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I load my fn49 and ljungman from stripper clips (carefull with the ljungmann to put the safety on) buth, although being semi auto, they are not the last ones designed that way as both designes predate 1945.

Been walking around in the cities of Europe for almost 50 years now. Very seldom felt uneasy or unsafe, violent crimes are very low around here. That is for a guy, 6'3", 230 lbs. Even women are safe as long as they stay in the crowd imho. I must say I mostly carry a one-handed folding knife in...

I don't know about ideal, but I have a Unique Alpine TPG 1 in 6.5x55 swedisch topped with a Schmidt & Bender PMII 5-25x56. My little girl and I regularly shoot 0.25 moa 5 shot groups with Lapua Match 123 gr factory ammo. (100 metres indoor range, so no wind) I'm very pleased with it and so is...

Thank you for all your reactions, learned a lot here. I do like to share my views somewhat: - about his sons, glad to hear this, family are of course the strongest persuaders, I do the same with my little sister, who has nothing with guns but she defends 'our' cause in the EU because 'I have...

In spite of all the NRA promises, his first intentions are to appoint Rudy Giuliani as attorney general, which also leaves Giuliani at the helm in the appointment of Scotus. Please enlighten me how this is going to help 'our' cause? Two of the saddest days in American and world history : 9-11...

Thanks for the info sofar. I can't use frangible ammo, it is strictly forbidden for handgun use in Belgium (as in most parts of Europe, i think). Non-frangible hollow point, like the Geco Hexagon, is even under discussing, because a lot of people say hollow points are forbidden for handgun use...

Glocks don't do it for me. They are very reliable firearms that can be had for a very good price, so they make sense for M&P or people on a budget. They probably score very high on the 'protection per square dollar scale'. As i don't usually roll trough mud or do beach landings, and i don't have...

txs for the replies so far, I think i will buy a box and test it on my range, just to know how it shoots. After a brief study of the 147 gr balistics, it would seem to me that its shooting should feel more like a 45acp, which is 'smoother', the full 9mm being "snapier", so a little easier to...

Frangible ammo is forbidden in our part of the world,so I wonder if subsonic ammo is a good choice for HD. My pistol of choice being a standard HK USP9. As HD means shooting a handgun inside the house, with several walls being drywall, I worry about overpenetration and noise and flash. Do I...

Right now in the proces of building a mancave in my basement. Walls will be plasterd with guns. It will be build as a gun room, according to the legal obligations in our country, so there is my solution

missed out on 3: new in its wooden box: unissued colombian Browning BAR for 2100 sturmgewehr 43, 2500, in shootable condition, both because my collectors licence wasn't ready yet Walther Wa2000 in 300 winmag, for just <undisclosed>, the only one I have ever seen on sale, just to late, doubt if...

I stirred up quite a discussion here, which is great, because it is one of the few ways to hear from people from other countries themselves, not via (biassed) media or politics. Hope the mods leave this running, shame really and mind-blowing that we Europeans need a US forum to discuss this...

@ carsten1911 Yes I do, and the secret is young people: the ones with brains travel around europe (erasmus) know people from alover and are very mobile to go look for jobs. I had about 25 nationalities on construction sites i manageded over the last years. It is but the extreme right wing...

@ machIV shooter It took the US of A almost 100 years (from 1776 to 1865) to become one nation. In Europe it will take a bit longer, because the us never had nation states, but we will get there. There is no alternative. But your arguments, of course, are very valid.

It is very easy to bash EU. It is what local politics have done, for every unpopular yet necessary step. Now you imagine a US with 50 different countries, where every state has his own currency, with border controls and custom (and burocracy) at every stateline, for every truckload, with...

Snej, the report you posted is from 2008?!? The current presidency of the EU, Slovakia, have listed their priorities, and gun control is not among them.

I have a good friend ,experienced gunsmith, reloader and benchrester, who loads match grade ammo for me. Knowing myself, I trust him a lot more then I trust myself. He reloads on once fired brass that I provide from lapua match ammo (i fire myself). On the other hand, I got a couple boxes of...

Now brainer realy, JMB who has 90 years after his death to my knowledge at least 6 designs still in production, not counting the dozens of current designs going on his legacy. (M2, 1911, A5, SA22, 1892, 1894, ) almost all others mentioned are one hit wonders

Luckily, we in Belgium must have a licence for every firearm and their is an extensive register, so when in doubt I can always call the government for a listing of my firearms, serial and all. :D

Boy, can't imagine what they would call someone owning 30+ firearms IN BELGIUM/EUROPE. I read somewhere that the average Belgian firearms-owner has just shy of 2 firearms, so I make up for over 30 people with just one gun, so that statistic is correct, 3% of the owners (ie me) own 50% of the...