Reply With QuoteIs that a Starr DA hiding in the top left, under the box of balls?!!
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If they change the law I'll have to sort out my junk drawer
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Is that a Starr DA hiding in the top left, under the box of balls?!!
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Impossible to shoot. I have an original bullet mould for it, tried it at 2 yards, shot about 2 feet high. The action is just plain weird
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Robin,
Am I right in thinking that's an original Starr D/A, with an original bullet mold..... in your junk box?!!!
Giz it....
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Tempting but it really is a horrible design, wouldn't inflict it on anyone I didn't hate. The mould is equally weird but has to be genuine because the bullet nose fits the rammer like a hand in a glove.
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I know what you mean, but to be honest, I don’t have a problem with BP Revolvers being licensed with some of the idiots around who would ‘experiment’ with them. All it takes is for one person to misuse one and BP Revolvers will get banned and spoil it for the rest of us.Originally Posted by Jim McArthur
And yet they are legal to own, only if ON firearms certificates.
Jim
What I do have a problem with however, is the fact that I have to get each BP Revolver authorised before I buy one (and pay the Police for the privilege of asking!). Obtaining more than one in the same calibre can also be an issue with some Police Forces.
If the Government believes, through the licensing process, that I am responsible enough to own and shoot a BP Revolver then I can’t understand why I can’t own more on the same license without having to ask. You can own as many shotguns as you like without asking if you have a Shotgun Licence and, in any of the many calibres, shapes, sizes and actions they come in - so why not the same with BP revolvers?
'Gun control is like trying to reduce drink driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars'
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JUNK box???? I'd call that a treasure box! Are there any more originals in there? any Uberties? Can you sell them if you wanted to?If they change the law I'll have to sort out my junk drawer
http://www.robinhewitt.net/junkdrawer.jpg
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
That IS weird. It sounds as though the real purpose of the law is to prevent the lawful, law-abiding owner from shooting the pistols, rather than keeping them out of the hands of criminals.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Excellent point: especially so since modern shotguns have greater potential for criminal abuse than any BP firearms.I know what you mean, but to be honest, I don’t have a problem with BP Revolvers being licensed with some of the idiots around who would ‘experiment’ with them. All it takes is for one person to misuse one and BP Revolvers will get banned and spoil it for the rest of us.
What I do have a problem with however, is the fact that I have to get each BP Revolver authorised before I buy one (and pay the Police for the privilege of asking!). Obtaining more than one in the same calibre can also be an issue with some Police Forces.
If the Government believes, through the licensing process, that I am responsible enough to own and shoot a BP Revolver then I can’t understand why I can’t own more on the same license without having to ask. You can own as many shotguns as you like without asking if you have a Shotgun Licence and, in any of the many calibres, shapes, sizes and actions they come in - so why not the same with BP revolvers?
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
No, it's all just junk, and if you ship it to me, I'll gladly throw it all away for you.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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