Tom Robinson Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 i am filling in my FAC application form and applying for a 22lr for vermin such as rabbits and a 223 for foxes what should i put down for how much ammo to buy and hold at any 1 time, including expanding ammo. do i have to put a cirtain ammount of expanding and normal ammo??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 1000, buy. hold 1200 rim fire 223 buy 4 hold 5. expanding is usually granted automatically when asking for vermin/fox control. but ask for it anyway. if they dont like what you have put down, they will amend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 1000, buy. hold 1200 rim fire223 buy 4 hold 5. expanding is usually granted automatically when asking for vermin/fox control. but ask for it anyway. if they dont like what you have put down, they will amend it. :blink: I take it you mean 400 and 500 mark? I think it'll take a lot of justifying to hold 500 rounds .223, personally I'd put 200 and 250, agree with the rim-fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 1000, buy. hold 1200 rim fire223 buy 4 hold 5. expanding is usually granted automatically when asking for vermin/fox control. but ask for it anyway. if they dont like what you have put down, they will amend it. :blink: I take it you mean 400 and 500 mark? I think it'll take a lot of justifying to hold 500 rounds .223, personally I'd put 200 and 250, agree with the rim-fire yes mate 100,s. and 200 is not enough if you reload, which he may do at a later date and therefore save him having to sent his fac back for it changing.like what i did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 1000, buy. hold 1200 rim fire223 buy 4 hold 5. expanding is usually granted automatically when asking for vermin/fox control. but ask for it anyway. if they dont like what you have put down, they will amend it. I take it you mean 400 and 500 mark? I think it'll take a lot of justifying to hold 500 rounds .223, personally I'd put 200 and 250, agree with the rim-fire yes mate 100,s. and 200 is not enough if you reload, which he may do at a later date and therefore save him having to sent his fac back for it changing.like what i did. :blink: - if you go down the reload route - you'll need quite afew rounds on your ticket, especially when buying bullet heads etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 By all means ask for 500, how many foxes do you shoot a year? and with a few zeroing sessions? I think you'll find 250 is ample, this allows you ( me ) to buy 200 heads, in boxes of 100's so same batch for consistency, whilst holding a few rounds. I know of some who have cf rounds at 80 buy and 100 keep :blink: , now if your buying 200 rounds every 6 8 months or so well yes ask for 500 keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 200 rounds every 6 8 months sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Ive got buy 500 22lr keep 1000. buy 300 .223 keep 400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Put whatever you like (within reason) and then discuss it with your FEO when he comes round, it ins't set in stone. I have: .22lr buy 500 keep 600 6.5 and .223 buy 200 keep 300 I have never had a problem with those quantities and they were adjusted UP by FEO when he came round as I had half of that on my app as I had no idea how many I would be using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. :blink: - Same here Mark 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .22lr 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .17HMR 400 to buy and 500 to keep - .223cf 200 to buy 250 to keep .243cf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 1000 to buy, 1200 to keep for .243 as I reload. 500 to buy, 600 to keep. Both for .22 and .17hmr. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. - Same here Mark 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .22lr 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .17HMR 400 to buy and 500 to keep - .223cf 200 to buy 250 to keep .243cf .................... but if you both hit more of what you shot at ...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Damn... I put down 500 keep, 250 buy for .22LR and 300 keep, 150 buy for .17HMR on my FAC application. Maybe I'll have to get that upped when I see the FEO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. - Same here Mark 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .22lr 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .17HMR 400 to buy and 500 to keep - .223cf 200 to buy 250 to keep .243cf .................... but if you both hit more of what you shot at ...................... no mate, we have a bit more to shoot at. and we dont have to give first dibs to the mrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Damn... I put down 500 keep, 250 buy for .22LR and 300 keep, 150 buy for .17HMR on my FAC application. Maybe I'll have to get that upped when I see the FEO. For a .22, 500 buy should be your minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 i can keep 1,000 and buy 800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 You reckon? My permission's not half of Cambridgeshire and driving round it won't take that long. I reckon at most it will take 50 rounds to sight the rifle and I'll get through 20 rounds in a session (at most), so 500 buy seems like overkill. I'm being serious StuartP, how come 500 buy as a minimum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 You reckon? My permission's not half of Cambridgeshire and driving round it won't take that long. I reckon at most it will take 50 rounds to sight the rifle and I'll get through 20 rounds in a session (at most), so 500 buy seems like overkill. I'm being serious StuartP, how come 500 buy as a minimum? To save you having to recheck zero with every new batch, and rf rounds come in bricks of 500 consistency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Ok, good plan. I'll get that ammended then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 and with some gunshops, you can get them to do you a deal if you buy in bulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I was told by my FEO I should add, use the 'batch consistancy' and also how far it is to your nearest gun shop?, price break as has been mentioned. They are (in my experience at least) very reasonable people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. - Same here Mark 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .22lr 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .17HMR 400 to buy and 500 to keep - .223cf 200 to buy 250 to keep .243cf .................... but if you both hit more of what you shot at ...................... no mate, we have a bit more to shoot at. and we dont have to give first dibs to the mrs I's a long time since I've dibbed the Mrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 sorry mate i keep thinking people use as much as me, and 200 wont last me a month. - Same here Mark 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .22lr 1100 to buy and 1200 to keep - .17HMR 400 to buy and 500 to keep - .223cf 200 to buy 250 to keep .243cf .................... but if you both hit more of what you shot at ...................... no mate, we have a bit more to shoot at. and we dont have to give first dibs to the mrs I's a long time since I've dibbed the Mrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I got 1000 buy and 1100 keep for .22lr. 200 buy and 250 keep for 6.5x55. If you want to push the numbers up say you want to reload the centrefire and comp shoot the .22lr at a club. My FEO phoned me today saying he wanted to knock my 6.5 down a bit, but when I said I needed the numbers to buy expanding heads to reload he was happy with my request Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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