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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 14:02:22 +0000
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On 07/12/2024 04:43, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> On 12/6/24 8:09 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 06/12/2024 06:31, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>> On 12/5/24 2:34 AM, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 01:28:57 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     Had a .44 Mag lever carbine - it was ideal for boar in dense brush
>>>>>     ... strong enough and easy to whip around real quick. The boar 
>>>>> hunts
>>>>>     YOU as much as you hunt IT. I think someone offers a .50 S&W
>>>>>     carbine/handgun combo now, but only use the handgun if you want 
>>>>> fused
>>>>>     wrists in yer old age
>>>>
>>>> A friend bought a .454 Casull which was the big dog at the time. He was
>>>> pissed when S&W upped the ante. I draw the line at .357 and even 
>>>> then for
>>>> target practice I load closer to .38 Special specs.
>>>
>>>    .38 +P is about all ya need for general/defense work.
>>>    Just generally go for the lighter bullets, not the
>>>    traditional 158s. Fer sure those old "police loads"
>>>    did NOT impress.
>>>
>>>    NOT sure I'd like .357 for wild boar. It'd take TOO
>>>    perfect a hit. The .44 gives you a little slack.
>>>
>>>    I've fired a .454 ... and decided I didn't want to
>>>    fire one anymore. The .50 ... nah ! MAYbe for extra
>>>    large people. There's some point in there where you
>>>    go for a carbine/rifle.
>>>
>>>    Hmmmmmm ... if you necked-down the .50 to 10mm - a
>>>    sort of modernized 44/40. Might make a really good
>>>    revolver/carbine combo.
>>
>> Interestingly in the UK we cannot use handguns at all. For anything 
>> outside single shot target shooting at a registered range.
> 
> 
>    That's left-wing totalitarianism for you.
> 
>    Alas, I think the UK is just about to go DOWN.
> 
>    Hope you have a place way out in the countryside.
> 
> 
>> Legal firearms range from 12 gauge and even 20 gauge shotguns down 
>> through 410 'crow guns'  to game approved rifles. .22 is allowed for 
>> small game like rabbits, but a .25 is mandatory for deer and many 
>> people use larger.
>>
>> Naturally Britain being a very small country with a lot of people, 
>> strict codes of practice accompany game shooting.  It is illegal to 
>> shoot anything but bird shot upwards...
> 
>    And you don't find this suspiciously Big Brotherish ?
> 
>    WHO is being protected with all that - YOU ?
> 
Yes. I got spattered with bird shot by a person shooting 300 yards away

>    Try the USA. You can own almost anything - and even
>    get a license for .50 machine-guns. Probably won't
>    even need that once Trump's people are in.
> 
It's a lot bigger with plenty of empty spaces.

Nevertheless I read or hard a story about a short woman firing a 
revolver  (I think)  upwards at a watermelon target in a drunken 
suburban  barbecue. The bullet travelled a mile and killed someone in 
their own back yard.

>    In the PAST I'd have said the UK was 'less hazardous'
>    and therefore less need for strong weapons ... but
>    the news the past several years .........
> 

It's all knives these days. Lots of knives. Our ex middle eastern chums 
love big knives,
A few shootings. But that's socialism for you. They are more concerned 
about 'thought crimes' these days than people with guns.


>    At minimum dude :
> 
> 
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> 
>    https://www.ringmesh.com/
> 
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Gears-Titanium-Chainmail-Riveted/dp/B00ZYYPNZE

Titanium chain mail should be good against stabbings

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