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Birmingham proof house video

  • 06-02-2017 11:03PM
    #1
    gunny123
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRyyWGNBmo


    A video on the proof house in Birmingham England. To be honest the first half is a bit dry, calibrating transducers etc, but from 28 mins on there is a tour of the chamber of horrors. The revolver barrel 34 mins in is a real eye opener, the owner of which must be a candidate for the Darwin award.

    They really do not like home reloaders, and i wonder if it was them that the doj contacted when pondering to allow reloading here ?


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  • #2
    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,421 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    According to "legend" the Brits were quite impressed with our govts ban on reloading and stated that their wish was to have Irish legislation for that particular matter.:(

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • #3
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Which part of the 'Brits' might that have been?

    Homeloading is part and parcel of the shooting scene most everywhere in the Free world except the RoI.

    tac


  • #4
    gunny123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭gunny123


    I see 25.12 mins in they have some 7x57r on the shelf, wasn't someone here looking for some ?


  • #5
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Going to the largest public access gunshow in Europe on Friday with a bunch of shooting pals. I'm betting that every single one of the hundred+ general gun dealers there is selling TONS of reloading supplies, just like they always do.

    Those who don't reload just make shooting even more affordable for those - the vast majority of rifled arm shooters - who do. Add to that the many thousands of BP muzzleloading shooters who cast their own bullets at a small fraction of the store cost...

    Getting started in casting bullets or ball for front-stuffers is less than a hundred whatevers - pounds or euros, and then you'll need a constant supply of lead, caps/flints, and powder of either the real or subsitute kind.

    The major point is that there are very few shooters who own and shoot just shoot one gun, so the ever-pressing need for reloading components, especially if you are a target shooter, is a sure-fire guarantee of the on-going customer presence in any gun-store.

    Reloading does not mean cheap shooting, it means MORE shooting.

    Everybody benefits.

    tac


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