sterling180
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Hello there fellow Uk& International shooters.Whilst trawling the web,looking for potential firearms manufacturers,who'd be willing to make a manual-opearted versions,of the standard semi-auto fullbore models,I encountered a suprise,on the google search engine-the R8 rifle.
The Heckler&Koch R8 rifle is the bolt-action,version, of the SL8 rifle,which was originally created for the Australian PR& Service rifle,shooting communities-by H&K Australia.The Authorities banned it over there,after fears of unlawful conversion risks,by unscruplious,gun dealers-by means of sending them abroad to Germany(Home of H&K,for an apparent conversion.Its funny that,no such conversions,occur here,in the UK,from purpose-built centerfire black rifles,without the semi-auto function.Anyway,I contacted Shooting Sports editor Peter Moore & told him about this gun& its specifications.He replied to me a day later& said that 'he will contact H&K personally to see if its possible to get an R8 rifle to test-fire,for a review& also to see if a UK distribution dealer,would be willing to import the rifle,for the UK rifle shooters.Pete,thanked me for this,as he 'found it very interesting',not to mention,the stupid,draconian,paranoid views of the Australian authorities.
I'll post a couple of links below,which will show the article,from the Australian paper,'The Herald Sun'&from H&K Australia,on the specification sheet,for the R8 rifle.
Please feel free to air your views guys,as always.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/convertible-guns-banned/story-e6frf7kx-1111116062977
http://www.hksystems.com.au/Brochures/R8%20Specs.pdf
The R8 Rifle.
The Heckler&Koch R8 rifle is the bolt-action,version, of the SL8 rifle,which was originally created for the Australian PR& Service rifle,shooting communities-by H&K Australia.The Authorities banned it over there,after fears of unlawful conversion risks,by unscruplious,gun dealers-by means of sending them abroad to Germany(Home of H&K,for an apparent conversion.Its funny that,no such conversions,occur here,in the UK,from purpose-built centerfire black rifles,without the semi-auto function.Anyway,I contacted Shooting Sports editor Peter Moore & told him about this gun& its specifications.He replied to me a day later& said that 'he will contact H&K personally to see if its possible to get an R8 rifle to test-fire,for a review& also to see if a UK distribution dealer,would be willing to import the rifle,for the UK rifle shooters.Pete,thanked me for this,as he 'found it very interesting',not to mention,the stupid,draconian,paranoid views of the Australian authorities.
I'll post a couple of links below,which will show the article,from the Australian paper,'The Herald Sun'&from H&K Australia,on the specification sheet,for the R8 rifle.
Please feel free to air your views guys,as always.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/convertible-guns-banned/story-e6frf7kx-1111116062977
http://www.hksystems.com.au/Brochures/R8%20Specs.pdf
The R8 Rifle.
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