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 withdra
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Sunday Times.
25-2-2001
Dunblane father in crusade to Africa's child soldiers
Jenny Shields
THE father of a child murdered at a Dunblane primary school in 1996 is to
travel to Africa to campaign against child soldiers.
Mick North, who
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More than 800 police rifles have been withdrawn from use after police found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
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'
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 &
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
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
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
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Like a lot of people, I enjoy the quotes often posted here.
I have kept just about all of them.
Whilst going through them, I came upon this little gem that I
had forgotton, it might make a nice poster:
"We are peaceful people; w
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
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 shoo
From: David Mack, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
8th February 2001
The Editor,
Liverpool Echo.
Re: GUN LAW. Armed Police Aim To Halt City Shootings.
Dear Sir,
I was shocked to read of the violence afflicting the once fair city of
Liverpool and the proliferation of guns in the hands of
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...who was the Home Secretary who introduced measures to control the
ownership of pistols!
Yes, I'd forgotten that actually. Still, no one is perfect and today it is
widely acknowledged that Churchill made some appalling errors of ju
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Is a thought a dangerous thing?
I know it's not entirely in context but Winston Churchill had this to say
and it is as well that we take time occasionally to remember the "Lions
Roar."
Regards,
David.
...
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 a
e should simply be treated with the contempt it deserves.
This is all BS and a gross waste of Public money to boot.
David (Sussex)
--
The police didn't know that until well into the investigation. If someone
pointed a brush at you that could be mistaken for a gun and threatened
to shoot
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In case you missed it, the 2 hr show is available in Real Audio at
>
> http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/checkup/archive/2001/010121_ccc.ram
Having listened to an hour of this I now understand why The Canadian nation
get so much
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 Canada.
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 fa
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ISSUE 2078 Thursday 1 February 2001
Man fined for waving brush at teenagers
By Maurice Weaver
A LORRY driver who waved a handbrush out of his car window at a group of
rowdy teenagers and shouted "Shut up or I'm going to s
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.
D
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 m
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
Well James, you may think that but I certainly don't. Chris
Jacobs and I went to see our MP, Sir Ralph Howell (who has
now been replaced by the very supportive David Prior)almost
immediately after Dunblane before Labour had jumped on
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am going to put "Cybershooters" at the base of my placard.
Subscribers have my permission to use the Cybershooters logo
(which is on the website, Times New Roman bold italic is the
font), provided the placard is polite and does n
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:07:13 -0500
From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gun law creates 320,000 Canadian outlaws
PUBLICATION GLOBE AND MAIL
DATE: THU JAN.25,2001
PAGE: A1 (ILLUS)
BY
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
P
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
easy
about their FAC's, a shield from the camera's on the rooftops.
david
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less.
Newslette
From: David Lury, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it true that all UK railway companies and some bus companies now
prohibit carrying of firearms by passengers and/or as freight/unaccompanied
baggage?
David Lury
--
Dunno, it's not illegal to do it. Certainly you can carry
firearms o
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
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1/17/01 11:20 a.m.
Living in Fear . . . . of gun-control laws.
By Dave Kopel, Dr. Paul Gallant, & Dr. Joanne Eisen of the Independence
Institute
December 26, 2000, and another mass murder, as 42-year-old Michael McDermott
went o
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hiya,
I'm sorry, but I just have to add my two pence worth to this thread!
One or two contributors have made reference to the ISO 9000
series as if they were some sort of guarantee of quality - They
are not.
ISO 9001, 9002 and 900
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
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
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 last
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
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
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 wo
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
17 Jan. 2001
There have been a couple of items recently in the press concerning spies
within the police forces of Canada and New Zealand who have passed sensitive
information to gang members. As you may be aware our Police Minister has
recen
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
SO
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 mal
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
Rusty said:
<>
Yes, they have.
I was in Bejing at a conference in 1986 and we went to an army
base as part of the 'entertainment'
It wasn't expensive, but we only got to shoot AK47's (OK type
56 f
From: "David L", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In response to the post regarding Miss Widdicombe's proposal regarding
self-defence, subscribers might be interested in the Home Invasion Act 1998,
in NSW Australia. It was introduced and passed as a private members bill by
the Shooters Party
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
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
> 6
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eley make .22 RF tracer as well
David
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
___
T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17
Newsletters, Tips and
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.
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
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 abo
From: "David Johnson", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The coast around Dover was positively bristling with guns!
