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TX: Shooter with .17 Cal Rifle found not Guily in Murder Trial
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| 14 February, 2015
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 02/14/2015 2:41:57 PM PST by marktwain
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It would be interesting to know what happened.
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:41:57 PM PST
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marktwain
To: marktwain
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:42:59 PM PST
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: marktwain
A trial, and a not guilty verdict,,,, and the facts are hard to come by?
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:44:28 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Mmogamer
A screaming little rimfire that’s necked down for a 17 cal spritzer. Looks like a miniature 223. Common varmint round. Deadly at social distances, and very very nasty beyond.
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:46:42 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: DesertRhino
At least they are hard to come by on the Internet. I hope that there was local print coverage.
I read the comments in the local digital coverage, and did not find a single reference to what the defense presented, other than they claimed self defense.
Surprising.
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:46:46 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: Mmogamer
Spitzer, I suppose you could have a spritzer after shooting the bandit.
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:47:24 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Mmogamer
Is that not also an air rifle caliber?
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posted on
02/14/2015 2:55:16 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: Mmogamer
.17 caliber?....Yep. I bought one in 1963. I was sort of like a .22 with BB caps, but not as powerful. Bought it out of a magazine and learned how to shoot it like a gunslinger. No tin can in the neighbor hood was safe.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:03:16 PM PST
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: 353FMG
Close. You are thinking of the standard .177 cal, but they are available in other calibres as well.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:05:00 PM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: 353FMG
Yes. .177 is the most common caliber for air rifles. Probably because that is also the diameter of most BBs. I guess .22 is next most popular. 5mm probably should have been the most common but it never really caught on. There are of course various heavy caliber specialty air guns.
.17 caliber never became popular in America. I guess the .17 Hornady Magnum is the most common. Yes it would be deadly up close. The .17 Remington centerfire never really caught on either and I think is now discontinued.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:05:21 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: marktwain
It would be interesting to know what happened. Yep. Leaving without reporting would seem to be a bad move if it was self defense.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:08:20 PM PST
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:12:44 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Mmogamer
It’s an extremely high-velocity rimfire cartridge intended for varmint-hunting.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If he was not guilty, and it was a murder, then he must not be the perp they were looking for, right?
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:18:57 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks. I found that link. Almost no information in it about the defense.
To: Mmogamer
I think it’s .17HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire) ....if it was a pellet rifle it’d be .177 so I’m thinking it’s the rifle.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:26:37 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: Mmogamer
.17 HMR, a rimfire cartridge derived from a necked down .22 Magnum.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:28:28 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Mmogamer
Same caliber as most pump air rifles.
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posted on
02/14/2015 3:32:53 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: DesertRhino
Options are not limited to off the shelf offerings. Mebbe the guy's a reloading varminter and it could be a .17 Mach IV. A 20gr VMax at ~4000fps is a nasty l'il bugger at well more than "social distances". About the same for the .17 Remington. You can only stuff so much energy down that tiny hole at once, I reckon.
Owned both at one time or another. The Mach IV onna Sako Vixen and the 17 Rem out of a Thompson Pistol. Either was pure death on groundhogs. d;^)
Or mebbe it was a pellet rifle.
To: marktwain
Before the adoption of the 5.56MM rifle ammo, the BRITISH wanted a .17 caliber centerfire combat rifle.
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