JonathanL
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This is a pretty serious calibre and the rifle has a pretty serious price tag.... EEERRRRRR!!!!! What did you list on the FIR 101 that you wanted to shoot with it ..this is not a back garden plinker?? i do shoot at a club just not comp for my own gratification(the back-bittin upsets me,lol)& am lucky enough to have alot of uninterupted moorland to shoot over with exelent back stops and a 700metre disused quarry.of course I research the guns capabilitys before i bought it.just to realy start tounges waggin its on my FAC for target shooting and long range control of deer(& open
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Yeah.....brace your self! J.
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Because it's different circumstances. Your home is where you are going to be keeping your guns permanently, you will be leaving them there when you are out of your house for hours, days or weeks at a time. Going away for a few days shooting is unlikely to mean that are going to be leaving your guns for too long or going very far from them. It's important to understand that the condition on your cert applies all the time. However it doesn't require that the guns are stored under precisely the same security arrangements wherever you are. You need to ensure that they are subject to "reasonabl
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Unloaded is, covered isn't - strictly speaking. There is no specific requirement to have a firearm covered when transporting it. Obviously, you aren't going to get away with walking through the streets with an uncovered firearm because you will get done with something like breach of the peace and have your cert pulled, but there is no specific offence of having an uncovered firearm in a public place. The good reason requirement relates to having a firearm and ammunition suitable for use in it in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority. Just having a firearm on it's own
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No law at all saying you can't - as long as it's not loaded in a public place and you are actually lawfully in possession of it. I suppose private companies may have their own rules about whether you can have guns with you on their vehicles but it wouldn't be anything you could get arrested for. J.
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Because it's different circumstances. Your home is where you are going to be keeping your guns permenently, you will be leaving them there when you are out of your house for hours, days or weeks at a time. Going away for a few days shooting is unlikely to mean that are going to be leaving your guns for too long or going very far from them. It's important to understand that the condition on your cert applies all the time. However it doesn't require that the guns are stored under precisely the same security arrangements wherever you are. You need to ensure that they are subject to "reasonabl
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If the safe is in the room and only you have access to it then this is ok. If it's the hotel safe at the check-in desk then you cannot do this as they will be in unlawful possession of the bolt and ammo and you will get done for allowing them to be. J.
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I've had both a Sportsman and the SPortsman 5. The former I inherited from the grandfather and the latter I bought for 50 quid I think. They worked ok but are just about as basic as you can possibly make a rifle and you have to give them away when you don't want them. I've known dealers who've cut loads of them up because they couldn't shft them. I think one of mine had been scoped by drilling the tapping the front reciever rind and adding a mounthing block further down the barrel. One rare little rifle I do have and intend to keep is a BSA "Ralock" semi-auto which feeds through a tube in
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carbide reloading dies- to lube or not to lube?
JonathanL replied to danebrewer10's topic in Reloading and Gun Maintenance
Carbide dies are for stright-walled pistol brass. You don't need to lube the cases. I think someone makes/made bottle-necked dies in .308 or .30/06 or something but they were awfully expensive and you still needed to lube them which sort of defeats the object. I think they may have been like that for high volume automatic machines for commercial ammo production to save them wearing out. What you loading, .357, .44, or similar I'm guessing? J. -
It's difficult to diagnose a problem like this without seeing the problem first hand but the usual reason for hard to extract brass is overly high pressure. More info is needed though; how many rounds did you fire in total? Were the six the first six, last six or random six? Have you recently cleaned the rifle? Did the rounds all come from the same box - if not did the boxes have different lot numbers on them? Do the six sticky ones look any different to the rest? The cold isn't likely to cause sticking brass - if anything it's less likely to as cold temperatures lower chamber pressures, r
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People think that this is the case but it isn't. There is no legislastion which says you have to have a gun cabinet, nor employ any specific type of security for that matter. The only requirement relating to security is the one which is appended as a condition to your cert requiring you to take "reasonable precautions to ensure, as far as it reaonably practicable, that the firearms and ammunition to which the certificate relates do not come under the control of unauthoriserd persons" - I forget the specifc wording but that's the general gist of it. The police cannot force you into having a gun
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I don't even think they do a CRB check. The CRB is a civillian thing and the cops have everything about you on the PNC anyway. The PNC doesn't hold info on you unless you have come to the attention of the cops so it won't tell them about your employment or benefit situiation. I do know that once you have it then a PNC check will show you as such. So, if you get your car number plate run through it then it will show that you have an FAC/SGC.
