T-Bolt94 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I had a friend had his renewal back in 4 days...Very impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 My variation is away 3 weeks now - any time soon I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I have a friend that has been waitin 14 weeks so far for a his first application :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Well so far that's not too bad in comparison to what it used to be, but I'd like to think that if he's got the all clear, it shouldn't take much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukeboy Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Got mine back in just over a week for a variation 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 know a lad who is a 1st time applicant he is now going into his 9th week and still no word FEO was with him 4 weeks ago, also know of a man waiting on his renewal snice the end of july Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Dog Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Renewal back in 1 week, last renewal 5 years ago took just over 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Anyone else still waiting on a variation waiting 6 weeks for mine and it feels a lot longer. I rang the firearms branch to see if there was any word to be told to that it had gone through all the checks and was waiting for a decision by the chief constable and that it would take another 2 weeks as they are short staffed. Still get that title bit of excitement every evening when coming through he door hoping to find a letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 My mate has been waiting 16 weeks on first app and another mate has been waiting 6 weeks for variation of centerfire, Seem pretty slow at the min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Three weeks for a variation last month. Not too bad for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Have a mate who has now been waiting over 11 weeks for a variation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 mates variations for a .22 rifle took just short of 2weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Got mine back took 8 weeks for my first centre fire. Seems to be up and down at the minute heard of a man who got his variation back in 10 days for a .22 Rimfire and others like myself it took 2 months. Ah well at least I got it now to get out and shoot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Seems to be on the mend.my last variation took 8 days.buying no more now.just need to make time to shoot what i have.plenty of time thanks to this down turn lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Heard in the grapevine that they are trying to sort out prison officers with PW's and this is why there is a backlog again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 handed my fac in last monday in person,received the usual letter yesterday and the fac arrived today.under 2 weeks for variation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastiebap Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Got my regranted FAC back seven months after sending it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 My last variation came back last week. It took over 5 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul87 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Change of Address 6 weeks so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastiebap Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 My last variation came back last week. It took over 5 months. If you don't mind me asking was it for something straightforward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 If you don't mind me asking was it for something straightforward? Not really. The correspondence from the FEB was very diplomatically worded. It gave me the opinion that they did not wish to grant my variation, but I had valid reasons to possess the firearm for which I had applied. The harassment hasn't ended yet though. The want me to produce the firearm for ballistic testing, even though it's a smoothbore. I'm a little bit perplexed by this request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastiebap Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Not really. The correspondence from the FEB was very diplomatically worded. It gave me the opinion that they did not wish to grant my variation, but I had valid reasons to possess the firearm for which I had applied. The harassment hasn't ended yet though. The want me to produce the firearm for ballistic testing, even though it's a smoothbore. I'm a little bit perplexed by this request. That'll be just down to policy no doubt as those who issue the letters know little about guns. Is it cartridge fed or black powder? if it used cartridges then I could understand how a sample of the case could be kept for the firing pin mark and extractor mark (if applicable), but if it's not then testing would be pretty pointless. Sounds like officiousness. I am assuming then that you had to prove that your club was afffiliated to the relevant organisation that is recognised as running smooth bore competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 It's black powder, and the only projectile specified for use is lead ball. I had to provide proof of membership to a historical firearms society, as well as tick boxes for numerous other criteria. Nothing about smoothbore shooting was mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastiebap Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 It's black powder, and the only projectile specified for use is lead ball. I had to provide proof of membership to a historical firearms society, as well as tick boxes for numerous other criteria. Nothing about smoothbore shooting was mentioned You mentioned it above lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 You mentioned it above lol lol what I meant was nothing was said about smoothbore shooting by the FEB. They didn't ask me about smoothbore disciplines within my club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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