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My first posting - think I've done everything right but if not, feel free to delete, move, whatever's appropriate. Came across this site of a firm making 20mm rifles amongst others and found that here in the UK, they're still legal. OK,OK, it would entail me moving house because the ranges at which I could shoot one are 100miles+ away and I would have to spend a lot of my savings and I'm currently in between jobs, so not currently feasible. But the prospect of owning one did cross my mind...and they are tempting... Anyone own one of these/similar? What...

CUT THEM DOWN: The Barrett XM-109 Sniper Rifle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sniping just got a whole lot more deadly with the Barrett XM-109 sniper rifle, which marries improved range with the firepower of an Apache helicopter. Sniper Nirvana: The high-powered Barrett XM-109 rifle. XM-109 Rifle: The Skinny Name: Barrett XM-109 Sniper Rifle Type of Equipment: Sniper Rifle Killer Features: Fires 25mm low velocity HEDP ammunition Accurate out to 2,500 meters 46 inches long, weighs 33 pounds. Components interchangeable with M-107 .50 caliber rifle Incorporates BORS ballistic computer Hakkaa Päälle -- the term is Finnish for "Cut them down," and it's been...

Board takes up ban on gun sales Law would prohibit selling high-powered rifles in unincorporated areas By Tamara Grippi, STAFF WRITER MARTINEZ -- High-powered rifles are the target of a new ordinance that will be introduced by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors at their meeting Tuesday. The proposed law would prohibit the sale of .50-caliber rifles in unincorporated areas of the county. Supervisors John Gioia of Richmond and Gayle Uilkema of Lafayette, who are recommend-ing the ordinance, say the ban is intended as a public safety measure. Telecommunications towers, industrial plants such as oil refineries and railroad cars...