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Happy days! What you got your eyes on then? Guage? Action? O/U or S/S? Time for a bit of retail therapy!
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If you take the screws that came out to a decent gunsmith he will be able to tell you what thread they are, He will probably have screws to do the job too.
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Aye Callum, it's brilliant when the police decide that they don't need to follow what the legislation says isn't it! As they've okayed it, you'll be fine, but the word of the law says "recorded delivery"
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Those forms are fine, but don't feel you have to use them. As long as you have the relevant detail, any kind of written notification is fine. More important is that it's sent recorded delivery.
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Dave, they do a version for rifles. They're mainly aimed at the air rifle market, but I can't see why you couldn't use them for ful bore. Only thing is they are less than 2" diameter, so would be a real challenge at 300 yards!
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What paperwork? All you need to do is write a letter to the plod, stating when the gun was sold and who it was sold to including SGC number. Send that to them recorded and you should be ok. Keep a photocopy of the letter though, in case they manage to "lose" the original. The photocopy, plus the recorded delivery number, will be your proof that you have complied with the legal requirement of notification.
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The legislation says that it has to be sent, in writing, using recorded delivery. The plod might SAY that email is fine, but I'm sure they'd deny it if it came to a court of law. My FEO looked somewhat surprised that I had acquired a .22 and a shotgun, which were written on my old cert, but not on the new cert he came round to issue. I had the receipts for recorded delivery, and photocopies of the form (the one they send out with the certificate) filled in, so he thinks the HQ team have lost the paperwork (which seems to be a regular occurance!) Write a letter with the details, or use
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I'll swap your salt and vinegar for my cheese and onion stealthy. Glad you got it sorted mate, I certainly won't be dealing with them!
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Me too! I might know someone who might be interested in helping out, depending on what the project is! I'd love to do it, but it's a bit too far to go up there!
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When people say bull, most people hear "Pit Bull", and they are nasty dogs, even when kept by the best owners in the world. It's down to the short temper. Most dogs will warn before attacking, a pit bull will go from completely calm seeming to full on, out to kill attack mode with no warning in between. Staffies, which most people think are the same, are a completely different kettle of fish. A temper a mile long, and they will run away and hide rather than hurt someone. Even when cornered they will try not to hurt humans. Dogs on the other hand, are fair game. I have a staff x lab, an
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Excellent. Next time I'm out hunting water containers I'll make sure to load hollow points!
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New boy after some advice
matt_hooks replied to brothergrim's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
You don't need any experience at all for the issue of a SGC. As long as the police don't have reason to believe that you are a danger, and you have somewhere to use it, they HAVE to issue the SGC. They might ask about experience, but it's none of their business really. -
FIRST FOX WITH THE GUN,not being able to read properly doesnt suggest maturity either,plum First fox with the 12 bore is what the man said. Thus he doesn't have a "normal load for foxes FROM THAT GUN". I'm sorry if the thread is a little hard for you to follow stanley, would you like me to use shorter words and sentences? ytrew, I didn't question your safety, or suggest that you were dangerous or anything of the sort. I merely pointed out that that load might be considered a little short for taking a fox, and I'm sure if it hadn't been close you wouldn't have taken the shot!
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Wooooah, where did THAT come from? Si, totally agree, it's always best to get people to think about what they're doing, and get them to look at the legislation.
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Bill, I'm not worried about whether the distance is as stated or not. What I'm worried about is youngsters coming on here and thinking that it's ok to fire a rifle up into the trees, with no real idea of where the pellet will end up.
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Si. Although the Starling is no longer included on the list of pest species, it DOES still appear on the Irish general licence, and hence can be taken under the terms of that licence in cases where there is risk to public health, or to crops or livestock. Good idea to check it though. Note also that the licence doesn't cover you for shooting pests on sundays, or the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, and it's illegal to shoot any bird (other than feral pigeons in certain circumstances) using any artificial illuminating device. At very close range you will
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You can never entirely eliminate risk of course Bill, but you can bring it down to an acceptable level. If I shoot a .22LR into a sloping backstop of soft earth, then I can say to a very high degree of likelihood that any miss or ricochet is not going to endanger anyone. If I fire it at a high angle of elevation, over trees where I have only sky as a backdrop, and no way of knowing what's behind, then the risk increases hugely. It all depends on where you want to set your limit as to acceptable risk.
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i sent that back to you weeks ago ,i hope you were happy with the 18 inch rubber baton with adjustable heads i got that delivery, beat my husband with it regularly its the other delivery that i havent received 30euro down the drain. You mean you've been using it WITHOUT the lube? OUCH!
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An FAC air rifle, up into the air, will carry for a good distance with dangerous energies. Could you see where the shot was going to land? Did you know, for absolutely certain, that there was nothing in the overshoot that might be injured or damaged by a (likely) miss? Unless you could SEE where the pellet was ending up I would contend it wasn't a safe shot. Each of us has to decide for ourselves, on an individual basis, what is and what isn't a safe shot, and by debating it we can take on board other peoples opinions. I regularly take bunnies at 100 yards with the .22 LR, and pigeon
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Jeremy vine show on BBC radio 2 now, discussing the urban fox control issue at Roehampton. What an ill informed, emotional, poorly researched piece of c**p! The guy needs to learn a little about guns and shooting before he goes spouting about how he can't believe that they'd let people use rifles in an urban area.
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Just let us find him, I'm sure a group of us can retrain the little critter to behave properly... And find a decent home for the dog too! What an unbelievable little twat!
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Bill, it might be a good shot in terms of accuracy, but is it a responsible shot?
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If it's a rifle capable of doing that damage at 100 yards, then I personally wouldn't be firing it into the trees. Even 100 feet away and 40 feet up would be a tough shot, three times that is .17 territory.
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Charlie derives from the class squabbling and mockery back in the 18th century. The Whig politician, Charles James Fox, was often portrayed as the prey to the Tory "foxhunting classes". Reynard isn't French for fox, that's renard (no Y). Reynard originated as a character in folklore, probably that of the Alsace-Lorraine, around the 12th century. The best bet for the origin of the name "Reynard" is from the German mans name Reginhardt. So now you know!
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You state this is your first fox, so of course it's not your "normal practice". To post something like that on here, and then get antsy when people call you on it, is a bit stupid, and getting personal and abusive doesn't indicate a great deal of maturity.