In the early '50s I lived just along the coast from Dover. There were
batteries of (I think) 6" guns that were still used for practice, firing at
a sort of raft of railway s
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
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
ld marine grade stainless steel bolt - for some
reason the nut was not affected. I am now very wary of moly anywhere near
stainless.
Over to the more scientifically inclined :-)
David M ( Sussex )
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [
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 a
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 Ni
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help I'm confused about these knife laws
Could anyone tell me what I am and not allowed to carry.
What is the definition of carry, i.e. on person, in bag etc
What is the law regarding lockknives, can I have one or not
Can I get don
the radar traps and surveillance cameras
but rarely appear in person without two-tones and blues.
Strike any chords of recognition ? Come back into the human race before it
really is too late - technology is not the answer to everything.
David M ( Sussex )
Don't forget - Sunday 18th March
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.theregister.co.uk
Guns disguised as mobile phones
By: Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 30/11/2000 at 12:54 GMT
Swiss police have intercepted a cache of arms that include
guns disguised as mobile phones. The phones don't actually
work but contain b
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve, Follows my letter to the Telegraph. Don't imagine for a moment they
will publish it but it felt quite good to write it.
Regards,
David.
30-11-00
Dear Sir,
Re: Straw and the murdered Nigerian boy.
What a bloody hypocritical fool Jack
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last year it was estimated that 20% of all hospital admins and
upto 45,000 deaths where caused due to legal drugs.(This is drug
interactions, people misusing legally prescribed drugs and over
the counter drugs). Think about this in context
stood alongside you in any affray - but sadly no
longer. I speak generically of course - I still have many trusted
friends in the force / service - who knows, you may even be one of them
:-)
Happy Christmas guys - don't forget the Countryside March next Spring.
David M - Sussex
Cybershooter
From: David Lury, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I don't know what it says in the 2000 census but the 1990 census
>showed that 49% of the US population lives in towns of 20,000
>people or less. The UK on the other hand is one of the most
>urbanised nations on Earth.
>
>Steve.
I h
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Drugs
E safer than heroin, I don't think so. E was developed as an
antipsycotic drug (eg to treat schizophrenics). It is not safe,
even the government can't get the warnings right. Drink lots of
water while you take it, its the ov
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew, you mentioned your Sec.1 shotgun, both mine are
licensed for clay shooting by South Yorkshire police, if
you want more details mail me.
regards
David Rovardi
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have recently bought an ex-Irish government 303. The rifle is in beautiful
condition but is not nearly as accurate as my old 1942 Longbranch (now
regretfully sold).
I have tried a card shim under the front of the barrel to impart a slight
upwar
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 restrict
From: "David Johnson", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The following entry regarding the formation of the Artists Rifles, taken
from the History of the Great War. The period being covered is 1914.
"What proved a valuable experiment was tried about this time by Sir John
French in establish
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 cou
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems the police like to push the point about LETHAL
firearms, a car becomes lethal if you run some one over
with it. I very much doubt if my guns or for that matter
most on the list will ever be used in a lethal manner.
regards
Dav
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nick Harvey lists the following, First Edition, page 135. He also states
that load data for the .264 Winchester Magnum can be used in the 6.5x68mm
RWS:
RWS Cases and RWS 5333 primers and H4831 powder
140 grn starting load 61grns max 63grns for 29
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The following was sent to me by someone here in New Zealand who I
ocassionally correspond with and who knows I have a passing interest in such
things. I do not know who Robert Henderson is and have never received
anything from him before. Whe
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Steve,
forwarded just in case you / the list haven't already received this.
Sounds like they need big support right now - a good opportunity for
major publicity in the right hands :-))
David M
--
Pro gunners, Pro RKBA'ers If ever there was a time
that you w
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The police are to request certificate holders to inform
them of their movements so that they can reduce the
call-outs, to otherwise legitimate shooting activities,
of armed officers.
Can't you just see where this is leading? The police
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Israeli silent but deadly
MOSSAD used to be very fond of Ruger's semi auto .22 RF
pistol with integral suppresor.
Mind you, they did get up close.
I also understand that it was used for special ops in
Vietnam as well.
David.
--
I thoug
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
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At last I've had a letter published in the Electronic Telegraph!!!
DM
David Mack
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Whiff of stupidity
Date: 9 October 2000
SIR - It seems that the Conservatives are not interested in forming the
government again.
