You mates have answered my question: shooting those ML's must be just too much fun to replace them with anything as prosaic as a smokeless cartridge pistol!
Jim
You mates have answered my question: shooting those ML's must be just too much fun to replace them with anything as prosaic as a smokeless cartridge pistol!
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Well said Jim.
It is a matter of personal likes. M/L is not everyones cup of tea.
Its a love it or hate it thing, a bit like marmite (thats gone right over Jim's head).
But as you like your cannons Jim I'm sure you would like their little brother.
A boom rather than a bang, smoke instead of none, a big grin instead of a smug "I hit the paper".
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
You're right, SC. Much of the shooting world has gotten too technical and high-precision to be really fun.
You mentioned BP cannon: yes, I've fired BP pistols and muskets, just a couple of times: and been around the firing of them, on a number of occasions: but the roar and smoke of that six-pounder cannon, even with a puny 8 or 12 ounce charge...well, it's a rush, for sure!
Of course, we aren't actually firing any projectiles from the cannon, and that's where the smaller BP pieces interest me. I like to HIT something when I shoot: even if only occasionally!
As far as marmite: you're right again, there! I've hear it mentioned before on the BBS: but what IS it?
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone