Doesn't the BBC have ANY firearm experts?

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Re: Doesn't the BBC have ANY firearm experts?

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Graham M wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:30 pm Watched an episode of Inspector George Gently, and one of the scenes was set in a church where the baddy took a shot with a "Silenced" centrefire rifle. Looked like a sporterized .303 or similar.
The bad guy was up high in the church and fired the rifle which was silenced to a point where it was quieter than an air rifle and the choir a few yards away were totally unaware of the shot.
Even the bullet travelling at supersonic speed and hitting one of the pillars wasn't heard, even though a centrefire bullet hitting a stone wall inside a church would have sounded like a bomb going off.
Wasn't a De Lisle by any chance was it?
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I'm afraid the BBC has no experts of any kind. Unfortunately, experts are too well informed and have an inconvenient habit of speaking the truth or using facts.

Just saying.
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walesdave wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:47 pm If you fancy a laugh, have a watch of 'Shetland' on the Beeb at the moment: Episode 1.

I quite enjoyed the rest of the programme but my wife had to stop me laughing (and trying to explain why) at the 100% complete garbage the 'coroner' came out with during an autopsy.

Based on a single deformed copper jacketed bullet (that had no rifling as far as I could tell) she declared within seconds:
- It came from a WW2 era Walther P38
- It uses rare 9mm ammunition that is hard to find
- 9mm ammunition could be made 'under ground' with the bullets being made by a skilled machinist (turning 9mm bullets on a lathe maybe?

And then they went on about a few things as if the handgun ban had never happened; 'Lets check the 'local gun register for any P38's'
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Yes I saw that too though to be perfectly honest I wasn't really paying attention as I was reading. My wife asked me "is that true, didn't you once have a P38".
My reply was "yes I had a P38 and no that's absolute crap".

As for 9mm being rare, what planet are these script writers living on, and why would a skilled machinist turn a 9mm bullet when it's so easy to cast one?
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1066 wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:56 am Wasn't a De Lisle by any chance was it?
Can't remember, it was a while ago and I could never make it out.
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I can't remember the actual scene from George Gently in the cathedral but I do recall a takedown version of a .30 carbine being used in one episode and a Parker Hale or possibly a BSA sporting rifle (1200 safari style stock, they both used the same Italian supplier) being used in another episode. In fact I seem to remember that it was the sporting rifle that was used to kill George on the beach in the final episode.
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Could well be a Monarch or Majestic or similar. Loved the series but when you think of the damage a rifle bullet does it makes you smile to see how it took three shots to kill him.
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Their go to ‘expert’ is Yardley, he was on Radio 2 Thursday.
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Airbrush wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:32 am Their go to ‘expert’ is Yardley, he was on Radio 2 Thursday.
Ah Michael Yardley, the chap who wants guns that he doesn't like banned. bangbang
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Airbrush wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:32 am Their go to throbber is Yardley, he was on Radio 2 Thursday.
FIFY!
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Airbrush wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:32 am Their go to ‘expert’ is Yardley, he was on Radio 2 Thursday.
I was enjoying this thread, and then you mentioned the tw'i't who shall not be named :squirrel:
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