Apply for shot gun on FAC.

[PLEDGEY 493]

I want to get a shot gun. I don't want anything too special, was thinking of a Hatsan Escort 2+1. I just want it for corvid, pigeon squirrel control and may be the odd bit of clay. Thing is i don't want to go through with having to apply for a SGC. I contacted the FAO by Email and asked them if i could have a 2+1 put on my FAC. They said that i would have to apply for a SGC as it would be a 2+1. So what I'm thinking now, is to save me from having to fill out a SGC, is how easy would it be to apply for, and get, a gas action on my FAC?.

[GRAM71 29]

piece of piss mate, just don't say it's for wildfowling or zombies...

[SportingShooter 0]

Not sure what you're referring to by "gas action" but if you want to have a shotgun on an FAC then it has be for a specific reason be that Vermin Control, Practical Shotgunning etc

 

In any case, legally, you can't shoot wildfowl with any gun capable of firing more than three shots in succession but as for the vermin you mention I can't see a problem just state "Vermin Control" as the reason.

 

Clays I can see as more of a problem.

 

As with any Section 1 firearm you have to use it in conjunction with the conditions on your certificate which means that you can't just decide to take it clay shooting if you only have vermin listed. I suppose you could argue that practicing at clays would be the same as zeroing a rifle on a range even though it doesn't state target shooting.

 

Probably easier just to send in a SGC application!

[Simonrees 45]

If you already have an FAC then applying for your SGC is just a formality. Silly really it would be so much easier if an FAC allowed the use of Shotguns in the same way as a SGC does without the need for both certificates. If a person is deemed responsible to hold rifles then it should be a given that they are deemed responsible to use shot guns.

[JonathanKent 16]

Other people may know better than me but I would think even for an FAC shotgun you will still need a SGC, if for nothing else than buying ammo. Shotgun ammo is not entered on your ticket like with an FAC nor does it require being locked in a seperate safe like rifle ammo.

 

As far as I am aware the only shotgun ammo that requires entering on your FAC is slug rounds. therefore you would need a sgc to buy cartridges.

[GRAM71 29]

Ok, i had 2 sec 1 shotguns for a few years, avian pest control was the reason i used for the application, i also mentioned that i needed one for close rabbits in the hay meadow, while i was at it i asked if i could use them on clays aswell, i never had any problems buying carts for them, all i did was show my fac with the authority to possess the shotgun and that was it.

The feo said i could use the shotgun anywhere i had permission as long as i used it within the guidelines of the general licence, as it was technically just a shotgun with an extended mag and should be treated as any other shotgun.

[PLEDGEY 493]

I was told today by a bloke, that's been shooting for years, to say it's for decoy pigeon shooting. Seems more reasonable to want 5 shots if your decoying.