In article , Donal
wrote:

"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
. ..


And Navvie thinks this is a good idea! Soon you won't be able to sail
without approved instruction and the right pieces of paper.


Soon???????? It's here already.


Coming your way soon!

Tasmania will be last. This is the least populated and most backward
state in Australia and that's just how I like it. I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word. Just as long as I'm respectful of their
property boundaries and there are no stray bullets. I can buy/build a
sailboat and sail it anywhere I want without needing any paperwork at
all. I can put in a mooring for a boat and in a year or 2, maybe more,
they might find out and ask me to register it & pay a modest fee.

I love it here.

What the hell are we leaving to our children????

An empty wine cellar and a vacant mooring if I get my choice.....

PDW

We do that here, too.

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__


"Peter Wiley" wrote

I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word.

Scott Vernon wrote:

We do that here, too.

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Peter Wiley" wrote

I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.

Cheers
Marty

In article , Martin Baxter
wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:

We do that here, too.

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Peter Wiley" wrote

I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.

The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

PDW

silencer


The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

PDW

They're illegal.

BTW, did I ever mention that I had a machine shop?

PDW

In article , Scott Vernon
wrote:

silencer


The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

PDW

"Peter Wiley" wrote ...

They're illegal.

So?



BTW, did I ever mention that I had a machine shop?


Yes, you have. I have a drill press.

Scotty

I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.


Don't have any rabbits in our neighborhood. The neighbors ate them all, right
after they finished off the pigeons.



Peter Wiley wrote:
The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

What's a 22RF? Here we have 22LR (for "long rifle") and 22S (shorts) and 22B
(not sure these are made any more) and 22BB. The BBs are used for popping
balloons in amusement park galleries, hard to find on store shelves but lots of
fun. Perfect for shooting cats or squirrels or rabbits at ranges up to about 30
yards. Better than a compressed air pellet gun and about the same amount of
noise & muzzle blast.

Regards
Doug King

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too. What's a 22B. I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting pigeons
and mice in the barn.

Scotty


"DSK" wrote in message
...
I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without
my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt
cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.

Don't have any rabbits in our neighborhood. The neighbors ate them all,
right
after they finished off the pigeons.



Peter Wiley wrote:
The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

What's a 22RF? Here we have 22LR (for "long rifle") and 22S (shorts) and
22B
(not sure these are made any more) and 22BB. The BBs are used for popping
balloons in amusement park galleries, hard to find on store shelves but
lots of
fun. Perfect for shooting cats or squirrels or rabbits at ranges up to
about 30
yards. Better than a compressed air pellet gun and about the same amount
of
noise & muzzle blast.

Regards
Doug King

Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.


What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.


I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting pigeons
and mice in the barn.

The 22BB shot I'm familiar with is a bullet, not a scatter shot. I have some 22
shot shell charges too, we used to call it rat shot or snake shot. I've heard
some people advocate it for personal defense because "it's hard to miss" but a
22LR is skimpy enough for reliably taking out bad guys, bird shot would suck for
that.

They make shot shells for lots of pistols, I used to carry them alternating with
..38+ in a revolver. Kinda handy but again not my first choice for two-legged
type snakes.

DSK