Remarks by The Honourable Neil J.Turner, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament
Remarks by The Honourable Neil J.Turner, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, on the Bill that would implement Australia’s gun-control measures in the State of Queensland
Hon. N. J. Turner (Nicklin) (3.51 p.m.): In answer to the honourable member for Ashgrove, I put myself before the House and was quite happy not to speak in the debate [...]
External Ballistics Calculator
A Ballistic Spreadsheet
Using BallisticSS - a ballistic spreadsheet (notes by J. S. Andrew Dec. 2009)
This public domain (free) spreadsheet file is made available for download by Owen Guns. The Ballistics Calculator will give a lot of answers to questions by shooters who have a computer with either Excel or OpenOffice.org installed. To obtain a copy of the [...]
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FIREARMS SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU!
INTRODUCTION
From the time a firearm is grasped in the hand, the shooter becomes a part of a system over which the shooter has complete control. The shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe – or unsafe.
Hunting and target shooting are among the safest of all sports. [...]
Keyhole Shots
Keyhole Shots
An injury to the muzzle of a rifle can cause shots to keyhole. This condition is most likely to occur in rifles cleaned from the muzzle, but may be due to accident, such as striking the muzzle against any metal.
A very small burr on the muzzle crown can make the bullets unstable in flight.
The [...]
A Loaded Muzzle Loader
A Loaded Muzzle Loader
“I didn’t know it was loaded”
“I didn’t know it was loaded” is the stock expression used by those who are rudely awakened by an explosion when they pull the trigger of a any loaded firearm. Muzzle loading firearms seem to be even more prevalent in this due to the lack of [...]
Ammunition is Effected by Temperature
Ammunition is Effected by Temperature
Temperature has a marked effect on both velocity and pressure. Factory ammunition is, as a rule, rather conservatively loaded so that no danger will result even under extremes of temperature.
Twenty years ago a large quantity of 6.5 x 55 ammunition was imported into Australia, (I was responsible for a few [...]
Exploding Barrel Blockages
Exploding Barrel Blockages
At this stage you have no second chances.
Bore Blockages
Obstructions in a firearm barrel are almost certain to damage the barrel on firing.
The kind and amount of damage depend on location of the obstruction, on its mass (weight), and on the type and thickness of the barrel. A very great variety of results [...]