Reply to: shotgun Certificate

[Churchill]

I worked in Jerusalem for a while, plenty of armed babes there...

[Cliphead]

If you have a gun you can bring them down when they run off! No more lonely nights.

Where I was working the babes were just as armed as the guys. Funnily enough, there were no burglaries or muggings in that area.

[wendigo100]

When I was working in the US I made the mistake of telling one of my colleagues I had never seen a gun before. That weekend was spent in an old quarry firing off an arsenal of hand guns and rifles.

Fun I'm sure if that's yer bag but I'd rather have been down the pub chatting up local babes.

If you have a gun you can bring them down when they run off! No more lonely nights.

[wendigo100]

well the semi is more for my partner, bit lighter and, as you;ve already mentioned no cocking.

But everyone says your partner loves cocking...

[xoggoth]

I hope these guns are for shooting burglars or immigrants or children or old ladies. I don't want to hear they are for nice little animals or birds. Forget those poofs in the Animal Liberation Front, we of the Animal World Domination Front are watching you.

[Cliphead]

When I was working in the US I made the mistake of telling one of my colleagues I had never seen a gun before. That weekend was spent in an old quarry firing off an arsenal of hand guns and rifles.

Fun I'm sure if that's yer bag but I'd rather have been down the pub chatting up local babes.

[Sockpuppet]

I disagree entirely, but there you go.

Me not follow

[Sockpuppet]

Nah it was a south african rifle but was .357

I remember he couldnt get the ammo for it (NRA wanted £5 a round!) so he had some empty cases sent from SA to the UK and had to start loading his own.

The .50 I never saw. Listed on these pages though (probably) http://www.fcsa.co.uk/uk_suppliers.htm

[EqualOpportunities]

I have one

Well I have a FAC with a shotty cert but dont actually onw any shottys.

Telling the plod that you want a .410 for ratting is likley to get the application thrown out. .22rf semi-atuo you can have, .410 erm yeah right.

I have 1 x .22, 1 x 0.303, 1 x 7.62 all for target shooting.

I used to shoot with a guy in Cardiff that had a .357 belted magnum (elephant gun....man that left a bruise) and a .50

He had to prive he shot the .50 in competitions, which suprisingly there are....

I disagree entirely, but there you go.

[Sockpuppet]

I have one

Well I have a FAC with a shotty cert but dont actually onw any shottys.

Telling the plod that you want a .410 for ratting is likley to get the application thrown out. .22rf semi-atuo you can have, .410 erm yeah right.

I have 1 x .22, 1 x 0.303, 1 x 7.62 all for target shooting.

I used to shoot with a guy in Cardiff that had a .357 belted magnum (elephant gun....man that left a bruise) and a .50

He had to prive he shot the .50 in competitions, which suprisingly there are....

[n5gooner]

Semi-autos are for nonces.

And please, please - if you do have to use one, use an auto-safe flag - the times I've wandered around a clay shoot looking down the barrel of a (perfectly safe, I'm sure) semi-auto, which was resting on someone's shoulder, thinking 'I wander if there's a cartridge in the breach' have been numerous...

well the semi is more for my partner, bit lighter and, as you;ve already mentioned no cocking.

[EqualOpportunities]

Semi-autos are for nonces.

And please, please - if you do have to use one, use an auto-safe flag - the times I've wandered around a clay shoot looking down the barrel of a (perfectly safe, I'm sure) semi-auto, which was resting on someone's shoulder, thinking 'I wander if there's a cartridge in the breach' have been numerous...

[n5gooner]

Yes I'm a member or our local shoot, I'd be looking to use a 12 for hte clays, and prehaps a 20 semi-auto. No drug or Law issues, so I can't see there being a problem.Churchill - I'd borrowed in the past, its about time I got my own, esp. as I'm a left hander.

[EqualOpportunities]

Try to substantiate your application by citing specific reasons. Try, if you're not already, to become pally with a local farmer and say you'll happily do his pest control as soon as you get your ticket. Then, when the plod come around to see you, you can say that you need a .410 for rat control, a 20 bore for pigeons, and a 12 bore for clays and driven days - not that you have to use that configuration as stated, but they like to see that you've put some thought into it...

HTH

[Churchill]

ok - so who her has one, I'm in the process of filling in the application form, any hoops I should be aware off??

prehaps not the best icon to use in this thread!!

Gooner, I thought you had one.

If you're serious, go to your nearest major plod shop and talk to them. Failing that, your local shooting club. Are you a member of a shoot or club? Why do you want one? Sport? Vermin control(doesn't include pikeys)? Do you have a Criminal Record(not always an obstacle)? Do you have a drug/Alchohol dependency?