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MILITARY CALIBRES

Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:31 am

A some of you may know, here in France all 'Military' calibre rifles are covered by a Cat 1 permit involving the Club, Prefecture and Gendarmes so many people just converted their military bolt action rifles to 'Hunting' calibres and continued to shoot them, 8X60s and .303 Sporting being 2 of them.

Joy of Joys.................It seems that in the near future this ruling will be removed for bolt action weapons and so we will be able to purchase Milsurp in the original calibres, saving about 200€ for the conversion costs! It will also remove the need for annual inspections etc. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Can't wait!
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Post by PeterN2 » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:34 pm

A little common sense at last. I have never understood the logic of having a military calibre ban. What difference does the calibre make anyway? It is not as if you are going to start your own army to overthrow the government with military bolt action rifles are you? If someone were going to start their own army I doubt they would take much notice of any law on military calibre rifles anyway.
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Re: MILITARY CALIBRES

Post by Aughnanure » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:37 pm

Great news, Duncan. We had the same in NSW for many years which gave rise to the situation where military rifles were converted to more powerful cartridges so as to be legal :roll: :roll:
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Post by Niner » Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:02 pm

Good news Duncan. Looks like a little common sense comes to the surface for a change.....in France, anyway.
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Re: MILITARY CALIBRES

Post by Niner Delta » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:02 pm

You just gotta love a country where the people riot if they try to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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