No1_49er wrote:If NSW plod thinks that 2000 rounds is 50x more.
sungazer wrote:At some comps over 5 days you can shoot 300 rounds. That is going to be your best comp rounds, so you have many more for other less serious comps use's and that is for just one gun.
Other guns you might use 6 different projectiles just like fishing lures or fishing hooks at 100 of each that soon adds up
Archie wrote:I think two things went through my head when I read this
1/ Thank god they got him, because no one should have this sort of stuff when they've already been charged with firearm offences but avoided conviction on mental health grounds. Even allowing for a bit of media hysteria in the reporting, mental illness + semi-autos = potential for very bad things. The definition of a non-LAFO.
2/ 2000 rounds isn't really that much, is it...or is that just me?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/mas ... 5018v.html
1Fatman wrote:"...and a number of books by famous snipers"
Geeez I had better hand my firearms in or get rid of my books.
I have quiet a large collection of books going from the Civil War to present plus numerous books about snipers including a couple of Civil war snipers, Jack Hinson and Joe Head.
bladeracer wrote:1Fatman wrote:"...and a number of books by famous snipers"
Geeez I had better hand my firearms in or get rid of my books.
I have quiet a large collection of books going from the Civil War to present plus numerous books about snipers including a couple of Civil war snipers, Jack Hinson and Joe Head.
Yep, I have a decent collection of sniper books, some of whom have written long-range shooting manuals aimed at civilians. I have an extensive collection of first-hand accounts of pilots, soldiers, sailors and such. I read Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel again last week.
Some of my books related to sniping etc:
The Anatomy of Motive, John Douglas
The Mosin Nagant Performance Tuning Handbook
The Paper Jacket, Paul A Matthews
303 Rifle No 4 Marks 1, & 1*, Marks 1/2 1/3 & 2, Ian Skennerton
Also eleven of Skennerton's rifle-specifc books.
The 2012 Complete Book on Lee Enfield Accurizing
NEW American Warrior: The True Story of a Legendary Ranger, Gary O'Neal
Danger Close: Commanding 3 PARA Afghanistan, Stuart Tootal
Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror, John R Bruning
Repairing the "March of Mars" : The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson
Blood Clot: In Combat with the Patrols Platoon, 3 Para, Jake Scott
SILENT WARRIOR : Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story, Charles Henderson
Fighting Scared: Para, Mercenary, SAS, Sniper, Robin Horsfall
Snipers, Craig Cabell, Richard Brown, Frederick Forsyth, David L. Robbins
Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper, Jack Coughlin
Snipers And Shooters: The kill shot out of nowhere, Bill Wallace
Hunters: U.S. Snipers in the War on Terror by Milo S. Afong
SAS Sniper - the World of an Elite Australian Marksman, Rob Maylor
Inside the Crosshairs: Snipers, Michael Lee Lanning
The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
Billy Sing Australias Deadliest Sniper, Dunn, Jeff
Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege, Sgt Dan Mills
13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam, John J. Culbertson
Seal Team Six: The incredible story of an elite sniper
A Sniper in the Arizona: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1967, John Culbertson
We Were Soldiers Once...And Young, Harold G Moore
Jack Hinson's One-Man War, Tom McKenney
Long Range Shooting Handbook: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Precision Rifle
The War Against the Terrorists: How to Win It, Gayle Rivers
The Lee-Enfield Rifle, Martin Pegler
Mauser Military Rifles, Neil Grant
Practical Ballistics An Introductory Guide for Rifle and Shotgun
The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters, Keith Cunningham
Long-Range Precision Rifle, Expanded Edition: The Complete Guide to Hitting Targets at Distance
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, E B Sledge
Blood On The Wattle - Massacres & Maltreatment Of Australian Aborigines
Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper
The Reaper, Nicholas Irving
The Specialist, Gayle Rivers (fiction)
Cartridges of the World
HOSTAGE RESCUE MANUAL, Leroy Thompson
SAS Eye of the Storm, Pwter Ratcliffe
SOLDIER'S STORY, Jack Ramsay
TheRescuers: The World's Top Anti-Terrorist Units, Leroy Thompson
SAS: True Stories of the Elite Forces Jon E Lewis
The Fighting Season, Bram Connolly DSM (fiction by an Aussie Commando with three tours in Afghanistan)
There are a lot more
1Fatman wrote:There are some rippers in there. I have quiet a few of the same ones.
You better hope they don't search your house , might think bad thoughts
Gwion wrote:All the above, he is NOT a law abiding firearms owner and you guys focus on the fact that the article mentions a bunch of books and that the article misinterprets the number of rounds required by competitive shooters.
Well done on representing Law Abiding Firearms Owners in such a light that shows we are all concerned about nut jobs with firearms. Remember, the guy ESCAPED CONVICTION DUE TO MENTAL ISSUES and owned firearms that would have any of us locked up without appropriate licensing and documentation; and you guys virtually defend him....
f*** me!
Gwion wrote:So they do their job and you get hung up on stupid details.....
I'll get off my horse when you climb off your band wagon and hang up your pitch fork.
bladeracer wrote:Gwion wrote:So they do their job and you get hung up on stupid details.....
I'll get off my horse when you climb off your band wagon and hang up your pitch fork.[/qu
I've seen some mention that Police chased him up because they believed he was planning to commit an atrocity of some kind. .
Gwion wrote:Band wagon: "we are all so hard done by as shooters"
Pitch fork: "the cops and media can't do their job right: if they'd just listen to me, everything would be perfect"
Hung up on detail: "they don't know how many rounds I need for shooting (insert ancient history here)", "they think books on snipers are bad but look at my list of bang bang books"
Nope... that's not you at all.....
The cops actually have actually done their job here and you are crapping on about how they could have done it sooner if they had left you alone....
JTFC!
Isn't the major question here: "how are they going to investigate the source of all these illicit firearms and prevent some other nutter amassing a similar cashe?"
Nope. It's: "why do they think someone obsessed with terrorism, security protocols and sniper tactics is potentially NQR?"
Gwion wrote:Well, that's probably a first for Boarder Force.... doing something useful BEFORE it's too late!
Gwion wrote:So, are the cops just supposed to be dropping in every few months?
What laws have to change for that to be possible?
What controls would be in place so that the power isn't used maliciously?
What would prevent the nut bag claiming harassment if the cops had just periodically searching his place?
Genuine questions to find some possible solutions to make sure the law focuses on those doing the wrong thing and not just trying to tighten down on us as LAFO.....
Gwion wrote:
Well, that's probably a first for Boarder Force.... doing something useful BEFORE it's too late!
Wombat wrote:One packet of 22 is more than you need ? Shows the thinking of NSW police.
I have gone through 500 rounds of 22 in a day quite a few times.
The fact they missed five handguns on their first search is a bit of a worry.