Recent content by georgedoubleyou

Excellent, thank you both very much! Im not too fussed about my 243 as the land I shoot on doesn't really have anywhere that would present overly long shots but I intend to use it on my FAC 22. airgun which it will be much more useful on

Hi All, I have a question (more than likely a stupid one) about setting up the ballistic calculator on my new Alpex 4K LRF. I'm putting in all of the numbers it needs like velocity/ballistic coefficient etc. which I can get from the box the bullets come in, but I'm not sure what to put in the...

Not that I'm aware of

Get rid of the whole open/closed land clearence thing. It doesn't seem to have caused any problems in scotland. If you've been deemed suitable to own a rifle, surely a part of that assessment is if you have the sense/experience/training to determine whether something is a safe shot for that...

Thank you, I hope to catch up with him at some point!

Its hard to tell really. If it is damage, it certainly wasnt recent. My friend that I was with was speculating whether it had happened as a cub, perhaps being chewed by other cubs in the litter but that was only a guess.

Out and about yesterday afternoon for a muntjac on a shoot I go beating at. I had planned to go to a certain drive that we regularly see them on. As I was driving through the estate I go past a small spinney that has a grass clearing in the middle and a couple of pheasant feeders. Almost gave...

Hi all, I was having a walk about for a muntjac yesterday evening and I came across a pair of foxes. They had clocked me but didn’t seem too bothered. I got up on the sticks on one of them and as I was looking through the scope it was looking straight back at me. I noticed its ears looked...

It was just over a year ago. I dont know if it made a difference but I was renewing my shotgun certificate at the same time, so that may have sped things along

There was a display (maybe at the game fair) many years ago given by a chap who shot all his foxes with his 22lr and I remember him saying that people often told to him that he was undergunned and the calibre wasn't deadly enough, to which he would reply "If it's not deadly, go and stand 50...

I understand that entirely, but that’s not what my question is. I was asking if it’s normal for them to request the certificate to be sent to them before making that judgement. When I put a variation in for an additional rifle, they approved it, then they asked that I send my certificate back to...

I have indeed. Although nothing in the link you've sent me has answered my question on if its its standard procedure for them to request my certificate back before detemining whether I've demonstrated competence or, indeed, how they determine competence in general.

It all seems to be in line with what I was told, my question was more about them requesting my certificate back before they make that judgement of whether I'm suitable to have the the conditions opened up. As others have said, it's probably them wanting to see my ammo purchase history, which...

My experience has been brilliant with them so far. My grant took 19 days from me applying for it to me having it my hand and I had a variation for an FAC air rifle which only took a week. Certainly no complaints from me! I was just curious if this was normal as it seems every FAC holder is told...

Would they not be able to access that info electronically without my certificate, or is it entirely paper-based?