A friend has put in for a 30-06 for deer in the Uk, he has a 243 with NV, 308 and a 270. He has been told that to justify such a large calibre like that he has to prove he has booked a trip to Africa.
30-06 Too powerful for UK
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Sealgair nam fiadh
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I take it your friend lives in England !Benelli m2
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Why would he want one when his got the other 3 that will do the same
enfieldspares
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What? So a .270 WCF with its Remington factory load of a 150 grain bullet at 2,850 fps or a .308 Winchester with its Remington factory load of a 150 grain bullet at 2,820 fps is OK but at .30-06 with its Remington factory load of a 150 grain bullet at 2,910 fps is too powerful?
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Why should that be a limiting factor? That wasn't the rebuttal by officialdom.
Sealgair nam fiadh
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I would inform the FEO in writing that the 30.06 and .308 are the same caliber and ask them to explain in detail why they think the 30.06 is too powerful.
Benelli m2
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That's how.plod is properly looking at it he got 3 others so.why a 4th that will do the same
8x57
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My FEO said he didnt care how many I had as I could only use one at a time, as long as I could demonstrate good reason.
Koenig
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Maybe plod think he has too many of the more powerful (but non-magnum) generic deer calibres. What exactly does a 3006 do that a .308 or .270 can’t?
Dave Lakes
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It sounds like something got lost in translation. I get that the .243 is NV specific but what’s the justification for having a .308 and a .270? Maybe the 30-06 was one too many deer rifles without a good reason (maybe there is one that wasn’t shared in the OP). I don’t agree with the restriction, but within the bounds of our current laws I can see how you would get rejected and the FEO made an offhand comment about Africa, which was then taken as the reason for rejection.
Tell the FEO to look at page 114 of the current Home Office Guidance on Firearms Law and he will see 30-06 listed along with a load of other cartrdiges as being suitable for use in the UK
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Bruce
enfieldspares
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These! Of which I have about one hundred. He may have a wish for ditto for fox control?
And the ability to use 200 grain bullets for heavy boar. And maybe the OP has access to large amounts of surplus .30-06 ammunition at dirt cheap prices. Although the large quatities of milsurp WWII US Gov't and UK ".30 Browning" that used to go through auction dried up mostly in the late 1980s.
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