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Thanks for the advice however, i am not a member of a club and I havemt been to the same clay place more than twice, I go to different places instead of the same place. And with a referee I was thinking about my headmaster who is also a regular shooter and has seen me shoot both rifles and shotguns on several occassions. And he knows me personally quite well too obviously as I attend his school. Thanks again!

Thanks a lot! Good to know that you and probably others like you exist and are ok to do that, I live in Bath, its just below Bristol so about a 1 hour 30 min drive maybe, which I reckon would be fine with my parents when/if that day comes. That sorts out that main issue of acquiring a gun, and if what rcooke25552 said about ammunition was correct then that issue too is sorted. I searched alot and found no issues when it comes to transportation as long as the licence holder is present and in possession of the gun while in the car. Only thing now that I have found is issues with storage, if what rcooke25552 said is still correct it should be fine but I found this : Where a firearm or shotgun holder is under the age of 18, responsibility for the secure storage of the firearms and ammunition held on that young person's certificate must be assumed by a person aged 18 or over. I dont know if that means that person aged over 18 has to be a licence holder or not or if they could just be a parent but then how could they have responsibility if I am the only one allowed to access that cabinet. I will probably email my local firearms dept. about that particular issue, the ammunition one and any others but seems like coming here was a good idea ive made quite a bit of progress and learnt quite a bit too!

Thanks for the advice, only issue is I dont really know anyone well who is a licence holder, if what rcooke25552 said is still correct today then that pretty much solves all my problems, but is it still correct today is the question. I will most likely contact an FEO for advice. 👍

Thanks, I'm in bath, Somerset

Thanks for these quick and useful replies! I will most likely phone my local firearms licensing department and I will keep you all updated to help out anyone in a similar situation to me. Thanks for this “real world” answer it gives me some more perspective, when I call up my feo I hope that this is the answer they will give me since it seems the best I could hope for, hopefully it hasn't changed As far as I know from the law I have read you have to be 15 to own and shoot shoot unsupervised as long as you have a SGC.

This is my first question so sorry if anything here sounds dumb or obvious I did try and do my research before coming here . My question is that I am 15 year old who is very enthusiastic with firearms and loves to go clay Pidgeon shooting and wants to own my own shotgun and licence (to make things more consistent and a lot cheaper). The only issue is that although my parents do support me in my pursuit of a legal licence, they themselves do not want to get licences and I understand that even if I were to get a licence legally I cannot purchase a gun or ammunition, but I can be gifted them. So if I were to get a licence but my parents didnt, and I didnt know anyone well enough who has a licence who would be willing to just give me a shotgun, is there anyway I could aquire my own shotgun and ammo at all? Could my parent be like the ones that give the money and then the current shotgun owner puts it on my licence or something similar? Not really sure how to go about this, and not 100% clear on storage laws either since I have seen something about how a 18+ person needs to be responsible for storage or something but im not sure how that would happen if neither parents would be certificate holders. Long story short/in summary how would I, a 15 year old licence holder and the sole licence holder in the family go about acquiring a shotgun and ammo? Thanks for all readers and answerers.