A toy I played with in Norway
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Gunnerlove
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Drop and drift and recoil. A good .260 load will make .308 look stupid. 6.5 mm is a ballistic sweet spot. As far as getting a gas gun to function it would be a crap shoot.
Oh god... I would like to know how they could be worse.... FA and Cans..... : DROOL:
Ugh.... not that great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Norway
OOOoooo The Czechs have CC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_Czech_Republic
Ugh.... not that great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Norway
OOOoooo The Czechs have CC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_Czech_Republic
was out standing!
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- Calgary, Alberta
Norway has a licensing system for firearms, you apply to the police for a licence, have to show a good reason to get it. The way their Army works it leads to them having lots of ranges, which is why IPSC rifle is so popular there. Norway not being in the EU it's somewhat simpler to get a licence there for a semi-auto because it's just a rifle, rather than a Category B firearm.
In Austria, Category C firearms are over-the-counter (sporting long guns), Category B require a permit, you can have up to two Category B firearms relatively easily, more than that you have to have a really good reason, which basically means you have to be a member of a gun club. Pump-action shotguns are banned there because of a nutter some years ago who used one.
European Firearms Directive:
Category A - prohibited firearms (only collectors can have them) such as machineguns, firearms disguised as other objects, projectiles that expand on impact except when used for sporting purposes by people aged over 18;
Category B - short firearms (60cm or less or barrel length is less than 30cm) other than single-shot .22s, any firearm that resembles a military firearm, any semi-automatic long gun that has (i) a detachable magazine or (ii) a fixed magazine capable of holding more than two rounds;
Category C - long firearms and .22 single-shot pistols, other than those that fall into B or D;
Category D - long firearms with one or two smoothbore barrels, with no barrel less than 60cm in length.
The single-shot .22 pistol exemption is meaningless, it was put there because in France they were not subject to licensing but France changed their law to require a permit for them a few years back. Not sure how that works in Austria but I think it's classed as a handgun and requires a permit.
The ban on hollowpoints caused various problems, in GB for example they just issued a flat exemption for anyone who was licensed until Dunblane, because by definition you can only get a licence there for sporting use. In France it got really silly, they did it in reverse, banned everyone from having hollowpoints unless they also held a permit, and only certain firearms require a permit.
Before the European Firearms Directive (in 1992) I remember going into a hypermarket in France and they had Steyr AUGs on sale in .222 Remington, no licence required, literally just point it out to the salesman and buy it, sign the sales register.
Then some weirdo bought one and "invaded" Guernsey and went around prodding people with it saying that Guernsey belonged to France and that's when all the crap started.
9x21 IMI was actually invented for the French market, so that IMI could sell the Uzi carbine there without a permit, I think it was on the market two months before the Ministry of the Interior reclassified it as a military calibre. Not invented for the Italian market as some people think, although it's popular there because 9mm Para is banned there.
In Austria, Category C firearms are over-the-counter (sporting long guns), Category B require a permit, you can have up to two Category B firearms relatively easily, more than that you have to have a really good reason, which basically means you have to be a member of a gun club. Pump-action shotguns are banned there because of a nutter some years ago who used one.
European Firearms Directive:
Category A - prohibited firearms (only collectors can have them) such as machineguns, firearms disguised as other objects, projectiles that expand on impact except when used for sporting purposes by people aged over 18;
Category B - short firearms (60cm or less or barrel length is less than 30cm) other than single-shot .22s, any firearm that resembles a military firearm, any semi-automatic long gun that has (i) a detachable magazine or (ii) a fixed magazine capable of holding more than two rounds;
Category C - long firearms and .22 single-shot pistols, other than those that fall into B or D;
Category D - long firearms with one or two smoothbore barrels, with no barrel less than 60cm in length.
The single-shot .22 pistol exemption is meaningless, it was put there because in France they were not subject to licensing but France changed their law to require a permit for them a few years back. Not sure how that works in Austria but I think it's classed as a handgun and requires a permit.
The ban on hollowpoints caused various problems, in GB for example they just issued a flat exemption for anyone who was licensed until Dunblane, because by definition you can only get a licence there for sporting use. In France it got really silly, they did it in reverse, banned everyone from having hollowpoints unless they also held a permit, and only certain firearms require a permit.
Before the European Firearms Directive (in 1992) I remember going into a hypermarket in France and they had Steyr AUGs on sale in .222 Remington, no licence required, literally just point it out to the salesman and buy it, sign the sales register.
Then some weirdo bought one and "invaded" Guernsey and went around prodding people with it saying that Guernsey belonged to France and that's when all the crap started.
9x21 IMI was actually invented for the French market, so that IMI could sell the Uzi carbine there without a permit, I think it was on the market two months before the Ministry of the Interior reclassified it as a military calibre. Not invented for the Italian market as some people think, although it's popular there because 9mm Para is banned there.
