scrob Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 This might sound like a dumb question to some, but will a jacket that I have been wearing whilst shooting shotgun cartridges cause any problems with airport security? I don't know whether I should expect problems if they decide to do a random swab test on the jacket? I'm sure there must be some trace of gun powder on them.. I wouldn't normally shoot in my good coats, but with the crazy weather we have had lately I was wearing all the layers I could find! Anyone else had this problem before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jega Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 Yep, if your chosen airport uses dogs you wont even get as far as the gate buddy.They'll pick up your scent as soon as you enter the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1966 Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 just keep your sgc with you in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 just keep your sgc with you in case. Why? It's like "should i burn i the clothes i wore at a party where people were smoking dope, incase the drug dog pulls me out?" it might make it pull you out but if you arent smuggling dope you'll be fine. Everyone is coverd in trace elements of stuff from all sorts of reasons if the dog signals you just explin its your shooting jacket, do check for spent and UNSPENT carts in your pocket tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 I've never had a problem shooting on Sunday and flying on Monday, but there again I've rarely seen dogs at Heathrow and then only at baggage reclaim, had a random swabs a few times and nothing. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 I flew out of Luton to Zurich last winter to go skiing. Wore my Harkila jacket on the plane. Queuing up to buy a coffee I went through the pockets and found 3 spent rifle cartridges. Casually dumped them in the bin and worried a bit about it all the way through security. They pulled the girl in front of me to one side (she was muslim) and swabbed her laptop keyboard. I wasn't worried that they'd bang me up in Guantanamo, just that they'd make me miss my plane while they checked up on me. I think you'd be very unlucky to get tugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Done it a few times, no issue You haven't done anything ilegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonevo Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) I know somebody who flew from manchester airport then onto Schiphol and then onto Kabul in afghanistan, with a live .223 bullet in his bag and got away with it,I wont mention any names to prevent any embarrasment Edited December 27, 2010 by jonevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbbingfinger Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 I got swabbed and they found a type of plastic explosive on me at Gatwick. After a grilling for an hour I was free to go and they were confident I hadn't been up to no good. I now have a note on my "file" that I was stopped. I have no idea what it was now but I remember it was a commen type used by the military. At the time I use to do alot of work for the Home Office, MOD, UK Immigration service etc. This caused me major problems when I went to the USA for a Disney trip this June. Two and a half hours I got detained there. Wife got told I would be having a full cavity search, they made lots of threats and even mistook Me for someone on the no fly list. Not going back there for a while!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieh Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Hi All About 5 yrs ago went from stansted to germany with 4 shotgun cartridges in my coat pocket just dumped them in a bin in germany Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 I know somebody who flew from manchester airport then onto Schiphol and then onto Kabul in afghanistan, with a live .223 bullet in his bag and got away with it,I wont mention any names to prevent any embarrasment Late spring this year, went "abroad", via East midlands airport and used Ryanair. Because of the luggage allowance, used my shooting jacket as well, as plenty of pockets. Ok, call me a tight ar$ed Yorkshireman . Thought I'd emptied all my pockets, when I got to my first lot of digs, starving and thirsty and wanting some nosh, chucked all stuff out of pockets and found, 5 live rounds of hummer ammo I'd slipped in a week ago for some late bunny bashing :o This jacket had gone through Xray :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel100 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Not had any problems when carrying through airports as long as ALL the paperwork is present and correct. Cannot over stress the importance of NOT accidentally carrying ammo in pockets. If caught in the UK you will almost certainly lose your certificates and probably go to prison - there have already been cases where this has happened. I was with a party of shooters coming back (through a small German airport) from a very heavy shooting session on indoor ranges in Germany. One guy's boots and range bag came up positive when swabbed but we had all our paperwork so, no problem at all. Also, don't get caught in Holland with empty cartridge cases unless you have a valid EFP covering the relevant calibre - told this by both Belgian and Dutch shooters / dealers. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 If you go to any shooting range you'll be bathed in GSR from head to toe so unless you've been upto no good i wouldnt worry too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estimatorsking Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 not a dumb question i used my ruck sack to carry my ammo to the club took it on holiday sking to the states got pulled over at heathrow chap on the xray done a swab on bag had a chat with me explained i had guns shooting ect and a fac holder he said we know we have checked he said its ok with our side might be a problem state side advised i left bag here and buy a new one over in the states did so collected my bag on the return journy no drama really did not fancy all the questions when i got to the states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Always worth checking the bag and your cost pockets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooverider Arrest and imprisonment Grooverider was arrested 24 November 2007 in Dubai after flying in for a nightclub gig with 2.16g of cannabis and a pornographic DVD in his luggage.[4] Grooverider had been employed on a freelance basis and has not been paid by BBC Radio 1 since November.[4] Four years is the mandatory sentence for drug possession in the United Arab Emirates. "I must have forgotten the spliff," he said in an interview. "It was a small amount. Back home I would not even get prosecuted."[1] On 19 February 2008, Grooverider was sentenced to four years imprisonment.[1][2][4] He was pardoned and released on Wednesday 3 September 2008, during the holy month of Ramadan that traditionally sees the pardoning of select prisoners in UAE.[5] In an interview with BBC, Grooverider described his experience as "appalling" and described the conditions in which he was placed.[6] Edited January 14, 2011 by Mungler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Never had a problem even went via LA security in my shooting coat after a weekend out. Only type this has come up I had abg swabbed that I had been using to carry PE (plastic Explosive) in and showed my licence and job done. Don't worry about it if you are carry your SGC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Flew back from Texas last October to the UK with about a dozen empty 9mm and .45 shells I had brought back from the pistol range as a souvenior. Frshly fired the day before I did think twice about taking them back home but decided to put them in an outside unlocked zippered pocket of my holdall, just in case they picked them up on the x-ray and needed easy access. Got home to find the US side had cut off the padlock and inspected the contents of the holdall, the empties were still there in the outside pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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