Daily Fail invents a new class of firearm!

[walesdave]

In 35 years of shooting I've never come across a 'Long bore rifle' before; thank goodness I've got the Daily Fail to educate me...



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... d-son.html

The sidebar piece with input from 'Kent Gunsmiths' makes for interesting reading as well.....

[Christel]

Priceless

[millemigliadave]

Superintendent Cutler added today: 'Sadly we believe this to be an isolated incident we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident'

Really? Sadly???

Surely Superintendent Cutler didn't mean that.....

[Andy632]

Ban them all or else restrict them. There is no earthly reason for anyone to own a Long Bore Rifle. Can these even BE licenced??

This type of incident & reporting is what will lead to Air Weapon licencing as happened in Scotland.

[Dark Skies]

And note the absurdly huge police presence pandering to the occasion and happy to knowingly add to the disinformation.

[Pete]

The beeb said it was an "unmodified firearm"..................

Pete

[Dark Skies]

They're also calling it "a long-barrelled gun" now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-54070568

[shugie]

They're also calling it "a long-barrelled gun" now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-54070568

Not a nebelwerfer then

[snayperskaya]

"Gun expert Neil May said long barrel firearms usually refers to rifles.

'A long barrel firearm would typically be a rifle that fires an single centre shot"

So......a long bore rifle that fires AN single centre shot from a long barrel!!!???.

So would a rimfire be "an single off-centre shot?

[1066]

Gun expert Neil May said long barrel firearms usually refers to rifles.

'A long barrel firearm would typically be a rifle that fires an single centre shot,' he said.