The difference between want, need and good reason is always a difficult one. Lets be honest, a recreational stalker only 'needs' one deer rifle, a professional only 'needs' two and then only because he may make a bad shot in the evening and need to use a different rifle the next morning before he can check the first. Having said this, and before you all shoot me down, this is like saying you only 'need' one golf bat to play a round of golf or one fishing rod to cover all UK fishing. We all know its not realistic but then we are not the ones sitting at the desks making up the rules as we go along. Make no mistake about it, the Police agenda is to reduce the ammount of firearms in civilian hands, you won't see this written down anywhere but I was told it by the Sussex Firearms manager several years ago and I can't imagine that the attitude has changed much since then. If we ask for stupid things then we only have ourselves to blame when we don't get them and, in the process, just make the pen pushers think we are just a bunch of chancers. Out of interest, what is your need/good reason for the .338 Lap Mag Sam?
JC