Paddy Galore!

OK chaps! new thread After the christmas shoot with the essex crew i've caught the "clay" bug. I was thinking i could do with the practice, so, who else wants to make a fool of themselves at mid norfolk and have a drink after at the ugly bug? Last friday of the month sound ok to you guys? [29th jan] What say you?

I only ever use a patch down the barrel once in a blue moon.

Have a word with wallace and grommit, sure they'll fix you up with something!!

It used to be anyone with a professional qualification or a business in their own right is what i had explained to me when i applied. If it's changed then all the better, i cannot understand why it would be technically easier to obtain an FAC over an SGC..

I think thay's more to do with bias, rfd's and gun smiths aren't allowed to countersign either. RUM OLD LOT i say!

well done mate, still waiting to hear about some my way..

looks a bit like one of those crop sprayers..

or you could add a sec one shot gun on your application list for birds and clays and not bother with sec 2 shotgun.

hi there, your rfd will have to send the gun to another designated rfd, the transfer fees are usually £25 each end to cover their paper work. make sure that your rfd or whoever is posting the gun is a member of the Gun Traders Association, otherwise postage will cost a fortune. your rfd will sort out the paper work your end so all you will have to do is notify the local police of the transaction.

sorry, traded in at N S G, it was a 12g and a bit noisy anyway. I think churchills is fine if your face fits, some people walk out of there with some good deals, just not me!

I'm sure i put a post in here, oh well probably been deleted. Had a similar thing happen to me with a gun shop in dereham, i guess some people just don't need the money . I only deal with norfolk sporting guns now as a result, i always seem to get a result there.

churchills of dereham can be like that sometimes, took a mossberg hushpower in there to trade in against a 22/250. It took them ages to serve me then they had the audacity to offer me a ridiculously low trade in price, i guess some people don't need the money chap. sorry i couldn't help the other day with the blaser by the way, the guy in question is incommunicado.

SOLD!

Managed to aquire an old landrover, reduced price £650..

the stuff in question is called metal spray apparently, i had a winnie 101 done last year to build the bolt back up, cost £75.

This can vary from month to month, and year to year. there was a recent article in the BASC magazine about the changes in licencing laws, ie when the certs used to run for 3 yrs, then were changed to 5 yrs. back to the plot.. my sgc took 2 weeks from application recieved to cert on my door step, my fac took a litttle longer, about 4 weeks. my variation took nearly 2 months due to a massive surge in applications and variations, and i've just had my restrictions lifted which took 1 week from the date of the phone call. this was norfolk constabulary.good job you lot

OOPS! forgot about sound moderators, you'll need them if you're bunny bashing . well done albob..

hi there!

Sorry to hear that chap..

welome

Got a funny story about pure[ish] alcohol and a tramp from when i worked in a foundry, we used it to mix up the mould paint, set light and it would stop the castings getting scabs, just up the road was the local night shelter, and i had an idea. I'm not posting the rest of it on here tho..

Well thats 2 of us, come on chaps, where are you? was thinking about mid norfolk on a friday late january or drinks in the evening, ugly bug sounds good LC, haven't been there in a while.

usually with metal filings to build up the worn out parts, basically they heat up the affected area, sprinkle their magic powder over it ,[not sure what's in it], which bonds to the action, then it's a long process of grinding, polishing, and re-fitting the parts.

POOR OLD TIDDLES! what ever did he do to you? On a more serious note, i've heard about this too.

when filling out the section on which guns you wish to aquire you're best bet is 22lr[x2, 1 bolt action, 1 semi auto] 17hmr for small vermin, also if the feo will allow it try and get a centre fire on there aswell, something like a 223/243, for fox and small species of deer . don't forget to mention your fac air rifle in a specified calibre. Don't worry about the section for guns that you already own as this is for renewals. you will need expanding ammunition if you are shooting vermin so put that on your list too. you will also need to list ammo requirements, i suggest 1000 22lr kept, 500 purchased. 500 17hmr kept, 250 purchased. 200 centre fire kept, 100 purchased. you dont need to list air rifle ammunition.the FEO may not grant you all this in the first instance, but you will get the majority of it. Good luck.