I thought Foxies was a 22WMR
Factually accurate TV is a rare thing. Scenes of pheasant shooters standing shoulder to shoulder like they're at Waterloo, police high ranking officers investigating crimes and interviewing suspects with other CID officers as gofers and uniformed officers merely for show, usually standing in a corner of an interview room or delivering 'phone messages, cowboys able to shoot someone hundreds of yards away with an early Colt percussion revolver that never runs out of ammo. I could go on. But I guess really, you've got to try and overlook such things if you want to watch what otherwise might be a good bit of escapism.
I had to stop watching the Ryan Phillipe series of Shooter after he shot a SA 50cal rifle with CGI muzzle flash and zero recoilNot to mention he was practicing by shooting a pumpkin at less than 100m, hardly a test of his ability or the rifle
And now illegal, or rather s5, in the UK since 1992 as a firearm disguised as another object.
I posted it to show it could be done and so is somewhat more believable that the current tv offering. I neither need not want such a rifle; it is for academic interest only.And now illegal, or rather s5, in the UK since 1992 as a firearm disguised as another object.
Enacted into law under the government of those friends of shooting the Tory Party.
The Firearms Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1992
These Regulations (which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and are expressed to come into force on 1st January 1993) amend the Firearms Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) and the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 for the purpose of implementing requirements of Council...www.legislation.gov.uk
Yes thank you for your response. I have wondered if putting my shotgun in its leather takedown case counts as disguising it as a piece of luggage. I would imagine the test might be can the thing be fired when in its walking aid/crutch format or only fired when it is assembled.
Some good points raised here. On the test of whether it was designed to conceal the fact you are transporting a firearm I would, respectfully, point out that that gun cases made to resemble guitar cases are easily available.Yes thank you for your response. I have wondered if putting my shotgun in its leather takedown case counts as disguising it as a piece of luggage. I would imagine the test might be can the thing be fired when in its walking aid/crutch format or only fired when it is assembled.
However a different test might be what was the purpose of the crutch format was it to enable the firearm to avoid it being noticed as such? Whereas a gunslip or leather takedown guncase isn't. OTOH I have handled once upon a time the famous H & K briefcase.
I think it is this "concealability" fetish that beset Michael Howard when the pistol ban was enacted and the creation of the size restrictions you mention. I think if we did have one we'd all want better than a 4x20 BSA air rifle 'scope on it!
