Would I get an open FAC first time?

[LordGamebore 0]

Hi,

Thinking of getting an FAC for a PCP air rifle, however I have many different premissions with some in different countys. What's the likehood of getting an open cert first time around? It's not as if I'm applying for my own artillery peice.

 

Cheers

[stubby 175]

as a pest controller, I did, all you can do is ask

[Deker 3,478]

If you can present the right case you will.

 

Some areas further North/Scotland do seem a little easier, but if you can show the right need, attitude, etc, etc, you may.

 

Not that easy generally but it happens!

[sureshot11 1]

I did just ask they could only say yes or no.

Edited August 16, 2010 by sureshot11

[Groach 7]

I got open rimmies on application the open 6.5x55 and .223 when i asked for them 10 months later so i don't see why not.

 

George

[trapperman 474]

I think it depends on your local police as they all seem different, as a pest controller i didnt get an open from the start in fact i had to fight to even get it at all.

 

Just ask they can only say no.

[willum 89]

i have owned shotguns for 5 years nearly and fac for nearly 3 i have various different permisions and am aquiring bits and peices all over the shop and have asked for a open ticket due to keep haveing to get the land surveyed and the reply i got was i have to have held my ticket for at least five years

before they alow me my open cert this has aplyed to many of my feinds who have asked for 1 aswell. but all you can do is ask mate. atb willum

[v-max 2]

When you say open ticket do you mean for any land you have permission to shoot & invited placces??. If so it is easy to get an open ticket as all you say that you are out quite often looking for new ground or obtaining new ground etc so need FAC for all your permission & any other land obtained & or invited shoots easy shouldent be able to refuse you.

[willum 89]

ive said excactly that to my f/o and he said i still needed to wait 5 years before applying for open ticket im out at least 3 - 4 times a week on average in some way or another but still dont work for me in my neck of the woods

[Deker 3,478]

When you say open ticket do you mean for any land you have permission to shoot & invited placces??. If so it is easy to get an open ticket as all you say that you are out quite often looking for new ground or obtaining new ground etc so need FAC for all your permission & any other land obtained & or invited shoots easy shouldent be able to refuse you.

 

 

I think you will find this is a regional thing, no particular reason why it shoud be, but I do get the impression an Open Fac is easier to obtain north of the border!

 

You really have to put a case, and then some, to get it Open on first grant in much of England!

[danebrewer10 6]

as a recreational shooter, if you were applying for a cartridge firearm, then I doubt it, but as it's an air rifle, then I think you would, I have a FAC .25 air rifle than I can use wherever pretty much, but any new land has to be checked put by my FEO before using my HMR on it....

[silver-fox 0]

Dorset police won't make your ticket open until your first renewal, and then you have to request it in writing.

[jamie g 17]

west mercia are pretty tough on open tickets. i had 22lr and hmr on closed with mentoring. then i asked for 22/250 and at the same time to have the mentoring took off the rimfires.

 

got the rimfre mentoring removed but had mentoring on the 22/250.

 

i ge tto go to my mates farms and get the odd bits of land which wasnt past. i wrote in a good letter and had letters off my mates saying i was safe and i had been out with them and they trusted i was a safe shot.

 

and know how to handle the rifles in the right way. i asked for open then on rimfires and mentoring took off the 22/250 or cheeky even if i could have that open to.

 

it come back with open on all of them. they where happy with my reasons and letters off my shooting friends. i also stated that the ammo i had used was only on vermin and not on a range. where anyone can shoot off 100's of rounds.

 

imo 50 rounds from a centrefire in the field gains you alot more realtime in the field under field conditions instead of a range where your sat shooting in one postion