wysiwyg Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Any cartridge collectors out there? I've just come across a full box of these during a house move and have no idea what to do with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Be careful I think they might need to be held by someone with a fac. pretty sure my dad showed the same to the flo on renewal and got told he had days to get rid or there would be trouble ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) FAC just fire them off to get rid of them. Bang bang bang , gone, problem over. Because they are sec1 cartridge collecttors mostly cant own them but empty cases are collectable, box too is collectable Edited July 17, 2018 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecman Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Do not shoot them in any gun especially in a gun with any choke if you do you will be looking for a new set of barrels or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, mecman said: Do not shoot them in any gun especially in a gun with any choke if you do you will be looking for a new set of barrels or worse. No, they are safe, they were made to go through any shotgun. They were issued to farmers etc. The ball is way undersize. Back in the 60s there were lots of them around, I should think that's where these came from. You could definitely buy them very easily, no need for an FAC back then, and the ministry of agriculture would give you free cartridges to go rabbit shooting too. Edited July 18, 2018 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecman Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hope you are right , I was given some years ago and was curious to know what was in them so took one apart and found a solid ball in it which wouldn’t even look in the barrel of my gun, pays to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanky Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 So basically anything with a solid slug should now be held on FAC, I have been collecting cartridges for donkeys years and had to put all my solid slug carts on my FAC to keep legal, luckily I already had a FAC, so send me a pic of what you have and I will let you know if worth anything or you will have to cut out the slug and dispose of them, most of what I come across are fairly common war dept home guard carts and worth nothing but sometimes the box is worth more than what is inside - depends on labels on box etc, PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Had some home train guard cartridges somone gave me years ago.Cut one open they measured 680 so will go through a full choke .They were intended to be used in a standard shot gun . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 2 hours ago, dipper said: Had some home train guard cartridges somone gave me years ago.Cut one open they measured 680 so will go through a full choke .They were intended to be used in a standard shot gun . Most of these Home Guard cartridges have the arrow on the case and were loaded with SSG shot , LG shot and round balll Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Yep, I was crazy back in the late 40s early 50s and fired lots of that old Home Guard stuff through my grandfathers 12 gauge BSA boxlock which still sits in my gun safe today BUT better safe than sorry. I'm out of date in my reckoning but what is the maximum number of shot which makes it FAC..I think it used to be five but may be wrong. If anyone remembers the double egg cases...20 dozen I believe, well an ex Home Guard Officer dropped one of those at the farm in about 1949/50 and it was full of 22RF mostly Winchester and boxes of 12 gauge BBs but some bird shot 4s and 5s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsDad Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 17 minutes ago, Walker570 said: but what is the maximum number of shot which makes it FAC..I think it used to be five but may be wrong Correct. See extract from Firearms Guidance 2016 below: 2.53 A shotgun certificate is not required to possess or acquire shotgun cartridges containing five or more shot, none of which exceeds .36 inch in diameter. All ordinary shot cartridges are covered by this description. However, a shotgun certificate (or firearm certificate authorising possession of a section 1 shotgun) is normally required to purchase shotgun cartridges. All single bulleted ammunition, for example solid slug, spherical ball or projectiles for birdscaring equipment, is subject to the requirement for a firearm certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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