Sgt Carlos Hathcock

Before leaving Vietnam in 1966, Captain Land set up the initial testing program for what would become the basis for all Marine Corps sniping rifles for the foreseeable future: the 7.62 NATO (.308 Win.) M40, built by Remington with considerable design input from Marines in the field.
Remington Winchester Why Change?
After so much success with the Winchester Model 70 why did they go to Remington? Of the commercial actions available, why not the Winchester Model 70? Why the Remington?
From Captain Land the answer was “The new Model 70 (post-’64) had a weak extractor, and if you didn’t clean the chamber after about every 10 shots it would likely break. And in Vietnam, we didn’t have that luxury.” (Personally I would have stuck with pre-64 actions, even if they were second/hand as they have the Mauser type extractor)
Captain Land said, “Remington really went out of their way to help put this together. They created the stock with the cheekpiece on it; they never had this heavy a barrel in this stock. (Up to that time all heavy barrels were only made for Prone Compeititon, like the Omark) We had the scopes sent in from Redfield. Remington mounted them, tested them, and they were put in a specific case and shipped to Vietnam or to Quantico.” This was the rifle used by Carlos Hathcock in his second tour of duty.
The Redfield 3-9X variable scope for those initial M40s were produced in two finishes, green and deep black. Ostensibly they had a built-in rangefinder, which Captain Land said was “worthless,” because it often melted in hot sun. Captain Land calls the Remington M40 a “Pretty good interim rifle, which saw a lot of use. The main problem was the stock, which swelled and touched the free-floated barrel when it got damp or wet.”Captain Land said that when he left Vietnam, the M40 was fast replacing all other sniper rifles, from the Special Services rifles to the target-grade Winchester Model 70s to the M1s in various configurations.
The knowledge gained with the Remington M40, led to design of the M40A1, a rifle Captain Land says is the most accurate he ever owned. Made in the Marine Corps’ precision rifle shop, it had a finely tuned Remington 700 action, McMillan fiberglass stock and custom heavy McMillan or Sinclair barrels. He said that when first issued it was topped with the Redfield 3-9X. But a variation was created for the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Unit that mounted a Weaver T-10. Later, the rifles were re-scoped with special, strictly Marine Corps, 10X Unertl scopes. Later we will discuss why not variables.
Next Edition Free Floating Barrels and Bedding.

The Mossberg Maverick has everything you need, pinpoint accuracy, smooth action and big-game calibers. The rifle is offered in four widely popular calibers: .270 Win, .30-06 Sprg., .243 Win and .308 Win., and features a free-floating, 22 inch button-rifled barrel. A Black Synthetic Stock. Weaver styled scope bases. This powerful combination delivers a high level of accuracy unheard of in a value-priced centre-fire rifle. A side lever safety is utilized for convenience and safety afield, and the all-steel, machined receiver provides the Maverick with positive lock-up for consistent operation. This rifle delivers high performance without the high maintenance. For generations, Mossberg has built reliable, quality firearms at an unparalleled value. This American-made bolt action rifle is the first they have introduced in over 20 years. Blink and it’s a Savage or a Stevens and very similar to the Marlin. Just better priced at $399. plus post If you want to order by mail  Phone 07 54825070 have your card detail handy .

