Senseless Waste!!

John -Melb · 05-09-2004, 06:54 AM

Down here it's done by the Government.

There was a write up in the Australian Shooter a few years ago about two old rifles saved in very similar circumstances in Adelaide, South Australia.

The Mauser had formerly been the property of Hercules Viljoen, who commanded a Boer Commando in the Spelonoken during the Boer War.

The Lee Metford carbine had belonged to Lt GR Witton BVC.

The cultural vandals (I can think of more suitable words, but I'm trying to be polite) who where running the buy-back centre would have quite happily crushed these guns, if they had got their hands on them.

05-09-2004, 06:54 AM	#6
John -Melb User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Peoples Republic of Australia! Posts: 145 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Down here it's done by the Government. There was a write up in the Australian Shooter a few years ago about two old rifles saved in very similar circumstances in Adelaide, South Australia. The Mauser had formerly been the property of Hercules Viljoen, who commanded a Boer Commando in the Spelonoken during the Boer War. The Lee Metford carbine had belonged to Lt GR Witton BVC. The cultural vandals (I can think of more suitable words, but I'm trying to be polite) who where running the buy-back centre would have quite happily crushed these guns, if they had got their hands on them.