Firearms enthusiast testifies

http://www.masslive.com ^ | 7 4 06 | STEPHANIE BARRY

[Figment]

"On occasion,late at night,my neighbors son shoots out their second floor garage apt.I could care less,but if he ever hits my truck....:("

Tell him to keep the end of the barel inside the window and the noise heard outside is negligible. It does wake up everyone inside the house though. I know from teenage experience lol

[Figment]

Nice wrist rocket. Where can I get one?

[Cobra64]

Go here:

http://stun-ningsales.com/SportStore/wrist-rocket.htm

[Drammach]

A silencer for an air rifle?

Been around for a long time..
I actually recall reading about same in what I believe was a Sherlock Holmes story..
One of Moriarity's thugs used a silenced air rifle to attempt to assassinate one of the characters..

Early air rifles were "serious" weapons, not just for squirrels and targets..

[Myrddin]

The felon in this article could never have acquired the Class III license to purchase, possess and resell a suppressor to a customer. The customer had a responsibility to get the correct forms signed off by the local law enforcement official and pay the $200 ATF tax before taking possession of his purchase.

I have a friend in Oklahoma who has suppressors on all his .22LR rifles. He chose that route to avoid bothering the neighbors with noise when shooting on his own property. He has the paperwork and tax stamps for each one. It's really no big deal, unless you enter into the arrangement naively uninformed.

My local FFL is applying to add Class III to his license. He needs to broaden his offerings as a new Sportsman's Warehouse will be built in Pocatello. That will certainly eat into his sales of ordinary FFL items.

I'm not personally interested in suppressors or full auto types of firearms. I would like to get permission to put my Thompson Encore 15" barrels with a nice thumb hole rifle butt. That would take some of the "ouch" out of the .308 and S&W 460 recoil. One of my local buddies finally got permission to build a short barreled rifle in .308 using a bullpup design. An odd beastie, but he likes it.

[Myrddin]

A silencer is actually a good idea for anyone who might want to shoot a large caliber firearms in their living room. You usually do not have time to put on ear protectors. A very loud firearm being fired in an enclosed area could hurt your hearing, or even cause deafness. Everyone should be able to own silencers. Every law abiding person that is.

It is standard practice on rifles in Europe. Firing an unsuppressed rifle at an indoor range is considered rude and obnoxious. Too bad Hollywood and the anti-gun left whipped up the feds to characterize suppressors as evil accessories to enable secret agents to quietly conduct assassinations. A load of BS.

[Bear_Slayer]

IIRC - Lewis and Clark brought along on their journey, a large caliber air rifle to be tested.

[Jonx6]

"Similarly, someone with the appropriate knowledge could turn a mason jar, some gasoline and a rag into a device illegal for a felon to possess also."

Don't be silly.
However, add a book of matches to that list...

[Thombo2]

"Early air rifles were "serious" weapons not just for squirrels and targets."Back in the day(my teenage yrs)my neighbor had a very nice Benjamin(sp?)air rifle.Definitely not a toy.Solid wood stock,heavy barrel,.17 cal,well made.I don't know the fps it generated,but it was powerful and accurate.

[beltfed308]

"That (measurement) has nothing to do with what a person would actually hear, right?" Bongiorni asked Craze, which the witness conceded.

The case should have been dismissed right then and there.

[ctdonath2]

The law does not indicate amount of reduction, only that it reduces.

[mugs99]

He was convicted not of a crime he committed, but of the possibility he could commit a crime in the future! Sounds more like North Korea than America.


BIG BORE 909S
Type.... Pre-charged Pneumatic
Caliber.... .45
Maximum Air Pressure.... 3000 psi
Velocity.... 750 fps
Shot per filling.... 8-10
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[Copernicus]

Greetings!

For some reason my bookmark to one of the stories on the ATFAbuse site says the thread has been pulled from Free Republic.

Is there a method to this madness?

Best regards,