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Hear and Protect Hear normally up to 85 db Electronically reduces & protects hearing  Protects hearing above 85 db Able to hear normal conversations and sounds to 85 decibels.  Over 200 hours of battery life. Auto-adjust headband. Solid state circuit. Rotary on-off volume knob.
HOW THE ELECTRONIC EAR MUFFS WORK
These electronic ear muffs are a high standard ear muff in design, they are made to feel light and comfortable for all day use. They can be used as standard ear muff when the electronic component is not turned on and will passively reduce noise like any normal ear muff. They have a standard noise reduction rating of 29 decibel and are a Class 5.
Once turned on the microphone, located at the top of the ear muff, will pick up and amplify ambient noise. If some one standing next to you talks, their voice will be amplified through the speakers in both ear muffs. Should there be a loud noise, such as a firearm, the electronic ear muffs will automatically cut out and block the loud noise. The electronic ear muffs are designed to attenuate noise about 85 decibels, meaning that they will block out instantly, once the noise reaches a certain level. The electronic ear muffs allow you to control the volume level of ambient noise around you. On the shooting range with constant loud reports, the electronic ear muffs will block this noise. For range instructions or to communicate with another person, you can instantly hear them speak.
At the range or anywhere ear protection is constantly required, but you also need to hear instructions from others or you wish to be more aware of the ambient sound around you, these electronic ear muffs are what you need.
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Tasco has been a leading name in the optical industry for eons, Tasco’s World Class Scope has been an industry standard since the 1980s it is the scope that many others are judged against and found lacking. The World Class due to its World Class forever Guarantee is rarely used we have sold thousands of them and I have been dealing with Tasco since 1975. The vision is quality, the adjustments are precision and the cross hairs are the right sized for target or hunting.  They were selling there for $150. Now Only $95.00
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ACCURACY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP Thompson/Center introduces the New T/C Venture, the most value-packed bolt action rifle available on the market today. Designed to deliver top end quality and accuracy at an entry level price, the Thompson/Center Venture offers a  5 R  rifled match grade barrel and match grade crown, adjustable precision trigger and a classic style composite stock that puts it in a class all its own. A rugged, reliable tool for the outdoorsman, the T/C Venture features T/C’s renowned innovation, craftsmanship and cutting edge barrel technology. Guaranteed to deliver Minute of angle accuracy… 1 inch groups at 100 yards. T/C Venture features a classic sporter style stock in rugged composite material with traction grip panels, the T/C Venture has a sophisticated appearance with the durability and accuracy to back it up. Thompson/Center’s Venture… made in the USA and backed by the famous Thompson/Center Lifetime Warranty… It delivers the finest in accuracy, reliability and quality craftsmanship in an attractive, affordable package. .270 win up to 300 win mag, $950. plus freight. If you want to order by mail  Phone 07 54825070 have your card detail handy .

Understanding Reloading Ammunition.
Primer Sizes.
We learn new things every day, and yesterday something could have occurred to change this information, but all we can do is run with what we know now at this point in time. There are actually only two sizes of Boxer primers standardized through out the World, large (.210″ nominal dia.) and small (.175″ nominal diameter). Each size is divided into both rifle and pistol types, thus “Large Pistol,” “Large Rifle,” etc. In addition, there are “Magnum” and special purpose types within each size. There are some larger sizes, but they exist only for military use in heavy automatic weapons ammunition.
Pistol and rifle primers differ only in that the former generally contain less priming compound (being required to ignite smaller powder charges) and are assembled in thinner, softer cups. Pistol firing pins and hammers cannot produce a great deal of energy, so the cup must be relatively weak to be easily dented. Fortunately, pistol cartridges develop relatively low pressures which can be confined by a weak cup. On the other hand, the heavy, powerful firing mechanisms of rifles can easily indent the thick, stiff rifle primer cups. So in many cases using pistol primers in rifles could cause the firing pin to penetrate the cup, allowing hot gas to pass very quicky along the firing pin channel into your right eye. So it is not recommended. On the other hand the pistol primers might not burn the required amount of slower (for Rifles) burning powder, causing variable results. Using rifle primers in a handgun, could up the pressures, if your firing pin sets them off. Again not worth the trouble.
Shotshell primers have also been standardized dimensionally in the past decade. Before that there were two major sizes and a couple more not so prominent. I have seen steel cased 12 gauge use a large Berdan Primer.
Now one size, that previously referred to as “209-size,” is used in all plastic cases that we see today. The brass on the bottom of a 12 gauge case takes up no useful purpose except for ‘good looks’ as we were using full plastic mono hulls in the 1970s and I reloaded many of them 8 or 9 times. Many times it is not even brass just a pressed steel cap which is electro plated to look like brass. One of the reasons the case can safely be made of plastic is that the battery cup primer is enclosed in a steel reinforcing cup. This was designed in that manner due to the earlier inherent weakness of paper shotshell construction. The cup confines the primer proper during firing so that it does not expand and destroy its seat within the case even if it is made of cardboard or plastic. Within the primer is a separate anvil, it is sandwiched between the bottom of the battery cup and the primer cup or “cap,” as it is often called. When the cap is indented by a firing pin, the pellet is crushed against the anvil and ignites, flashing flame through a hole in the bottom of the battery cup to ignite the propellent charge within the cartridge case. Next Edition, The Manufacture of Primers.

