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    UDAR revolver shotgun... aka Crazy Ivan?

    "......Last but far from least is the remarkable 12.3mm UDAR double-action revolver shotgun. The size of a compact medium-bore revolver, with a weight of 0.92kg and dimensions of l73x136x44mm, the UDAR holds five rounds of a cartridge claimed to be based on a 32-gauge shotgun case, although this...
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    Iowa's Pheasant Season - Opening Day Report

    Iowa's Pheasant season opened last Satuday, 10/26. My parents have a 480 acer farm in Page county in SW Iowa - all of it CRP, ditch, fence row, or pasture. Weather was crisp and overcast. With 7 friends and three bird dogs we hunted from nine to noon and bagged 18 pheasants between us. Saw...
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    Iowa's cottontail rabbit and squirrel seasons open September 1st

    Seems kinda early, in southern Wisconsin these seasons open around the middle of October. Conventional wisdom says you don't hunt these rodents until after a good hard frost. Dang, where's the summer gone?-- Kernel
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    The next hot spot: Spain vs. Morocco

    Spain Kicks Moroccan Soldiers Off Island RABAT, Morocco (AP) 7/17/02 – Morocco demanded the immediate withdrawal of Spanish forces from a tiny, disputed Mediterranean island, saying today that it was an "integral part" of Moroccan territory. Earlier today, Spanish forces evicted a unit of...
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    ***!!??.... Israeli "Sniper" Shotgun

    From the Israeli Special Forces Home Page - Mossberg 695. From their Sniper Weapon Systems (SWS) guide. Must be for those PLO "Shotgun Only" zones on the West Bank. I wonder if they have Bonus Tags and an Early Muzzleloader season too. :) -- Kernel
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    870 Express in .410 and 28 gauge

    Stopped by a favorite gunshop yesterday. They had new Remington Express 870s in .410 and 28 gauge, 3 or 4 each, with a price of 299.00 on them IIRC (maybe it was 399.00, I dunno, was just looking... not looking to buy). I knew they made a .410 from time to time (last one I saw at a gunshow the...
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    Japan sinks 'North Korea spying ship'

    By Marcus Warren in Moscow (Telegraph Group Limited Filed: 24/12/2001) JAPAN's armed forces sank their first ship since the Second World War at the weekend, opening fire on a mystery vessel believed to be a North Korean spy ship. The Japanese Coast Guard yesterday recovered three bodies from...
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    Canadian Feminist: "Arm the Afghan Women"

    Fox News Arm the Afghan Women Tuesday, November 20, 2001 By Wendy McElroy It is commonplace to assume that toppling the Taliban will free Afghan women. But in an unstable country where soldiers celebrate conquest by raping — and where there is currently no guarantee that whatever form of...
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    What if today's media covered World War II?

    LIFE DURING WARTIME Now and Then What if today's media covered World War II? BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Saturday, November 10, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST Dec. 12, 1941: The City Council of Berkeley, Calif. approves, by 5-4, a resolution condemning as "warmongering" the recent U.S. declaration of war...
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    Who did it? Israeli Intelligence suspects "clinical psychopath" Imad Mughniyeh....

    19 September 2001 Jane's Foreign Report Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view Israel’s military intelligence service, Aman, suspects that Iraq is the state that sponsored the suicide attacks on the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington. Directing the...
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    Jane's Editorial: "The surgical strike is a myth"

    18 September 2001 Jane's Foreign Report The surgical strike is a myth An American military operation is not in doubt; it will come sooner or later, and it will be fairly spectacular. However, President George W Bush is aware that an ill-conceived, botched military attempt will be worse than...
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    Russia bombers to probe U.S. defenses

    by Bill Gertz, World Tribune.com Russian strategic bombers were deployed recently to a Far Eastern airfield and are expected to test U.S. air defenses during large-scale nuclear exercises this week, according to U.S. intelligence officials. The strategic war games began Monday with...
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    Russian MIGs Harass U.S. P-3s Over Pacific

    Drudge Report 9/10/2001 RUSSIAN WARPLANES HARASS U.S. CRAFT OVER PACIFIC: Russian warplanes threatened patrolling U.S. Navy P-3 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean last week as the American planes monitored a military exercise in the region, the WASHINGTON TIMES is planning to report on...
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    Democrats' New Plan to Circumvent Constitution: "Yes, Litmus-Test Judges."

    September 6, 2001 Judges and the Constitution: Everything Is Politics by Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute Timed nicely for Sen. Charles Schumer's summer hearings on judicial ideology and the Senate confirmation process, Democratic party elder Joseph A. Califano Jr., placed an op-ed in the...
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    The Next New Shooting War???..... Banana Prices Soar!!!!

    Tensions Rising in Central American By Freddy Cuevas Associated Press Writer Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001; 10:26 p.m. EDT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras –– Simmering tensions involving three neighboring Central American nations are intensifying, with allegations of military spying and treason, and even...
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    Gun Shops in Birmingham???

    I'll be in B'ham for a few days next week on business (the town of Hoover, actually, near I65 and Valleydale Road). Will have time to check out some Gun Shops, Hunting/Fishing Stores, Pawn Shops, etc. Any suggestions? Will probably be back a half dozen times over the next 6 months (might even...
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    New HK (Fabrams) O/U Slug Gun ??!!

    IWA 2001 - Germany’s International Hunting/Shooting Trade Fair Verbatim from the G&A web site: "This one I really liked. Built by Fabarms but not imported by their U.S. distributor, HK, this sleek little 12 gauge is a slug gun with rifle sights intended for hunters who use dogs. In the U.S...
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    Beretta's New .22LR Plinker

    At the 130th NRA Annual Meeting - the Beretta NEOS Verbatim from the G&A web site: "Beretta Product marketing manager Gabriele De Plano shows the first ever Beretta firearm to be designed by American's - The U22 NEOS .22 caliber plinking handgun. Specifications for the gun have not yet been...
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    Beretta's New .22LR Plinker

    At the 130th NRA Annual Meeting - the Beretta NEOS Verbatim from the G&A web site: "Beretta Product marketing manager Gabriele De Plano shows the first ever Beretta firearm to be designed by American's - The U22 NEOS .22 caliber plinking handgun. Specifications for the gun have not yet been...
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    New Russian Break-Open .357 Mag

    From the Guns & Ammo web site..... - Nurnberg Germany’s International Trade Fair for Hunting and Shooting Arms - "Radically different is this top-break .357 Magnum revolver built by Russia’s Bail featuring a polymer frame." Interesting ... good to see the Russians are keeping busy making...
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