BASC helps deliver pilot course for FEOs - to be rolled out to all FEOs over the next 2 years

[Conor O'Gorman]

The course was run earlier in September at Bisley Shooting Ground under the auspices of the British Shooting Sports Council, the umbrella body for UK shooting organisations.

During the course, presentations were given on a wide range of shooting activities, with BASC covering the use of both shotguns and rifles in live quarry shooting. There was also a presentation from the chairman of a Home Office-approved shooting club on the responsibilities of club committees. Following lunch, the FEOs were given the opportunity to try their hand at both clay pigeon and rifle shooting.

BASC delivers more training for police firearms enquiry officers

BASC has helped deliver a pilot course for police FEOs, giving them hands-on experience shooting activities they are likely to encounter.

basc.org.uk

The course is to be rolled out to all FEOs in the UK over the next two years, helping to build strong partnerships between firearms licensing departments and the shooting community.

BASC welcomes new training programme for firearms enquiry officers

A new training programme for Firearms Enquiry Officers which BASC helped to develop was launched at the College of Policing this week.

basc.org.uk

 

[Nimrod1960]

Excellent, constructive and innovative.
Bound to pay dividends in the way FEO’s deal with responsible shooters, in due course.

Initiatives such as this make every penny of my membership worth it.

The confrontational approach often espoused by the BASC detractors would only further alienate the establishment rather than try to bring it in board. I say that as a general loather of the establishment.

Well done Conor.

 

[paul o']

Don't normally say this but we'll done .
Let's hope it stops all the wrongs made by quango forces around the country .

 

[finnbear270]

Poll. training for licensing staff?

Your vote on a yes or no base, do you think their costs would go down, if staff were to take a short course in applying "Guidance", by a recognised training provider, (excluding in house options), maybe somebody like LANTRA, or ex H.M. forces training staff, or even NRA ? :tiphat:

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Good to see things are moving along, Well done!

^^^^ 2013 Thread.

 

[DVS1]

A good positive step for a consistent licensing across the country!

Hopefully it covered legislative requirements for certain calibres as I can think of at least FEO that needs that education.

Nice to see a shooting body taking the initiative on behalf of us shooters

 

[DesG]

Giving them an opportunity to actually fire a gun or two has to make sense. Some of ours have only ever seen guns on telly.

Air traffic controllers were until recently required to learn to fly to solo standard before they could progress so that they could understand what was going on at the other end of the radio.

 

[paul o']

Giving them an opportunity to actually fire a gun or two has to make sense. Some of ours have only ever seen guns on telly.

Air traffic controllers were until recently required to learn to fly to solo standard before they could progress so that they could understand what was going on at the other end of the radio.

We used to in Essex back in the day of pistols from .22 and the likes 454 casull , win mags and .50 A.E inc 45 acp well anything that went bang feel it help them understand what and why ! And sort out the nutters who just thought bigger was better .
And it didn't do gun owners anything bad as they got to know a name to the face.

 

[NullMac]

Does rolled out across the UK mean somebody is actually planning to do something that isn’t at Bisley ??

How will they cope?

 

[Jeff8861]

It sounds more like a presentation than a course. I have spoken to a fld and they know nothing about it and don't have any plans at this time to take part.

 

[enfieldspares]

I just hope they didn't tell these FEOs that the .410" is an unsuitable gauge to shoot pheasant, partridge or pigeon and "not made for flying game" as say some voices at Marford Mill:

I am going to court controversy when I say that in my opinion, the majority of people are simply not good enough shots to use a .410 for shooting flying game. The .410 is a gun for an expert shot whose virtuosity will compensate for its shortcomings. In his seminal work, The Gun and Its Development, W. W. Greener considered that “the 28 bore is the smallest calibre of any practical use as a game gun”; I am with him on that.

I think it is morally reprehensible to discharge missiles with lethal force at a sentient being without being confident that you will inflict as near an instantaneous death as possible. I would suggest that you instead take your .410 for a round of clays and don’t put living creatures at risk of suffering if you don’t connect properly.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

I just hope they didn't tell these FEOs that the .410" is an unsuitable gauge to shoot pheasant, partridge or pigeon and "not made for flying game" as say some voices at Marford Mill:

I am going to court controversy when I say that in my opinion, the majority of people are simply not good enough shots to use a .410 for shooting flying game. The .410 is a gun for an expert shot whose virtuosity will compensate for its shortcomings. In his seminal work, The Gun and Its Development, W. W. Greener considered that “the 28 bore is the smallest calibre of any practical use as a game gun”; I am with him on that.

I think it is morally reprehensible to discharge missiles with lethal force at a sentient being without being confident that you will inflict as near an instantaneous death as possible. I would suggest that you instead take your .410 for a round of clays and don’t put living creatures at risk of suffering if you don’t connect properly.

I don't know who told who what as I was not on the course. Why don't you contact Bill Harriman directly about his article on the BASC website as I suggested and stop this continued silly sniping on forums?

 

[Dalua]

Are the FLDs paying for this training?

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Are the FLDs paying for this training?

I don't know. I will ask.

 

[enfieldspares]

I Why don't you contact Bill Harriman directly....and stop this continued silly sniping on forums?

Sniping? Well for sure if his knowledge of the capability of rifles is limited to what W W Greener says and so as equal to and outdated as his knowledge of the capability of .410" shotguns and their cartridges I'll for sure not be contacting him for any advice on that task either...

This is a shooting forum of experienced shooters. The fact is that if you publish articles on shooting on such forums then either don't read any of the peer reviews it gets or, if you do, accept the criticism as well as the compliments. Don't seek for cheers if you can't also take jeers.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Sniping? Well for sure if his knowledge of the capability of rifles is limited to what W W Greener says and so as equal to and outdated as his knowledge of the capability of .410" shotguns and their cartridges I'll for sure not be contacting him for any advice on that task either...

This is a shooting forum of experienced shooters. The fact is that if you publish articles on shooting on such forums then either don't read any of the peer reviews it gets or, if you do, accept the criticism as well as the compliments. Don't seek for cheers if you can't also take jeers.

And you had your say in the relevant thread which is fine by me. However, your ongoing silly sniping about the article is tedious and is starting to come across as obsessive. Please reflect on that.