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It’s a week since I received a copy of “Range Officers Hand Book” and since that time I am nearly at the half way mark. I’m amazed at the at the number of subjects you have covered making it one of the most informative books to be added to my collection. It must have taken you a considerable amount of time and experience to publish the book with information not available in other popular Gunsmith manuals. I would recommend the book to “Range Officers” and anyone interested in the sport of target shooting and hunting. Regards Gene M Cornford P.O.Box 288, Kaeo    0448 N.Z. Firearms Gunsmith, Dip M.G.S +Member of American Gunsmithing Assoc.
The Range Officers Handbook is an encyclopedia or omnibus of firearms and ammunition and the use of them, it has:- •  90   pages of Information for Range Officers, •  239 pages on Coaching to Win, •  110 pages on Air Rifle History &Training, •  33   pages on hitting Clay Targets, •  34   pages on Reloading Ammunition, •    6   page of Contents, •  18   pages of Index, •  38   pages of Old into New, ( Chronological History of Firearms) •  23   pages of Glossary of Terminology on Firearms and Optics •  Over 1000 drawings and photographs. •  Over 530 pages in a A4 stitched colour hardback., Some, hopefully will read it cover to cover, others will pick a heading out of the Contents pages and read a chapter or two, but no matter how much you know about shooting, reference material is always needed, as even people who rate as genius cannot retain everything. The real ability is being able to find out quickly and easily. You can check that you have the correct terminology, in the Glossary, check the Index and go straight to the right page. This book can be used as an information tool for a lifetime of shooting.

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Norinco Model 213 ‘Tokargypt’ 9 shot Semi Auto
The Model 213 original basis was designed by John Moses Browning, the world famous firearm designer. In the late 1920s the Colt /Browning mechanism was redesigned by Russian, Feoder Tokerev, simplified for mass production and chambered in the powerful 7.62×25. It used the Mod 1911 swinging link, short recoil system.
To enable easy maintenance the hammer and lock mechanism can be removed as a single assemble. To improve the Browning feed system the ammunition feed lips are machined into the frame rather than relying on pressed tin. Which on a battlefield where magazines lips do not get the best attention is a great advantage in reliability and makes the magazines cheaper to produce. It was an extremely tough, reliable and powerful pistol and was later modified by Hungary for export to Egypt this was known as the Tokagypt. The pistol differs from the Tokarev in being chambered for the 9mm Parabellum, and a fitted safety catch (WHICH SHOULD NEVER BE RELIED UPON) as well as the half cock safety.

As can be seen by the inset photo the barrels and chambers are all chrome plated.It has a plastic wrap around grip stock, instead of the Tokerev ‘bakelite’ and a finger piece type floor plate on the magazine, which improves your chances of quickly getting it out and getting another one in after someone has rammed one in covered in mud. The M 213 Chinese version of this also has a chrome plated barrel shown in the above photograph. These are brand new unfired but have the usual scratch marks and rough corners as shown in the photographs. As standard the barrels are a millimetre short for club licences so are fitted with a slightly longer barrel. The steel is excellent and once a few surfaces, such as slides, are polished they are a slick an easy pointing pistol. Eight rounds in the magazine.$369. each $700 for two.  plus registered post and appropriate licences. If you want to order by mail  Phone 07 54825070 have your card detail handy . Email : owenguns@spiderweb.com.au  

