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    In South Yorkshire, I got my receipt after 1 week, interview and land check 3 weeks to the day last week, and touch wood, the ticket won't be long now.
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    Make sure the scope and mounts are fitted right. The recoil can cause mounts to "creep", so one-piece mounts can reduce this. My HW97 was like this. I just couldn't get a good zero, and groupings were terrible, not good enough to hunt with. This was prone and off a bag, so it wasn't to do with my shooting skill I re-fitted my scope and mounts, and that sorted it out. Then I moved onto a PCP, and zeroing has never been a problem. I remember reading about scopes, and how some cheaper scopes react differently to their turrets. Simmons should be OK, but cheap Chinese-made scopes have poo
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    I know Mexborough, never been to Shooter's World though. I've been reccommended Swillington Shooting Supplies. York Guns is sort of up my end as well. If I get a .17HMR, it will probably be a CZ Varmint Thumbhole, those are nice. A .223 will be a bit more expensive, I fancy a Steyr Scout
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    South Yorkshire police says between 4-12 weeks. I don't know if that's how long it takes for them to get in touch with you, or how long it takes between sending it off and getting your ticket, presumably the former. I sent my SGC & FAC application off last wednesday, and got a receipt for the postal order through the door yesterday, so at least I know that they've opened it
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    Weather's a bit better today. Slight wind, but not bad at all What guns did you get, and where from may I ask?
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    Put on South Yorkshire's most wanted list more like I hope the weather's better at your end for some quality shooting, it's raining and really windy up in Donny.
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    I'm in South Yorkshire and I have a friend who is an up and coming amateur gunsmith, specialises in Weihrauchs I believe. He's doing well, getting a bit of a name for himself in the local shooting circles. At the moment he buys second-hand Weihrauchs, gives them a service, replaces parts and tidies them up, then sells them on. Bloody good at it by the sounds of it. PM me if you want his details, there's a good chance he'll be cheaper than a shop.
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    While you're there, you can ask if they've got round to opening my envelope yet!
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    That's good news, it's the same fellow by the looks of it. All I can do is have a word with him when he comes round. It's only a 2 minute drive from my house and first piece of land, so it shouldn't be a problem. I think the land I already have will suffice, as it is very remote with nothing around it except other farmland. The new permission is obviously much larger in size and lined by a river bank to the north and west, but is a bit less remote, with a house nearby.
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    I've got the S410 in .22. Had it about 5 years, and at the time it was a toss-up between that or the HW100. It's a lovely rifle, cocks smoothly, and is nice and light. It's accuracy is remarkable. It hits pellet on pellet with AA Fields at 50 yards. I used to hit nails at 50 yards, and even flies and bugs when they just to land on the target. I had a go with the S510, but it came out just after I bought my S410. I didn't find any better than the other, the S510 was just a bit easier to cock. All you can do is have a fair few shots with each, and see how you feel. They both can'
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    Seriously if you get stuck I will come and shoot them for you, just let me know. We haven't had any trouble for the last couple of nights, touchwood, but a local farmer got one a few weeks ago with the 12G. I've found a trail on our land, so I have an idea where they're coming from. The dogs are occasionally agitated, so inevitably they're lurking nearby. In the last month there's been a dozen or so cases of foxes taking chickens in the village. A lot of women have them as show chickens. It's just frustrating how foxes kill them and then bugger off. I'll be chuffed to bits if the l
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    That's great news. Was he a fellow called John? We're up as far north as you can get, on the borders with East Yorkshire. Our land is very remote, smack in the middle of farmland, nothing within at least 500 yards. Doncaster's about a 25 minute drive away, and that's the closest town. I asked my uncle who's in the police, and he said that we shouldn't have any problems with the application whatsoever.
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    This was a while ago, he's got rid of it now.
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    Thanks Bunny Boiler, I understand that different police forces have different application forms, I should have read it first: The South Yorkshire one states that you should include "one" area of land that you have permission for, and the details of the owner. It's not compulsary, but it will "aid" the application. All I can do is mention it to him on the day.
