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Originally Posted by kato13
This is edging into the realm of real world politics, which is often a hot button issue. Britain has never had the connections to guns that the US does, so the perspective of the average Briton could be vastly different from that of the average American gunowner.
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Sorry this is not the thread to discuss this so i will try not to rabbit on. I have read the old threads above. There is a big gun culture in England, but it is very quite, after a number of shoot outs where the police rightly killed the bad guys the press is against all guns. OK I have a number of friends who shoot full bore rifle, like SMLE's .303 or Indian/Pakistan converted 7.62. .22 rifles are very much liked and common in this sport both bolt and semi auto(the only gun you are aloud in semi auto) 7.62 bolt action used for hunting ( deer stalking is BIG money in Scotland and the North East) Whinchester carbines in .38 are beloved, because the police hate them for there size and mag. Ammo is the hardest thing to come by, with each gun having to have its place on your lisence and diferent calibers needing more permits. The most you are aloud (to my knowledge) is around 1000 rounds. However in England you can have all the component parts to make the ammo with out a lisence! It only becomes against the law when and if you put the parts together with out the lisence. The bigest caliber that i know of locally is a .50 cal single shot rifle used in compeation, the police are as mad as hell about it. Within around a 10 mile radius of where I live there are some 15 rifles that I know of and three people who press their own ammo from reused brass.