IS MISE...

You're now claiming with a a black powder .36 cal Colt you could place six/100yrds into a man sized upper torso target? I'm sorry I just don't believe you ! Your credibility is now utterly shot with me ! Unless of course you're merely yanking our collective chain?

Hi there PAUL1405...

Why is it whenever the subject of guns is raised, there seems to be a strange climate of metamorphism emerge with some people, whereupon they become very precious, intransigent even aggressive, with those people who they suspect are trying to separate them, from their guns? Is it some form of macho tribalism, or is it a case without their firearm(s) they are simply ordinary placid males?

I found this type of behaviour quite disconcerting even ambiguous whenever I've needed to ask a shooter to produce his valid F/A licence. After all I was only doing my job, not mounting some sort of challenge upon his male independence, I'm buggered if I know. It never occurred on the rare occasion I asked a female for her F/A licence?

Is Mise,

You did say you are 83 did you not? If that's right, you are one hell of a gunman. However, as you have told me where you carry your guns (on the range) I can only assume that you have some very nasty types there with you, if you truly concerned about self-defence. And they are armed, too!

The fact remains, anywhere you are like to be physically threatened, except in your own home where good locks are the best defence, and where gunplay is just as likely to be more detrimental to you than an assailant, you are legally not allowed to go armed, and you will never be allowed to in Australia. KYPD, stick to targets, and forget the miniscule chance of being assaulted. A bloke who needs a walking stick to get out of his car (as you told us you do) would you be better off whacking thugs in the nuts with the the stick than waving a gun around, especially a cap & ball Navy Colt which can misfire anytime.

It now seems Is Mise wants to arm people in the street who are punched from behind and knocked to the ground by drunken thugs, so as to defend themselves from these thugs. We already have street shootings we do not need more guns on the street, so we have two dead instead of one

o sung wu

I'm not kidding, six shots into the target at 100yards is common with black powder pistols, Colt, Remington, and Rogers & Spencers particularly.
Take a trip out to Sackville to the Sydney Colonial Muzzle Loading Club on a rangeday and I'm sure that you'll get any number of demonstrations.
6 inch groups at 50 yards are not uncommon in ordinary competition and that translates into 12 inches at 100 yards, which is less than the torso area of a military figure target.
Now think on this, I one fired the annual rifle practice with a pistol and etained my crossed rifle marksman's badge, but there was a trick to it!!

For all those worried about the Adler and high capacity fast shot guns, all of the legal pump action, lever action whatever rifles can also fire shot shells, in fact for one calibre there are boxes of shot shells to fit, available in the local sports store/garage/rural provider's store; if he runs out he can have a reorder within a week.

ttfn,

Very droll, Paul will have to look to his laurels.

You asked had I ever been assaulted, not often.
The last time was about twenty-five years ago in York St, Sydney, on the way back to my hotel after work, about 5:oo pm.

A lout of about twenty threw a stiff arm at about throatt height, I chopped him in the upper arm mussels with my left hand, grabbed his collar with my right and stomped his right instep with a work boot, then stomped his toes on the same foot.

After he stopped howling he said that he was only joking, I wasn't.

Josephus,

Put any twist that you like onto what I say, that's up to you.

My main use of the walking stick when getting out of cars is to make sure that the door doesn't swing shut, around here and in many small country towns the camber is rather steep at the kerb.

Never use a walking stick for a hit to the nuts, the preferred strike point is either ear, or, as other old soldiers will know, a thrust to the stomache or to the throat, (although the latter can be fatal).

If you want to know just how effective a walking stick can be, look up Indian Stick Fighting on Google.

An Indian Police Inspector told me that the blow to the ear was much to be preferred to a blow to the face, he said that it was not only more effective but there was much less chance of paper work!!