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    On wednesday I posted my SGC/FAC application, applying for shotgun, .17HMR and .223 for the fox problem. I enclosed Ordnance Survey copies of my permission with a signed cover sheet in my application, with in total around 50 acres of very rural land, for rimfire and centrefire. I presume this land is cleared for centerfire use, as I've seen lampers and hear loud gunshots on the land around it. Yesterday I was talking to a man at work, and by coincidence I acquired written permission for around 110 acres of land, but obviously it's too late to put it in my application, as I sent it off
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    That makes sense. Like said, they're cheap as chips on eBay.
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    I didn't want to see this thread! Those sodding foxes are taking a chicken per night as it is, there'll be none left after 18 weeks! I'm from Doncaster aswell, and have just sent my SGC & FAC off this wednesday. Touch wood I won't be waiting as long as you I was speaking to a fellow in a gun shop, and he says that South Yorkshire are absolutely brilliant at processing applications. He had a complete opposite opinion of Humberside. Inevitably there will be some sort of christmas backlog, and a lot of departments have lengthy holidays over christmas, so I presume yours just got
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    I'm glad I saw this thread, looks like I need to get a safe then! Aren't you in a bit of a funny situation though? You could buy a safe, then get denied an FAC, and be stuck with a useless safe. Or, you don't get one, and be denied an FAC due to having nowhere to store your bullets. My friend bought and fitted an ammunition safe, but was denied a .22LR due to unsafe land, so therefore is stuck with a safe that he doesn't use. Is having an ammunition safe vital for when the FEO visits, or can you explain to him that you will get one, providing that the application is successful?
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    I called the local firearms office today, and they said that it's difficult to recommend a calibre without seeing the land. So they advised me to simply go ahead with the application, put what calibre I deem necessary, and discuss it with the FEO when he comes to check the land. Like people have said previously, it seems more to do with a good reason and cautious handling than land requirements.
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    A .223 is not necessary, that's just the calibre that I was reccommended, but anything that can effectively and humanely deal with a fox will do. I'll have a word with a friend tonight, he's a farmer and has a few hundred acres to play with, so I'll see if I can persuade him with a few bottles of home-made wine!
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    I will e-mail him this week, after all, I may as well get my taxes worth! I had a walk around the land today, and it's bigger than I remembered. I used an online acreage calculator, and it turns out to be 41 acres, so slightly bigger than I calculated. I will apply for a .223 anyway, as like you previously said, there is a definite problem with foxes, and there are no hazards within a fair distance, so any rejection would be purely bureaucratic.
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    Thanks everyone, I spoke with a friend who lives half a mile away from me, who has 21 acres of land and was granted a .17HMR, so he says that I should have no difficulties getting one with 35-40 acres of land. I also found out that the village is in turmoil over foxes, as people are losing chickens left, right and centre, so there is definitely a good reason for an application. My friend also gave me the business card of the local firearms officer, so I might send him an e-mail as to ascertain whether the land has been certified for centerfire use or not. Is it correct to conta
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    Thanks Walshie and Dadioles, On my application I have "pest and vermin control" for the FAC air rifle and .17HMR. For the .223 I have "fox control". I have also specified about the fox problem in the other information section. If the .223 is rejected then so be it. But as I previously said, there are lampers who go on the fields around us hunting for foxes, so I can only presume that the land is granted for centerfire use, unless they shouldn't be there.
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    Thanks Walshie, I'll be speaking to local landowners tomorrow to see if I can aquire permission for anymore land, just for good measure. I've researched the topic and it seems people have been granted licences for significantly less land, with significantly more hazards, so I'm confident our land will suffice. A friend advised me against applying for a .17 and .223. He lives in another town and was rejected a .22LR for a similar area of land. However, the A1 motorway borders one edge, there are two pubs in the corners, a public footpath, and it backs onto a golf course, so it seeme
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    Hi everyone, I'm not new to hunting but I have a few questions regarding a firearms application. I'm 20 years old and I've been shooting with air rifles and shotguns for since I was 7/8. In the last few years I haven't been shooting much due to other commitments. I live on a homestead smack bang in the extremely rural Yorkshire countryside, and own 5 acres of unused grassland which backs onto our house. I also have permission to use roughly 35 acres of grassland which backs onto our land. The land around it is owned by local farmers who are also personal friends, from whom I could obta
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