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Old 11-25-2011, 12:11 PM
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That is a lot of fire power, what do you do with 100 thousand rounds of ammo
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:15 PM
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This from the CBC:

An Edmonton man has been charged with 72 offences after RCMP seized 75 firearms and 100,000 rounds of ammunition at a home.
Christian Bonilla, 39, is also accused of trying to smuggle an illegal weapon into Canada, according to court documents obtained by CBC News.
He was stopped at the Aldergrove, B.C., border crossing on May 26.
He is accused of telling Canadian border guards that a gun found in his vehicle was properly registered, even though he had no documentation.
The gun was seized, and Bonilla was allowed to continue his trip home to Edmonton.
But when officers investigated, they discovered the gun was a prohibited weapon.
Investigators eventually searched Bonilla's south Edmonton house on Aug. 30.
They found 70 firearms, four classified as prohibited, documents show.
They also seized suppressors, also known as silencers.
Polices also found a workshop set up to modify firearms, five partial weapons in the process of being modified and more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition.
Investigators believe Bonilla has bought and sold more than 300 firearms.
They say he has been to the United States 12 times in the past two years.
None of the allegations in the documents has been proven in court.
Bonilla faces four counts of importing a prohibited firearm, four counts of possessing a prohibited firearm, 49 counts of possessing a prohibitive gun magazine and 15 unsafe storage charges.
Bonilla's first court appearance is set for January.

Just what we need. Hope they nail him hard if he's selling undocumented or illegal weapons..
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:16 PM
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He could take out a small army with that kind of fire power and ammo
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:21 PM
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He could take out a small army with that kind of fire power and ammo
The ammo is no big deal, your regular shooter blows threw more than that in a couple of trips to the range. I have about a thousand rounds in the house just for the .223 not including the hunting rifles. I wouldn't even want to guess how much the guys like Cat have on hand
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:23 PM
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The ammo is no big deal, your regular shooter blows threw more than that in a couple of trips to the range. I have about a thousand rounds in the house just for the .223 not including the hunting rifles. I wouldn't even want to guess how much the guys like Cat have on hand
Yea thats true, but wonder what the guy was doing with these guns, if you are not hunter or collector then what would this guy be doing with the guns in the first place.
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:26 PM
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Yea thats true, but wonder what the guy was doing with these guns, if you are not hunter or collector then what would this guy be doing with the guns in the first place.
Now don't be reaching for the "why does anyone need..." argument. Not on THIS board. LOL Fine with focusing on the illegal aspects... prohibited weapons, making (likely) illegal modifications, smuggling.
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:44 PM
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The ammo is no big deal, your regular shooter blows threw more than that in a couple of trips to the range. I have about a thousand rounds in the house just for the .223 not including the hunting rifles. I wouldn't even want to guess how much the guys like Cat have on hand
The average shooter goes through 100,000 rounds in a couple trips to the range?
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Old 11-25-2011, 12:53 PM
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Keg... - if you read this one... which one of our points does this make? was it harassment or a valid search and seizure well within the law?

they used the law to get a guy with illegal firearms ect. Did he deserve it or should he be allowed to have all of this stuff?
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Old 11-25-2011, 03:54 PM
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The average shooter goes through 100,000 rounds in a couple trips to the range?
Missed the double 00 after the one
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Old 11-25-2011, 05:53 PM
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The average shooter goes through 100,000 rounds in a couple trips to the range?
Oh yeah...I think I went through 50 or 60,000 rounds just getting the old 300wby sighted in. what's it mean when the barrel goes from silver to red by the way???

Let's see...50,000 rounds divided by 20 = 2500 boxes of ammo multiply by $40 a box = $100,000.00. Yikes...that's a porsche right there.
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Old 11-26-2011, 03:12 PM
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The average shooter goes through 100,000 rounds in a couple trips to the range?
Huh funny last night between my wife and I we went through 2000 rounds of 9mm and about 1000 22's. And we could of kept shooting but thats all I brought. So to me 100,000 really isnt much.... in my eyes at least.
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Old 11-25-2011, 04:11 PM
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The ammo is no big deal, your regular shooter blows threw more than that in a couple of trips to the range. I have about a thousand rounds in the house just for the .223 not including the hunting rifles. I wouldn't even want to guess how much the guys like Cat have on hand
I haven't shot high volume center fire for a few years, but used to go through 40lbs or better of powder in a season for one caliber - it's not that hard to do with a 308 if you are shooting every other day or so, and it is why some people say a 308 will never wear out when others are changing arrel every season .
A match rifle is gonzo, with that volume in one year under normal conditions..
.223? Crap, 100,000 rounds is REAL high volume , especially since i shoot a single shot bolt action!!
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Old 11-25-2011, 04:46 PM
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I always try to get as many details about incidents like this. We know that a lot of big busts advertised by the police have turned into little dribbly nothings.
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