Tell him what you have said here, i told them the same ,been out with my mate shooting for months and shot all his calibre's (which I had) how do they expect you to gain experience shooting before you apply for you FAC. and if you have land with permissions with quarry on and been passed for that calibre you should be ok ,other than that they may need to do land checks etc. I got a .17hmr and a .243cf first application and the only condition they added was it was a closed FAC,which has now been opened ,looks like youv'e done plenty of shooting anyway,just be yourself,and there not usually t