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Re: Proofing a DR in the States?
      09/07/07 01:44 AM

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Incidentally one does not "proof" a gun one "Proves" Thus when it has passed and carries "proof" marks they are evidence that the gun has been "proved", the assertion that the gun is fit for the task has been "proven"

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Quite correct, that's why I put it in quotes.

As far as your other statement goes, I'm sorry, but he has no other options in the USA. He can ship it to Blighty or Belge or he can prove it himself or hire somebody to do it for him and then take their word for it. There is no "government guarantee" here.

You guys yap about the wonders and mysteries of your proof houses as if they are essential to the preservation of life and limb while our makers get along quite nicely without them. And I might remind you, since you seem so enamored of your own gun industry, that the American commercial gun industry is the largest in the world and somehow manages to spin out uncountable shooting irons all without Uncle Sam's or John Bull's involvement.

I know, I know, a British double is a different breed of gun than any other powder burner. It requires an Act of Parliament to make sure it doesn't go to pieces.

As I've mentioned earlier, ours stay put out of fear of the American Bar Association.

I'm not sure which Protector is better, or worse for that matter, but since I rarely hear of a British double or an American whatever letting go, I suspect both methods work fairly well...

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* Proofing a DR in the States? gathumper 08/07/07 10:05 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 9.3x57   08/07/07 11:54 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? Bramble   08/07/07 11:46 PM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 9.3x57   09/07/07 01:44 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? Bramble   09/07/07 04:32 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? gathumper   09/07/07 05:38 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 9.3x57   09/07/07 06:25 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? Bramble   09/07/07 07:02 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? gathumper   09/07/07 02:10 PM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 9.3x57   09/07/07 11:22 PM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? xausa   10/07/07 02:50 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? Bramble   10/07/07 06:35 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 9.3x57   10/07/07 10:54 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? 3sixbits   11/07/07 09:17 AM
. * * Re: Proofing a DR in the States? gathumper   10/07/07 02:29 AM

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