eastcoast 4,138 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, chartpolski said: Napoleon considered snipers using air rifles to be so feared and dangerous that he ordered anyone captured to be executed immediately, not to be treated as prisoners of war. Cheers. Was it the Austrian's using them against the French? If memory serves correctly, read it somewhere. Due to the silence and accuracy of the rifles Napoleon considered them giving the enemy an unfair advantage . Downside was you got one shot shot and it took ages to re-charge the shark skin reservoir. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,827 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: See.....I'm just going to keep my mouth shut ... No mate, don't do that, I enjoy your posts, but you have to understand the UK isn't the land of the free. we need a license to fish, a license to watch tv, we can't own handguns,we can only hunt rabbits and rats with a dog, (you can't even do that in Scotland now), I could go on and on but it gets too depressing.... Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: See.....I'm just going to keep my mouth shut ... The thing is, its not always been like this, When i was younger you could walk through the village and even go in the pub with a gun, Back then people accepted that guns and dogs and hunting were normal, The kids were brought up with it, Fast forward to now and not many kids born here can afford to live here, Instead its full of ex bankers, Solicitors and so on that want to retire to the countryside. Even an ex council house here, and there's not many of them will cost you upwards of £280,000. Hers an example of what the villages are becoming, When i lived in another village a few years ago. A couple purchased the house right next to the church, Within weeks they were putting complaints in to the parish council about the noise from the church bells, Then it was the problem of hearse`s parking at the gates of the church but making it difficult for them to get off there drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,102 Posted November 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 24 minutes ago, chartpolski said: No mate, don't do that, I enjoy your posts, but you have to understand the UK isn't the land of the free. we need a license to fish, a license to watch tv, we can't own handguns,we can only hunt rabbits and rats with a dog, (you can't even do that in Scotland now), I could go on and on but it gets too depressing.... Cheers. Like I've said before boss, I can't say that stuff ,even if it's true when I come south of a non Brits mouth it always makes a bunch of bullshit pop up . Gets a little irritating just saying what I see y'all say all the time then people want to get pissed at me for saying what their countrymen say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,138 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 I have Googled the air powered weapon from Nepoleonic era. The Girardoni, Italian design but used by Austrian army. 30 shots but took 1500 strokes of the pumping mechanism to recharge. At the time air powered military weapons or sporting rifles where better in many aspects to gun powder, but flawed. Modern technology has ironed out some those flaws, for sporting use anyway. Mirroring car development in a way, electric motors are nothing new. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Like I've said before boss, I can't say that stuff ,even if it's true when I come south of a non Brits mouth it always makes a bunch of bullshit pop up . Gets a little irritating just saying what I see y'all say all the time then people want to get pissed at me for saying what their countrymen say Well that makes sense......Not Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 16,012 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Wolfdog91 said: See.....I'm just going to keep my mouth shut ... Agreed better to let people , well you know 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 3,031 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, eastcoast said: Was it the Austrian's using them against the French? If memory serves correctly, read it somewhere. Due to the silence and accuracy of the rifles Napoleon considered them giving the enemy an unfair advantage . Downside was you got one shot shot and it took ages to re-charge the shark skin reservoir. I don't know about the Napoleonic rifles being single shot but a lot of the big bore air rifles in the 19th century were actually repeaters; capable of 20 or more shots . The big advantage of them was that they negated the need to keep gunpowder dry . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,812 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 Wolfdog, here in northern Ireland a daisy bb gun will get you lifted by the police, and charges with firearm offences, its a joke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,812 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 Anybody on here even make a marble gun? Ive seen a few go and they where decent as a smooth bore could be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,693 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 17 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: Anybody on here even make a marble gun? Ive seen a few go and they where decent as a smooth bore could be I fired a few,I put these pics on here maybe 10 years ago when I was on the island of Mindanao,they call them Jolen guns (Jolen means marble in tagalog). 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,025 Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, chartpolski said: Wolfs; I get the impression you still don't get the draconian gun laws and restrictions we have in the UK ! If you were shooting doves off the power lines in the city limits here, you would very quickly find yourself surrounded by a rapid response armed police squad with a helicopter overhead ! And I'm not exaggerating ! Cheers. He don’t know shit…. Educate him lol Blighty is not only draconian ( Tony f****n Blair) it’s mental! More ballsacks. More pricks have a gun than a man or woman wanting to protect theirs. Edited November 6, 2023 by mushroom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,025 Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 13 hours ago, chartpolski said: Wolfs; I get the impression you still don't get the draconian gun laws and restrictions we have in the UK ! If you were shooting doves off the power lines in the city limits here, you would very quickly find yourself surrounded by a rapid response armed police squad with a helicopter overhead ! And I'm not exaggerating ! Cheers. A mate of mine got surrounded by armed response for a G10 repeater Ffs he was about 9 at the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,143 Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, mushroom said: A mate of mine got surrounded by armed response for a G10 repeater Ffs he was about 9 at the time Same thing happened with a mate of mine not much older than that.....if there hadnt been a bank cashier standing in front of him at the time it might of been quite funny 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,066 Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said: Like I've said before boss, I can't say that stuff ,even if it's true when I come south of a non Brits mouth it always makes a bunch of bullshit pop up . Gets a little irritating just saying what I see y'all say all the time then people want to get pissed at me for saying what their countrymen say Just dry your eyes and crack on with what you were writing about. edited because I am considering my responses these days ! Lol Edited November 6, 2023 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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