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  8. Woman shot in the eye with airgun, news this morning

    in Airgunners

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    I think that, sadly, everyone is overestimating the number of air rifles people are going to consider licensing. Most people won't consider it worthwhile to jump through hoops to keep the rifle in their attic. Even being from quite rural Scotland, I think that 90+% of Scotland's air rifles are going to be handed in to be destroyed. So while there will be a big increased burden on the licensing system, it won't be quite as huge as everyone is expecting.

  10. Scotlands air guns come April

    in Airgunners

    Posted · Edited by gazere

    Haha. Some of us did, unfortunately. The air gun laws are part of the new "devolved powers" as a 'sorry your referendum failed' consolation prize.

    It seems ridiculous. I'm not sure the police have a hope in hell of licensing half a million air rifles before next April, on top of the already long wait times for other FAC's.

     

    I'd like to add that even though 87% of all the experts and independent bodies they asked said this was over the top, they did it anyway.

  12. Scotlands air guns come April

    in Airgunners

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    Such a shame about this new legislation for scotland, but I've hardly heard anything about it?

    I have an air rifle and a sgc, but dont think it would be worth applying for a FAC just to keep it for occasional plinking, if they would even let me. Do you guys think I should sell it asap? The other option would be to give it to a relative down south to take care of. Surely most of Scotlands air rifles will be unwanted come next april and will be worth less than nothing as hundreds of thousands are handed in to be destroyed?

    Thoughts?

  15. Guns away from home for 3 months?

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    My shotguns are stored at home, and I study at uni about an hour away. Do you think I would be in the clear if semi regularly I took a gun down to my term time flat for a week? I was thinking of purchasing a small safe for the fore end, and a cable lock to lock the action to the radiator out of sight?

  19. New to shooting advice - Dundee

    in Clay Pigeon Shooting

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    Thanks for the advice guys. I was at Auchterhouse again earlier today, feel as though I am improving. They said they can store shotguns for a reasonable price, would it be worth shooting with the Horton on a regular basis or should I stick with the o/u I've been hiring?

    Also according to Drew? my eye dominance is neither left nor right. I think this is bad :(. So far I've just been closing one eye and that works okay but I've been told perhaps I should buy glasses and black out a spot? Thanks for all the help,

    Duncan.

  25. New to shooting advice - Dundee

    in Clay Pigeon Shooting

    Posted

    Hey there, my name is Duncan and I am a 19 year old student in Dundee. My grandfather recently died and left me some shotguns, and so i decided with my dad to try shooting. I have now recently recieved my shotgun licence and have a SxS purdey 12ga, which was my great great grandfathers, and a SxS 12ga "horton" which i dont know much about. There is also a very old .410 single barrel which someone has told me may have been a poachers gun as it is unmarked. I would very much like to get involved with the sport, and have shot locally at auchterhouse a couple of times. Unfortunately I cant seem to find a local club, and so I was wondering if there were some more experienced shooters who could show me the ropes and help answer all the questions I have? Hopefully there are people about my area :).

    I posted the same thing to clay shooting forums but there was nobody in my area, someone suggested I post here as well.

    http://www.shootclayforum.com/index.php?/topic/16926-new-to-shooting-advice-dundee/

    For pics of the guns, thanks all.

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