Orion
Well-Known Member
Understood. I originally asked for the 375 as we have boar here and thought it would be an accepted caliber, didn't give shooting abroad as a reason... The cert arrived through the post giving me permission to acquire and shoot abroad but no permission to zero in the UK. I suppose my original question as per the thread was could I zero the rifle here in the UK and at a later date get the land I live on approved for said zeroing?
I'll hazard a guess that following receipt of your application someone in the FLD looked up .375 in the table at the end of Chapter 13 of the HO Guide, and found it listed against Dangerous Game and then applied the advice given that, "The purpose of this table is as a guide to establish initial “good reason”. They then worked backwards to the paragraphs the table should be read in conjunction with, applied 13.18, and ended up at 13.35 - 13.37 'Overseas Use' for Big or Dangerous Game.
As a paper exercise all perfectly correct - but sadly ignoring your reason for acquiring on the application completely.
A face-to-face meeting with the FLD manager would probably sort it all out - but from the look of the other current conditions on your FAC it might not end up to your advantage. I'd suggest working towards getting your FAC opened up generally would be first priority.
PS. They could also use the correct AOLQ condition advised by ACPO instead of sticking their own, "subject to the suitability of the calibre", rider in there. Who decides on the 'suitability' of a 'calibre', DEFRA, the RSPCA, LACS? Potential can of worms there I think. Why can't they stop themselves from tinkering with something that is perfectly workable?
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