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Ken Hill wrote:
Another Sunday and amazed at the posts from the past several days. Thanks for the likes on my posts.
Buddy, so cool to have an indoor range where there is no wind and you can move the rear sight in the direction you want the bullet to go, My M1 is a Republic of Korea return to the US, beautiful bore and very accurate with military ball ammo.
Todays contribution is Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. I blame Jay for telling about this beautiful place. It would be a better video because just driving thru is awesome. Here are some captures and hoping the do it justice!...Show more →
Ken, there is no chance that we get to shoot these kind of guns and rifles outdoors. Regulations won't stand for it, so the shooting ranges in the old world are indoors, or even, as in this case, completely underground in a decommisioned bunker complex.
The amount of rules and regulations one has to comply with in order to be allowed to buy a pistol, gun or rifle is almost insane. In the scope of the conversation, and my new found fascination with the hobby, as well as the prospect of photographing some advertisements of these weapons, I think it'd not be too far off topic to explain the effort European arms collectors need to go through to actually use these hobby items.
It all starts with a perfectly clean record. Any record of offending the law means you will never get a licence to own or use a firearm of any kind. Not even softair replicas.
You need to undergo a psychological test, as well as a safety test that tries to establish whether or not you are capable of dealing with firearms responsibly.
Once you passed the tests, got a written copy of that clean record (as you can imagine, an awefully boring document) you need a weapons locker, and a 2nd locker for the ammunition. The regulations for these are very strickt. The lockers need to be solidly mounted to a wall, and they need to fullfill certain security regulations. Only the owner of the weapons is allowed to hold the key or combination.
Transporting weapons is only allowed in secured cases, with the ammunition in a seperate secured case. Again, either locks or combination. These cases are only allowed to be transported in privately owned closed veicles (like cars, and unlike public transport or motorcycles)
Once you own the copy of the record, the lockers and the transportation cases, you can apply for a license to own a firearm. With this lecense you can apply for further l;icenses to own the individual weapons. One registration and license of ownership is required for every single pistol, gun or rifle. No more then two sidearms and no more then 4 rifles will be approved (in some cases an exception or temporary ownership can be applied for)
You need to run a file on every gun. How much ammunition you spent, when and where. A copy of this record is held at the location where you fired your weapon, and signed before you leave. It is required that you use a weapon at least 4 times a year to keep all that paperwork valid. Failing to comply, or any irregularities of your firing record will call for an investigation by a governing body, but often performed by a local police officer.
You need to sign in and out every time you visit the shooting range. As a visitor, I also had to sign in and out.
If it weren't for all these requirements, and the difficulties of getting spare and replacement parts for guns, I would most likely find me a nice bolt action rifle and spend some time at a shooting range, to see how accurate I could get without a scope. There is a 300 yard shooting range in the Netherlands. Might try and persuade the owner of that Garand to take me there as a guest, but the Garand is not the most accurate rifle, even if it is a beautifully crafted and pleasant to use one.
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Love the first one.
