Browning Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 BASC for many years, and prior to that WAGBI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthenailer22 Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 sportsmans assoiasion :o covers me for all field sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 BASC & NSRA (I shoot smallbore target as well). Millo, you must get yourself some insurance. As for not being able to afford it, well you managed to save up for your gun so save up for your BASC membership. I had this argument with someone a few years ago, the only difference being that he was just a tight ****** who didn’t want to pay out for something he didn’t think was necessary. He had his own business and a bloody big house but would not pay out @ £25 (at that time) for BASC membership. :< In the end no-one would let him go shooting with them just in case he had an accident and dropped everyone in the mire. I don’t think he would buy a game licence either…… :o G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 When I was first applying for my SGC, my signatory made me join BASC before he would sign my form. A practice which I have since adopted myself. There are obviously several organisations offering insurance cover, but before you dump BASC in favour of X, Y, or Z, ask yourself a couple of questions. In the event of a claim, how good is the insurance likeley to be, and in the event of specialist witnesses being required, does the organisation have them available in house, as is the case with BASC, or are you going to be left to the mercies of any old solicitor? Try to find out the size of the organisations firearms department. I believe that the CA has only one person, with a very limited budget. I cant comment on any of the other organisations refered to, but I seriously doubt that any will come close to the level of expertise offered by BASC. Insurance cover is only one aspect of being a member of an association. BASC are fighting to protect and promote shooting at various levels on a daily basis. I doubt that many of the other organisations could honestly claim that, especially when the resourses made available are scrutinised. So, if you want cheap insurance join X,Y, or Z. But if you want insurance, backed up with recocnised expertise, and wish to protect the sport that presumably you love. Then for me BASC is the only credible, shooting dedicated organisation. I suppose is a bit like do you buy your bread from the local baker, beautiful, fresh, and a whole host of other goodies, made by a man who knows what hes doing and cares; or do you just nip into the garage and grab a plastic bag full of bread plant ****! They are both bread, but I know which I prefer! webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyni Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Meant to say im with BASC, Just to let people know BASC have become valuable alies in our wildfowling club and we now have a representative who comes over from the mainland to attend any meetings/or deals with government/insurance/national trust/environment agency etc etc thats in addition to our local branch. Being a club member gives you more of an insight to what BASC actually does and can do to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Millomite Millomite, quite frankly, I am staggered. You are presumably quite inteligent, or you would not have gained entry to university. I can understand that your budget may be tight, but I do feel that without insurance you should stop shooting untill you can afford the cover. Please stop and consider the consequence of you being unfortunate enough to cause a serious accident. You would be taken to the cleaners. I have no doubt that the consequences could be that you could be declared bankrupt, virtually the shirt off your back. Plus the stigma, that sticks, you could also find it difficult to gain employment, loans, etc. Speaking of loans, how about tapping into your student loan?, pooling some of your christmas present money? Millo, Im not having a poke at you personally, at least youve been honest enough to admit it. I feel that you may not have fully considered the ramifications that the lack of adequate insurance cover can bring. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Millomite Millomite, quite frankly, I am staggered. You are presumably quite inteligent, or you would not have gained entry to university. I can understand that your budget may be tight, but I do feel that without insurance you should stop shooting untill you can afford the cover. Please stop and consider the consequence of you being unfortunate enough to cause a serious accident. You would be taken to the cleaners. I have no doubt that the consequences could be that you could be declared bankrupt, virtually the shirt off your back. Plus the stigma, that sticks, you could also find it difficult to gain employment, loans, etc. Speaking of loans, how about tapping into your student loan?, pooling some of your christmas present money? Millo, Im not having a poke at you personally, at least youve been honest enough to admit it. I feel that you may not have fully considered the ramifications that the lack of adequate insurance cover can bring. webber In response to this and the earlier post. I did not buy my shotgun or license, they were both presents form my grandad. My studentloan is fully tied up with my accomodation payments, plus i have to find an extra 600 quid. My overdraft is full on maxed out, ie no cash. Times are very tight at the moment and any extra money I have is being saved to pay for my MSc course next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Millomite, I sympathise with your situation and like most of the people on this Forum, I did not belong to any Organisation, or have any type of Insurance for my shooting activities, until well into my adult life. I didn't join these Organisations to get the Insurance cover. Also like 99.9% of UK Shooters, I have never had any need to claim on such Insurance (with the BASC one, thats probably very lucky). Whilst in an ideal world it would be compulsory, at the moment it isn't. If I was in your position, I would not seek to justify myself to anyone. