CS: Pol-One Organisation

2001-02-10 Thread Derek Bernard
From: "Derek Bernard", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: John Howat/Wellington Sporting Arms Co Ltd, INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Personally I believe that sports shooting organisations would ALL benefit if >they formed a single organisation to represent them ALL in matters relating >to FIREARM

CS: Target-Shooting at 1000 Yards...

2001-02-10 Thread Longsiberia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re my last. I should point out that the T is in the butt stop and on the same level as the targets! So when using the T your muzzle is NEVER in an unsafe position Tina Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

CS: Target-Shooting at 1000 Yards...

2001-02-10 Thread Longsiberia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I shoot 1000y at Bisley I look though my scope to see how far away I am from the nearest T. Then when I take my shot I point the muzzle at the T and then count the targets in. As I can only just see the colour! And when I have a black blob in the middle of m

CS: Misc-Identity Cards

2001-02-10 Thread matthew.wright7
From: "matthew.wright7", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The record of recent Govts and this one in particular do not show a level of responsibility and objectiveness that should be allowed anywhere near such powers. Recently we have seen the second chamber tampered with and no proper checks put in plac

CS: Pol-The March : Slogans

2001-02-10 Thread RustyÿBullethole
From: RustyÿBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >What an excellent suggestion for a slogan. The only change I would propose, >for alliterative purposes only , would be to use the archaic spelling for >jail. Thus 'Gold for winning - Gaol for practising!' Stick with "JAIL" or most of the hacks

CS: Pol-The March : Slogans

2001-02-10 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >What an excellent suggestion for a slogan. The only change I would propose, >for alliterative purposes only , would be to use the archaic spelling for >jail. Thus 'Gold for winning - Gaol for practising!' Steve, & Jim, Indeed!

CS: Target-Shooting at 1000 Yards...

2001-02-10 Thread SIHarmon
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't think your 'four to five foot' would even impress a muzzle-loader > these days. > Hell, I can't see the TARGET at 1000 yards ;-) Scott -- You can if it's big enough! Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin:

CS: Crime-Yard summit as gun gang crime reaches peak in London.

2001-02-10 Thread Earl W
From: "Earl W", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mr Fuller said police 'were particularly concerned at the rise in the' number of "assassination style" weapons in London. Which are???Mobile Phone Guns >"However, London is not flooded with guns. You can't just hire one on any street cor

CS: Target-Shooting at 1000 Yards...

2001-02-10 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Vince for commenting on my "four to five feet" (48"-60") group at 1000 Yards. It wasn't meant to impress, or show itself to be a poor performance, but rather to point out that in the context of 1914 that sort of accuracy against advancing

CS: Misc-TV Anti's & Music

2001-02-10 Thread Earl W
From: "Earl W", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just seen the advert for "London's Burning" on ITV, which features 2 men shooting twice with a revolver at a door lock, & then in the next scene, a grenade rolling on the floor with the footage cut to insinuate that the grenade (with the pin in!) has been

CS: Target-300m

2001-02-10 Thread Mike Burns
From: "Mike Burns", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing I can say against TR is that the NRA seems to forget that there are other fullbore shooting disciplines as I grow increasingly frustrated at their attitude towards 300m (with the range now closed six months out of the year, mind-numbingl

CS: Target-Phoenix postal comps

2001-02-10 Thread Alex Hamilton
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 take about a week

CS: Misc-Cartridge development

2001-02-10 Thread Mike Burns
From: "Mike Burns", [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 engineering-typ

CS: Pol-.50

2001-02-10 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > We have > occasional visits from special branch, and get heaps of bleatings from our > local Firearms Officers. O, this sounds such fun, where do I sign up?? I love an opportunity to p--- off our masters :-) Jonathan Laws -- Well first you need severa

CS: Target-Knob Creek

2001-02-10 Thread Earl W
From: "Earl W", [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.machinegunshoot.com/ The link for the Knob Creek website shoot, next MG shoot is 6,7,8 April EW Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

CS: Legal-Soldier's "suicide by cop"

2001-02-10 Thread Earl W
From: "Earl W", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police 'lawfully' killed man armed with air rifle A FORMER soldier who was shot dead by police after repeatedly aiming an air rifle at them was lawfully killed, an inquest decided yesterday. Antony Kitts, 20, pointed the gun, resembling a 0.22 rifle, at

CS: Misc-MIB's

2001-02-10 Thread DMBrundle
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Wasn't it the SAS who came up with this in the '70s? The idea > is to intimidate the opponent. If you check out the SAS clothing it isn't black its grey, SAS kit is designed primarily for form and function. MIB originated with US SWAT teams and it seems tha

CS: Crime-More stupidity in England

2001-02-10 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Whilst I understand the thinking behind the approach taken by the >police, which is basically "shoot now, ask questions later", I think that's an unfair comment. I've met and known quite a few AFOs and I don't think that's a fair comment at al

CS: Pol-John de Havilland's reply to Ian Brown's letter

2001-02-10 Thread Alex Hamilton
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 to set Mr Brown's

CS: Legal-man sentenced for shooting cat

2001-02-10 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The RSPCA today welcomed a decision to order a man to pay nearly £2,000 for >shooting a neighbour's pet cat with an air gun because it was sitting on the >bonnet of his £20,000 Volvo car. > >Lorry driver Michael Wootton, 52, of Woodside, Telfo

CS: Field-Cats the worst killers

2001-02-10 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Is this still the case? [that you must report an road traffic accident involving a dog] Yes, as far as I known. >I know the reason for reporting the death of a dog >but not a cat was because dogs were (supposed to be) licensed, which >cat

CS: Pol-LACS abuse

2001-02-10 Thread Mike Burns
From: "Mike Burns", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, hello group. I'm now just a teensy bit annoyed having just done my shopping in Oxford's pleasant Westgate centre when, as I walked out of the door, I found two of the Loonies Against Country Squires (lacs) at a table getting people's signature

CS: Pol-Fears over moves to extend powers of military police

2001-02-10 Thread John Hurst.
From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fears over moves to extend powers of military police Special report: policing crime Martin Bright, home affairs correspondent Sunday February 4, 2001 The Observer The Ministry of Defence police force is to be transformed into a rapid response

CS: Pol-Conservative Party

2001-02-10 Thread anthonyhar
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] << The key to a prosperous economy lies in keeping taxes down and reducing regulation and setting free the creative and hard working British people to succeed in the world economy. Opportunity has to be spread to all. Britain must be an open society in which s

CS: Target-Shooting at 1000 Yards...

2001-02-10 Thread VinceB
From: "VinceB", [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1000 Yard shooting is, apart from the "wind factor" remarkably easy. No, I wasn't smashing eggs from pieces of cotton, but my accuracy was easily sufficient to hit within four to five feet of where I was aiming. Richard, That's a bit like saying that sa

CS: Pol-.50

2001-02-10 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Oh how reasonable a reply. But I have seen very similar ones from those >defending their "self-actions" on the previous bans ie the NRA , and the >Deer Society, and the many other self-interest groups who junked someone >else's sport to help them kee

CS: Pol-Messrs Isaac & Waller

2001-02-10 Thread C P Services
From: "C P Services", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot believe that the Messrs Isaac & Waller are so naïve that that they can con the membership of BASC into personally blaming John Swift with the lead ban. Even if you dislike John Swift he is only the spokesman for the BASC Council and as su