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URGENT ACTION REQUIRED, FIREARM CONFISCATIONS.
AGAIN YOUR SPORT IS AT RISK. YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW DAYS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF YOUR LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLAIMENT AND STOP HIM FROM VOTING IN THE INTEREST OF CRIMINALS AND AGAINST THE INTEREST OF THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS OF QUEENSLAND.
Queenslands Firearm Owners are being duped, and are being put back to sleep by both politicians who have neglected to read and understand the Amendments to the Weapons Bill 2011 that they are about to debate and vote on, (nothing different about that) and certain members of Some Shooting Associations who falsely believe that their large organisation, that employs people to look at impending legislation would have told them. What arrogant,sad drones. In my last Gun Law Alert, I gave a link to the Amendments to the Weapons Bill, for everyone to see, down load print out. http://www.owenguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/WeaponsAmB11.pdf

I even gave a sample form submission, and a sign to put up at your club or Gun shop. Now I have pictured one page out of the amendments. NOW READ  Clause 44 And PLEASE THINK.

Page 27 Amendment Weapons Bill

The operative words,  (those are the ones you get charged with in court) are the ones that define what will be the law come both political parties voting for it.

Page 27 INSERTWeapons Bill

‘68CA Prohibition on possession of particular magazines— category B weapons

‘(1) This section applies to the holder of a firearms licence who is the registered owner of a category B weapon under the licence.

‘(2) The holder must not possess a magazine—

(a) if the category B weapon has a lever or pump action—with a maximum capacity of more than 10 rounds for the weapon; or

(b) if the category B weapon is a repeating centre fire rifle—with a maximum capacity of more than 15 rounds for the weapon. Maximum penalty— 10 penalty units.

The Weapons Capacity not the Magazine, the firearm with its in built capacity tubular, is all magazine.
So if you have a detachable magazine for your pump or lever action which gives your weapon a capacity of more than ten rounds you can easily hand it in before the Bill is an Act of parliament and the local Police Station for no compensation. That is wrong, no proper legislator can justify taking property of the innocent shooter. However, the thousands of shooters in Queensland who have in-built, tubular magazines which have a capacity of more than 10 rounds that they must not possess are a part of the weapon.

There is no provision for crimping the tubes or shortening the tubes, or removing the tubes altogether. You cannot have it. It, the weapon has the capacity of more than 10 round, so the court can give you a 10 penalty point find and of course you have a conviction and lose all your firearms and licences.

THIS BILL FOLLOWS THE CURRENT  ‘WRONG’ PRINCIPLE OF’ COLLECTIVELY PUNISHIING THE LAW ABIDING AND IGNORING THE INDIVIDUAL WRONG DOER.’
THIS PRINCIPLE IS IMMORAL AND SHOULD BE REVERSED NOT COMPOUNDED.
Keep telling them this, try and get them thinking. Nothing in any of existing Weapons Acts are moral or can be substantiated as doing anything positive for the people of Queensland. So why do our politicians keep imposing them on us?

For Whom The Bell Tolls, It Tolls For Thee
More than likely you will not have a ten shot magazine or a rifle with more than 10 shot capacity, many of you say. Why should I do anything. The Larger than life answer to that is that if you don’t, whatever you shoot they are going to get around to you and your guns or your knife or your laser, or your nightscope. For as long as these politicians can believe that they can get away with penalising the innocent law abiding shooter, by removing his property, fining him if he forgets, taking his licenses and all his guns of him, if he does not remember to sign the range register, then we will stay being the hunted, the prey, the sport of policemen wanting another feather in there promotion.

ColtLigtning 44/40 14 shot

Collectively Punishing the Innocent Fire Arm Owners, Ignoring the Criminals.
Twenty years ago, we all made the mistake of accepting this oppressive legislation, I and a few others warned of its underlying mammoth problem. That is that it does not work, it does not change criminal behaviour it only imposes its cancerous hold on the law abiding, and of course does nothing to stop the causation of social problems. Criminals committing armed robbery are un affected, murders at home are un affected, home invaders increase as the general public are disarmed. So the parliamentary factories of legislation gear up and ban more of our property, limit more of our sport and hobby.
They are horrified, scared to death of our growing numbers, scared of the power we have over them at the polls if we every realise that power and organise and unify. They are desperate to limit our numbers that is why they increased the fees 126 %, that is why they have these amendments, that is why they grant money to Large Shooting associations, which supply paid employment for Shooting association organisers. Naive, are shooters who expect there paid association organisers to reject legislation.

