I once sat next to a man in cattle-class on a 747 'Jumbo Jet' returning to NZ and we chatted for a while .. I said I liked motorbikes and would love to buy a classic collectible, something like a Vincent, Velocette, or a Manx Norton. He ended that conversation right there by saying "NOW you're talking - I've got 50 Manx Nortons." - Well what can you say to that? - It became a quiet flight over the Pacific.
I never did get a thoroughbred British bike .. but I did own a Reliant Scimitar GTE fitted with a Holley carburetted Buick-Rover V8 motor for years ("THE BEAST") - I had a yellow Lotus 7 copy for a while too .. SO impractical but very 'driftable'.Our current nuclear free NZ regime is denying kiwi citizens their rights to self defence and the right to own firearms - while supporting Ukrainean rights and endorsing British & U S Military weapons of mass destruction designed to destroy millions of innocents. This is known as a dichotomy - or maybe a contradictory dictatorship.
There remain here some real Colts experts and Collecters who have studied and invested in historic early revolvers from way before I learned to toddle on rag rugs in wartime London .. plus there is a diminishing group of lawful target shooters and sports enthusiasts hanging on to their rights - So I'm just talking a bit about what I am learning as I go.
There are original Colts in New Zealand and there are some other good percussion revolvers including rival designs and copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRQ2l5N_K0
Marty K.
Love those percussion revolvers.... I have three of them.... two Remingtons and a Colt... all replicas that I shoot a lot (Cowboy Action). I am wondering how long it will be before they are confiscated "for public safety". The upcoming register is for that purpose I am 100% sure. There will be another "incident" and the wider public will be told that all guns must be banned because it's just too dangerous to have guns in the community.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, the guns they need to get are the ones they never will, and the criminals will have the field to themselves, as they do in the UK.
I cannot believe our MPs (and police) are so stupid as not to realise that their laws make NO difference to the criminal misuse of firearms, so I am left with the only other conclusion, that the idea of an armed society frightens them.
I will leave you to ponder the question of why that might be..... Last time I speculated on it I got 30 days FB gaol...
100% Kathryn - "Democracy" was always very iffy but is totally farcical now. We definately need a reform to install a CITIZENS ASSEMBLY to rationalise administration - but that will take decades (if ever) meanwhile "Shooters Rights" will have gone for ever.
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