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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere
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Question for Terry.... I have seen Utube footage of 303. British rifles being made from scrap by hand , the elevation rear site, bolts all hand hammered and hand filed......and they look the part......would you fire them???? or the wooden 50. cal machine gun mounted ona jeep done by a guy in the Sorel area.....all from wood panted in gun flat black and distressed....... perfect lookalike until you touch it...... now that is asking for trouble......
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The gunsmiths in Dharra, Pakistan are craftsmen! They know what they are doing and how to make guns that will function. In the 1980s the DCRA in Canada decided to run blackpowder cartridge rifle matches. The rules were anything in Cartridges of the World that started life as blackpowder. My father was not well off, but was an irrepressible competitor, and he could read. He showed up at the inaugural matches with a Kyber Pass-made Martini Henry chambered for .303Br and shooting cast bullets with gas checks over blackpowder. He could shoot like a hero no matter what discipline, and he cleaned up that year. The rule was subsequently amended to specifically exclude .303Br. It is known as the Edson Warner Rule amongst those who know!