Fair enough. Whilst we’re on gun law, Frank left a problem when he died, his wife inherited his collection of miniature guns then the lawmakers wanted to render them unfireable by welding, picture the staggering risk to public safety of a 6 inch long Martini Henry, fireable. The family smuggled them...

Aimed shots usually implies firing at a target and hitting it, which is the purpose of military individual firearms. One thing is for sure the Lee Enfield can fire 10 shots, aimed or otherwise, faster than the Garand in practically anyone’s hands 😀😀. The Garand is not a particularly fast semi automa...

Re the Lee Enfield and rate of fire, a friend, the late Frank Adlem, was on the way to making some real money but the Japs took him prisoner and spoiled things.
He used to bet Americans that he could fire 8 aimed shots with his Lee Enfield faster than they could with a Garand], he never lost a bet.

Niner, Just a slight correction there, when the Second Amendment was passed there were fully automatic weapons, or perhaps more correctly ‘burst fire’, see Roman Candle guns. There were also repeaters and revolvers. The Founding Fathers were educated men and some of them would have seen the Puckle g...

You’ve got to keep drilli sgts happy 😄😄 Back when I joined the army 73 years ago, I filled in “Christian Names’’ with three names, ‘’There’s only two Christian names on your birth certificate’’ Me, ‘’That’s correct. Sir, the third name is my Confirmation name.it’s one of my Christian names.’’ Always...

Well done, I’ll be saving the money for an autographed copy.
A cavalry carbine was once one of my favourite hunting rifles.

A bargain for sure.
Here’s a local rump steak, $15.83 US.per kilogram.
and some Scotch fillet. $29.00 US/kg

I recall the joy and particularly the dancing in the streets, l was 11 years old.

I’m thinking French Resistance may be a super hard variety of wax polish.