It is almost 40 years ago since they banned semi auto rifles in the UK. I understand that in the US, if you already have one you can keep it, only new purchases banned. In the UK existing owners were banned as well as new purchases. Registration ensured that the police knew who had what and where it...

Moderators are a very common item in the UK. You won't see many people going out to shoot deer nowadays without a moderator on their rifle. Many of the precision rifle target shooters use moderators. The traditional iron sight target rifle shooters don't use moderators. If you are shooting on our Fo...

As of today, moderators, silencers or suppressors, whatever you want to call them, are no longer a licenceable object in the UK. Up to today, they were treated the same as if it was a complete firearm and subject to a separate entry on your Firearm Certificate. You still have to have a firearm or sh...

Shooting guns is a dying activity here in the UK. Not enough youngsters getting involved. A lot of other things they can do without the hassle of jumping through hoops just to shoot a few clay targets at the weekend, never mind trying to shoot targets with a rifle. I think we have had the best of it...

The government have published details of how many firearms and shotguns are legally held in the UK. The numbers are very small from a population of around 70 million people. It reflects the hoops we have to jump through to own a firearm, so many people who would like to own a gun just don't bother. ...

Thanks for posting that. I found it interesting.
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Peter.

I have never seen a pair of those before.
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Peter.

I saw this on you tube, a British infantry training film from 1943 featuring the Bren gun. I thought it was interesting to see how they did things then. Nice music at the beginning.
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Peter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYDk3gWJ_TI

I have a Remington 700 PCR in .308. I also have two parker Hale rifles and an Indian 2A1 SMLE that are marked as 7.62x51mm Nato.
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Peter.

I collected a few Minolta cameras four or five years ago. I hankered after a X-700 but never got one. I got a X-500 and ran some films through it. I have a new film in the fridge to run through one of the cameras, just have to decide which one.
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Peter