[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cedric Tomkinson
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Shotguns are fairly easy to acquire in the U.K. and there are many of those about. Until a few years ago, there were no security conditions for keeping a shotgun. Then a guy called Michael Ryan went berserk in Hungerford and slaughtered a lot of people using pistols and military weapons, before taking his own life. In a totally knee jerk reaction to this, the government introduced legislation, requiring all Shotgun Certificate Owners to observe safe keeping regulations, despite the fact that Ryan didn't use

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sir Tom GT
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That was very insightful, sounds like the laws concerning guns there are much better.

 

Wait till you shoot a .44 magnum. That gun is just pure power. I remember the first time I shot a .44 magnum. I was at the LA gun club and the reverberations from the aftershock were just incredible. I was standing behind my friend when he was shooting it and I could just feel the blasts coming from the gun.

 

I was wildfowling one time on the Solway Firth in Scotland and a guy handed me his 4 bore (4 gauge) shotgun to have a go with. Each cartridge contained a quarter pound of lead shot! It would have knocked me on my ass if it hadn't driven me down into the mud instead!

 

You'll put your eye out!

 

Wow! I've never shot a shotgun with that big of a load.

Wait until you shoot a full auto. Now that is fun.

 

LOL, now where have I heard that before.

 

you have to be 21 and over to fire a pistol correct?

 

Not to fire. Just to own.

 

"I want an official Red Rider carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time"