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Skriven 2004-09-14 07:53:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
Ärende: right automatic to get ?
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-=> Quoting John Hull to Frank Scheidt <=-

 TA>>Now that non-criminal citizens can legally own an
 TA>>automatic attack weapon;
 
 TA>>whats the best weapon for a 84yr wm living in an
 TA>>old Paul Revere town, supposed to rush out to my
 TA>>local Walmart and buy ?????????
 
 TR>> A double-barreled Stevens. When you get home with it, take a 
 TR>> hacksaw to the barrels and cut them to 18 1\2 inches.
 
 FS> I have a 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun which I've been 
 FS> considering cutting down to the minimum legal length, but haven't 
 FS> gotten around to it.  I also have a WWII Luger which I keep 
 FS> loaded.  The shotgun currently is more of an ornament since I have no 
 FS> shells at home.  Many years ago I used it to used to hunt 
 FS> pheasants, rabbits, quail, etc.

 JH> Only problem with a double is that you have to break it open and then
 JH> close it again to cock the internal hammers if its a hammerless type,
 JH> and leave it that way to have it ready.  Not real safe.  

Those have been *my* thoughts exactly ... you can *look* at the 
shotgun and have no idea as to whether it's loaded and ready to 
fire or not.

 JH> If you have an
 JH> old outside hammer type, like a coach gun, all you have to do is ear
 JH> back the hammers and you're good to go.  You can leave it loaded but
 JH> uncocked and still be into action very fast if needed.  

Mine is hammerless.  It was fine for hunting, but then I'd *know* 
if I had loaded it or not since it had been done so recently.

 JH> A pump is
 JH> better for defense work simply because its very safe to store with a
 JH> full magazine, and the noise racking that slide makes in the dark will
 JH> freeze the blood of any intruder who isn't already crazy.

I hadn't considered that, but it makes sense.
 
 TR>> The weapon is perfectly legal, makes a *huge* noise when it goes 
 TR>> off, and will cut a man almost in half at ten paces.
 
 FS> Is the barrel length a *federal* law?

 JH> Yes.  Most gunsmiths have a go/no-go box.  The barrel can't be shorter
 JH> than X measured from breechface to muzzle (18" and most smiths will err
 JH> a bit long when cutting one short, just to be safe), and the whole gun
 JH> can't be shorter than Y from buttplate to muzzle (26" I think).  If its
 JH> too short it fits in the box, and thus is a no-go.

I hadn't realized there was also a minimum *overall* length.  I 
presume I'd have no problem there, anyway, since this is a 
"standard" shotgun with a "standard" stock.

I keep a loaded Luger and I like that because I can tell if 
it's loaded or unloaded even in the dark, since, when there's a 
round in the chamber, a small projection is above the chamber 
which can be felt in the dark -- when empty that part of the 
barrel is smooth.  It's also not necessary to *see* if it's 
"Gesichert" or "Geladen" since the safety, when on, has an easily 
felt sliding piece of metal alongside of the chamber.  My 
double-barreled shotgun, OTOH, looks and feels the same loaded or 
unloaded, safe or unsafe (though the safety *can* be seen in the 
light). 

... John Kerry has a room-temperature IQ.

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