Jump to content

Any shooters in the forum?

TIKILOCKEDOUT

By TIKILOCKEDOUT
in Effects and Processors

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 117
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members
TIKILOCKEDOUT Newbie

TIKILOCKEDOUT

Posted
  • Author
  • Members
Posted

It's all good Lefort ... what you do is what we call Primary Production in Australia. If you are a primary producer here you don't have to pay for your gun license BUT ... you can ONLY shoot on your own land and not anywhere else unless you have satisfied the criteria - usually a reason would be target shooting or being a member of a hunting club. Our gun laws here are absurd!

I'm shooting Service Rifle here with .303 Lee Enfields ( open sights ) which stems from our traditional military shoots and also Fullbore which is like US High Power ... we use .308 or 7.62mm Nato and shoot prone out to 1000 metres with peep sights only - no optical enhacement. I'm a member of the SSAA here and the NSWRA which covers all my requirements to shoot, hunt, collect etc.

Here's my Lithgow SMLE that I'll be using for Service Rifle matches ... it's a 1943 No1 MKIII* fitted with heavy barrel - many heavy barrels were converted into sniper rifles during the WW2 in Australia.

MYLITHGOWFINISHED1.jpg

MYNEWLITHGOW2.jpg

NEWLITHGOW3.jpg

This is my Aussie made Omark target rifle ... 7.62mm

MyOmarkM44.jpg

MyOmarkM44Breech.jpg

MyOmarkM44Action.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
lefort_1 Newbie

lefort_1

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Nice arms Tiki.

I almost picked up a 7mm Mauser at a garage sale
last week for a hunnert...it would have been good to get
the gun out of the hands of the meth-hhhead who was selling it.
But I figured he probably didn't take good care of it,
and I don't want a 7mm breachfiring in my face.

My property isn't really set up for shooting, but my
absentee neighbor with 300+ acres of overgrown treefarm
doesn't seem to mind if I thin the coyotes once in a while.

The cougar has me spooked...very quiet and hard to track.
And she had two cubs this past spring. We don't need more.
She took down a neighbors llama a couple months back.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
TIKILOCKEDOUT Newbie

TIKILOCKEDOUT

Posted
  • Author
  • Members
Posted

Originally posted by lefort_1

Nice arms Tiki.


I almost picked up a 7mm Mauser at a garage sale

last week for a hunnert...it would have been good to get

the gun out of the hands of the meth-hhhead who was selling it.

But I figured he probably didn't take good care of it,

and I don't want a 7mm breachfiring in my face.


My property isn't really set up for shooting, but my

absentee neighbor with 300+ acres of overgrown treefarm

doesn't seem to mind if I thin the coyotes once in a while.


The cougar has me spooked...very quiet and hard to track.

And she had two cubs this past spring. We don't need more.

She took down a neighbors llama a couple months back.

 

 

Thanks mate ... I'm a Milsurp shooter and collector and plan to add a Kar98K to my inventory soon ... maybe a GEW also - just hoping they haven't filed the eagles off the stock! What type of Mauser were you looking at though ... K98 or later? With regards to breech firing, you can always remote fire it on your mates land to see if it is ok ... too late now I guess.

 

I'm planning on getting my R licence fairly soon which allows me to hunt on state forest lands whenever I like and cull ferals ... or introduced species that damage the native wildlife - we have a lot of it here but no cougers - closest we have are Dingoes. I understand the need to keep cougers away from live stock but it's a tough one too because they are native species for you guys and I like to leave the native species alone ... but it's the same with Kangaroos in Australia. Some people can't understand ( Don't like ) shooting Roos here ... but when there is a droubt on and there are thousands of them starving ... it's more humane to kill them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
sub rosa Newbie

sub rosa

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Originally posted by TIKIROCKER

I recall we had a bit of a chat about shooting a while ago when HMC Medic was looking for a new hand gun.

 

 

There was one where Devi was looking for a handgun....it got long, I said my piece (which I wont do here), there was a lot of debate going on as to the morality of guns etc, etc. Devi had it deleted in the end.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
sub rosa Newbie

sub rosa

Posted
  • Members
Posted
Originally posted by gr8fuldodd

only good tequila


I like to sip my scotch as well as really good tequila


everything else gets mixed



I'm with you on the whisky front, tequila can f**k off and die as far as I'm concerned! :p

Give me some Gentleman Jack on the rocks any night of the week. :thu:

gent_700ml_label.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
TIKILOCKEDOUT Newbie

TIKILOCKEDOUT

Posted
  • Author
  • Members
Posted

Originally posted by sub rosa

There was one where Devi was looking for a handgun....it got long, I said my piece (which I wont do here), there was a lot of debate going on as to the morality of guns etc, etc. Devi had it deleted in the end.

 

 

That's a whole OTHER thread then ... I was curious to know who the shooters were - not the non shooters or gun haters. That being said I won't get into it with you either. Ain't nothing wrong with responsible firearms usage ... it's an Olympic sport among other things.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
gr8fuldodd Newbie

gr8fuldodd

Posted
  • Members
Posted

I find gun nuts scary and I generally oppose the manufacture and wide distribution of handguns or semi-automatic weapons
furthermore, I don't see why anyone would oppose a week long background check

but...
I do feel like someday I want to own a gun
not only do I want the idea that I can protect myself from certain dangers, but it also appeals to the frontiersman in me (if that makes any sense)
it just seems to be a tradition to be able to use a rifle with skill

when I was a kid, my dad worked for Bianchi gun leather
he was the art director and was a big part of the creation of a western history museum that the owner of the Bianchi opened
Bianchi was a big collector of historical firearms
he had one of Wyatt Earps guns
the museum was really cool
especially to a kid 10 years old, me!
it had this really cool display of the shoot out at the OK coral where they had these wax figures of the participants
then there was this cool audio that would play as lights highlighted who was talking
at the end of course, it was all shooting noises
very cool

they even had guns that were attached to cables that you could pick up and mess around with
good times

the museum was eventually sold to Gene Autry who opend the Gene Autry Western Heritage museum somewhere in Los Angeles
I never visited it though

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
TIKILOCKEDOUT Newbie

TIKILOCKEDOUT

Posted
  • Author
  • Members
Posted

What's very interesting to me is that the people I meet in shooting clubs and who are gun owners - shooter and collectors all - they are the most friendly and helpful people I've come across in any group of people in society. Not only are they responsible and friendly but they will in many cases bend over backwards to help you in any way they can. Further add to this fact that I see families out at the shoots on the weekend - mothers, fathers and kids and a REAL sense of community atmosphere and everybody is courteous and respectful of others without exception!

In stark contrast ... these days in England or Australia a so-called friendly game of football or rugby - which is totally free of firearms - is more dangerous and NOT a place you want to take your kids or wife for a fun time amongst others in the community - often turns into drunk rampages, fights between fans, potential riots and general hate and abuse! At the end of the day it's not the guns that are the problem - people are. Most irresponsible firearms owners are criminals - nearly all guns used in violent acts are stolen. I have always said that responsible firearms owners, collectors and shooters should not be penalized for the actions of criminal idiots.

Just because a drunk driver kills a pedestrian doesn't mean alcohol should be banned or that driving should be banned ... it's all about the user and their intent. You will find that people who are members of firearms clubs - collectors, shooters and hunters are the salt of the earth, friendly, helpful and considerate --- I'd feel safer taking my family and kids to a Rifle Club shoot on the weekends than to a game of rugby or football to be quite frank.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...