End of my Finnish season 2009

[Hannu]

I put this here, if someone is interested in European hunting things. If this violates forum rules, please remove this post.

I ended my personal hunting season 2009 in Finland yesterday.
I was thinking to go home. I already started to put scope cover back on, when I saw him started running 50-60 yards away.
I had my fingers touching the scope cover and my rifle was still loaded, so I was able to make the shot before he disappeared

Result is a nice roebuck, age propably 2-3 years.

Firearm; Steyr SSG .308 T + Zeiss Diavari 6-24x56
Ammo used; handload with Hornady 150gr Interbond and almost full can of BL-C(2).

[10x]

Good for you!
That looks like a small target while running for a 6-24 scope.

[Irving]

When you move here, and come to a shoot with us, are we supposed to look for the guy with a gray square taped to his face?

[Hannu]

Yes, you will know it is me because of my grey face or grey face mask
Sorry about that, but I have a few reasons why I do not want to present my face on a public forum.

That rifle and scope are mainly for shooting range and for stalking game.
Here in Finland we shoot most our whitetails and roe deers after sunset - big scope with good glass and illuminated reticle are needed then.

My big game rifle and IPSC Open AR-15 have 1-6x scopes with illuminated reticles for close and medium close range work :



Clearly the best low power scopes on the market, by the way.

[Irving]

It's okay, just giving you crap.

[DOC]

What are the gun laws like in your land?

[theGinsue]

Sorry about that, but I have a few reasons why I do not want to present my face on a public forum.

Its all good. I'm so damned ugly that it's usually someone else putting the grey boxes over my face in photos with me.


That's a nice roebuck. You should have been able to haul that out of the wilderness easily enough. I can't wait to see the pics of you with your first Colorado elk (and a grey box over your face)!

[Hannu]

What are the gun laws like in your land?

Well, they are very different Basicly, in Finland at this time, gun laws are quite reasonable. You need to register all firearms etc and you need to tell police what are you going to do with that gun.

However, our gun licenses are not really based on laws. In Finland, it is the local police who makes those decisions. They even decide, what kind of firearm you may use. For example, no AR-15 rifles for hunting purposes. You may use your AR-15 for hunting, but you need to get license for different reason.

Finnish Police has made their own directions about who they give a license and what kind of license. Those directions are not based on law, and they conflict with the law.
We have tried to fight that off for years, with bad results

We found a nice apartment in Gunbarrel. Now I just need to wait for 90 days and I can buy some firearms

They may take your license(s) off, if you (for example) have 3 traffic speeding tickets during 2 years. Except, if you are a policeman, then you can drink & work and you wil propably get no penalty

Our parliament is right now processing our new gun law, which looks very bad I am afraid, our next gun law will be extremely bad

Well, what can you expect, if your presidents nickname is "Red"

[DOC]

Thanks. I don't want to say what I really think, but I wish you luck in your gun rights battle. I wish you strength and luck and I wish you fight them every step of the way and let no new law pass. You should give them hell for every inch (or metric) they want to take and nothing but love for every step they take back. That way they will see the best way to go is the only one to take.

[Daniel_187]

Well, they are very different Basicly, in Finland at this time, gun laws are quite reasonable. You need to register all firearms etc and you need to tell police what are you going to do with that gun.

However, our gun licenses are not really based on laws. In Finland, it is the local police who makes those decisions. They even decide, what kind of firearm you may use. For example, no AR-15 rifles for hunting purposes. You may use your AR-15 for hunting, but you need to get license for different reason.

Finnish Police has made their own directions about who they give a license and what kind of license. Those directions are not based on law, and they conflict with the law.
We have tried to fight that off for years, with bad results

We found a nice apartment in Gunbarrel. Now I just need to wait for 90 days and I can buy some firearms

They may take your license(s) off, if you (for example) have 3 traffic speeding tickets during 2 years. Except, if you are a policeman, then you can drink & work and you wil propably get no penalty

Our parliament is right now processing our new gun law, which looks very bad I am afraid, our next gun law will be extremely bad

Well, what can you expect, if your presidents nickname is "Red"

Well hotdog neighbor, your right down the Street from me. small world, if you need help moving a sofa or something am cheap(12pack) Hit me up if you want and I know of a range you could use if you keep it on the DL