practical shotgun Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 hay me again i think they hate me, why becouse i give all the secrets away. here we go get your self a explosive licence from your trading standards authority(council) this is called a mode b licence, this will cost you £13.00 all they do is put your name and address on the register, and send you a letter then this is the good bit contact one of the major cartridge makers and buy at trade prices £73 per 1000 good luck all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 must be min order though. how often do u need to apply for licence? :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete k Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 come on fellas theres normally a big debate going on when this sort of stuff arrives , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Ok will the cartridge companys supply you if you are within a minimum distance of one of their retailers? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical shotgun Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 im from chesterfield/and travel to express in lichfield save cost of postege min order 250 try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Why pay shop prices? How about to keep your local shop in business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical shotgun Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 so your saying you wont shop around for a cheaper gun or ammo you just put up with what they charge, he found out this info for his self and decided to act on it to make money out of you if you have extra money to throw away give it to me have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 If my local dealer isn't taking the **** and the prices are just a little over the odds then I'm happy to pay the extra. Gun shops aren't exactly common in my area see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 My local Gunshop sells my cartridges for just under £100 per 1000. I would not want a 100+ mile round trip, just to save £20. Even with all the shooting I do, its suprising how long 1000 cartridges last. Don't forget to let your Home Insurance Company know you have an explosive licence. I am sure they would be very interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffs-Shooter Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 (edited) he found out this info for his selfand decided to act on it to make money out of you Isn't that what business's do? After all everyone has a living to earn Edited April 10, 2005 by Staffs-Shooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varmintator Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 (edited) I agree with lurch it’s hard enough to find a decent gun shop locally with out us all trying to put them out of business. Most gun shops charge a normal retail mark up and I am happy to pay this for all the other services my local gun shop offers. We should be trying to support them not put them out of business, 20 years ago some bright spark thought it would be great to get a Japanese car because it was slightly cheaper look at us now. Edited April 10, 2005 by varmintator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffs-Shooter Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 We should be trying to support them not put them out of business, 20 years ago some bright spark thought it would be great to get a Japanese car because it was slightly cheaper look at us now. Can you remember when Britian had a motorcycle industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Stil got the trumpet but it does not quite cut it against the latest Jap crop. The margins on Cartridges tend to be fairly low so dont mind paying. My local shop sells so cheap that they do the same price for a box of 25 that they would for 4000. and are cheaper than all the discount mail order places. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical shotgun Posted April 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 forget every thing i said about cheap carts, but i wonder how many of the 213 people who veiwed this thread has today phoned there council for a form, remember that when your buying your carts. have fun alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 and i wonder what the police will think when 213 people apply for explosive licenses at the same time? i really wouldnt bother, you have to remember the other services gun shops will do for their customers, often free of charge. cartridges are the only thing that shooters need to buy regularly, so the least we can do is support them buy spending that little bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 but i wonder how many of the 213 people who veiwed this thread has today phoned there council for a form, I suspect the answer to that question is , "NONE". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 and what next? taking your own clays to the shooting ground to cut the cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Stil got the trumpet but it does not quite cut it against the latest Jap crop. Did you mean to say "latest Jap **** " ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 lol, it may be many things but it is proven and definately not ****. Not over engineard either. Triumph are learning slowly but surely not sure whether they will ever get to the top of the pile though. I do like the new 600 with the union jack on the front. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Whats all this talk about explosives and old British motor bikes. I use to ride a Triumph Trident T150 model yr 1975. Now that was explosive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodmedod.one Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Whats all this talk about explosives and old British motor bikes. I use to ride a Triumph Trident T150 model yr 1975. Now that was explosive. I also owned a 1974 T150V Trident. I bought it because I was replacing my CB250K4 Honda (which was definitely ****) and I believed all the stories that my Father had told me about how wonderful British bikes were. It was an unreliable self destructing piece of ****. It vibrated so badly that it sheared the welds on both the brackets for the horns. The head and barrels were stamped LHH and HLL on the mating surfaces, so Triumph actually admitted that they were both machined on the ****, but two wrongs sort of make a right! (the faces were so unsquare that you could actually see the runout). The carbs let in water, the electrics were ****, the ground clearance was rubbish. The reflectors fell off the oil cooler because they were glued on with mastic (what genius thought of that I wonder). Finally the automatic chain lubricator adjustment screw in the oil tank rattled loose so it pumped all the oil onto the chain and then siezed the engine. About the only good thing about it was that it sounded absolutely gorgeous. Since then I have only ever bought Japanese bikes. They just get better and better. Yamaha R1 I have now is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 more to the point, what about the rise and fall of the british gun makers? i love english guns but do most of my shooting with a browning. use it or lose it as they say. plinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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