Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
Summary is : The warning came about as a result of 'grave concerns' by both the Police and the Military after both had 'problems' and a number of incidents.

The person I spoke to had no knowledge of any specific incidents, or what specific ammunition the warning referred to.
I guess Peter can expertly comment as to whether the military had "grave concerns" and/or "incidents", given that 7.62mm No4s had a successful 30-year service life - and haven't been in service for about 10 years now.

Wasn't aware that the Police were in a position to have an expert opinion on any firearms ballistics matter, let alone No4 target rifles. They are not exactly prominent high-volume users, unlike the thousands of civilian and military 7.62mm No4 users. I'd also guess that there have been no Enforcers in use with the Police for at least 15 years - they might still own one or two in rural constabularies, but I bet they have long been superseded in operation use by other shiny expensive toys such as Remmy 700s and AIs...

Why would the Police and military get involved in a subject that has not affected them in at least 10 years? They don't make pronouncements on any other sort of civilian firearms ballistics. Sounds like complete drivel someone's made up. When I went to the NRA office and asked to speak to the authority behind this notice, everyone just mumbled that they didn't know who to refer me to.