Politicians put the Interests of Criminals before the interests of the Victim.
When an 80 year old is beaten to death in their homes, by criminals for their pension money, some of them are ex rifle and ex pistol club members fully qualified with forty years of training, but have been disarmed. Have they got the right to defend themselves, even if they failed, they at least would have the right to defend themselves not just offer them selves up as a sacrifice for political correctness.

The Enemies of Australia.
The Party politicians are the enemies of Australians, they are the ones organising the break down of law and order. They are ignoring the cause, the armed criminals and instead of making the police prosecute the wrong doers, are imposing oppressive theft laws onto the law abiding in a fraudulent charade, making it seem like they are acting. Well they are acting, both sides of politics, with not a cigarette paper of difference between the parties or there individual members. They are all career politicians, once the have party pre-selection they have jobs and pension for life and so are totally dependent on the party. Only vote for independents, let them chose who governs when there is a balance of power. The Political Parties are all our enemies.

Not Short on Cunning, they Know that All This Gun Legislation is Oppressive and Won’t make a Bit of Difference to Armed Crime.
They know that if they have a drunk driver that drives into a supermarket and kills 10 people that it is useless banning cars, or banning alcohol they all fully aware that the driver has to be punished, he goes to jail, he loses his licence to drive, they might even have an educational campaign to prevent drink driving but never would they suggest banning cars, no matter how many were killed. They know it is correct that the law breaker, is punished not the thousands of innocent owners of the Cars, but when it comes to firearms they only know the immoral technique of stealing.

There Insane Logic. 
Out of 258 murders in 2008
Firearm was 31
Knife was 87
Bat/Chemicals 9
Other weapons 35
And NO weapons were used in 85 murders, so hypothetically when they have taken all the guns, and they have taken all the knifes and we know from many sources BIS, Queensland Police http://www.police.qld.gov.au/Resources/Internet/services/reportsPublications/statisticalReview/0910/documents/Monthly%20Crime%20Trends.pdf     that there has been a very slight decrease in the murder rate beginning in 1988 but it has only been a very slight decrease so the after cricket bats and rocks are banned, using the same logic as they have for the last 20 year just banning and oppressing the innocent, they amputate every man women and child right hand, when the murder continues at the same rate will they then legislate to cut all hands off. Ludicrous, of course but this is the logic they have proceeded with for twenty years. It does not work, so move on to the next, semi autos this time, Shotguns, next time, Pistols, the time after, knives, Toys, laser, there is no end to it. All to escape the Police from doing their job and prosecuting the bad guys.

They cannot use any legitimate argument so insult us all. Why, Well the Way they see it we are all Bad Guys.
We are fit for any treatment, They call us right wing red necks, Gun Crazy, they mock us, they slander us, call us right wing extremists, fruit cakes, gun nuts, they have been doing this since the 1970s. As they have no logic for their behaviour their only defence is to belittle us and to split and divide us.

