CS: Crime-officer worker apparently kills seven in Mass.

2000-12-27 Thread Steven Kendrick
Innocent plea in office killings MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS WAKEFIELD, Mass., Dec 27 รน A software engineer accused of targeting seven co-workers for methodical slaughter was denied bail Wednesday after pleading innocent to seven counts of murder. Michael McDermott, 42, stood

CS: Legal-Murder...

2000-12-27 Thread Jeremy
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED] One must also consider that :- 1. In many parts of the world shooting at a vehicle that has passed through a checkpoint in such a manner is legal. 2. That any deaths or injuries that took place becaus of running a 'roadblock' would have been att

CS: Legal-Murder...

2000-12-27 Thread Jeremy
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan I believe you are correct if you were reckless as to the driving in such circumstances, i.e. you went far beyond reasonableness in your driving and the danger to others was obvious to a reasonable person, though the point is you needed to

CS: Target-Primers

2000-12-27 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >NO WAY WOULD I ANNEAL USED PRIMERS, YOUR APPLICATION & THE USE THEREOF >IS OK, BUT REMEMBER PRIMERS ARE SUBJECT TO CONSIDERABLY MORE PRESSURE. >IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SOFT BRASS FLOW UNDER PRESSURE, YOU WON'T DO IT >TWICE. > >PRIMER CUPS NEED TO HAVE A CERTAI

CS: Field-Gun Powder - Rook Rifles

2000-12-27 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >This from my memory: > >Rook rifle cartridges were reloaded for economy. --snip-- >The primer went in last so you didn't have accidents. --snip-- >This is cartridge reloading - for Rook Rifles - as it >used to be before and after the Grea

CS: Misc-King's African Rifles

2000-12-27 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that John Masters' books "Bugles and a Tiger" and "The Road Past Mandalay" give good information on the Gurkha set-up. As I read it Gurkha officers help Viceroy's Commissions, NOT King's Commissions and therefore were below a mere British 2nd Li

CS: Misc-King's African Rifles

2000-12-27 Thread Jeff Wood
From: "Jeff Wood", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wonder if any of you military historians can give a bit of background to a piece of family history? Chatting over a glass on Christmas Day, my mother told me more about her father, who seems to have been pretty uncommunicative, perhaps partly because of l

CS: Target-Beware of Factory Rebuilds

2000-12-27 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] You haven't seen "gun coping" at all until you have heard of, and seen some of the "horrors" that used to be done with English double barrel shotguns when the fetish for them was at its height in the late 1970's early 1980s'. Actions squeezed in a vice

CS: Target-Beware of Factory Rebuilds

2000-12-27 Thread roger gascoigne
From: "roger gascoigne", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Steve's comments on US second hand guns versus UK. The ones you have to watch our for here are the 'kitchen gun smiths' who do work on their guns and then sell them. Most often a genuine gunsmith repair or re-fit will be at least as good as and oft

CS: Misc-Naval Guns

2000-12-27 Thread Norman
From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand that the naval architect of the Admiral Hipper (notice the same initials as Hitler) was a Swede, had never designed a warship before and got the contract with rather a lot of help from the sexual prowess of his sister exerted upon various Ger

CS: Field-Gun Powder - Rook Rifles

2000-12-27 Thread Norman
From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This from my memory: Rook rifle cartridges were reloaded for economy. They used bottlenecked cartridges because .22LR cases were very small to handle and repriming meant a very limited case life anyway, even being careful not to get the old firing pin ma

CS: Pol-50 calibre

2000-12-27 Thread M-P
From: "M-P", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can any body advise how this proposed ban will affect .50 Cal. BLACK POWDER. Rifles and Muskets/Shotguns For some time now I have been wanting to purchase a .50 Cal. Flint lock rifle for Deer stalking. Comments please, Rgds, Clive Y2K A Cynic is what a Rom

CS: Pol-Gun Rights Convention USA

2000-12-27 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Effective political action also needs to be addressed.( Remember the local >campaign that ousted David Mellor ? ) >Above all, such a convention would build bridges between individuals and >organisations with a view to more united, and effective, action in

CS: Target-Primers

2000-12-27 Thread retlaw
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Steve & ET It is more than just thought it is knowledge (see below) the thought given by Walter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) was that the indented area would be especially subject to being the weakest point. Might I suggest a method I use to reclaim the copper and brass

CS: Target-Beware of Factory Rebuilds

2000-12-27 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Here you have to be much more careful because I > find that people only sell their guns off when they've worn > them out, either that or it's an awful gun that they didn't like. > Not always, you can find some jewels, but it happens quite a lot. Can't say I agree wit

CS: Pol-Virgin Utah and Guns

2000-12-27 Thread MikePiet
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gotta love it.Mike P http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1226g.htm Virgin, Utah: Where every household must have a gun By Susan Greene Denver Post National Writer Dec. 26, 2000 - VIRGIN, Utah - Darcey Spendlove credits her peace of mind to the 13 guns she and

CS: Pol-Gun Rights Convention UK

2000-12-27 Thread trustu
From: "trustu", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regarding a possible Gun Rights Convention in the UK. The very last place that I would propose for such a convention is Bisley camp. I believe that we need to professionally distance ourselves from a center that is well known for its staunchly conservative vie

CS: Misc-Home-made explosives

2000-12-27 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Seriously, though, microwaves are dangerous.. that's why they have inch >thick doors. > >Nigel >-- >My dad has an ancient GE microwave he bought in the 60s that merely >has a wire mesh grill door. > >Steve. Steve, & Nigel, I beli

CS: Misc-Home-made explosives

2000-12-27 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >My dad has an ancient GE microwave he bought in the 60s that merely >has a wire mesh grill door. > >Steve. > Thats all it needs, its all to do with the frequency/wavelength, as long as the holes are less that a quarter wavelength then nothing will pass th

CS: Target-Beware of Factory Rebuilds

2000-12-27 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am sorry that Alex had such bad luck with his rifle. Nothing to do with me by the way. But I have always found "classics" not that bad. However it is very much a case of "suck it and see". I found the real "devils" were fixed sight service revolvers.

CS: Target-Primers

2000-12-27 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you contact Forster Products in the USA you can "save bucks" or so the >spiel went by making your own percussion caps with their "Tap o Cap" tool >from children's caps and soft drinks tins. I bought one second-hand from G E >Fulton of Bisley. It's a mar