Another rifle

[macmac]

I'll have a look.... thxs.

[Vulcan Bill]

Originally Posted by ponch

There's nothing better than posting and still hunting in the northeast woods. A nice cool day, lets say in the 20s or 30s and just me and no one else. I can smell the conifers of Maine and what the dirt smells like. It's not like anyplace I've lived. Death march is a good way to describe western hunting. Especially considering the altitude.

I'm an Arizona native but while in the service i spent a year in North Dakota. The only woods there were inbetween the huge farm fields. I bought a Winchester 30-30 while there and used to walk the edge of the woods bumping up some of the biggest jack rabbits I ever saw. I loved jump shooting those rabbits with my "thutty-thutty". I didn't actually hit many of them but the fun was in the trying anyhow.
That was 35 years ago and I still fondly think about it every now and then. That was some fun hunting.
I was walking the edge of a field one day and about 50 yards ahead of me out from the woods steps a moose. Being from Az i had never actually seen one before. Gawd, what a huge animal! Its like the grand canyon, you have to see it with your own eyes to really understand how big it really is! I looked down at my 30-30, looked back at the moose, slowly backed away and went somewhere else!

[ringadingh]

Guys have taken down moose with 30 30's here many times. I'm not sure if I'd take one moose hunting myself, but many oldtimers used to.

[haygrrr]

Originally Posted by ringadingh

Their whole agenda here in Canada is to make gun ownership as difficult and confusing as ever. They want you to finally give up from all the red tape you need to go through.

Quite similar here in Massachusetts... Once you've secured your pistol permit, not much available. Local gun shop stopped selling new since he can carry less than 20% of the new pistols on the market.

[Vulcan Bill]

Originally Posted by haygrrr

Quite similar here in Massachusetts... Once you've secured your pistol permit, not much available. Local gun shop stopped selling new since he can carry less than 20% of the new pistols on the market.

Why is that?

[Vulcan Bill]

Originally Posted by ringadingh

Guys have taken down moose with 30 30's here many times. I'm not sure if I'd take one moose hunting myself, but many oldtimers used to.

I'm sure they do. Its still said that over the decades more game has been taken with the 30-30 than all other calibers combined.
In my case I wasn't hunting moose, didn't have the proper licenses/tags and lived in the Air Force barricks. I doubt I could have stuffed that moose into my little barricks refrigerator! It was best just to walk away.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by Vulcan Bill

Why is that?

Because he lives in a communist state.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by ringadingh

Guys have taken down moose with 30 30's here many times. I'm not sure if I'd take one moose hunting myself, but many oldtimers used to.

It has to do with ubiquity and economics. The ammo was cheap, available as was the rifle. It's like that with the 5.56. People use AR's for everything from squirrels to hogs to deer. Not my first choice for any of those. As Scotty said, use the right tool for the job.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by macmac

This fictional image should be the reality of the situation http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...m#.VCCmbZRufsY

Brilliant

[Top Cat]

Originally Posted by haygrrr

Quite similar here in Massachusetts... Once you've secured your pistol permit, not much available. Local gun shop stopped selling new since he can carry less than 20% of the new pistols on the market.

Originally Posted by Vulcan Bill

Why is that?

Originally Posted by ponch

Because he lives in a communist state.

I assume it somewhat like the Peoples Republic of New York only worse if you can imagine that. They probably can't own a pistol which has a removable magazine or holds more than five rounds or something to that effect.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

I assume it somewhat like the Peoples Republic of New York only worse if you can imagine that. They probably can't own a pistol which has a removable magazine or holds more than five rounds or something to that effect.

It is the state where they reelected Der Schwimmer and their idea of a republican is a couple notches to the left of Hillary. Then again NY isn't any better, neither is CA or NJ.

[haygrrr]

Originally Posted by Vulcan Bill

Why is that?

They went with the consumer protection angle in the 1990's and now any manufacturer has to submit brand new weapons that meet State guidelines and must pass various drop tests to ensure they do not fire. Over simplified a bit but you get the idea. Very few manufacturers want to waste the time and money. Anything before that date is grandfathered in the State. Hence the used market is crazy with prices climbing each year. I will probably never own a Kimber or another high end 45. Looking at having one built.

[Eagle Eye]

Originally Posted by ponch

Is it that the progressives from high population areas promote this stuff or do canadians in general support it? From my point of view, canadians are overly reasonable in general.

The anti gun lobby is mostly supported in Eastern Canada by what we like to call Libtards and yes it's mostly in the high density metropolitan areas. However you also have to include the smaller kumbaya singing granola crowd out west in this designation so no part of the country is immune to irrational thought. Hopefully they don't swing that lying bag of shit Trudeau "2" into power in the next election or people who believe in any form of personal rights & freedoms can kiss goodbye to the hope of throwing out bill C68 and having a "real" common sense Firearms Act put in place. To answer your question Ponch, you hit the nail on the head. Canadians have been overly reasonable, however there is a growing segment of the population that has rolled over long enough on this type of BS. The NFA has a new slogan that fits. "No Compromise". Here's a fairly accurate rendition given by an outsider that's in the know on the subject.

http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/pol...s-and-culture/

[haygrrr]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

I assume it somewhat like the Peoples Republic of New York only worse if you can imagine that. They probably can't own a pistol which has a removable magazine or holds more than five rounds or something to that effect.

Actually I think the magazines cannot exceed 10 which is pretty easy to manage. It's all the other regulations that keep manufacturers away. They changed some rules on target/ competition guns but not much else has gotten easier. My family in NY has real concerns with all the mag laws over there.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by haygrrr

They went with the consumer protection angle in the 1990's and now any manufacturer has to submit brand new weapons that meet State guidelines and must pass various drop tests to ensure they do not fire. Over simplified a bit but you get the idea. Very few manufacturers want to waste the time and money. Anything before that date is grandfathered in the State. Hence the used market is crazy with prices climbing each year. I will probably never own a Kimber or another high end 45. Looking at having one built.

I think Kalifornia has similar laws, so not all guns are allowed. Even mine wouldn't be certifiable. To hell with that.