Freedom Lost.
When you think of the freedom we have lost already and the freedoms we are still to lose many of us will remember the wars for freedom of the 20^th Century, the wars to save our country and other countries from oppression and tyranny. We awake in the 21^st Century to a world where we are discriminated against, there is Anti discrimination laws but none of them are for us, we cannot speak out there is no freedom of speech, you do not have the freedom to own property, you do not have the freedom to use your land for what you want to do on it. We are bound down by central planning and show your papers. These were the philosophies that our countries young men opposed, they went out to sacrifice their lives, for the freedoms we have given away for nothing. What a price they paid, how cheap are we, the gravity of our sloth, we use words like, won’t affect me I have n’t got one of them. I will sell mine and buy a camera. I wrote a letter last time. No one wants to put themselves out or sacrifice anything anymore. I am not talking to the 5000 or so that get this newsletter, most will not even have scrolled down this far. So untold thousands of Queenslanders will be robbed, thousands more will be denied to buy what they want and millions more will be next in the queue of handing in what ever the politicians believe they can take next. Unless you give them a good telling, Now.
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For generations, Mossberg has built reliable, quality firearms at an unparalleled value. This American-made bolt action rifle is the first they have introduced in over 20 years. Blink and it’s a Savage or a Stevens and very similar to the Marlin. Just better priced at
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 THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
THE LOOTERS. Return to the Dark Ages.
The problem was not born from the streets it was manufactured by social ‘ist’ ‘do gooder’ reformers.  “Those that sow the wind, will reap the whirlwind.”
Again, the British Gun Laws worked for the Looters and Crims. The poor disarmed public were queuing to buy aluminium baseball bats to defend their families, properties and lives again. Repetitively, the second generation of coloured immigrants, (black, brown, light brown, yellow, and white, sometimes referred to in a derogatory way as ‘whiggers’) are again out of control, becoming more confrontational, attacking ‘law abiding’ whites and blacks and robbing stores, in organised mobs. It is in an epidemic form, fermenting in every Angelo Saxon country in the world.

It is not oddly that large gutted, ‘has been’ whites, like me, are becoming more outwardly and openly, sick of it? What’s more annoying is that the media are hiding the cause and nature of this mass theft and violence, which further infuriates the right wing, red necks into stating, “Bring it on.”
The media paints me, as the model, racist, white supremacist, ‘red neck’ and slings in many other untrue slurs as well, just because I am a pro gun activist, and believe in the freedom of speech and have been persecuted and prosecuted for stating that Sodomy is wrong and is a very un healthy life style. Yet, I am criticised by friends for, explaining to them that their solution would give firearms negative publicity and would play us into the media and anti gunners clammy hands. “Kill all the ………” comments get no support from me, besides the known fact that my genocidal inclinations are limited to those, whose backsides polish up the thick leather seats of Parliament House Canberra.

The Entries and Back Streets
The 2nd gen looting coloured (includes all colours) immigrants are not the product of the slums of Britain, or even the product of racism. I grew up in those long rows of houses during the 1950s. Manchester has some of the most notorious slums, Old Trafford, Stretford, Salford, Trafford Park, Hulme, Ancoats. Segregation reigned. Manchester City supporters lived separately to Manchester United supporters,  to read whole article see http://www.ronowengympie.com/ron-owen/ron-story/the-looters-return-to-the-dark-ages/

………they have been doing it for years, they call my warnings, incitement. Maybe, I’m just getting too close to the source of the problem.

Postscript for Debate.
Is this the reason for Anders Behring Breivik’s attack on a Labour Party’s Workers’ Youth League Camp?  Did he understand that the real problem was the left wing, academics, the social worker, ‘doo gooder’, and obliging, vote prostituting politicians? Maybe he was not mad, after all?  Is it just  the fact that we are all a bit slow, in picking up his reasons?
Ron Owen

Tasco Red Dot 1×32.

Rugged, reliable Tasco^® Red Dot scopes deliver pinpoint precision in all lighting conditions thanks to an illuminated reticle with an 11-position brightness control. Unlimited eye relief and an ultra-wide field of view get you on target with lightning speed no matter the game. $70. plus post.

 Thompson TC Venture, Guaranteed 1 minute of angle, Bolt Action Rifles.

ACCURACY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP Thompson/Center introduces the New T/C Venture, the most value-packed bolt action rifle available on the market today. Designed to deliver top end quality and accuracy at an entry level price, the Thompson/Center Venture offers a  5 R  rifled match grade barrel and match grade crown, adjustable precision trigger and a classic style composite stock that puts it in a class all its own. A rugged, reliable tool for the outdoorsman, the T/C Venture features T/C’s renowned innovation, craftsmanship and cutting edge barrel technology. Guaranteed to deliver Minute of angle accuracy… 1 inch groups at 100 yards. T/C Venture features a classic sporter style stock in rugged composite material with traction grip panels, the T/C Venture has a sophisticated appearance with the durability and accuracy to back it up. Thompson/Center’s Venture… made in the USA and backed by the famous Thompson/Center Lifetime Warranty… It delivers the finest in accuracy, reliability and quality craftsmanship in an attractive, affordable package. .270 win up to 300 win mag, $950. plus freight. If you want to order by mail  Phone 07 54825070 have your card detail handy .