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reloading snbsonic rounds for a .243?
JonathanL replied to 1289drew's topic in Reloading and Gun Maintenance
The Lyman cast bullet book will likely give data for this. However, sub-sonic ammo in a .243 won't be the greatest things in the world. You are going to need to use a small amount of fast burning powder in a relatively large case which will probably give rather inconsistent results due to it moving around. One way to do it could be to pack the case with something in order to keep the powder against the base. J. -
On the face of it then that wouldn't seem to fit the guidance.
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You can't say "no" on the form. Well, you can but they won't grant your ticket. J.
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They don't. The relevant part from the HO guidance to the police says; "Medical Information 10.19 The application forms for firearm and shot gun certificates require the applicant to give permission for the police to approach the applicant’s General Practitioner (GP), who should be registered in the UK, in order to obtain factual details of the applicant’s medical history. 10.20 This authority is to assist the police in dealing with cases where there are genuine doubts or concerns about the applicant’s medical history that may have a bearing on the applicant’s suitab
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They don't contact your doctor as a matter of routiene. You must sign the declaration allowing them to but they only ask your doctor about you if you have answered yes to the "have you got any mental illnesses" question. They can't simply go on a fishing trip through your medical records and, even then, many doctors won't tell themn anything anyway. If the doctor does tell them anything then it will probably be restricted to "yes" or "no" answers. J.
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Very nice. Mine is in 6.5x54 and dates from 1929. Lovely rifle. I can't imagine what it would recoil like with 275grn bullets!!!! The 6.5 was used extensivly in Africa by Bell for killing Elephant - he was the only guy who did it though. He's supposed to have killed over 1000 with it. J. I am thinking of putting the action back into production, its all drawn up ready to go, in 243 to 308 it would make a great deer gun, and as a 22 250 a good foxer too, as for what a full load is like, well, as a fit youngster I had a 340 weatherby, and that was a pussy cat in comparison to the 9.5x
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Don't bother with the form, just write you inquiry officer a letter, send it recorded deliver though, works for me and most shooters i know. Good luck This should be the way to do it but it depends on the particular force area. I once sent the form in with things like "all as current certificte" for firearms in your possession and "approx 1000 rounds" for ammunition in your possession. Got a letter back saying that I had to fill in the form with precise information. It's just insane because they know what guns I have and why does it matter how much ammo I have as long as I'm not ove
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Very nice. Mine is in 6.5x54 and dates from 1929. Lovely rifle. I can't imagine what it would recoil like with 275grn bullets!!!! The 6.5 was used extensivly in Africa by Bell for killing Elephant - he was the only guy who did it though. He's supposed to have killed over 1000 with it. J.
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Agreed entirely. Grains is a far better unit of measurement for reloading and, yes, most of the info is in imperial because it originates from the US. All the European stuff tends to be in metric though; I have the Vihtavouri manual and it's got both. J.
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They always cash the cheque and give you a refund if they don't grant the certificate. Times can vary according to police area. Also, many forces still have a period every few years of increased workload from when certs were renewable every three years because a load come up for renewal at the same time. One thing I always tend to point out to people is not to worry because you have a right in law to be granted a certificate if you meet the criteria laid down in the Act. An FAC, or SGC, is not, as many people think, something that is in the gift of the police or is given as a priviledg
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I have a Weatherby Vanguard in .308 Win which was made by Howa for Weatherby. Totally solid rifle and an excellent shooter. Had it years and years - 20 probably - and have put all sorts of rubbish through it, thousands and thousands of rounds including the worst military rubbish you can imagine. Still dead solid and will certainly out-last me and still shoots perfectly acceptably. Mine has a RamLine stock, which it came with, which looks a little cheap but does the job. Never shot it in ages come to think about it so I might give it a blast in the near future.
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You really do talk rubbish sometimes, are you trying to kill the guy! There is little or no .223 Mil surplus, it is 5.56 which will fit but is over pressure for .223, unless of course you can find some original shit 5.56 mil spec. But you are unlikely to know so don't **** about and don't use it!! Best zip it when you don't know what you are talking about! WOW ! You have put it down ! :wankerzo4: Can all the folk who have used .762 and 5.56 please raise what is left of their right hand !! I have shot 7.62 in a .308 and 5.56 in a .223 and NEVER had a blow up or seen a