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Remarks by The Honourable Neil J.Turner, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament

July 19, 2009 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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

May 24, 2009 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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 [...]

Protected: Free Ballistics Calculator

January 9, 2009 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Enter your password to view comments 

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FIREARMS SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU!

September 22, 2008 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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

September 21, 2008 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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

September 21, 2008 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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

September 14, 2008 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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

September 12, 2008 · Filed Under Important Firearm Information · Comment 

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 [...]