[wild bunch in Australia]

10 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

 

Why?

That crazy French system has messed so many things up!

Interestingly enough, contrary to popular misconception here in the US, the UK has not *really* gone metric.  Yes, they due use celcius to tell you the temperature outside, but several people told me that ovens are in Farenheit.  The spedomitor and odomiter in cars are in miles, not kilometers, and all road signs and distances are given in miles or yards.  Ask someone how much something weighs, and they are likely to tell you how many "stone" it is, which is, I forget, so many pounds.  Kilos or kilograms are not mentioned.  Same for height.  People referred to how tall they were in feet and inches, not centimeters or portions of a meter.  Folks in the UK were VERY upset when the EU told pubs they had to start selling glasses of beer by however many milliliters instead of by the pint.  (I maintain this was the real reason for Brexit.)  Curiously, a UK pint is slightly bigger than a US pint.  Ounces are the same size though.  Interestingly, I was surprised at how cheap gas, or petrol as they call it, seemed to be.  If I recall correctly, it was 1.65.  But then I remembered that this the price per Pound, not Dollar, and then I realized it was price her liter, not gallon.   So it was more like $5.  Ouch!  

It's very curious.  Especially since the UK is "officially" metric.  But in practical reality, there seems to be a mixture of Metric and Imperial measurements.

Oh, and by the way, in the US, we don't use Imperial.  We use "Customary American Measurements."  (Yeah, I wish we had a better term.  I refer "normal.")  I make the distinction because there are some differences in the US and UK measurements, in spite of using the same name.  The aforementioned pint is one example.  Tons are also different.  In the US, a ton is 2000 pounds.  In the UK, it's 2200.  Neither should be confused with the strange "metric ton" which comes in at I have no idea how many pounds.  But it should be spelled tonne, to avoid confusion!  There are other minor differences as well.   I think gallon, and possibly mile are also different, but inches, feet and yards are the same.

Nuff said.

I'm sure you know but we in Australia are not the UK even though we are still part of the Commonwealth.

[wild bunch in Australia]

And we also use the metric system.

[wild bunch in Australia]

Yes you can shoot WB, but you have to be riding a kangaroo and also must be using a boomerang as a prop.

[How often do you anneal your BP brass?]

12 hours ago, Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 said:

Howdy Orient...Can't help you with your question as I don't anneal any of my brass whether 44-40 BP or 45LC smokeless  [ I probably should ]

Just wanted to say that I saw you at the BP shoot last w-end & it was remiss of me to not introduce myself & have a yarn..sorry...next time for sure if we meet up again..take care ..Regards 'Mohawk

G'day mate. Yes, it was a great shoot last weekend. I did spot you a couple of times, you're kinda hard to miss ;-p

[How often do you anneal your BP brass?]

I shoot .38spl blackpowder and up until now anneal after every firing. Is that overkill and even necessary? How often do you anneal your straight-wall brass?

[Winchester Featherlite (Low noise low recoil) shotshell future availability?]

6 hours ago, Marauder SASS #13056 said:

It figures that your importers would follow the l"local" trends and act accordingly.  Don't know if you can get the low recoil Remingtons there.
 

The only orher low recoil shells available locally are Cowboy Saloon

[Winchester Featherlite (Low noise low recoil) shotshell future availability?]

1 hour ago, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said:

I disagree!

I have Cheddite @$60. Will be vending at EOT!

You do realise I'm in Australia...

[Winchester Featherlite (Low noise low recoil) shotshell future availability?]

8 minutes ago, Texas Jack Black said:

 Just roll your own,

Best Wishes

I usually roll my own BP shells but there's no shotshell primers available anywhere.

[Winchester Featherlite (Low noise low recoil) shotshell future availability?]

15 hours ago, Shooting Bull said:

I haven't heard anything about it but I'd sure understand it.  Imagine all the extra labor required having to do everything upside down. 

Plus everything gets delivered by kangaroo hence higher transport costs.

[Win LNLR in stock]

US$130 converts to AUD$198, so me getting them at $160 is a bargain

[Win LNLR in stock]

Is "a case" the same as a slab, i.e 10 boxes? In Australia I just paid $160 for a slab of LNLR.

[Winchester Featherlite (Low noise low recoil) shotshell future availability?]

I was in my local gunshop last week buying more slabs of shotshell and the fella behind the counter mentioned Winchester (Australia) will reduce importing Featherlites due to low demand. Has anyone heard this in the US? Maybe it's only a Winchester Australia thing?