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Harris, 84, showed no emotion when he sentenced for 12 sexual assaults
- Judge said he 'took advantage of trust' - and he could be out in 3 years in my opinon no long enough
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Harris, 84, showed no emotion when he sentenced for 12 sexual assaults
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hello dose anyone know if the form 103 has been changed to a newer version thanks for any help
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hello what gauge is lot 14 thanks
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matlock
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any farmers in the sheffield worksop chesterfield area willing to give me permision to shoot pigeon rabbits corvids for a large gratuity to show good faith thank you
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he just hates england end of long shanks must have killed one of his relatives in the past
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look up depitox you cant beat it
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Apparently, many people are. Steel shot certainly can damage forcing cones and chokes. In fact, it says so right on the box of most steel shotshell loads. It is hard to miss. You use steel shot at your own risk and while thicker plastic shot cups are designed to lessen or minimize the damage in modern shotshell barrels, they are not represented as guaranteed to do so and the shotshell manufacturers accept no responsibility for any damage to your barrel. The tell you this on every box, yet still some ask if steel can damage a shotgun barrel. Of course it can. If we don't understand the problems associated with steel, all we have to do is read Lyman's Shotshell Reloading Handbook, 4th Ed., Chapter 20. It is common knowledge, unless you've never heard of Lyman Ballistic Laboratories.
It goes back to the way shotguns are designed in the first place. They are not designed to be particularly strong. Shotguns are low pressure applications, with a MAP roughly half of .22 rimfires. They use large diameter barrels designed with minimum, but appropriate, barrel walls. Sure, they could be stronger, but few want to lug around twenty pounds of lifeless pipe all day. It would be stronger, of course, but unpleasant and unacceptable. (Because they have two barrels, fine double guns have thin wall barrels and should never be used with steel shot. -Editor)
While SAAMI specifications are completely voluntary, CIP regulations are not. To lessen the possibility of barrel damage, the CIP looks closely at steel loads. CIP sets a maximum velocity for each of the steel shot levels; 400 m/s (1,312 f/s) for Standard Steel Shot and 430 m/s (1,410 f/s) for High Performance Steel Shot. CIP sets limits on maximum shot size. SAAMI has no limits on shot size. CIP sets limits on maximum momentum. SAAMI has no limits on momentum. CIP sets a maximum choke constriction of 0.5mm (0.0195 inch) for High Performance Steel only.
The CIP does this to limit the possibility of firearm and firearm barrel damage. If you think that keeping steel shells to 1410 fps or below and using about a 20 thousandths constriction choke or less helps protect your barrel from damage, that's exactly why the CIP has these standards. They aren't random musings, but strictly designed to lessen barrel damage. We have this idea that shotgun barrels are supposed to last forever. Certainly, they can last a good long time with lead shot. Consider the life of a rifle barrel. A thousand rounds to some benchrest shooters, it is new barrel time. One of the many issues with choke constriction is that unless you mic both an individual shotgun's bore and your choke, you have no clue what the constriction actually is.
There are better shot materials in terms of external ballistics and wounding ballistics than steel, there always has been. It is called lead. Beyond that, you have Nice Shot and Kent Tungsten-Matrix shells that are as easy on your barrel as lead and offer greater range and better terminal performance than steel. (About 25% more range, according to Lyman Ballistic Labs.) A small price to pay to protect a shotgun that you treasure.
Alright, but suppose we are cheap (my Dad calls it “conservative”) and we want the cheapest thing that goes bang. Besides, our buddy Waldo has put eight million steel shells through his gun and says there is no damage. Waldo isn't a metallurgist, he isn't a gun designer, he doesn't manufacture chokes and Waldo isn't going to buy you a replacement barrel. So, you can listen to Waldo, fine fellow that he is, or read the printed caution on your box of steel shotshells that tells you the shells may indeed damage your barrel and the shotshell manufacturer accepts no responsibility for it.
Certainly, steel shot is the choice of some dentists, if not the lumber industry. If there is a bright side, it is that the barrel damage created by steel is largely cosmetic. Damaged forcing cones, scratched barrels and swelled barrels may still pattern acceptably. Pitted rifle barrels may still be accurate, for that matter. However, if you don't like damage potential to your barrels, Kent Tungsten-Matrix and Nice Shot eliminate that potential. I've damaged a few "steel compatible" barrels with steel shot and I recently discussed it with a friend who used steel shot in his so-called "steel proof" 10 gauge. Now, he has visible .020 inch bulges in front of the choke area and he isn't what I would call pleased.
Smaller diameter steel shot (not letter sized) and moderate muzzle velocities help mitigate the damage. Things like mylar wraps and generous over-shot wads make for better shells, but that adds substantial cost. It is never a good idea to have a pellet harder than a barrel come in contact with a barrel. Mylar wraps are not used (they should be) because it cannot be done with high-speed factory machinery. It is anyone's choice, of course, and there is no guarantee of barrel scoring just like there is no guarantee of no barrel damage. Just like “when all else fails, read the instructions,” it isn't a bad idea to consult the cautions and warnings printed on your shotshell box from time to time. Ammo companies might hate to say, “I told you so,” but in this case they clearly have.
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He didn't really set out to deter burglars - he made up his mind to kill them. Massive difference.
In his shoes - if he was gnuinely at the end of his tether - he should have moved.
why should he move that is the daftist comment ever
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This. But it's not just about Europe.
It's about everyone having enough of the professional breed of politicians who have never done a days work or run a business and who enter politics just to feather their own nests and mix and deal with more just like them.
UKIP is the anti party party, and more.
It's about time the major political parties took a proper look at themselves but i think it's too late - they are all rotten to the core.
100% correct
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any paid days for pigeon shooting in the chesterfield sheffield area thanks for any info
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no it dosent
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i bought a dripper from america converted it to 240 v but i dont have time to use it any more so i was thinking of putting everything up for sale lead dripper 5 nozzels tank split into two so as one sides fills with lead it flows over to the other side and 12 gauge reloading press so if anyone can give me a idea of the sort of price i could ask for i whould appreciate it thankyou
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ukip for me
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should it be brought back
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ok thanks
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wiling to trade a days work for a day on the fields within 25 miles of worksop
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What are you getting at? Is this something the rest of the world does, but I`ve yet to be asked?
Not a problem, it will be coming out of our collective pockets anyhoo. What about yourself? Look this kid in the face and say "I don`t care!" easy to do when it is a picture, what about in real life?
send them to you up in scotland
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IF YOU VOTE LIB LAB OR CON YOU ARE JUST VOTING WICH ROPE TO GET HUNG WITH
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anything considerd please pm with details
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its going to get worse
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i will fix repair anything made of steel in return for shooting permision sheffield chesterfield worksop area any farmer need a welder in there pocket this is youre chance to save on repair bills thanks for reading
High Court rules asylum detention programme is unlawful
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International law says that an asylum seeker has to seek asylum in the nearest safe country to their own.
The only country with a land border with the UK is the Republic of Ireland.
That means that every other country in the world is 'nearer' to another country than it is to the UK.
That, in turn, means that the only genuine asylum seekers in the UK would come from the Republic of Ireland.
There weren't too many of them last time I looked...
So the rest of them AREN'T asylum seekers.
The law's the law, right?