The firearm thread

[Mr Merde]

.445 SuperMag

[jono035]

.445 SuperMag

Yeah, true. Would still fire .44 magnum rounds happily, too.

Not to mention in a rifle barrel you've got more headroom for making a rifle pressure +P .44 magnum load. There was some company somewhere selling .44 magnum brass with large rifle primers I think...

Edit: Scumdog - The idea behind this project was to use a complete LE, including barrel. Having to replace the barrel opens up a lot more options, to be sure, but it relies on you having spare barrels (I don't) or you wanting to buy a new barrel (I'd make a .300 whisper). This is basically .300 whisper but the economy, no frills, all bite and no bark version. Also, .44 cal suppressors are a bit harder to come by. Gunworks and MAE both do off-the-shelf .30 cal suppressors in muzzle-can and over-barrel designs.

[Mr Merde]

the 445 Super mag will fire .44 mag and .44 spl

Prime them yourself with large rifle. I've done this on occasions for my Rossi.

What we are talking about now is redeigning the De Lisle for a .44

[jono035]

the 445 Super mag will fire .44 mag and .44 spl

Prime them yourself with large rifle. I've done this on occasions for my Rossi.

What we are talking about now is redeigning the De Lisle for a .44

Yeah, in .44 caliber the .44 magnum is plenty if you want to keep things subsonic, it'll launch a 330gr projectile above the speed of sound so it should be enough for any subsonic uses in that caliber. I did think about going the de-lisle carbine style route but with a .44 magnum given that it's already a cartridge I'm reloading/casting for. In the end it was going to be too much work and require finding a cheap .44 barrel and mating that to the action. Now that I've looked more into the gunsmithing requirements I might re-visit that idea with another LE in the future.

Did you have to bore those primer pockets out a little? The large rifle primers are deeper than the large pistol primers...

[scumdog]

the 445 Super mag will fire .44 mag and .44 spl

Prime them yourself with large rifle. I've done this on occasions for my Rossi.

What we are talking about now is redeigning the De Lisle for a .44

Well there you go -just get a De Lisle....quiet-as and all the hard work has been done!

[jono035]

Well there you go -just get a De Lisle....quiet-as and all the hard work has been done!

Way more expensive/custom than a shortened .303, similar muzzle energy levels with 45ACP bullets and worse ballistics. Would have an advantage in wound-tract size but then apparently lack of penetration in deer sized game is the major problem at those calibers/energies.

[scumdog]

Way more expensive/custom than a shortened .303, similar muzzle energy levels with 45ACP bullets and worse ballistics. Would have an advantage in wound-tract size but then apparently lack of penetration in deer sized game is the major problem at those calibers/energies.

Ah, just a bit of toungue-in-cheek, I know how much it would cost for a De Lisle.

[jono035]

Ah right, sorry. There was a guy somewhere making them for around $2k, but I can't remember if they were completely faithful copies, I think the suppressor baffles may have been different. Neat pieces of kit and I'd love to make one, to be sure. I'll see how this one goes, most of what I'll be doing with this one could be applied towards making a De Lisle.

[Herman Jelmet]

Nice! I've got Jack Russel Foxy crosses that shred the possums. Where I live, no one complains about the gunfire as there are no neighbours,, in fact,, I'm a hillbilly,, and proud of it,, damn shame about Buell folding as I was quite keen on seein how the Ulysses were going to evolve over the next few years,, lotsa gravel here,, plenty of .762 going on,, and blackpowder, although the fire risk is a bit of a problem at the moment,, no harleys ride past here,, and if they did, I wouldn't wave to them aahhh fuck I mentioned the W word again,, anyway, they'd fall off cos they'd be blinded by the black powder smoke

[Mr Merde]

Up near the Kaipara. Nice.

BP shooter, do you know Greg and Bill. CAS shooters. Dargaville club memebers.

Gregg does the security checks for the firearms licences.

If you know them tell each that Dai.Sloe says hello.

[avgas]

I just saw my first video of AA12.
I like...........good rabbit/possum gun

[nudemetalz]

Me likey this !!!!!!!!!

Wonder if Sir Willie has fired one of these. Personally I would say so.

[The Pastor]

Has anyone seen this?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10622354

Police confiscated eleven guns belonging to Waikato farmer Steve Meier as a "precautionary step" when they accompanied Transpower contractors onto his land yesterday.

Police were called by Transpower to accompany contractors on to the Matangi farm after a fire sparked by pylons in a shelterbelt of trees lead to the major power disruption in Auckland, parts of the Waikato and Northland.

Hamilton City area commander, Inspector Rob Lindsay, said 11 guns were taken by police as well as Mr Meier's gun licence.

"Under section 61 of the Arms Act, where officers suspect an offence has or is about to be committed we are able to write out a warrant to recover the firearms which is what occurred last night.

"The firearms were taken under these circumstances because the landowner presented behaviour that gave us some concern. This was a precautionary step only and no arrests were made," said Mr Lindsay.

He said five armed officers went on to Mr Meier's property to accompany Transpower contractors.
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"The repairs were necessary after the power cables had shorted and a fire had started, fire crews had been to the address to extinguish the blaze about an hour earlier," Mr Lindsay said.

Mr Meier has fought a five-year battle with Transpower. He has never made a secret of the fact he doesn't want its workers or pylons on his land. He blames Transpower for the cuts.

For the past five years Mr Meier has fought against having the company's workers or pylons on his 13ha property at Matangi near Hamilton.

He says he warned Transpower five years ago that a fire would happen on the land.

However, company chief executive Patrick Strange said Mr Meier was the most difficult person in the country to deal with.

Transpower finally got access to the farm last night with an armed police escort - but not before five chaotic hours. Power was down as firefighters tackled the blaze.

"We have had major difficulties with this guy," said Dr Strange. "We do have a right to enter the property but we can't just walk on. We have to deal with him in a legal sense.

"We have been trying to get on the land for some months. We've been sending him notices saying we needed to do tree-trimming."

For the past five years, Mr Meier has tried to get trespass orders against the grid operator, staged protests and attended Federated Farmer meetings with about 50 other landowners in the area upset at the company's refusal to pay for easement rights for hosting its structures.

[ManDownUnder]

The perfect setup...

A bit frustrated at work (from my home office in the country) and I hear the squawk of a targetPukeko.

Neighbour mowing the lawn which should nicely mask the sound of .22 gunfire... said targPukeko is plainly wandering around... oh goodie

Grab the .22, a few rounds of ammo wander the 40 meters to where it was... and it's moved - damn. So I stand the for 2 mins waiting for it to come back and ... the wife and kids come home.

... bugger...

[jono035]

Doh, bad luck MDU...

Had my next toy delivered this afternoon, a 1918 Lee Enfield Mk III.

The metalwork on it doesn't look particularly flash but it is damn solid with no pitting at all. The wood is reasonably banged up but still quite functional. The bore looks to be in pretty reasonable condition, the grooves are a bit dingy and possibly a little rough, but the rifling looks strong.

I'm quite looking forward to seeing how she shoots, too.

Not bad for $103...