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  1. JonathanL
    It wont make a great deal of difference, just use whatever data you have for 130grn bullets and reduce it a bit to start with. J.
  2. JonathanL
    Don't see why not. If he has permission I doubt there'll be a problem - he has experience with firearms too which will go in his favour. J.
  3. JonathanL
    Depends. ABH covers a lot of things and the particular circumstances of the incident will determine how likely you are to get it back. Also, previous history will be taken into account; if you have a reputation for being a bad lad but have just never been convicted then this will be taken into account also. So, a relatively minor altercation resulting in an ABH conviction may have been just the thing to tip the balance. Best thing is to write to the cops, explain the situation and ask their opinion as to whether an application would be successful. Writing is always the best way because the
  4. JonathanL
    Just get a good data manual like the Hornady one (comes as a two book set) and use their loads. Also, the powder/bullet manufacturers will have stuff of their websites and most shops selling powder will have the free booklets the powder companies produce. Don't know if you have a chronograph but if you do then you might find that you may get slightly more consistent performance by using a magnum primer as they are a bit hotter an sometimes ignite ball powders like BLC-2 a bit more efficiently. J.
  5. JonathanL
    The difference will be the cost of brass; you cazn only get expensive commercial .222 brass but you can get cheap military .223 brass. I used to cast many years back but packed it in as I consider it dangerous, quite frankly. Molten lead is seriously nasty stuff. J.
  6. JonathanL
    If you already have a SCG then it's unlikely you'd be refused an FAC. J.
  7. JonathanL
    Can't see it as being a problem as long as you are safe. The only thing in law regarding shooting and rights of way is that you can't discharge a firearm within 50 feet of the centre of a highway if doing so causes any distress or interruption to a user of the highway. However, "highway" in this sense relates to a right of way with a carriageway so a footpath or bridleway doesn't count. I think there's a bit about using a firarm to cause damage to a highway or a fixture on the highway too. J.
  8. JonathanL
    I've measured every conceivable dimension on my 9mmRF cartridges and I can't find a measurement remotely close to 9mm anywheere. I think manufacturers just make this stuff up sometimes. J.
  9. JonathanL
    It's 3 years. atb Col. It is but it's time sentenced not served. I think you are banned for 5 years after the expiry of the sentence. More than 3 years then it's a life ban from possessing firearms but you can appeal (in either case) through the courts to get it lifted. J.
  10. JonathanL
    Yes, definitelty! He has no authority to do this without going through the proper revocation procedure. So, not only is he making the law up as to what you are entitled to possess he is openly breaking the law as to how authorisations should be revoked. There is a requirement that the cert holder be notified of a revocation in the manner set down by Parliament. Also, do remember, that whatever the outcome - this pistol is YOUR property, not property of the cops. Even if you end up not being allowed possession of it you still have legal title to it. J.
  11. JonathanL
    FEO has rung today to say that he's coming round tomorrow to take back my certificate so he can change it to a two shot revolver. I have also spoke to the dealer I bought the pistol off and he's offered a full refund and in his words it's not worth fighting as the tossers will just drag it on for forever and a day. Personally, I'd fight it! I do not believe that you can allow state officials to go about making the law up as they see fit. He's won so what's he going to yank off someone's ticket next when he decides that he doesn't like how the law works? However, if you are going
  12. JonathanL
    This is correct. You have to put the mod down as a separate authorisation as it is actually a firearm in its own right so is actually an additional firearm on your cert. Getting a mod on your ticket (a flash hider too, actually) is exactly the same as getting any other firearm in that you have to provide the required "good reason" in law to acquire it. J.
  13. JonathanL
    Reloading's fun. Give it a try, you don't need to spend a lot to get set up. With the price of ammo today you don't need to shoot much before you pay for the cost of your kit. Also, remember, that if you get someone else to reload for you then he will have to write the ammo on your ticket everytime he gives it to you. J.
  14. JonathanL
    Makes no odds. He's wrong. The law says nothing about magazine capacities for pistols used for humane dispatch. The condition on your cert may well restrict you to using it with a restricted mag but that's irrelevant too as you only break the law if you breach the condition. Demand it back - today! J. I've already tried it and was met with a stoney "NO" I have asked the FEO to put into writing his objections to me having this pistol and I'll see where it goes from there. I have also spoken to the dealer who sold me the pistol and he said that the FEO had no wright to seize a
  15. JonathanL
    This amounts to what everyone was saying. You can't predict in advance how one type of ammo will perform based on how another type performs. J.
  16. JonathanL
    The reason I got a .22 pistol is because the police refused to add humane dispatch to my .22 rifle they advised me to get another pistol.I was told home office guidelines do not permit humane dispatch as a condition on a rifle I do wonder where on earth the police get this rubbish from sometimes. If that statement was correct then you couldn't kill a wounded deer with the rifle you'd just wounded it with!!! J.
  17. JonathanL
    You have to pursue this, quite frankly. He is making the law up as he goes along and the state cannot be allowed to walk over people whenever it feels like it. If there were the slightest suspicion that you were breaking the law then you would be in a cell right now. The fact that you aren't speaks volumes. Honestly, tomnorrow should be solicitors letter - court by next week. J.
  18. JonathanL
    Makes no odds. He's wrong. The law says nothing about magazine capacities for pistols used for humane dispatch. The condition on your cert may well restrict you to using it with a restricted mag but that's irrelevant too as you only break the law if you breach the condition. Demand it back - today! J.
  19. JonathanL
    You need to shoot it to find out. Each type of ammo will produce different velocities from different rifles and it's unlikely that whatever the ammo maker gives as a velocity will be the actual velocity produced in your rife. You can put one bullet at one velocity into a ballistic calculator and another at another velocity and the program will tell you where they will be in relation to each other but it's useless if you don't know what velocity each is actually doing in your rifle. J.
  20. JonathanL
    This is what re-sizing dies are for. J.
  21. JonathanL
    Reload them man! J.
  22. JonathanL
    There needs to be a single licensing agency for firearms covering the whole country, not 40 odd. The other issue here is that, really, it's no business of the police to be doing it. There is nothing else that the police are responsible for licensing or giving people authorisation to do and there is no reason that police resources should be tied up with it. DVLA already have systems for registering millions of vehicles and their keepers in place. Given the number of FAC/SGC holders I would make a fair bet that the whole country could be handled by 5 or 6 people in a basement office at t
  23. JonathanL
    There is an ACPO document too. Personally though, I fail to see what it has to do with anything. ACPO is really just a police union (sort of) and have no business at all issuing guidance on how the police should administer the law. For all its failings, at least he HO document is published by a department of government and the government can be voted out every few years. J.
  24. JonathanL
    You are correct that it isn't a legal document in its self. The use of the word "guidance" in the title is slightly misleading as it's really a combination of both and parts of it are unquestionably legal in nature. For instance, lots of it is simply a statement of what the law says; the sections which relate, for instance, to the parts of the Firearms Act which say who the police cannot grant a certificate to because they are prohibited persons certainly carry the weight of law as it's just a statement of fact. If you are barred by the Act then you are barred and there is no argument to that.
  25. JonathanL
    You need to fill in a variation form (same as the application form) and tell them what you want. It costs £26 (I think) to increase the number of firearms on your cert so if you think you'll want others in the near future you may as well put them all on now rather than having to pay again later. J.
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