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    Am I the only person who cleans his guns?

    Its probably the armourer in me, a dirty weapon is a sin- that I punish accordingly! I currently work at a recruit training depot, an I can safely say I have seen it all as regards to dirty weapons!:banghead: Personally I clean my shotgun after every trip to the range
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    Optics Combo for my AR

    Another option is what we (British Army) use, an ACOG x4 with a red dot mounted on top, our guys love it!
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    cool cops

    @ wildrob- you can carry concealed in Canada?
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    Sniper book list

    Now I wouldnt like to comment on those whitworths (although I may know a man who would) As to my trade, we are not Gunsmiths as such, we do learn to weld, and can be trained on lathe work. The basic armourers course is 9 months long, 3 months in the classroom studying materials science...
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    Question for veterans: weapons skills of allied troops?

    I think strykervet has kind of summed it up. I'm ex inf, then went comms and now I fix weapons. One thing i noticed amongst the comms side of life and 'corps' side of life is a lack of camaraderie that when I got attached to another Infantry battalion as an armourer was instantly back again, as...
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    Sniper book list

    Thats a long list! Glad to see Dan Mills, Sniper one on there, my previous posting was 1 PWRR, Dan Mills was my Coy Sgt Major, excellent bloke- although it seemed odd to meet & work with guys from the book!
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    Casual observer ques about theatrical weapons

    Dont know about the USA but here in UK we have some companies that have special licenses to hold & modify firearms. Recently visited one such company, they have a rather large collection of weapons that they have converted to fire blanks while looking as realistic as possible. they also have a...
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    How many rounds did you fire today?

    100x 5.56mm, had 20 rds each on G36, G36C, 416, 416C & HK53. Tomorrow its 100x 9mm, P2000SK, USP, USP elite & P30. HK have a stand at a Mil shooting comp that I'm duty armourer for.
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    What country would you move to with you firearms?

    Be grateful guys! The USA is top of my job hunting list for 5 yrs time, then I might actually get some freedom! (if regular guys can get Green cards by then, right now its only the rich)
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    pistol for humane destruction

    To the comments on swords- already stopped that one! Cannot purchase a sharp bladed edged weapon over a certain length (exact length escapes me) Black powder pistols are available (on a firearms cert) but only for range stuff! I'm lucky, I get to play with all the normal stuff (BHP, 226, L85...
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    pistol for humane destruction

    Interlock, from what I have read (and spoken with Surrey Police) no matter what you get allowed calibre wise (and 9 out of 10 it will be .38) it will be a revolver modified to only hold a maximum of 2 rounds, end of chat on that one! The UK govt put its foot down firmly on us after Dunblane...
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    Militarily are handguns obsolete?

    Well as a brit, we hardly ever used to issue pistols, except while in plainclothes in NI, then along came Iraq, more came out of the arms stores, I used To carry one as a armd veh commander, easier to get to than my rifle, less hassle than using the chain gun! Now in afghan the rule is, if...
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    just picked up a beautiful old 1100 last week...

    Thats a real good looking one, i just got a bargain too, £90 in UK ($150 ish) friend of a friend, cheapest on gunbroker in uk was £325 (with same damage) Downside is the forend has a crack about an inch long, LHS at the rear. Detail stripped it at work after a 50bird shoot, looked like the...
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    Movie Guns

    Looks similar to the gun used in 'sharpes rifles' IIRC it was a naval volley gun used by pat harper ( the irish sgt) Small trivia- was at a film armourer company last week- got to fondle the very gun used in the series, as well as one of the guns used in primeval. Friend of mine made them both.
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    How come there are shotguns that are 10k+?

    Go visit the Purdey website, 18 month waiting list anyone? Hoping for factory visit soon (friend has a guy working for him in thevreserves who works there) i would love to have the talent to make those! ( rather than the money to buy one!)
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    British SA80

    The SUSAT, Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux. Built like a brick as mentioned by the previous poster. I hate the iron sights on the the L85, (maybe because at 300m the foresight blade obscures a fig 11 target) SUSAT, shoot all day and pretty much with a zeroed sight what you see is what you...
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    British SA80

    Just to clarify, the last few modifications Post HK revamp have been: New handguard, then another new one, now onto RIS from daniel defense of the USA. Vortex flash hider from Surefire (USA) PMAG (yep you guessed it USA) ACOG (again USA) soon to be Elcan (Canadian?) So the brits designed it...
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    Escort 12 Gauge

    Hi Jrp, escort/ Hatsan are a very popular brand of rough shooting/ waterfowling gun over here in the UK. The range of accessories however is pitiful. (mainly because it would be illegal to use it for HD) Word on the grapevine is they are 'cheap & cheerful' kind of gun, almost considerd...
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    Some small arms engineering questions

    Some clown classifies the 30mm RARDEN cannon fitted to our AFV as a small arm, that has a hydraulic buffer to control recoil length and a compressed air recuperator to run the gun out. System works but its a pain to maintain. I really cant see how the system could be reduced in size to work...
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    CCW in Uk?? Nah we dont need no guns!

    In a country like mine where CCW is impossibile, violent crime is rife and the whole social fabric seems to be tearing at the seams it is refreshing to see something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfbgbU27ugU&feature=youtube_gdata_player As a synopsis it shows an armed gang...
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