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Re: stray round from a rifle range?
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:12 pm
by mr smith
Dougan wrote:Yes, but surely it was just the head she found...and not the whole bullet...
Oh dear.....................this will upset somebody...............
Re: stray round from a rifle range?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:57 am
by 1066
[/quote]Well actually the clip still says 'bullett' wtfwtf[/quote]
Just as well it wasn't a gun bullett eh! :lol:
Re: stray round from a rifle range?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:18 pm
by Gaz
Putting on my media hat:
- No bullet hole or mark on the property. On a white painted wall I'd expect the impact mark to show up pretty clearly, and I'd have expected both a) the journos to ask if the impact mark could be seen, and b) the landlady to show them to add credence to her story.
- Bullet-marked range sign - really?! Bloody slack drills by the club for allowing members to pop off at the sign, never mind leaving it pockmarked. Massively bad impression for prospective members and people watching that video alike.
- Very convenient for the journalists - this sort of "dangerous guns" and "local conflict" stories get local news hacks drooling. I suspect the landlady wants the rifle club gone for noise reasons.
- Bullet hits solid wall and bounces off, fine. But are you seriously telling me that a mangled bullet can be recognised as a certain calibre just by looking at it? No ballistic forensic analysis involved? Too convenient.
- Poor journalism by not getting the club to comment. Unless, of course, somebody told the club that "no comment" was a good idea...
- The "thwack, thump" sound the landlady describes does sound authentic. I find it difficult to believe a range shooter could put one over the top, though.
Re: stray round from a rifle range?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:37 pm
by Christel
Does anyone know what really happened and what happened next?
Re: stray round from a rifle range?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:52 pm
by John25
My new (to me) Devon and Cornwall FEO was sceptical about it being a round from a cartridge gun. More likely an air gun or BB.
He obviously knew the case and wouldn't discuss it at length, quite rightly, as it was still being investigated.
When I offered my take on it, that it was
possibly a route being taken by an anti-gun/shooter to promote the cause, he just smiled and asked me where I was going to put the cabinet.
