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  1. SportingShooter
    According to the Home Office guidance, conditions restricting a Sec.1 shotgun to specific pieces of land are not normally used unless it is to be used solely for something like Practical Shotgun competitions. So it can be used anywhere you have permission for whatever species you are allowed to shoot according to your FAC.
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    I was thinking the same thing, about the die being too low so I checked with the same sort of method until it wasn't hitting the top of the case, but it was still doing it with certain brass Mine is .222 as well funnily enough. A bit more fiddling to be done...
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    I'm in a bit of a quandary I've been cleaning and priming spent brass this weekend and I came to loading a few today. Now, it's the first time I've had the loading press out in over six months with everything else that's been going on but that shouldnt have made a difference. I primed 20 cases and measured powder into each one. I attempted to seat one of the Hornady V-Max into the case but when I brought the round back out of the die, the neck of the brass had a ripple in it... Then I measured it with my calipers and it was too long, so I put it back in the die and pressed it a
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    Are you talking legally or how short but still be effective and accurate?
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    Does the troublesome family member live at your address or just a close family member? Ultimately the question here is "access". You could keep your guns in a friends property providing only you have access to the cabinet, in theory anyway and I've known shared users do this often. Your girlfriends address would be suitable if it met the other requirements of security as I'm guessing she's more of a long term partner than just girlfriend if she's going to let you keep guns at her address. Access to the keys and cabinet is still what will be questioned. Depression can result in a
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    Thank you mate, that is a cracking reply......I will take her to the gunshop and let her lift a few to see what she feels ok with One again, many thanks for taking the time
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    If she's of that height and build Wilf, I would be considering a 20 bore or if that is just a tad too much power for a year or two, a 28 bore. I know the old adage of introducing youngsters with a .410 seems to be accepted, but it needs precise shot placement when there isn't a great deal of shot to start off with. When I taught my nephew to shoot, starting at 7, he started off shooting a .410 at stationary clay pigeons against a bank, just to get him used to the safety aspects and that guns have a great deal of power with a kick. He soon got bored of the .410 and I was lucky enough t
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    Providing you have declared everything on the form then you shouldn't have any problems providing your Doctor is happy. It's when people don't declare things on the form which later get revealed that causes concern to police. When your Enquiry officer comes to visit, just discuss whatever he asks you openly and honestly, they will know your past and will be in possession of a lot of information about you at that point so utterly pointless lying. SS
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    Deerhound, No need to list your shotguns on there, just if you have any Section 1 guns, the likes of rifles, pistols etc but as it's a grant I'm guessing you wont have any so just write "NONE" in the top right hand box. As for your second question, I've had a few different experiences with this. Sometimes I've known an FEO to be happy with just you showing them around, others insist on having the land owner there as well, which can be a pain as they're normally busy people. Best just to ask your FEO
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    Try harder! Lost me there John... Shotgun is made for shooting stuff on the move, just swing through him and he'll go down. Ah that's what you meant... I've shot I don't know how many foxes with a shotgun and large shot before I had rifles. There's very few times when I wouldn't use one of them for the job but if I needed to use the shotgun, I'd prefer to bait him to 30 yards and take a safe shot when he's standing still, t'is all
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    I tend to carry a couple of SG's similarly section 1 so out of my reach SG are Section 2. More than 5 pellets
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    Try harder! Lost me there John...
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    what about at harvest time in front of the combine? So little of my permission is arable land that having to shoot them in front a combine is virtually non existent. The little land I do have I lamp them at night across the stubble
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    I've shot them too in a few different countries for various things, The only way I would shoot a fox with a shotgun is through baiting at a set distance and the fox standing still, with two follow up rounds if needed, A slug on a moving target is just as dangerous as a rifle, if not more with it's size and energy figures compared to some foxing rounds, When I've used them, through a smooth bore, always been able to hit steel targets a up to around 100 yards. Quite enjoy shooting them just not many places here that you can.
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    In an ideal situation without restrictive laws, if I had to shoot fox with a shotgun it would be a semi-automatic loaded in order of slug first, AAA and AAA. Not many foxes would move following a slug in the engine room, but with our "interesting" firearms legislation, it would have to be AAA x 3.
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    Mentoring won't be mentioned until the enquiry officer comes to visit. As The one says, it is not a legal requirement, merely something licensing departments are using more frequently in order to pass some of the responsibility to another person. It is worth having someone in mind who is willing to act as your mentor but again, some forces simply don't use it.
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    Good luck
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    Unless you are a danger to yourself or others or are otherwise disqualified from owning firearms, then they are required by law to grant you a shotgun certificate. They cannot pick and choose who they grant certificates to unless they can satisfy themselves and a court if needs be, that you are a danger. A firearms certificate isn't really "strict" it just requires a reason to acquire each firearm along with suitable land or membership of a target shooting organisation. In other words, just more forms to fill in. Again, it is not for the police to choose who they grant a FAC too, if
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    Until it goes to court, much like a lot of other firearms law, it will never be clarified. Until then, common sense
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    +1 It's for you to justify good reason, not for them to justify otherwise.
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    Shot a 28" version on many occasions. Very light for an O/U and handles very well. I can't say I notice any difference in recoil on moving targets, especially in winter with thick clothing. See if you can get yourself to a clay ground with a gun shop and try one out
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    What sort of things will you be shooting and at what sort of distances? For something like Rabbits then a .22LR out to about yards is bread and butter for it, even further when you're used to your rifle. One of the other rimfires for anything out to about 150 yards comfortably. If you're talking larger quarry, the likes of a Fox, then a centrefire out to as far as you're confident to shoot.
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    I'd just give them a ring, If his certificate lapsed then he would be treated as a new grant rather than renewal which is probably where the confusion lies, No harm in asking them whether it was a technical error
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    I can't see a .410 with a 28" barrel and a pistol grip catching on though, unless you want to constantly fire at the mud because your wrist will give way
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