On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:06:21 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Dec 25, 9:50*am, wrote:



I used to have a 303 Lee Enfield (sports conversion) rifle but sold it about 25 years ago.



Oh man. My favorite!

Funny...when we were kids you could buy those WW2 surplus rifles at a grocery store in the heart of Halifax. Then they tightened up and I had to go to a home improvement store to get mine.
I sold it to the cleaner at work for 15 or 20 dollars.
I should have kept it.
Have to admit the 'conversion' was a bit crude with most of the original heavy wood running along the barrel being chopped away.

On Dec 25, 4:52*pm, wrote:
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:06:21 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Dec 25, 9:50*am, wrote:

I used to have a 303 Lee Enfield (sports conversion) rifle but sold it about 25 years ago.

Oh man. My favorite!

Funny...when we were kids you could buy those WW2 surplus rifles at a grocery store in the heart of Halifax. Then they tightened up and I had to go to a home improvement store to get mine.
I sold it to the cleaner at work for 15 or 20 dollars.
I should have kept it.
Have to admit the 'conversion' was a bit crude with most of the original heavy wood running along the barrel being chopped away.

No doubt!

Now a good sample runs about $150-200. USD. I never could see taking a
hack saw to that fine full length wood.

BTW, Don, I also have the .410 Enfield "Forage rifle" and the .22
trainer. the .22 is rare, and the .410 is rarer yet.

My favorite is my BSA made in 1903 but my best is the 1953 made in
"Long Branch"

iBoaterer wrote:
In article om,
says...
On 12/24/2012 3:06 PM, wrote:
On Monday, December 24, 2012 3:55:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Monday, December 24, 2012 12:19:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:

My condolences to the families of the gunned down firefighters in Northern NY.
An outsider might think there's a large percentage of 'mericans who just can't be trusted with firearms.


Evidently, no one in Canada can be trusted with firearms, eh?
Say what?
I have two so someone must think I'm to be trusted.

Only Two? Your buddy has dozens.
And he's a crack shot, the best of the best, his weapons are the best,
his wife is the best, his grandkid knows 10 languages fluently at 7
years old, he has a Zimmerman like lobster boat, plus a twin Volvo
trawler, a specially made Ducati right from Italy, the best generator in
the world, and on and on... well, IF you believe his bull**** anyway.
He did post a picture of his office chair and printer!

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On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 10:29:25 AM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
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says...

On Monday, December 24, 2012 3:55:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Monday, December 24, 2012 12:19:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
My condolences to the families of the gunned down firefighters in Northern NY.
An outsider might think there's a large percentage of 'mericans who just can't be trusted with firearms.
Evidently, no one in Canada can be trusted with firearms, eh?
Say what?
I have two so someone must think I'm to be trusted.


Gee, now all of a sudden you have firearms, I smell a Harry tale!!!
All of a sudden???
I've owned the 22 cal semi auto rifle with it's 6x scope since before I was married. The wife bought me the 20 ga single shot Remington ..probably when we were still courting.
I used to have a 303 Lee Enfield (sports conversion) rifle but sold it about 25 years ago.
You gotta lay off that 'special crop'...Christmas or no Christmas.
"courting"? Are you 90?

ESAD wrote:
On 12/25/12 3:14 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 12/25/12 2:37 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:17:51 PM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
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Funny you just now mention it after all of the discussions with
Harry

about his guns.....

Kevin...I've mentioned it numerous times over the years. Your
senses must have been dulled by over consumption of your 'special
crop'.

Hey, Don I'm glad you are ignorantly back on that "Kevin" ****. Do
you ,
or do you not have the balls to bet me $1000 that I'm not "Kevin"? A
simple yes or no, you either have the balls or not.



Oooohnoooo...iboaterererererloogy has upped the ante!

What's the matter, ****head...vig go up?

Do you want the same bet? Yes or no? I KNOW you can't afford it, you
can't even pay your taxes, deadbeat.



As I have told you repeatedly, iloogy, I don't give a **** who you
are. No matter your real name, you'll still be the same perseverating,
ignorant, obstreperous asshole.
You clearly ignored the reference to your unpaid taxes. No surprise there.

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:47:48 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Dec 25, 2:11*pm, ESAD wrote:
On 12/25/12 3:06 PM, Tim wrote:

On Dec 25, 9:50 am, wrote:

I used to have a 303 Lee Enfield (sports conversion) rifle but sold it about 25 years ago.

Oh man. My favorite!

It was the weapon of choice during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in India.

It was just about the only weapon of choice by the British and it's
tributaries from about 1895 to 1957 and in some British military
applications to 1960, and it still the issued cartridge for the
Vickers machine gun to this day. . Even with the Royal Canadian
Rangers (Arctic Div.) still use it as standard issue if i remember
correctly.

It's probably the only standard military cartridge and bolt-action
rifles to have been used by a nation for a hundred years, and the
rifles had very few variants to it's design.

Besides, it was the great defender against the tyranny of the
Imperial and Nazi German invaders in two world wars.

If it works, don't fix it.

A car passed us today. On one side was a sticker for the U.S. Marine Corps. On the other was a
sticker saying, "True Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon!"

On 12/25/2012 5:55 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:

A car passed us today. On one side was a sticker for the U.S. Marine Corps. On the other was a
sticker saying, "True Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon!"

That strikes me as a rather unbalanced view of "true happiness"... to
each his own.

On 12/25/12 9:16 PM, thumper wrote:
On 12/25/2012 5:55 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:

A car passed us today. On one side was a sticker for the U.S. Marine
Corps. On the other was a
sticker saying, "True Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon!"

That strikes me as a rather unbalanced view of "true happiness"... to
each his own.


Maybe he was on his way to an elementary school.

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:16:27 -0800, thumper wrote:

On 12/25/2012 5:55 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:

A car passed us today. On one side was a sticker for the U.S. Marine Corps. On the other was a
sticker saying, "True Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon!"

That strikes me as a rather unbalanced view of "true happiness"... to
each his own.

See, you've probably not fired the M-60, M-85 or M-2. All belt fed, all fun to shoot.

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:24:42 -0500, ESAD wrote:

On 12/25/12 9:16 PM, thumper wrote:
On 12/25/2012 5:55 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:

A car passed us today. On one side was a sticker for the U.S. Marine
Corps. On the other was a
sticker saying, "True Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon!"

That strikes me as a rather unbalanced view of "true happiness"... to
each his own.


Maybe he was on his way to an elementary school.

Maybe in Afghanistan.