Shotgun certificate advice needed

[BenBhoy 4,706]

hey all.

 

a fella i work with has been emptying out his dads old house and found a old single barrell 12bore in there. now his dad is dead, and this guy doesn't have a licence but knows i do so asked if i wanted it. thing i wanna know is, how do i stand in relation to letting local force know of my latest acquisition as the person giving it me doesn't have a number that i need to put on my licence form? does that make any sense?? any advive appreciated.

[matt_hooks 188]

I'd contact your local FEO, he should be able to advise you.

 

Did the blokes dad have an SGC, or was it from a time prior to paperwork overload?

 

I know that when a cert holder dies, the police can issue a temporary certificate to a non cert holder, for the purposes of disposing of the weapons, though I'm not sure how soon after death they need to apply for this. If the weapon has been in the shed and he didn't know, then that might be the approach.

 

Might be worth contacting the BASC licensing people too, for their advice. It must happen fairly regularly?

[theinvisiblescarecrow 0]

Happens a lot.

Just put the shotty details down as normal & leave previous owners details blank.

Pick the gun up from the house yourself.

Send in a letter explaining & giveing the name & address of the deceased.

if you pick it up from the house no one else was in possesion.

The last owner is dead, if a naughty person they can't prsicute.

It will be your property as long as the gun isn't stolen.

If the gun isn't registered, (bought with the old style SGC's) then still no problem.

In your house, on ticket legaly held.

The only problem explaining how you got it would be if a non SGC holder brought it to you.

Bit of a bumpy ride, awkward but legal.

Or just tell him to take it to a RFD for the awkward explanation to the police & buy it off the RFD to pay for his time doing 5 mins of papaer work.