This Forum R.I.P. ??

[Terrylee]

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[browningautorifle]

Apparently not Terry, here we are...

[42rocker]

Several of us.
I notice that there are 20 to 50 new posts every time I check in. That's not dead.

Later 42rocker

[Low & Slow]

Still kicking, I'd say.


Here's one of the last sent to Nepal in the 1908-9 shipment.

[MasterChief]

[Terrylee]

1) Mk I & Elcho
Mk I/II & Pat 1853 Bushed
Mk II & Pat 1876

2) Mk III & Pat 1860 Bushed
IC1 A/C & Pat 1879 Artillery
IC1 C/C

3) Mk IV (A) & Pat 1887 Mk I
Mk IV (B) & Pat 1887 Mk III
Mk IV (C) & Pat 1887 Mk IV

[Surpmil]

All deacts or exempt? I thought South Africans were only allowed one rifle, one pistol and one shotgun these days?

[Daan Kemp]

It all depends.
There are different gategories for self defence, sport and hunting, and collectors. And restrictions on ammunition. And gunsmiths, business, shops, transport, manufactuing, etc.
I can be a collector, hunt and sport, and have firearms for self defence. Or any combination with their own restrictions.
Each firearm requires its own licence application.

[Surpmil]

As for the original topic of the thread, most of us are to some extent I think aware that the world is changing rapidly and one's hobbies though they can be a distraction from that, increasingly seem rather pointless in comparison to more pressing matters.

[HHollow]

Dead is a relative term. A good example of "very dead" is gunco.net. This forum has plenty of life compared to...