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Thread: Meanwhile back in Finland...
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06-01-2020, 16:30 #831
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
The man really had some guts: first he disabled the rear gunners, then he flew his plane to 20 meters from the bombers to disable their engines and crew... All this happened within the sight of the ground crew and was also witnessed by the second wave of fighters with Lt Sovelius who were chasing the first wave of lone Lt Sarvanto who's wing man failed to scramble for engine failure. One helluva airshow!
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06-01-2020, 17:31 #832
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06-01-2020, 17:38 #833
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
It's called Sisu
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06-01-2020, 17:46 #834
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
Had to look that up: “To the Finnish people, sisu has a mystical, almost magical meaning. ... It is a Finnish term that can be roughly translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. Sisu is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain that courage.”
Yup. That’s pure brass balls stuff for sure, that man clanged when he walked. 🍻
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06-01-2020, 21:20 #835
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08-01-2020, 13:28 #836
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
Went to the local police station yesterday and left an application for a permit to buy a 9 mm pistol for sports shooting. The application fee is a whopping 90€ / R1426, but I've noticed that life is an expensive thing...
I have already paid for the pistol: a second hand Glock 19 Pro Gen 4, shot 500 rounds. The Pro model has tritium sights, 2 kg trigger and a longer barrel threaded for a suppressor. Why not Gen 5? This one is over 500€ cheaper than a new Gen 5 is the main reason for sure.
And now I'll just have to wait.
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16-01-2020, 19:32 #837
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
...about my application for the gun permit.
There was a document missing from my application I left to the station last Tuesday (proof of active avocation), so after I got it from a dedicated person, one of who can actually write these documents, I emailed it (a scan will do fine) on late Thursday evening to the police station office. On Friday morning I got an email from the clerk to whom I gave my documents thanking for the final document and stating that she'll put the application on the desk of the DFO, which she did: today after six days I got an SMS...
Originally Posted by The Police
There it is, a pile of four papers with my signature on each of them: one for the selling party, one for them to send to the police (a notice of sales), one for me and one for my police station when I go there to have the pistol checked by a DFO to make sure it meets the classification of "Pistol 9mm, self loading" as per the permit states. And to file the pistol to the police central gun registry under my name. Every single legal firearm is on that system, so any DFO on any station can check if a person is the actual owner of a certain weapon.
I sent the papers to the seller...who is on vacation in Thailand for two weeks. It's a company pistol, so I just hope there's somebody else who can sign these documents or I'll have to wait for yet another fortnight...
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16-01-2020, 19:48 #838
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
Good luck hope someone else can sign.
Wish we were so lucky in our country to have such a simplistic system.
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18-01-2020, 13:55 #839
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
Me multiple safes full with firearms waiting for the new to me pistol...
Part of my pistol training regimen is sessions with 100 rounds through a suppressed .22LR pistol, low ready - aim - send it, from various distances between seven to 20 meters. 100 rounds is perfect to me, enough to have repetitions, not too much so I'd get sloppy with my concentration.
This morning almost all of the first about 40 rounds were keyholing and my first thought was there's something wrong with the suppressor. Nope, the suppressor was just fine and to my surprise the last 50 or so rounds made a nice round hole on the paper: the previous 1000 or so rounds had been loaded with softer bullets, but CCI is using harder mix and these bullets eventually dug out the rifling on the barrel. I hadn't noticed the keyholing before, because the previous maybe five sessions I was shooting at steel targets.
Yes, I gave the pistol a thorough cleaning and barrel scrubbing after I finished the session...
Too bad the grip angle on my S&W 422 is different from a Glock pistol, so I may have buy myself a Glock 44 to accompany the G19 I'm so anxiously waiting for. Poor me.
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31-01-2020, 22:01 #840
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Re: Meanwhile back in Finland...
Today was the day to stop waiting: picked up the packet, took it home, opened it and...a moment of disorientation. The pistol is Gen 3, not Gen 4. Contacted the seller and the guy who had actually sent the ad on the classifieds I spotted the pistol from, had mistakenly written Gen 4 in lieu of the actual 3...
The selling party is naturally ready to cancel the deal, give my money back and cover my expenses if I'll send the pistol back to them, but after playing with it, I fell in love with its trigger and its natural fit to my hand. Contrary to a popular belief by so many Internet Warriors, I do strongly suggest people to get a gun that feels the best in their hands for several reasons. Military and police blokes don't have such a luxury, but a private citizen don't have to settle for something that was selected by a committee. I did suggest a reduction to the price to soothe my disappointment, let's see what'll happen...
I've always liked the size and feel of a G19, but never before got to get one for myself...
Been nursing my dear wife who's been suffering from pneumonia for the last week and a half. Lucky me, while she's getting better already, I feel the symptoms coming and today has been a day of digesting various chemicals to keep me going until in an hour or two my action plan is 12 hours of sleep...
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