Well, the beaches are where I live.
Lots of beaches and luxury real estates development.
José.
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From: "Nick Andrews" <nickjandrews@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:00 AM
To: <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Making bullet molds and casting your own
bullets from scrap...
> I'll let you know if I ever get over there, because I will want to see the
> beach as well...
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Jose Luis <zmdluis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Well i heard the Douro Valley is beautiful, I've never been there, it
>> about
>>
>> 600Km from where I live.
>> That's not so far but some health issues doesn't let me, or better saying
>> my
>> wife, do long trips.
>> I live in the south, a kind of Portuguese Florida, but there's some
>> wineries
>> here also, one of them belongs to Cliff Richard, yep the singer.
>> But northern Portugal and the Alentejo are the main wine regions.
>> But don't even think about bringing your guns here, unless you intend to
>> use
>> them for hold ups or for kiling people, then it is all rigth.
>> I have a friend who inherited two shotguns when her father died, she had
>> to
>>
>> give them to the police, she could'nt keep them because she didn't have a
>> permit.
>> But most of the time I have to hide that I like firearms, otherwise
>> people
>> look at me as a kind of dangerous crazy guy.
>> Let them...
>>
>> Jose
>>
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>>
>> From: "Nick Andrews" <nickjandrews@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:34 PM
>>
>> To: <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Making bullet molds and casting your
>> own
>> bullets from scrap...
>>
>> > That is so far beyond ridiculous that I can't imagine it.
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > 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
>> >
>> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>> > safety
>> > deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical
>> Review
>> > of Pennsylvania, 1759
>> >
>> > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names
>> > the
>> > streets after them." Bill Vaughan
>> >
>> > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil
>> > men."
>> > Plato
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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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
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
> of Pennsylvania, 1759
>
> "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
> streets after them." Bill Vaughan
>
> "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
> Plato
>
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