Bushnell Perma Focus Binoculars
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Mossberg Maverick Centrefire Bolt Action Package Deal $480.

The Mossberg Maverick has everything you need, pinpoint accuracy, smooth action and big-game calibers. The rifle is offered in four widely popular calibers: .270 Win, .30-06 Sprg., .243 Win and .308 Win., and features a free-floating, 22 inch button-rifled barrel. A Black Synthetic Stock. Weaver styled Mounts and a 3-9×40 Variable Scope. This powerful combination delivers a high level of accuracy unheard of in a value-priced centre-fire rifle. A side lever safety is utilized for convenience and safety afield, and the all-steel, machined receiver provides the Maverickwith positive lock-up for consistent operation. This rifle delivers high performance without the high maintenance. For generations, Mossberg has built reliable, quality firearms at an unparalleled value. This American-made bolt action rifle is the first they have introduced in over 20 years. Blink and it’s a Savage or a Stevens and very similar to the Marlin. Just better priced at $480. including scope & mounts $430. without, plus post If you want to order by mail  Phone 07 54825070 have your card detail handy .

Simmons Trail Cameras

Just check out our  Gympie porkies,with an astounding six months of battery life, a quick trigger speed of 1.6 seconds and up to 32GB of memory, these new trail cameras are the industry’s preeminent blend of dependability and value. The motion-activated sensor has a range of up to 45 feet, and after-dark images are captured from up to 45 feet with infrared night-vision LEDs that are virtually invisible to game. This year, keep your eye on the trails 24/7  $185 plus post.

