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RE: RIP 2025 - theo_luddite - 05-07-2025
It's unlikely. When I lived in Canada some of our customers were in Upstate Noo Yark. One of them was Remington Arms. They took us through the whole rifle manufacturing process from machining the stocks to the forging, machining, boring, reaming, rifling et al, assembley, customisation and testing. Yes, "the whole shooting match." The rifles were placed on test rigs to eliminate human error and if any were shooting repeatedly outside the "limits" of high/low/left/right then they were adjusted accordingly.
Each rifle was issued a certificate as to it's accuracy. If any came back because the owner(s) thought the rifle wasn't shooting straight, they found less than a slack handful in about every 10 years of production were more than something like 5% less accurate than when made. "Operator error due to lack of proper coaching/training" was the most often used reply. Plus ça change and all that. Given you can buy guns/rifles in Walmart and Guns 'r' Us (or something much like that), any wonder many of them can't shoot straight?
RE: RIP 2025 - Lord Snooty - 05-07-2025
Julian McMahon.56. Played Cole in Charmed.
RE: RIP 2025 - Lord Snooty - 06-07-2025
Gordon Jago 92. QPR, Millwall manager.
RE: RIP 2025 - themaclad - 08-07-2025
Norman Tebbit 94
RE: RIP 2025 - Lord Snooty - 08-07-2025
(08-07-2025, 09:19)themaclad Wrote: Norman Tebbit 94
Drive a stake through his heart to make sure.
RE: RIP 2025 - Lord Snooty - 08-07-2025
Wayne Dobson 68. TV magician. MS.
RE: RIP 2025 - theo_luddite - 08-07-2025
(08-07-2025, 09:41)Lord Snooty Wrote:(08-07-2025, 09:19)themaclad Wrote: Norman Tebbit 94
Drive a stake through his heart to make sure.
Someone has said "may he rest in peace, next to a drop forge".
RE: RIP 2025 - themaclad - 10-07-2025
Alan Peacock 87 Leeds/England
RE: RIP 2025 - themaclad - 12-07-2025
Ian Blair 72 Former Commissioner of the Met Police
Wayne Dobson 68 Magician A kind of magic
RE: RIP 2025 - Lord Snooty - 13-07-2025
Dave Cousins 85. Original member of the Strawbs