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    The end of Taipan bullets

    I was looking to buy some more projectiles and came across this so I won't be buying them anymore the curtain has finally fallen on Ozzie icon forever.
    How sad it is that pilfering thieves and a well intentioned investor caused the demise of this place they were a great 303 pill allot better than the SMK's.
    Malcolm Bone is probably turning in his grave right now.
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    Sad. Almost sounds like someone with inside knowledge of what was there and when. True, with police reports it could be hard to sell such property within a few hundred miles, unless they're setting up shop like he suggests. Too bad...
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    It's probably all been scrapped.

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    Turning in his grave??? I only bought bullets off him 2 weeks ago????

    ---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 PM ----------

    He's even got some 150gn .312 thirds if you want them...... His thirds shoot just as accurate as firsts.

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    I went to his page and tried searching for projectiles and it came up with No items, I was after his 174Gn HPFB .312's.
    Send us the link 150's will still be good to 4-500M
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    Pity.

    Thinking man too.
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