Posted on 02/25/2008 3:21:43 PM PST by kellynla
Montana officials are warning that if the Supreme Court rules in the D.C. gun ban case that the right to keep and bear arms protects only state-run militias like the National Guard, then the federal government will have breached Montana's statehood contract.
Nobody is raising flags for the Republic of Montana, but nobody is kidding, either. So far, 39 elected Montana officials have signed a resolution declaring that a court ruling of the Second Amendment is a right of states and not of individuals would violate Montana's compact.
"The U.S. would do well to keep its contractual promise to the states that the Second Amendment secures an individual right now as it did upon execution of the statehood contract," Montana Secretary of State Brad Johnson said in a Feb. 15 letter to The Washington Times.
The resolution also was signed by Rep. Denny Rehberg, Montana's lone Republican congressman, and state Sen. Roy Brown, who is running to unseat Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat.
The dispute goes back more than a century. Back in 1889, the settlers of the Montana territory struck a deal with the federal government: They agreed to join the union, and the government agreed that individuals had the right to bear arms.
That has worked fine for the past 118 years, but the Supreme Court is expected next month to hear oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller, the appeal of a federal court decision striking down the District's gun-ownership ban on Second Amendment grounds.
The high court has not issued a broad ruling on Second Amendment law in almost 70 years, including the key question of whether it provides an individual right, like speech and jury trial, or a "collective right" held by state governments.
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Ok, thanks for your opinion, sorta. I’ll continue to categorically ignore all rifles chambered for that silly 303 british round. It might as well be a 44 henry rimfire as far as I’m concerned.
“A few days ago someone posted the average Montana household has eight guns.”
Not .22s either.
ANY rifle capable of “minute of man” at 500 yards is worth having, even if it only comes with ten rounds of ammo (after being zeroed of course.)
There are very good uses for a rifle that can hit at 500 yards, fired only one shot per engagement. Then it goes back into its hiding place.
They were Not just rebarrelling jobs
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I’m not 100% on this, but I think the action is shortened for optimum speed with the shorter 308 cartridge length. And the magazine capacity was bumped up a few rounds.
“Was it like this?” fiercely answered Morant. “No; it was not quite so handsome. As to rules and regulations, we had no Red Book, and knew nothing about them. We were out fighting the Boers, not sitting comfortably behind barb-wire entanglements; we got them and shot them under Rule 303,” referring to the .303 calibre Lee-Enfield rifles the Carbineers carried.
Breaker Morant
Lot of kitchen table conversions being done in the Chang Mi regions taking old enfields and common hand tools , chamber reamers, go no go gauges made from a few dummy rounds etc to let the Karens use 7.62x54R stolen or captured .
Agree the caliber 303 is not being used THERE as much yet the Enfields are common......
2) Our guns are very functional to us.
We own lots of long range deer, antelope, and elk long-rifles.
Large caliber handguns to ward off man & bear.
Shotguns, usually of large guage.
Sure, that’ll get you another couple years of use out of an enfield. It would make a fun hobby if I had an old enfield with a bad case of throat erosion. BUt I don’t. And I’m not gonna either. I just don’t think it’s worth the time.
You know what? I might change my mind on that. A cheap old piece of junk enfield with a burned up throat reamed out to shoot russian ammo is a pretty darn good idea. I think I’d take one of those over an old SKS any day. THere probably aren’t any to be had at a price I’d want to pay though. I’m sure lot’s of people have already thought of it.
No politician can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever. That’s well within the range of a decent rifleman with iron sights.
This is the basic guide for doing a enfield conversion
http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/smle.htm
This is if ya want to do a wee bit more smithing at the kitchen table......:o)
http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/boltaction.htm
Enjoy yer old enfield. I do . The cups are almost identical too the .303 rounds so it’s very safe ! During my service career I have used the SVD / FPK sniper rifles from time to time and am very pleased with the 7.62x54R round . My old Enfields have new life in em. The basic conversion will leave the surplus brass fire formed with a small rim/bulge in the case unless ya want too set the barrel back a few thousandths to preclude such if ya reload. I have 2 of the rifles that are set up with and without setting the barrel back in such a manner. This conversion , crowning the barrel etc will get another 100 years of service out of the old warhorse !
If ya want the plans to an angle iron scope base for your enfield let me know and I will link ya too that as well !
Stay Safe !!
The slide rule may go to 2800 yards, but my No. 1 rear sight only adjusts to 2000 yards, and my No. 4 adjusts to 1300 yards.
Thanks for the ping. Just bidin’ m’ time.
Bookmark.
Ohio Constitution
§ 1.04 Bearing arms; standing armies; military powers (1851)
The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security;
The record for rapid-fire bolt-action accuracy is 38 rounds into a 12" target at 300 yards in 60 seconds.
With an Enfield.
In 1914.
Coool.
A hundred years might be exaggerating a bit though. I would expect the russian rimmed ammo will start to get scarce in about 20 years.
Then you’ll hafta chop the thing down to chamber AK47 ammo!
LOL!
I know a guy who’s got a rifle, “before” and “after” chamberings I don’t recall, though I believe one is the 7.62x54.
He just took a rifle barrel that had a corroded chamber, reamed it out to the other round, and reassembled.
The funny thing is that the fired brass has two shoulders, although it shoots pretty well.
He does not, of course, reload the used brass.
Yes that is the only drawback if you do not want to set the barrel back a few 1ooo’ths.........:o)
I will find my link too the angle iron scope mount base for the enfield for ya’ll !
Stay safe !
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