sunday's ar15 retro shooting

only to share..
this sunday afternoon i and my wife make some shooting with us ar15..

this my wife shooting with my ar15 "vietnam " style..

and this in her M4..

Nice one - thanks for sharing luchs ...but what calibre are your guns in as I knew that Italian civilians are prohibited from shooting conventional military calibres (that's how 9x21mm came up for Beretta instead of 9mm Para as many of us knew)...or maybe you're a member of the military...

jim wrote:

Nice one - thanks for sharing luchs ...but what calibre are your guns in as I knew that Italian civilians are prohibited from shooting conventional military calibres (that's how 9x21mm came up for Beretta instead of 9mm Para as many of us knew)...or maybe you're a member of the military...

the rifles are in 223/5,56x45..
in italy only the 9mm para is forbbiten for civilians..

Thanks luchs...just cannot figure out why only 9x19mm is prohibited from civilians (i.e. what's so special about it)...

jim wrote:

Thanks luchs...just cannot figure out why only 9x19mm is prohibited from civilians (i.e. what's so special about it)...

nobody can..is a paranoic thing about the status of the police and armed force..

One of my assumptions: for easier identification of who'll be the likely offender(s) when gun crimes happen...if it is x21mm then it'll be committed by the civilians and if it is x19mm then either the army/crims are responsible

Anyway...it's better to shoot a normal looking gun with "slightly" different calibre than shooting an utterly stupid looking gun with normal calibre (like what happens in Australia/Canada now)...

jim wrote:

One of my assumptions: for easier identification of who'll be the likely offender(s) when gun crimes happen...if it is x21mm then it'll be committed by the civilians and if it is x19mm then either the army/crims are responsible

its a joke..the criminals are a lot of stolen weapons in 9x21 by hands..and also you can shoot without trouble a 9x19 in a 9x21's gun..

Tell me when you've heard of a sensible gun law anywhere in the world...

OK back to your M16s...civilians allow to own military-configuration semi-auto longarms easily or special license required in Italy?

Here in HK no official word about it but the licensing dept will automatically reject any military-styled longarm application ...

jim wrote:

Tell me when you've heard of a sensible gun law anywhere in the world...

OK back to your M16s...civilians allow to own military-configuration semi-auto longarms easily or special license required in Italy?

Here in HK no official word about it but the licensing dept will automatically reject any military-styled longarm application ...

in italy the semiauto longs arms of military aspect are hunting weapons or sporting weapons..is the overall lenght that make the difference..down 60 cm are sprtoing guns..over 60 cm are hunting guns.
but when you have a licence for sporting shooting or hunting you can buy them ..
last years a lot of restriction on guns were gone away..
the license have six years term before must be rennoved,you buy waht do you wants ( except full auto and 9 x19 semaiuto handgun ) ,registred them to police and stop..omly for have more then 3 handgun you must have collectors license..but you can obtain it easily ..
if the license exipereted you can still have your weapons only do not buy another or trasport or carry them out of your house..

Already loves Italy in many aspects...and now it seems even better ...