden International: Seven killed for sake of a $2,000 tax bill A HAND-WRINGING Boston Globe editorial lamented the "nightmare that st

CS: Pol-Sport minister criticises handgun ban

2001-01-02 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET ISSUE 2048 Tuesday 2 January 2001 Hoey criticises ban on handguns By David Sapsted THE post-Dunblane ban on handgun possession has done nothing to stop criminals getting their hands on firearms, according to Kate Hoey, the sports minister.

CS: Pol-Widdecombe on self-defence

2001-01-03 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The sooner Hague realises that Widdecombe is a liability to the Tories and replaces her the better for their election prospects. This latest load of tripe she has come out with is unfortunately all too typical of her inane waffling. Kate Hoey for

CS: Pol-Widdecombes self defence waffling

2001-01-02 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Widdicombes waffling on self defence I received the following this morning as part of a club newsletter. I have removed the club news bits for brevity. Regards, David. Southwest Gun Club, Inc. PO Box 1061 McComb, MS 39648 601-684-3020

CS: Target-A female perspective.

2001-01-11 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL ADDRESS OF WRITER:- Elizabeth Bromstein's E-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] PUBLICATION: Montreal Gazette DATE: 2001.01.09 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: News PAGE: A4 COLUMN: Page Four Column BYLINE: ELIZABETH BROMSTEIN SOURCE:

CS: Pol-Political Correctness

2001-01-11 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The boy's drawing was obviously - inappropriate - but perhaps the appropriate reaction might have been a clip round his ear'ole from his Dad. But then, what do I know? I'm a middle aged, middle class heterosexual male caucasian. Kennet

CS: Pol-The higher the stakes the harder we will fight

2001-01-18 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I detect some hardening of attitudes (!) among those being discriminated against so unjustly in Britain! I have recently been listening to some recordings of Sir Winston Churchill's speeches and one in particular springs to mind. I wonder

CS: Pol-the debate in Parliament

2001-01-18 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISSUE 2064 Thursday 18 January 2001 Shooting and fishing are next, MPs told By Michael Kallenbach, Parliamentary Correspondent LABOUR'S attempt to ban hunting with dogs means that fishing and shooting could be next on the list to b

CS: Pol-ban on hunting.

2001-01-18 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 2064 Thursday 18 January 2001 MPs vote for total ban on hunting By George Jones and Benedict Brogan PARLIAMENT took the first steps towards criminalising hunting with dogs when MPs voted overwhelmingly

CS: Pol-Hunting ban

2001-01-18 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISSUE 2064 Thursday 18 January 2001 Ban predicted within two years By Peter Foster ANTI-HUNT campaigners predicted that a ban on hunting would become a reality within two years. The RSPCA, the League Against Cruel Sports and the Int

CS: Pol-ACPO on hunt ban

2001-01-20 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 2065 Friday 19 January 2001 Hunt ban will harm country policing, say chiefs By John Steele, Crime Correspondent CHIEF constables have warned the Home Office that a ban on hunting with dogs could damage rel

CS: Misc-Careless cops?

2001-01-20 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police said today they had recovered a magazine containing 15 rounds of live ammunition lost by armed officers. A member of the public from the Carrington area of Nottingham rang police at 2.45am to say he had found what he thought was t

CS: Pol-Canadian gun registry fails to recognise criminals

2001-01-21 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20010119/442755.html Gun safety, indeed National Post The goal of Canada's half-billion dollar gun registry is public safety. By requiring gun owners to provide references

CS: Field-Hunters as Conservationists

2001-01-31 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have all seen articles in the press decrying hunters and hunting as blood thirsty rambos slaughtering poor defenceless animals with no thought to the future etc. Here's a couple of articles that put a different perspective. DM

CS: Field-Cats the worst killers

2001-01-31 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] No reason to expect that the situation is any different here. DM ISSUE 2077 Wednesday 31 January 2001 Cats are the 'worst' killers By Charles Clover, Environment Editor BRITAIN'S nine million cats are the main predators o

