Selling Cartridges to a friend?

[Tom1989]

Hi Everyone,

 

Earlier this year I became ill, which resulted in me not being able to shoot

 

I've had to sell my gun but have many boxes of unused 12 gauge cartridges left over. To my understanding, a gun dealer can only sell cartridges to someone with a shotgun certificate. But am I legally allowed to sell them to one of my shooting buddies?

 

Cheers,

 

Tom

[aga man]

Hi Tom, sorry to hear about your illness. you are fine to sell your cartridges to your shooting buddies providing they have a current shotgun certificate.

 

aga man.

[Lord Geordie]

Hi Tom!

 

As above, you are perfectly fine to sell to a SGC holder!

 

Hope your illness won't keep you away from it long

[parapilot]

I didn't think a license was required, I thought it was just good practice or required from a RFD.

 

If I went clay shooting with a non licensed mate, I buy a slab of carts and he goes halfs, buying them from me in effect. Or is this the section 11?

[HDAV]

I didn't think a license was required, I thought it was just good practice or required from a RFD.

 

If I went clay shooting with a non licensed mate, I buy a slab of carts and he goes halfs, buying them from me in effect. Or is this the section 11?

 

Section 11 is an exemption for possession of a gun.

 

This is the paragraph in the guidance:

 

11.4 Although a shotgun certificate is not required in order to possess or acquire shotgun cartridges used with section 2 shotguns, the production of a certificate (the original not a photocopy) is necessary as required by Section 5 of the Firearms (Amendment Act 1988 (See Para 5.12) in order to purchase such cartridges (unless the purchaser can show that they are entitled to possess a shotgun without a certificate, is a registered firearms dealer, or is a person who sells such cartridges by way of trade or business). Ammunition not exempted by section 1(4) of the 1968 Act may be possessed or acquired only by a firearm certificate holder. A person may purchase shotgun ammunition for a certificate holder, if they produce that person’s certificate, together with written authority from the certificate holder to purchase the ammunition for them. Note that this section only applies to sales.

 

 

5.12 Section 5 of the 1988 Act prohibits the sale of ammunition for a shot gun or smooth-bore gun, and for which a firearm certificate is not required, to a person who is neither a registered firearms dealer nor a person who sells such ammunition by way of trade or business unless that person:

a) produces a shot gun certificate or a firearm certificate (the original, not a photocopy) authorising them to possess a smooth-bore gun;

b ) shows that they are entitled to possess a shot gun or smooth-bore gun without holding a certificate; or

c) produces a certificate (the original, not a photocopy) of some other person together

with a written authority from the holder of the certificate to purchase the ammunition

on their behalf.

This section only applies to ammunition not subject to control under section 1 of the 1968 Act. There is no requirement for a vendor of shot gun cartridges to be registered as a firearms dealer.

Edited February 27, 2014 by HDAV

[B525 LIGHT]

You need a valid certificate to buy shotgun shells but not to possess them.