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My initial grant was for 1000/1200 Buy & Hold .22rimfire, after 6 months I asked to increase to 2000/3000 for batch consistency & this was granted without issue. West Mids/Staffordshire licencing if it helps.

The least said about my clay shooting the better would have been better throwing the carts at the clays Nice to meet up with everyone again & will prob see you all at the UBC meet later in the year

I know the RFD's have to make a profit but when the guns are all coming from one supplier/importer some of them do take the p!ss For example at the lower end of the market, a New Winchester SXP on Guntrader from £329 to £399 with many prices inbetween & one fantasist asking £495 :wacko: Why does one dealer think he warrants £70 more if the one selling at £329 is happy with his profit margin ? (I'm ignoring the £495 nut job)

I applied for 12 slots (9 guns 3 Moderators) on my 1st FAC application (Club shooting only) & got them all BUT I did have good reason (all calibers used in competitions at my club) , enough safe storage for them all & more (Including my shotguns) & a decent alarm/security system. The only issue now is affording to fill all the slots

Scopes over 4x magnification are ITAR restricted along with many other things, the yanks get very jumpy about shooting stuff leaving the states & getting into the hands of terrorists which is a bit rich considering the amount of arms they sent over to the "freedom fighting" Taliban to overthrow their Russian oppressors

As per usual anything by the RSPCA is full of errors (Lies) Under their heading of "The Law & Air Rifles" they have this little gem :- " Air weapons cannot be used within 50 feet of the centre of a highway." Which is a paraphrase of the law & totally misleading, but then again as the law over this is not clear...... The Highways Act 1980 Section 161 in England and Wales, makes it an offence without lawful authority or excuse to discharge any firearm within 50 feet of the centre of the highway and in consequence of which the user of the highway is injured, interrupted or endangered. This does not apply to footpaths and bridleways. But several Police forces websites when quoting airgun/firearm law state :- It is also an offence to discharge a firearm, including an airgun, within 50 feet of the centre of any highway. This includes roads, bridle-paths or public footpaths. The offence is complete if a member of the public is injured, endangered or even just alarmed by the incident. Tellingly the above is never preceeded by the act or section that makes this law

Glad you like it & great to meet you, I reckon the SXP saw more use yesterday after I left than in the entire time I owned it Unfortunately it now means I'm no longer a member of Pump Club hopefully I can rejoin soon as I hope to purchase a Benelli Supernova FAC in the near future.

$229 + $20 shipping but they don't ship outside the USA so had to send it to a friend in New Orleans who then sent it on to me at a cost of $63 (I don't want to convert it from $ to £ coz the cost might scare me ) Top magazine is fake & just a storage box for 40 rounds of .22LR (handy for when you forget to grab a box out the safe) yep loads as a standard 10/22 ,standard & extended mags fit in a opening just below ejection port Sorry to the OP for hijacking the thread

No the Red Jacket one is called a ZK-22 & not especially styled after the P90 Mine is a HTA 90/22 from these guys http://www.hightowerarmory.com/default.asp

Nice one, I do like the synthetic & stainless look. I shoot my 10/22 more than my 3 other .22 rimfires & have just put it in a new bullpup stock. Not everyones cup of tea but great fun doing Practical & Mini Rifle down the range

As far as I am aware there is only one member of admin staff left in West Midlands Firearms licencing, all the rest of the staff have left (FEO's included) . There is a shared services agreement with Staffordshire Firearms licencing & once your application has been processed by the staff member at Lloyd House (West Mids) it will be passed on to Staffordshire to deal with. I had an email conversation with Staffs licencing at the end of last month to confirm that they ddid not yet have full access to the West Midlands computer systems & that was slowing things down somewhat.

Have a look at http://www.umarexboysclub.co.uk theres a wealth of knowledge on BB,pellet & airsoft guns in the forum. Including buying from Europe & having them delivered to your door (face to face sale only applies to new airguns bought in the UK)

Many thanks, I'll give them a bell tomorrow once I get back from the range (only a .22LR day) Incidentally I used to work within spitting distance of the proof house in the late 80's however the landscape around there has changed somewhat since then.

Cheers, any idea how much it costs to get a cartridge recipe proofed?

I'm after some opinions on the below slug recipe please (yes I do have slug conditions on my FAC ) Fiocchi 67mm hull with 616 primer 26grain Vectan A1 3mm overshot card 20mm Fibre wad 33gram Lyman Forster style slug frangible disc (purely to stop the roll crimp tool from cutting into the top of the slug) Roll crimp down to 62mm The load is for range work practice at beween 30-50 meters with my Winchester SXP (pump action) Does it sound reasonable or should I buy a cheap single barrel & a piece of string to test Any advice appreciated