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Millomite Millomite, quite frankly, I am staggered. You are presumably quite inteligent, or you would not have gained entry to university. I can understand that your budget may be tight, but I do feel that without insurance you should stop shooting untill you can afford the cover. Please stop and consider the consequence of you being unfortunate enough to cause a serious accident. You would be taken to the cleaners. I have no doubt that the consequences could be that you could be declared bankrupt, virtually the shirt off your back. Plus the stigma, that sticks, you could also find it difficult to gain employment, loans, etc. Speaking of loans, how about tapping into your student loan?, pooling some of your christmas present money? Millo, Im not having a poke at you personally, at least youve been honest enough to admit it. I feel that you may not have fully considered the ramifications that the lack of adequate insurance cover can bring. webber In response to this and the earlier post. I did not buy my shotgun or license, they were both presents form my grandad. My studentloan is fully tied up with my accomodation payments, plus i have to find an extra 600 quid. My overdraft is full on maxed out, ie no cash. Times are very tight at the moment and any extra money I have is being saved to pay for my MSc course next year as to the amount of reposts on the subject of insuranece of a kind ,its xmas millomite have your parents or family joint a prezzie of affiliation to one of your choice for shooting ,they obviously understand your plight, as im sure most of us do. but remember this , its not so much you ,its the other guy i worry about .......... sleep well ,have a good xmas Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 BASC for me.milo i shoot with several different guys on a regular basis and until recently just assumed we all had insurance cover that was until we had a near miss and we started laughing and joking about sueing each other and it came out that the guy that caused the near miss had no insurance .THIS GUY HASNT BEEN TAKEN SHOOTING SINCE .you insure yourself against the unexpected that you think will never happen but all too often does. i think ive posted this before :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Millo.... get a job :o my brother had 2jobs for a few years before he went away to UNI.. and as he drinks quite a bit he was spending £50-£60 a night and going out every night of the week.... and then when he finally needed to buy something that was over £1k he did not go out as often for a while and he was fine.. now hes left UNI he has a job.. and if ever he needs something he doesnt go out as much. Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 and as he drinks quite a bit he was spending £50-£60 a night and going out every night of the week.... :o Aled that is an average of £55 a night, £385 a week on drink. How many liver transplants has he had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 and as he drinks quite a bit he was spending £50-£60 a night and going out every night of the week.... Aled that is an average of £55 a night, £385 a week on drink. How many liver transplants has he had? Kids these days eh Ern? :o I know loads of people at Uni who spend that in one night easily!! I, unfortunately, do not have enough money to spend that on drinking! And i think that is all im going to say about this as i dont need insurance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Ern Now dont forget that young Aled cant measure, so presumably he can neither count nor multiply, but we live in hopes. Maybe his brother did spend 50 odd quid a night on booze, once every now and then; and he did go out every night, for a walk!! Aled, your in the wrong job lad. Cease farming, and start writing; science fiction may be a good start. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 It is not a huge amount to spend on a night :o out but 7 nights of the week! I suspect that is a touch of exageration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big dave Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I am with BASC but may join NGO soon :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossa Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 National Gamekeepers Organisation (NGO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 and as he drinks quite a bit he was spending £50-£60 a night and going out every night of the week.... :o Aled that is an average of £55 a night, £385 a week on drink. How many liver transplants has he had? Ern ,dont forget EWE have to consider female company as well ,hospitable people the welsh . Aled ,maybe once a week ,twice tops ,but every night ?? getting back to it, what sort of coin are we talking for a membership with ins ,no one particular just an average ,,,,,,somebody ?? Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 All single Adult Membership ( is not Family, Junior etc). BASC £50 pa. Countryside Alliance £45 pa. NGO £25 pa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white fox Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 NGO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted December 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 For those that have voted none this might make life easier for you http://www.basc.org.uk/ http://www.cpsa.co.uk/ http://www.cpsa.co.uk/ http://www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk/ You can lead a horse to water but you cand make it drink :o Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTaylor2k4 Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 I'm a member with BASC.. but i'm with myself because.. i'm a 1 man army :o Anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 None, cant afford the membership Then you can't afford Gemma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Now thats a good point :o ,no money "no woman no cry" Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Millomite you could afford the NGO cut back on your drinking. I am a member of BASC, CA,CPSA,NGO, GC.I do not have more money than sense I just believe we need to protect our sport and if I am a member I can help any or all the organisations to do just that.Heaven forbid you ever injure, or get legal action against you, please get adequate insurance cover Millo.Salopian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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