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    Works out to $508/Aud/spam can.
    At a rough exchange rate of .67 cents Aud/USD Aud $1.69 cents per round the stuff is getting expensive.

    I though when my mate years ago bought a unopened MF spam can for $175/Aud that was expensive mind you it was a long time ago, WWI MKVI rounds can go for @$4 ea the MkII cordites are a bit more.
    Our new laws both firearms & cartridge collecting have pretty much destroyed the point of being a collector of anything more than fresh air they have totally screwed us to the wall then they have super glued us there just for good measure.
    It's knocked the stuffings from all of us what I have collected over 50 years is basically worthless now perhaps maybe scrap value............!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Our new laws both firearms & cartridge collecting have pretty much destroyed the point of being a collector of anything more than fresh air they have totally screwed us to the wall then they have super glued us there just for good measure. It's knocked the stuffings from all of us what I have collected over 50 years is basically worthless now perhaps maybe scrap value............!
    What's particularly galling about liberal governments lumping milsurps into firearms bans is how seldom they are used in crimes. I can only speak about Canadaicon and the U.S. because those are the two countries I'm most familiar with but as far as I recollect there have only been two murders committed in the U.S. with milsurp rifles and none in Canada. Everyone remembers that JFK was shot with a Carcano Model 38, fewer might remember that Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was shot with a M1917 Enfield Rifleicon. When you consider the millions of military surplus rifles sold into the civilian market yet the odds of being shot by one are virtually nil. They simply aren't the weapon of choice. In countries where firearms have been banned the knife is now the weapon of choice. Seldom does a week go by when there isn't another knifing in Great Britainicon or Israel reported so using Lib-Think a bayonet, K-Bar, and ceremonial sword ban is soon to follow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapper740 View Post
    Seldom does a week go by when there isn't another knifing in Great Britainicon or Israel reported so using Lib-Think a bayonet, K-Bar, and ceremonial sword ban is soon to follow.

    We have not been able to buy / sell bayonets on ebay for many years.

    If I look at a bayonet on Ebay USAicon and click buy it now, I get a message saying it cannot be sold to the UK
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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