Firearms Application

[Burnsy 1]

I am going to apply for my firearms certificatebut need advice on the folowing.

 

I have 3 farms to shoot on

But only one farmer is willing to give me written permission.

Do i need written permission on all the land i wish to shoot on.

 

Thanks in advance

[slipper 116]

I did, nt need written permission when I applied mate just address and phone numbers good luck

[Burnsy 1]

Thanks also i have a shotgun cabinet with 2 guns on my ticket .do i need a specific cabinet for a rifle

Thanks

[slipper 116]

I don't think so as long as it is big enough to take scoped rifles and you will need an ammo safe aswell mine is built into my cabinet atb

[meldino2005 39]

shotguns and rifles can be stored in the same cabinet mate, you will need a deep one to accomodate scopes as slipper stated. I also have one with a seperate ammo safe built in ( brattonsound) or purchase a seperate ammo safe which you can pick up quite cheap on fleabay.

Good luck in your application...what rifles are you going for

[Burnsy 1]

Cheers

 

17 hmr

[meldino2005 39]

Why wont the other farmers not give you written permision? What i did is printed of letters which just stated my name/address etc and left blank spaces for each farmer/land owner to sign stating that i ....mr bla bla has permision to shoot on my land... mr blaa blaa of ( there address/contact number ) with rifles/shotguns he/she is granted to use by the issuing police force.

Along them lines anyway and i always keep copies in my truck just incase the police ever do come out.

[Burnsy 1]

They didnt explain in deatail why. And i didnt want to get into a debate .there is already people shoot the land maybe there is to many?

Thanks alot for the info .

My plan is to look for some new permission.

Cheers

[meldino2005 39]

No probs mate, its worth knocking on a few farms as it will pay off eventually. ATB

[The one 8,399]

I had one letter of permission and my fire arms cert was granted on that and I just shot the rest, you can store a rifle in beside your shotguns as long as your shotguns aren,t shared with somebody else

[charlie caller 3,654]

Right you need to be careful here, some farmers can be very funny when it comes to permission letters, if you give out the tel number ect of the farmers not willing to give you letters are you sure they will back you up WHEN the police ring or write to them? Secondly, assuming you are granted a .17hmr on the one area of land you will get a letter on, are the other areas passed for .17hmr or above? As you will not be granted an open ticket, so will only be allowed to use the rifle on ground passed up to or over .17hmr, I would ring the firearms dept and ask them what each area of ground is passed for (its all on computer) because if farmer giles and farmer palmer wont give you a letter of permission, you can bet your bottom dollar, they wont want the police turning out to inspect their land, if you have any more questions please ask, so you get this right first time

[Burnsy 1]

Thanks for all your feedback.im just doing as much research as i can so everything is above board when i come to apply .

Cheers

[sprocker dog 7]

I personally wouldn't go on any land without written permission to shoot it, there has been a case lately of armed trespass as the person shooting on the said land thought he had verbal permission from the owner but it turned out to be just a farm worker. the land owner got rather upset ! get it in writing first.