fac air

[robwelsh 354]

Is it the same thing you have to go through for fac air as it is to fac rifles/ sgc ? Just wondering

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

:yes:

[paulus 26]

Is it the same thing you have to go through for fac air as it is to fac rifles/ sgc ? Just wondering

identical mate

[robwelsh 354]

That's cleared that up..I'm not interested in fac air, but was unsure lol

[pianoman 3,587]

Hi Robwelsh.

 

Generally speaking, yes. But, the police seem, to me, a bit better disposed towards granting an FAC for air rifles than rim/centrefire cartridge rifles. You will have to prove and fulfil the same level of competence in handling, safety and your permission will have to cleared by the police as suitable ground for FAC shooting with regard to boundary distances and likely ranges you'll be shooting to. Plus you will need to show the same level home security requirements for storing your air rifle/s, I.E a steel gunsafe bolted to a supporting wall in your home and preferably out of sight and, you will not be allowed to plink with an FAC air rifle in your back garden as perhaps you did before; (the police will not consider the average size garden as safe for FAC shooting!). Once tuned and licensed, they are regarded as firearms as much as rimfire/centrefire rifles.

 

Hope this helps but, as an FAC air rifle shooter myself, it's too much of a faff now with the law for any real significance in advantage with higher air/muzzle power. I bag (and miss) just as many vermin with my sub-12ft/lb HW77 and TX200 .22 rifles at long ranges as I do with an FAC HW80.

 

ATB

 

Pianoman

[paulus 26]

Hi Robwelsh.

 

Generally speaking, yes. But, the police seem, to me, a bit better disposed towards granting an FAC for air rifles than rim/centrefire cartridge rifles. You will have to prove and fulfil the same level of competence in handling, safety and your permission will have to cleared by the police as suitable ground for FAC shooting with regard to boundary distances and likely ranges you'll be shooting to. Plus you will need to show the same level home security requirements for storing your air rifle/s, I.E a steel gunsafe bolted to a supporting wall in your home and preferably out of sight and, you will not be allowed to plink with an FAC air rifle in your back garden as perhaps you did before; (the police will not consider the average size garden as safe for FAC shooting!). Once tuned and licensed, they are regarded as firearms as much as rimfire/centrefire rifles.

 

Hope this helps but, as an FAC air rifle shooter myself, it's too much of a faff now with the law for any real significance in advantage with higher air/muzzle power. I bag (and miss) just as many vermin with my sub-12ft/lb HW77 and TX200 .22 rifles at long ranges as I do with an FAC HW80.

 

ATB

 

Pianoman

i shoot with mine in back gardens thats what it was purchased for along with around buildings and noise sensitive areas. having an open ticket solves all those sorts of problems

[AR177 588]

Paulus when you say 'open ticket' does that mean that you have no restrictions on your licence? does that mean you can own as many different varieties of rifle as you can stuff into your gun cabinets?

 

ATB

 

Adam

[Lewis Ste 245]

Paulus when you say 'open ticket' does that mean that you have no restrictions on your licence? does that mean you can own as many different varieties of rifle as you can stuff into your gun cabinets?

 

ATB

 

Adam

 

I think an open ticket means you don't have to get your land checked before shooting on it

 

Lewis

[paulus 26]

Paulus when you say 'open ticket' does that mean that you have no restrictions on your licence? does that mean you can own as many different varieties of rifle as you can stuff into your gun cabinets?

 

ATB

 

Adam

no it means i can shoot anywhere i have lawfull authority and i deem safe rather than the land having to be checked by an FLO

[AR177 588]

Ahh gotya

 

Cheers

 

ATB

 

Adam

[robwelsh 354]

Sounds like they got a lot of trust in you..does it only happen if you hold a license for a long period of time?

[paulus 26]

Sounds like they got a lot of trust in you..does it only happen if you hold a license for a long period of time?

varies from force to force here its a minimum of three years withoout an incident however i got mine within 6 months but that was a long time ago