I would love to come visit your country to tour the Duoro (sp?) Valley and
see the quintos where the vino porto is made. guess I'll have to leave the
pistols here...
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Jose Luis <zmdluis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi!
> This is kind of OT but I love firearms so I'm not complaining.
> Yesterday I went to find out what I needed to get a licence to buy .22LR
> ammo.
> I found out that it is a process that takes about a year and costs me about
> 700$.
> Then, every year I need a medical exam, a clean criminal record, to
> participate in at least one shooting tournament, and about 300$ more every
> year just to keep the license.
> And this is only to be allowed to use someone elses gun. If I want to buy
> one it'll cost me about 1200$ a year, just for insurance and paperwork. And
> if by any chance I get a fine for driving with too much alcool I'll loose it
> permanently. Even if I'm not carrying the gun with me. I don't drink, so
> this is the least of my problems.
> What I wanted you to know is the diference between our laws and yours.
> Here, in the last 6 years the government has taken away the guns from
> honest people's hands but at the same time he softened the criminal laws.
> For 6 years it has been impossible to get a gun permit for defense.
> So, I'm more than eager to learn about casting bullets, rifling a barrel or
> making my own gunpowder.
>
> Jose
>
> From: Donald Qualls
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:38 PM
>
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Making bullet molds and casting your
> own bullets from scrap...
>
> Nick Andrews wrote:
> > Corbin is very proud of their stuff. How well does the swaging kit work?
> I
> > bet they could be made at home, too.
> >
>
> Years and years ago, Corbin used to claim their swaging dies and jacket
> drawing dies could be used in a heavy duty reloading press (the compound
> leverage single station type made for large magnum rifle cartridge --
> one such used to be called Rock Crusher). The reloading presses were a
> bit less spendy than the Corbin branded press -- but not a whole bunch
> less. For that matter, though, a reloading press is an item that could
> easily be made from an aluminum casting (you'd just need hella heavy
> supports compared to the steel ones). Get a good look at a commercially
> made press and measure the thread on a set of Corbin's dies and you're
> off -- you'll need a thread adapter to use reloading dies in the same
> press, but that's a piece of cake if you have a lathe with change gears.
>
> --
> If, through hard work and perseverance, you finally get what you want,
> it's probably a sign you weren't dreaming big enough.
>
> Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer http://silent1.home.netcom.com
>
> Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
> and don't expect them to be perfect.
>
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>
>
>
--
Nick A
"You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a
single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975
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deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
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