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    Ian, At 17 if you apply for a Firearms certificate, then you can't buy guns or ammunition, that'll have to wait until you're 18. When you apply, you can ask for any calibre of firearm, providing you have "good reason" , there is no age limit on calibres. However, until you are 18, the gun would need to be given to you as you cannot buy or lend. The same applies to ammunition, it would need to be bought for you and given. If you are given a gun and ammunition, providing you are on land you have permission, you can use that firearm unaccompanied, that is from the age of 14. If
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    Only a competent gun smith will be able to tell you that. If the force of the pressure has, even slightly, bulged or buckled the barrels somewhere else then you are talking new barrels if you want it to shoot the same as before. In all likelihood a number of inches of the damaged barrel would need removing prior to the gun being fit for re-threading, again, that length may go below what you want the gun to feel like. I've always used Teague for my choke work but depending on the damage, a new gun or at least barrels, may be required as a worst case scenario.
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    Perhaps if you could take a picture of the proof marks on the barrels and the action flats
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    How is that classified on your FAC then Leveller? I would assume it's a S.5 Pistol given the length of the barrels.
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    My ears were burning You're right though mate, overall length of 40" which is specific for self-loading or pump action shotguns. This 40" does not include any movable or detachable part of the stock, in other words the stock has to be the permanent/fixed stock the gun would normally be fitted with and measured from the start of the wood on the butt to the end of the barrel, not including the butt plate, if any. So in theory, say you had a 14.5" stock and a 9" action, you could have a 16.5" barrel. Which is very short indeed. A coach gun, if I remember correctly, roughly had 1
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    And a cheque for £26
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    Semi-automatics have all sorts of barrel lengths but the general rule I've always been taught is that the action on a pump/semi auto will increase the overall length by two inches so in effect, if you want the gun to handle like a 30" barrel, buy one with a 28" etc I tried to shoot a 32" semi-automatic at clays about 12 months back and found it just too long. I can't really account for the fore-end apart from weight saving and the overall style of the gun. The schnabel fore-end is usually quite thin and as a result is lighter than the thicker/chunkier ones on a trap gun. If a gun was de
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    I don't know of any articles about them but the difference is as follows, A game gun and sporter are essentially the same. The only difference between the two will likely be a shorter barrel for a game gun along with more open chokes. Both types of gun are designed in such a way that when you pull onto a target, you're required to block the target out, so essentially, the top barrel will cover the target before you swing through for lead. A trap gun will normally have more than 28" barrels and heavier chokes such as 3/4 and full for shooting targets going away from you. This gun's "
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    There is no lower or upper age limit to be granted a Shotgun certificate. If you have a shotgun certificate in your own right, then you can have a cabinet installed in your house providing you will have sole access to it. When you have been granted a certificate, then you can be Given a shotgun and ammunition to keep and use unaccompanied. There is a difference between it being bought for you by someone else with your money and then being given it than actually being gifted it. The former being illegal, the latter, legal. At 15 anyway. SS
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    There's an abundance around here at the moment, we rose 32 last weekend for 10 shot, mixed in among the Pheasants. They were flying well too.
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    His misfire routine did cross my mind too I remember firing a round from my .222 that just "clicked" and it must have been 8/9 seconds after I'd taken it away from my shoulder it went hurtling down range.
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    Well with a registered firearms dealer you are always safe in the basic knowledge the gun is in proof and safe to fire. They simply aren't allowed to sell guns to you out of proof. Much of it from there will be cosmetics and price being asked for it. It is always worth looking at several shops for similar guns and trying to play them off against each other as well as always dealing in cash. Something about a wedge of cash in hand that dealers like Again, I would take someone who knows a bit about guns with you and always have a top price in mind that you don't go above. Even if yo
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    Even if the rifle was brand new out of the box, the bolt should never be that stiff. That and one misfire within four rounds. I shan't be investing in one of those...
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    Look along from the breech just under the top rib on either side. Somewhere there it will say the chamber length. If it says 3" and is of modern manufacture, it will have been proofed for 3" magnum loads.
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    I've never really understood the use of the .32 in the UK but it seems to be the preferred option for Firearms departments. The amount of guns out there in .32 is limited and the last time I looked, ammunition was hideously expensive for it. I would be looking to buy something which also comes in one of the gallery rifle cartridges, such as the .357. Much easier to come by both guns and ammunition for it with plenty of power for anything up to a very large bull which you can't get near. The .32 ACP has around 120 ft/lb of energy at the muzzle, around the same as a .22LR from a 20" bar
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    There is no separate form for a Shotgun Certificate application and indeed there is no "reference" at all. If you look on the forms you have, there is a section there which asks for someone to act as a "Countersignatory" basically, they want someone of social standing/responsibility that has known you personally for at least two years to say that what you have written on the form is correct to the best of their knowledge. You fill in their details, ask them to sign where required and sign one of your photographs. It should all be explained in the "Notes" on the last page of the form.
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    If the gun is malfunctioning with the heavier end of game cartridges then it's not fit for purpose. How many rounds have you fired from it? I fired mine from new and never missed a beat but they are quite inconsistent, the Hatsans.
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    Normally, they'll listen to reason if you point out the reasons why they may wish to reconsider refusing you for whatever it is. If not, the BASC have a go and I've not known them fail when they believe someone to have "good reason"
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    Well it seems whoever he way, shooting Rabbits off a quad with a 10 shot .410 is perfectly legal, This appears to clarify the whole thing; http://www.basc.org.uk/download.cfm/docid/7C29BD90-DB06-4EF3-B44F1CBD1CDA6B00
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    Not entirely sure. That name doesn't ring a bell though. Pretty sure it was a keeper I knew in North Wales.
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    so just a norm ovu or s/s or semi 3 shot then shotgun. As i thinking what shotguns (W/Fs) use to knock down big geese.? even though i know its the size of shot in the gun to kill big quarry .? Most Wildfowlers if they're using Semi-Automatics will likely have longer chambers i.e. 3 or 3.5" which take heavier loads. In the case of geese, usually you would combine that heavier load with larger pellets so you have a decent pattern of shot in the air. For a decent shot with some sense of respect for their quarry, staying within the killing distance for a big bird like the goose is far
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    It's in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which restricts the number of rounds to three.
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    Just ask for "Vermin" to be added as a condition and it covers everything. Can't shoot Wildfowl or Game with a shotgun of over three shots in any case.
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    For chasing up Deer in heavy woodland or cover if I remember rightly Teg? Most forces have had to relax what is a good reason since that time because so many were challenged and won when threatened with legal action by the shooting organisations. Still a tough fight though, which it shouldn't be when it's written in black and white on the statute book what the exemptions are.
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    The Rottweils are a much better shell in general to most things you buy here but you pay the price for them. Patterned quite a few over the years and the Rottweils are always consistently good. 1245fps for a game shell is about right.
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