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kennyc wrote:

User702 wrote:I thought it had to be an immobile object? I reckon with a bit of effort you could shift the Belfast.

They move her every few years for painting :) more to the point, where's the. Backstop?

How about the Houses of Parliament?

waterford103 wrote:The upper limit on section 1 is 20mm , very limited on ranges though --- Warcop is one and Sennybridge another .

If that's the case, how come I've seen artillery pieces (and tanks tongueout ) for sale as Section 1 firearms?


Edit: http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.ph ... lts#p55914 three functioning pieces from Holts Dec 2011 sale.

The turrets on Belfast can still traverse as well - I've noticed they do shift from time to time. One of my old man's acquaintances is a volunteer aboard her and helps maintain the guns and their traverse/elevation mechanism by greasing them and so on. Wouldn't surprise me if the main battery's still live - some of the secondary battery is definitely in full working order and apparently this summer they're going to fire blanks from one of them!

While wandering round the ship I did see a No.4 secured in a side cabin by a pretty hefty chain, along with what looked like a couple of Stens. I wonder...!

IainWR wrote:Solidly attached to a 10000 ton steel object - what's the security problem?

User702 wrote:I thought it had to be an immobile object? I reckon with a bit of effort you could shift the Belfast.

I reckon the bloody pikey's around here would be able to shift it given half a chance.

Well the largest rifle calibre (on pure bore size) i have is .577 snider.

I do a bit of re-enactment at a restored victorian fort in plymouth every few years and on the managers firearm certificate are such nice toys (which i get to play with some times) as 2 7" armstrong guns, 4 32 pounder breechloaders, 2 32 pounder muzzleloaders, 2 15" mortars, 1 75mm field gun. Also stored there is a 15 pounder field gun but on a private firearms certificate.
There are only a few security measures required like keeping breech blocks for the armstrongs in the small arms armoury.

I also help out crewing the ww1 Monitor HMS M33 currently dry docked in portsmouth, its 6" main guns and 12 pounder anti-aircraft gun are all live and on ticket but cannot be currently blank fired due to possible blast damage to HMS Victory. The Manager does have bits for a 12 bore sub calibre insert but it is the wrong mark for its guns. But this didnt stop me from shooting a Blank firing a Lewis gun from its deck!

We have a 17.9mm here which is about to become a Section 1

kennyc wrote: more to the point, where's the. Backstop?

From Google Earth, somewhere around Brent Cross shopping centre.

IainWR wrote:

kennyc wrote: more to the point, where's the. Backstop?

From Google Earth, somewhere around Brent Cross shopping centre.

seems fine to me in that case :cheers:

kennyc wrote:...more to the point, where's the. Backstop?

Tower Hamlets.

IainWR wrote:

kennyc wrote: more to the point, where's the. Backstop?

From Google Earth, somewhere around Brent Cross shopping centre.

I thought it was Potters Bar ............which might be a good place to test that on ..........