CS: Pol-Canada Police perspective

2001-01-27 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:19:34 -0500 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Editorial: POLICING PERSPECTIVE PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2001.01.26 SECTION: Editorial/opinion PAGE: 1

CS: Pol-NFA rejects survey findings

2001-01-26 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROGRAM: THE WORLD AT SIX NETWORK: CBC-R DATE: 2001.01.25 TIME: 18:00:00 ET END: 18:30:00 ET GUEST: GREG RASMUSSEN, Reporter; ANTOINETTE FLUVIAN, CanadianFirearms Centre; LAY LAYCOCK, The National Firearms Association; HOST: RUSS GERMAIN A

CS: Field-The Fox's Prophecy, D.W.Nash, 1870

2001-02-01 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] This was in a UK newspaper yesterday, don't have further details. DM A Few extracts from D. W. Nash's 1870 The Fox's Prophecy: 'For not upon these hills alone, the doom of sport shall fall, o'er the broad face of England creeps,

CS: Pol-Canadian radio programme in Real Audio

2001-02-01 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have a media player (I am using the standard free download Real Player) this radio programme is quite interesting and gives an update and debate - much better than the usual "talkback" type show - on the situation in Ca

CS: Pol-One Organisation

2001-02-04 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve/Norman, I believe that Steve has had some discussions with John Howat who is Executive Director of New Zealand's Council of Licenced Firearms Owners and one of NZ's leading experts in the field of firearms legislation as well as no mean

CS: Pol-Emigrate!

2001-02-11 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't I recall some recent Govt. report saying that transfers of semi-auto rifles should be banned and all long guns registered? Steve. True, but the select committee hasn't reported yet, due at the end of this month. If any new bil

CS: Pol-Emigrate!

2001-02-11 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obviously it would be great if everyone agreed to actively oppose all proposed restrictions, but that seems a long way away._ Derek Bernard -- When the only thing left legal is air rifles! Steve. --- Let's face it shoot

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

2001-02-17 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 2094 Saturday 17 February 2001 300 weapons seized at police armourer's home By David Sapsted POLICE raided the home of their force's armourer and seized almost 300 weapons, including machineguns and grenade launchers

CS: Target-Remington 700 faulty safety

2001-02-26 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] A further article in today's New Zealand Herald, front page no less! David. NZ Herald 26-2-01 Huge arms recall leaves frontline police without rifles 26.02.2001 By ALISON HORWOOD and NZPA More than 800 police rifles have been withdrawn fr

CS: Field-Siberia's top wolf hunter

2001-02-22 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] She favours an SKS Russian-made carbine accurate to 2,000 metres, and a Russian shotgun in case of surprise attacks by bears. --- Accurate to 2,000 metres? 200 maybe! I bought two brand new Chinese SKS's (U

CS: Target-Remington 700 faulty safety

2001-02-22 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Litigation is not my intent, however, myself as a safety professional, I feel certain ethics are involved. "Certain ethics" !? Like trading the gun on to another unsuspecting buyer? That doesn't quite tie up with the definition of "

CS: Target-Remington 700 faulty safety

2001-02-26 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] An item in The Dominion (Wellington, New Zealand) today ( 24-Feb,) reads as follows: Police Withdraw 800 rifles after fault found. More than 800 police rifles have been withdrawn from use after police found some of the guns had malfunctioned

CS: Legal-gun trafficker sentenced

2001-02-21 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 2098 Wednesday 21 February 2001 Pardoned drug dealer jailed for selling guns and ammo A CONVICTED drug dealer, who served only 11 months of an 18-year term after receiving a royal pardon, was jailed yesterd

CS: Pol-Proliferation of Small Arms

2001-02-21 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Perhaps someone should remind Robin Cook and his erstwhile colleagues at the UN that, in the last recorded case of genocide, in Rwanda, the large majority of the 1 million or so people murdered were beaten to death with sticks or cut to piece