The t
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martini-Henry's in 577/450 were never intended for
smokeless loads, were not proofed for smokeless loads,
and any insurance that you may have (either personaly
or as a member of a club) may well be invalidated by
using them. - You may also vi
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone else out there think that the statement of controlling
'gun culture' is going to be an attack on practical shooting ?
regards
David
--
That's a good point actually, I see they "accept in principle"
the idea of
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi guys (and girls)
I have had so much fun this weekend that I thought that
you would like to share it, it brought a little joy into
my life.
My local council (with the aid of a lottery grant) put
on a theatrical production that tells the local
From: "David Johnson", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
F.W.Mann, in "The Bullets Flight", published in 1909,
looked reported on bullet melting while investigating
the instability of bullets in flight. In his experiments
he place paper screens all down a 100-yard range to
record the traj
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 shotg
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whilst developing a cast bullet load to use in my .404
Jeffery I experienced such severe bullet melting with a
batch of 50/50 linotype/wheelweight 410 grain bullets
that my chronograph was almost destroyed by lead splatter
fifteen feet from the m
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just a quick note to say thanks for the info provided from all
on cybershooters. Once again I have found you all an invaluable
source of info. If we can keep this up perhaps we can save
shooting in this country!
regards
David Rovardi
Cyb
From: "David Rovardi", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder if anyone could help me on this subject. We wish to
set up a mini rifle range at our home office approved club in
order to host a few more shoots for non FAC holders. Could
anyone bring me up to speed on the rules and regs. Any hel
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Proof:
When I asked the Birmingham proof master I was told that
the gun barrel proof acts only apply on sale or transfer
- If it is a personal import and you NEVER sell or
transfer it then it does not need to be proofed.
Oh, BTW, the proof acts
m - have
no proofcert or mark - as far as I remember this is a
requirement here in the UK / EU if you offer for sale.
> Probably cost you as much as you paid for the gun in the first place !
David M
--
This is a myth according to Gary Clark, one of the Guardians of
the Birmingham Proof House. If yo
From: "David Edwards", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have entered this site for the first time, I have
found it very interesting.
I was given a print out of request for a telescopic
sight, by an avid visitor to your site.
I do not normally import Burris telescopic sights, they
are much chea
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 syndrome
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There was a case several years ago (probably 10+) where a
man WAS successfully prosecuted for possessing firearms and
ammunition in a public place. He had the firearms, (legally
held) and he had only primed empty cases with him, no loaded
ammunition
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last year I flew home from Heathrow with one hundred new, empty, unprimed
.404 Jeffery cases in my luggage. They were taken off me by the security
people who obviously didn't seem to understand what they were. Police and
Customs were called
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
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'
J
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
PC Darren Riley was speeding along the A359 at around 90mph
when he receiveda text message on his mobile phone. Rather
than ignoring it the ill-fated copper decided to keep
driving and check the message at the same time.
Investigators of the
From: "David L", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AAA was bought out by the Australian Government as it
was regarded as an embarrassment. The problem was that
it made black semi-automatic rifles and carbines. Had
they used walnut stocks and produced bolt-actions it might
not have occurred.
Al
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>The moral being that you win
people over by being friendly to them and educating
them in the way you want them to think - attack them
and you have lost them.
Open your minds; you might take three steps forward
and suffer four steps back, but k
I was not there - I will not judge - I support the view that if a person
points a weapon at an armed officer-or any other person for that matter,
then he / she must accept the consequences of his / her actions. This is
surely common law and natural justice.
Hope this makes sense in the current diat
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone got the money to set up a handgun factory in
Australia?
Tomkins are keen to sell off Smith & Wesson. Perhaps
some enthusiastic entrepreneur could do a deal and
relocate the plant to Perth (being the most pleasant
city in the state
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, yes, my chemistry was simplified. Perhaps overly so.
This is because burning black powder does not correspond
to any simple chemical reaction between stoichiometrical
proportions of the ingredients. This means that the
empirical formula quoted
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Does greasing a target metal plate increase the angle
> that a bullet can be fired from and still riccochet?
> Say from 20 degrees to 40 degrees?
>
> If the objective is to increase the probability of riccochet then it
> would depend on :
The weight / volume of the me
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh dear, I was trying to avoid the anorak chemical stuff but
it appears I can't so sorry:
Chris Evans said:
<>
Yes Potassium Nitrate (KNO3 (all my trailing numbers are
subscript :-))is an oxidiser - it is where we get our oxy
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, I have been using black powder for a very long time -
I will say again that black powder is NOT corrosive. It
does not contain anything that is corrosive, nor do the
products of combustion contain anything that is.
There are a lot of myths
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