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If I'm in the situation to take down a Moose at 640 Yards to feed my Family, give me a one shot from a bolt action 10 round Mag British 303 Lee Infield or knock down a bear attacking my child.
 
Laverda SF said:
If I'm in the situation to take down a Moose at 640 Yards to feed my Family, give me a one shot from a bolt action 10 round Mag British 303 Lee Infield or knock down a bear attacking my child.
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We have supermarkets where we buy our families food, and the only thing close to bear we like to knock down is; knocking down a beer.
In fact ..................
 
Chrisk: It's obvious we live in an entirely different environment. I respect nature and have learned to live with wild life - Hopefully never fire - Not saying there hasn't been close calls.

Nature smells fear - I carried a FN Herstal P35 9mm in the bush and never killed with it and I became part of a wolf pack in the hunt.

I have hunted with Wolves, dead rabbit's all over the place - They were my dog's - Don't trust them unless you are armed and don't smell of fear or show any sign of weakness.
 
The truth of the matter Ron is that all Australians are excellent shots and don't miss, therefore no need for rapid fire bang sticks :LOL:
 
Just saw this, very timely :LOL:

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Terry: No contest: But succeed small arms were I did not go into Military missals ... etc as you referred to other then support a 5 round 30 Cal Semi-Auto 308, 30.06, 762x54 rifle for Civilian use.

Not even a FAL limited to 5 rounds in Semi-Auto could be considered an Assault Weapon.

A Browning Semi-Sporter Rifle is the same goddam thing.

When I talk civilian rifles am not referring to an AK or AR. They are not rifles in my opinion.                                 
 
Ron, get this through your head and I will type it in bold so you can't claim your poor eyesight failed you.

Whether a firearm is classified as sporting or military, peacetime or assault, any of them can be used for mass killing events. And if they  are auto-loading it makes them more efficient at completing this act than a single shot or a firearm that needs to be manually reloaded because they can be fired at several targets (read HUMAN BEINGS) in rapid succession without having to remove eye from sight.

Get it now.

And unless you are a pitiful shot there is no need for semi-auto anything for hunting either.

P.S We also don't have bears (apart from koalas which are not real bears) or dangerous game of any kind. Nor do we have any moose or other big game.

 
And not to mention that all native Australian animals are protected so unless you have a feral pigs, cats, rabbits, wild dogs, foxes, goats or deer [in my neck of the woods, not sure about over east] there really isn't any need to own a firearm unless your into target shooting which means you need to be a member of a club and actively be involved to keep your guns.
Australia doesn't have a gun culture, thank fuck!!
 
Thank fuck most Australians consider guns to be tools, not penile extensions :D
 
Some friends of mine have an old WW2 military sidecar outfit, nicely restored and looking ready for action again, complete with machine gun mounting on the front of the sidecar.
They approached the authorities seeking permission to put a wooden replica machine gun on a sidecar, just to complete the military look for bike shows. They were told in no uncertain terms that anything remotely resembling a gun would be illegal, even if it was made of wood.
 
Dellortoman said:
... They were told in no uncertain terms that anything remotely resembling a gun would be illegal, even if it was made of wood.
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Yep, back in the '80's my mate had varnished the tiller of his 22' Bluebird yacht and i was giving him a lift down to the river, on the back of my '77 Bonnie, when we were blasted with sirens and flashing lights and pulled over by The Law with guns drawn!!  :o  FFS lads it's only a bloody tiller!

& that Bluebird was the best sailing vessel i have ever had the pleasure of commanding.
http://www.bluebirdsailing.org.au/
three of us lived on it for a couple of months while cruising up the coast. sleeping quarters were a bit of a squeeze so lucky we had a female to fit between us, although i usually slept out in the cockpit under the stars. noice
 
Dellortoman said:
Some friends of mine have an old WW2 military sidecar outfit, nicely restored and looking ready for action again, complete with machine gun mounting on the front of the sidecar.
They approached the authorities seeking permission to put a wooden replica machine gun on a sidecar, just to complete the military look for bike shows. They were told in no uncertain terms that anything remotely resembling a gun would be illegal, even if it was made of wood.
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I can understand the reasoning Cam, but it does seem extreme and a real shame.

In a couple of weeks we have the 'War and Peace' show less than a mile from my place

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Cannot really see the point in glorifying the past either, Simon.

Remembering, yes, without a doubt.  There are enough war memorials spread all over Europe for that, and I can well understand people that choose to honour those that fell. 

But putting the "glory" to show, implying it's all fun and games, definitely no.  There are enough people around (past and present veterans) that are traumatised by combat, bet they would find those huge bangs very entertaining.

First and foremost, weapons are designed and built to kill, humans, animals, whatever moves in the sights... that should be brought closer to todays kids, not showing how much fun easy it is to handle weapons.  Put 'em in a museum and plug the bores, but stop showing how fantastic it all was.

piet
 
Malcolm was right, we do live in exciting times. I don't know how excited he will personally be at the moment though. So much for calling a 2 house cleanout election so that he could get a definite mandate. Looks like a hung parliament and who knows what the hell will happen in the Senate.
 
sfcpiet said:
But putting the "glory" to show, implying it's all fun and games, definitely no.  There are enough people around (past and present veterans) that are traumatised by combat, bet they would find those huge bangs very entertaining.
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I've never quite put it in that context Piet. Even though I have relatives killed in both wars. Restoring old military bikes is one thing, putting guns on them (whether real or replica) and putting them on show is another.

Thank you for a note of sanity.

Cam
 
Pretty sure veterans don't partake in military re-enactments ::)
 
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