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Got to the RFD as it opened this morning and bought my first ever gun. It's a S/H Anschutz 525, with sling, scope & moderator. A bit tatty but I'm sure it will be fine for bashing the bunnies. £125 which seems a fair price with the accessories Cycles fine on CCI (?) ammunition. Put 70 rounds through it when I got home. Pity it only came with one mag but it should teach me to be more frugal in future. Have only shot it at 30 yards so far. Will try it out at longer range in due course.

It was one of the reasons I didn't push the .243 too hard. I'll write to them later this month once our phone is connected

I believe to take these shots properly, one needs to be in the back of a pickup truck with a bottle of moonshine. To warn bystanders, it is traditional to use the call of "Yee haw!"

...with a certain brown envelope After all the shenanigans in getting the licence, I have been granted .22LR, .17HMR and .223. Not open for any calibre, but that's OK for the moment whilst I learn. It mentions AOLQ and expanding ammunition but no mention of high seat, which is good. Fox is explicitly mentioned "subject to the suitability of the calibre" which means I can use a rimfire if appropriate (and I know that's a whole other subject) Phoned my FEO to thank him and admitted I was still confused as to why they would grant me a .223 but not a .243. He didn't really know, I don't think it was his decision. Happy to serve my time on the .223 anyway (once I get one!)

I may be new to shooting, but I'm not new to Internet forums Absolutely, thank you. You will be pleased/displeased* to note that I can end my idle speculation as the post arrived this morning * delete as applicable

Aren't policemen getting younger too? Blimey, it's like Sunday afternoon on Radio 2...

A good reasoned answer, thanks. I'd rather ask the questions now than after the event, To clarify, for those of you who are taking this a little too seriously, I'm not going to do it, it was just a thought that popped into my head whilst looking at the bunnies playing in the field over the lane.

I think an immediate ban on all firearms is in order. I shall contact Jeremy Vine forthwith

Another good point. I'm also guessing a witness seeing a gun barrel pointing out of a window might not react well

Just standing my ground. I'd hoped for a more reasoned response than the scolding I received, but it does appear there is some disagreement here. Might put that in my signature... On a point of law, all the legislation I can find points to air guns, although some brief research found reference to trespass. Safety issues aside, I'm not convinced that a bullet passing over land without touching it counts as trespass - you might say the same about an aircraft - wouldn't want one landing in my garden, but it's not an offence to fly over it (albeit over 500' AGL). Obviously, the poster who enquired about shooting across my garden wouldn't discharge the shot if I was walking through the line of fire (or maybe he would after reading this thread )

Glad to be of service:)

You are obviously unaware of how the Internet works. This can't be the daftest question ever posted on here (shooting pigeons off telegraph wires?) but thank you for your concern

You'd have to ask them...

Thank you for some of the reasoned responses, it wasn't a wind up (and it's Austrian, not Russian) just a discussion point. As has been pointed out, it's not necessarily an offence and I did point out it was hypothetical. I would add that, road aside, my view and backdrop is far greater from the upstairs window than most places on the ground. As it happens, I haven't got permission to shoot there anyway and don't intend to. I'd be interested in the legal interpretation of a bullet leaving one permission and landing in another, passing overhead a non-permission

Theoretical question whilst I gaze out of my first floor window, waiting for my licence, but there is a field over the lane. I'm aware of the 50' restriction, which applies if someone would be inconvenienced etc. but would there be anything legally stopping me firing down into the field opposite (assuming I had permission from the landowner)? There's good visibility either side so you wouldn't be shooting over road users and being elevated, there's good backstop... I'm also going to be shooting quite near the road but directly away from it. With a moderated .22 I doubt anyone the other side of the fence will even notice but I'll have to be a bit more careful with the higher calibres. Might draw a 50' line anyway to satisfy those who might interpret the law a little differently.

I might be but haven't got licence through yet. Can you post pictures of the .17HMR please?

Mine used roughly as much Waxoyl as it did diesel

Actually, Pinzgauer 710K is the same length and width as a Defender 90. Slightly taller and parts more expensive but in fairness, it is built to a much higher specification (think they were over £100K new). Mine cost £3,000 The underbody and corrosion protection on Defenders has never really been improved, panel fit is dreadful, nowhere for your right elbow and very little ground clearance on the 110's. There is good reason why people buy Japanese pickups instead. I had high hopes when Tata bought Land Rover that they'd make a solid utility vehicle but instead they've tried to push Defender poshwards and it was never designed for that to begin with

What's the .17HMR? Expecting licence to come through soon

Good riddance. They're badly built and only easy to fix because they keep needing it. Used to be a huge Landie fan until I got the Pinzgauer...

I bought a Sealey one - multi point locking

How does one even justify a Section 5?

A safe backdrop is one without people in it, regardless of whether they're allowed to be there or not.

This is exactly what I'm looking for but haven't got my licence through yet

"12.10 persons who are sentenced to a term of imprisonment for three months or more but less than three years must not possess them until five years have passed since the date of release" "12.14 A series of convictions is likely to be sufficient evidence of unfitness, even if one on its own would not be sufficient to justify refusal or revocation, unless the convictions are well in the past. Whether the applicant is found to have knowingly or recklessly made a false statement in order to obtain a certificate is of particular relevance" I don't think the above prevent you from gaining a licence but as mentioned, be open and honest with them when you apply