CS: Misc-battle of britain

2000-09-18 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let us not forget another branch of the RAF, those who flew Blenheim bombers attacking German invasion barges and supplies in France. The planes were so outclassed they used to fly at zero altitude over the channel and then climb to no more than

CS: Misc-it's cheaper elsewhere

2000-09-15 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, I would agree if you wish to move a small quantity by air but when you are shipping the stuff by the 40 ton container load by sea the unit shipping costs are very small. My point about importing powder for your own purpose was to show how

CS: Misc-it's cheaper elsewhere

2000-09-14 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its easy to explain why it is cheaper in the US, Economic Order Quantities. The cost of shipping a tonne of the stuff is nearly the same as for a kilogram. try shipping a kg back from the US to the UK. Nobel powders used to be cheaper "s

CS: Legal-retrospective legislation

2000-09-13 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >banning our firearms isnt retrospective legislation >because Margaret Thatcher changed the rules to suit >herself when she nationalised and then privatised the >Trustee Savings Bank in 1987 before the 1988 Firearms >Act. We los

CS: Misc-its cheaper elsewhere

2000-09-13 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know some gun dealers mark up their goods beyond what many would like to pay and I know some that are miserable to boot but so are many of their customers! Fultons is not a place you would buy stuff from on a weekday but when you need that ite

CS: Misc-Sierra Leone Rescue

2000-09-12 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yup, it is the .50BMG HB2. With the mount locked it make a nice long range slow firing gun that outranges anything the other guys have so encourages good behaviour ( the dead ones always behave). -- If you want to read a good book, get a copy

CS: Misc-it's cheaper elsewhere

2000-09-12 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Earlier on this year I had to buy an Uncle Mikes screw from a local dealer and it cost me 4 quid. The reason why it cost so much is roughly as follows. The dealer has to buy a bag of 20 from the wholesaler. The dealer will probably only sel

CS: Legal-retrospective legislation

2000-09-11 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] banning our firearms isnt retrospective legislation because Margaret Thatcher changed the rules to suit herself when she nationalised and then privatised the Trustee Savings Bank in 1987 before the 1988 Firearms Act. We lost that argument befo

CS: Pol-attitudes of police at gun grab time

2000-08-30 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had to hand in at 2 separate police areas, Met area 1 and Met area 5 and had verbal dealings with other Met areas as well as Essex Surrey and TVP on behalf of my club members. All of the Area 1 police were shooters and gave a service you wo

CS: Misc-home defence etc

2000-08-26 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Massad Ayood has changed his tune on the best gun for home defence over the last 20 years, he used to propose that a shotgun with the first shot of very fine pellets to cause maximum mess with minimal damage followed by a second shot of bucksh

CS: Target-steel cored bullets

2000-08-24 Thread nick royall
From: "nick royall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] One property that steel cored bullets seem to have that lead ones dont is core/jacket separation when the bullet hits the backstop causing the core to exit the backstop at distinctly dodgy angles. I know this can happen with all bullet style