#5 Mk 1

Yes - its QUITE possible he got an un-issued rifle.Crown assests Canada STILL has them in stock
Hoadie

I'm with Hoadie on this ! I would say it would of been unissued in the mid 50's ! I don't think they were a popular rifle by any means . Some people  love em some hate them ! There dosen't seem to be any middle ground ! I've owned a couple over the years & the first thing I did was to get rid of the butt plate & replace it ! The stupid rubber recoil pad that was fitted was designed by the Marquis De Sade ! I'm sure ! A Old mate of mine has one that was converted to 25-303 & swears by it ! The main thing is ,if your happy with it that's all that matters

       Dave

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Hi hoadie

One of the conditions of my  "D" & "C" endorsments  (semi auto Rifle- ,
Shotgun ,Pump action  shot gun ) is visits from my Dear friends in the Firearms branch ! I always make a point of writing a number on my forearm in black ink & wear a Yellow arm band with a Star of David on it ! I once explained to them that 60 odd years ago under another Gov it was mandortory  for undesirables to have to be marked & check in with the police ! Normally followed by a Zieg heil ! (some of the guys actualy give one back to me ) Yes I know it's bloody childish of me ....But is'nt it a little childish to waste man power & hours to check that their still secured (the firearms ) ?

      Dave 434413

Ahhhhhhhh Herr Hurcombe! Today ve vill haff some sport! Hut 3 will play hut 4 for the ashes of hut 2! Heil Hitler!!

Ed Hill wrote: Dave, there was an unfortunate shooting at a Seattle, Wa. high school this week. the anti-gun crowd is already yelling " oh when will we tighten up these gun laws?" ( or, rifle laws for Hoadie) The pistol in question was found to have been stolen a couple of years ago in a burglary, and no amount of laws would have kept it out of the school. Ed

This is how the woes of most shooters strarted over here Ed !
   The Port Arthur Massacre ! One Martin Bryant obtained a AR15 & went beserck ! In the Knee jerk reaction that Followed ! Semi Auto rifles & Semi Auto shot Guns were banned (Pump action shot guns were banned cause some one mentioned them no other reason !) Ok Fair enough it was a tragic thing that should of never happened ! Bryant is a Mentaly handicapped person & there were no preceedures in place in Tasmania at that time to check on a persons mental state to own a Firearm ! In fact if you wanted to own a Machine gun in Tassie you could !

       Now lets look at a couple of facts ! The weapon that Mr Bryant obtained in Tasmania ........Had been handed into  the Victorian Police  over on the Main land &  the records showed it had been destroied!!!!!!!
        Yet some months latter this Destroied Rifle ended up in the hands of a Mentaly challanged person ,who used it to commit a horrendes crime!
         Was this a registered weapon ? No !!! It was a weapon that was shown to have been destroied ! Now the intresting part of the story comes with the Punnishment of Mr Bryant ! He was placed in a cell specialy designed !  It was like a Fish bowl ! Unbreakable Glass ! 24hr camera survallance ! No contact with other prisoners,let alone the outside world !  How fast we forget these things ! Just recently  a new Max Security  prison was completed in Tasmania  & in Parlement  the Minister of Correctional services  was asked  if Mr Bryant  was to be moved into the new Prison ? The reply was along the line of that Mr Bryant was in the Prison System in Tasmania & his where abouts was not to be released!
        I had to ask myself at the time ......What about the special Cell ? The media had loved flashing it about & yet now  this man is in the prison system ??????? The Dept of defence is having problems accounting for L.A.W.S that went missing & turned up being sold to the Underworld here in Australia ! We talk about Gun control  ,when our own Gov cant control the security of our ordanance ! Jeez be the first Thug on the Block to own a 75mm Light Anti Tank weapon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

         Dave