Sando Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi, Just read a article that says you do not need a shot gun certificate to buy cartridges,yet every time I have gone for some they always ask for your sgc,can any one shed any light on this,also it says you can buy a 2,4,8or 10bore without the need of a sgc as long as you dont have any cartridges,whats it all about. Look forward to some replys from you guys and possibly gals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargeant Bang Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 I'm fairly sure that's rubbish buddy. I've always needed my ticket when buying shotgun and/or rifle ammo. Because the shop has to account for the drop in their stock, so they need to record what they sell you on your ticket and also in their big book. I wouldn't bother trying to buy any ammo without having your ticket with you, I'm sure it would be illegal to sell it to you that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 You need a SGC to purchase cartridges but you don’t need one if you want to posses them. Bloody stupid isn’t it. This means that anyone with a SGC can buy them and then give them to someone without a SGC, and no offence is committed. I sometimes wonder who makes all this stuff up. :thumbs: G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Or go to 99.999% of clay shoots and buy as many cartridges as you like with producing a thing !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 i think they make it up to keep someone in a job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Or go to 99.999% of clay shoots and buy as many cartridges as you like with producing a thing !! I suppose the logic is that if you turn up at a clay shoot with a shotgun, then the chances are you have a SGC. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Not necessarily. I went to loads of clay shoots before I got an SGC or gun, and I have taken newcomers without gun or SGC along since many times, and not provided them with any of my cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Could it be something silly like you can buy them on a "licensed premises" without a ticket? Akin to a 16 year old being allowed to drink alchohol in a pub as long as it is with a meal. The law is indeed an *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 You can buy rifle rounds and use them on that premises they don't have to go on your ticket, so maybe it is that sort of thing. Anyway I have both so I don't need to think about it, I am too busy looking forward to going clay shooting with my mates sister in law on Sunday - yee haaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 The law is a total *** when it comes to cartridges, especially shotgun. But even with rifle carts', you are allowed to buy so many at a time, but nothing is going to stop you buying the same amount a couple of days later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 if an registerd firearms dealer (rfd) sells a quantity of bullets (not cartridges) to a cert holder he has to write in his book how many, who to, date, etc and the cert holder has an amount he can buy and hold on his cert, if the rfd thinks hes buying to many i.e. cert holder can buy 500 store 750 and he buys 500 a day for a week its down to the rfd to inform the issuing police stn or county that he thinks the cert holder is storeing more than he is allowed then he will get a visit from his local bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 That doesnt remove the fact that you could still buy them. I'll not go into this as I dont think it appropriate but suffice to say you could purchase more cartridges. Not to mention the fact that the law has no way of knowing what you have done with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Somewhere it has to end with a common sense attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Somewhere it has to end with a common sense attitude. If that were to be true we wouldnt have a need for the laws that do exist, crazy as they are or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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