Tasco has been a leading name in the optical industry for eons, Tasco’s World Class Scope has been an industry standard since the 1980s it is the scope that many others are judged against and found lacking. The World Class due to its World Class forever Guarantee is rarely used we have sold thousands of them and I have been dealing with Tasco since 1975. The vision is quality, the adjustments are precision and the cross hairs are the right sized for target or hunting.  They were selling there for $190. Now Only $84.00
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Understanding Reloading Ammunition
Development of the Primer
The Boxer primer is fabricated quite differently. It utilizes the same cup type and pellet of priming compound, but there the similarity ends. A conical anvil stamped from thin sheet metal is pressed tightly into the mouth of the cup, its peak bearing snugly against the priming pellet. Thus, anvil, cup, and pellet are formed into a single complete assembly.
The Boxer case contains a simple, flat-bottomed primer pocket, pierced centrally by a fairly large-diameter (usually about .080″, or a bit less) flash hole. When the primer is seated, the “feet” of the anvil must bear on the bottom of the pocket. If they do not, part of the force of the firing pin blow will be absorbed in driving the entire primer further forward into the primer pocket hole before the pellet is crushed and ignited. This causes staggered ignitions which lead to a loss of accuracy and reliability.
The Boxer primer is used almost totally in Australia, United States and Canada, it only when we have some obscure European brass cartridge cases to reload to we have to search high and low to find a source of Berdan Primers. The Berdan primer is used by Europe and parts of the world where they do not reload much. However, as Nato countries have had to fall in line with the U.S.A manufactured ammunition calibers the rest of the non aligned countries of the world are following suit with Boxer primed ammunition. For example, Israeli-produced military ammunition is Boxer primed. Some Indonesian and Chinese ammunition are Boxer primed and Germany‘s RWS is also now producing military and sporting cartridges in both types for the choice of the buyer.
In Australia, we find it hard to understand why anyone would ever use want to use Berdan-type cases and primers, but think about it, if its all we can get to keep a rifle shooting we will go to that extra trouble and use Berdan cases. Remember, though, that widespread reloading of metallic cartridges is virtually unknown in many other countries of the world. Except to the handloader, the differences between the two primers are insignificant and not relevant as the shooter just fires them, some do not even pick up the empty cases. Not like us bower birds.
Due to the location and size of the flash holes, it is virtually impossible to remove fired Berdan primers by means of a punch through the case mouth. The most common method is to pierce the cup with a slender, pointed instrument from the outside, then pry it out. As with the RCBS Berdan De-Cappers on the market. During black powder days, a tool called a “cap awl” was used for this purpose. European tools for the purpose look like a three-handled pliers and combine the piercing and prying into a single motion. Regardless of the type tool used, the point must be flat (horizontal) and chisel-shaped A conical point such as on an ice pick will tear through the thin cup, leaving it hopelessly stuck in the pocket. Remembering this simple tip can save you hours of blood, sweat and tears.
Boxer primers are very easy to remove. The large central flash hole allows a punch to be inserted from the mouth of the case to push the expended primer out of its pocket. It is just that simple. What came first the chicken or the egg? I have always asked the question.  Did we develop as a handloading country because of the availability of the simple to replace Boxer primer? Or did our grandfathers adopt the Boxer primer because they were handloaders? I believe the latter as Australia began in shooting with British military and British calibres and way back they were all Berdan primed. Either type of primer is equally simple to insert in the case. They are simply pressed into the proper depth, and the same types of tools will handle either type so long as diameters do not differ greatly. Bizarre, really, that by the late 1880′s and early 1890′s the U.S. Berdan primer was solidly entrenched in England and the rest of the world. And the British Boxer was standard in virtually all U.S. production ammunition.
The Australian handloader is inclined to sneer at the Berdan primer and loudly proclaim the Boxer far superior. Well, for reloading with our tools, the latter is certainly the most convenient. As for being superior, an objective analysis indicates otherwise. From a purely technical viewpoint, there is little doubt in this scribe’s mind that the Berdan primer delivers equal or even more reliable results.
From a mechanical viewpoint, the interposing of a light-weight anvil between pellet and case is bound to inject ignition variations. The anvil may or may not be seated solidly on the bottom to the primer pocket. Assembly of anvil to cup can easily vary from the ideal. Pellets (particularly the dry-mix type) pre-stressed by the anvil are more likely to crack or flake in storage, handling, and loading. All of the foregoing are potential troubles that do not exist in the Berdan-type case-primer combination. In addition, the Berdan primer is simpler and cheaper than the Boxer to produce. At the same time, production of Berdan cases is extremely little (if any) more costly than Boxer types.
All of this convinces me that purely from the viewpoint of doing the best job of igniting small arms ammunition at lowest cost, the Berdan primer might even be superior to the Boxer. Do not rise in wild outrage at this statement. I would scream louder than all of you if the Boxer primer were replaced. Cold chills run up my spine just thinking of the headaches that would have developed if even a part of the millions of primers I’ve used, or thousand of customers whom I have had to instruct, had all been Berdan. When it comes to reloading, Colonel Boxer’s invention has no peer.
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The Mossberg Maverick has everything you need, pinpoint accuracy, smooth action and big-game calibers. The rifle is offered in four widely popular calibers: .270 Win, .30-06 Sprg., .243 Win and .308 Win., and features a free-floating, 22 inch button-rifled barrel. A Black Synthetic Stock. Weaver styled Mounts and a 3-9×40 Variable Scope. This powerful combination delivers a high level of accuracy unheard of in a value-priced centre-fire rifle. A side lever safety is utilized for convenience and safety afield, and the all-steel, machined receiver provides the Maverickwith positive lock-up for consistent operation. This rifle delivers high performance without the high maintenance.
For generations, Mossberg has built reliable, quality firearms at an unparalleled value. This American-made bolt action rifle is the first they have introduced in over 20 years. Blink and it’s a Savage or a Stevens and very similar to the Marlin. Just better priced at
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