QOLVR member Aaron
carrying all he needed for four days at Fort Ticonderoga.
Saturday, 30 September 2017
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Help Dave get his guns back
David Dunstan is a farmer from the NSW town of
Bungowannah.
At 3:30am on Thursday 14th September, a man armed with a knife and piece of wood knocked on his back door.
David grabbed his unloaded 22 rifle to confront him - aware that the man had earlier confronted one if his neighbours who scared him off with a hockey stick. Dave managed to convince the man to sit in his car and drive him to the police station, while his wife called the police.
The police met David halfway down his driveway and placed his unwelcome guest under arrest.
The problem is, the police paid David another visit later in the morning to take his guns off him!
We've been working with David to try and see what can be done. So we're starting this campaign to help him hire a lawyer who specialises in NSW firearms legislation to get his guns back.
We'd like to go further - we reckon he should be compensated for the loss of his firearms, not for his benefit, but to make a stand against this type of treatment by NSW Police.
So please help our campaign to help David get the legal representation he needs - and score a win on behalf of all shooters.
At 3:30am on Thursday 14th September, a man armed with a knife and piece of wood knocked on his back door.
David grabbed his unloaded 22 rifle to confront him - aware that the man had earlier confronted one if his neighbours who scared him off with a hockey stick. Dave managed to convince the man to sit in his car and drive him to the police station, while his wife called the police.
The police met David halfway down his driveway and placed his unwelcome guest under arrest.
The problem is, the police paid David another visit later in the morning to take his guns off him!
We've been working with David to try and see what can be done. So we're starting this campaign to help him hire a lawyer who specialises in NSW firearms legislation to get his guns back.
We'd like to go further - we reckon he should be compensated for the loss of his firearms, not for his benefit, but to make a stand against this type of treatment by NSW Police.
So please help our campaign to help David get the legal representation he needs - and score a win on behalf of all shooters.
Help spread the word!
Monday, 18 September 2017
Saturday, 16 September 2017
The Modern Reenactor: If you would not be forgotten...
The Modern Reenactor: If you would not be forgotten...: Following Benjamin Franklin's advice, I thought I'd write something that might be worth the reading. In his Poor Richard's Alman...
Monday, 11 September 2017
Sunday, 10 September 2017
Friday, 8 September 2017
Casting of birdshot and fowling lead balls. Diderot.
Plate I: Casting of Birdshot, Water Casting
Plate II: Casting of Birdshot, Water Casting
Plate III: Casting of Birdshot, Mold Casting
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=did;cc=did;rgn=main;view=text;idno=did2222.0001.496
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Swedish King's 'forgotten' 17th-century warship found in central Stockholm
Stefan Płużański's painting of the Battle of Oliwa in 1627, in which
Scepter may have participated. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Monday, 4 September 2017
17C American Women: Fleeing to America - Jews & their early settlement...
17C American Women: Fleeing to America - Jews & their early settlement...: For some decades Jews had flourished in Dutch-held areas of Brazil; but a Portuguese conquest of the area in 1654, confronted them with the ...
Sunday, 3 September 2017
Australian Arms Auction.
Author's pistol and image.
There are some nice flintlocks & other arms in this catalogue. If I had not already got all I need, I would seriously be considering getting some of the items in this catalogue.
Remember, no licence required for antique flintlock firearms in NSW (elsewhere check you firearms regs).
Black Powder Firearms Laws In Poland Vs Australia.
Here in Australia we have to have a Firearms licence & pass a firearms test to obtain that licence. A permit to purchase, & we have to register all guns including replica muzzle-loading guns. A replica muzzle-loading gun is the same as an identical antique muzzle-loading gun, no difference. It still loads from the muzzle, it still relies on a flint lock for ignition. But in Poland, which has the most stringent firearms laws in the world, you do not require a permit to purchase, a licence or registration. Only the gunpowder needs to be registered.
- BLACK POWDER FIREARMS IN POLAND:
Blackpowder not integrated cartridge guns, if manufactured before 1885, and
their replicas also multiple shot revolvers (separable loading only) are
available without any restrictions (Owner must to be over 18). They are also
permitted to be owned, used, and carried (You name it) loaded without any
permits. Curiously though, the purchase of the blackpowder requires
registration.
Saturday, 2 September 2017
17C American Women: Fleeing to America - Persecution - Quakers from En...
17C American Women: Fleeing to America - Persecution - Quakers from En...: Early Quaker Meeting where men & women + dogs & cats are not separated. The Quakers (or Religious Society of Friends) formed in ...
