stumpyfishing
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I have aplied for a .22 rimfire, I see guns advertised .22 LR does this come under the licence.
Yes mate and if you really want to push your luck so does 22wmr technically, but your firearms dept may not agree with this, i had no problems in WiltshireI have aplied for a .22 rimfire, I see guns advertised .22 LR does this come under the licence.
yep its a 22 rimfire thats it and all about it.22WMR is a rimfire (well, by definition it is, it stands for Winchester Magnum Rimfire)
I would think the ability to buy a WMR on a ".22 rimfire" is extremely slack on behalf of the RFD and the issuing force.
Would they sell a .17 fireball to someone with .17 on their ticket?
Thats what mine said until I pointed it out!
Whats slack about it bewsher, your argument falls because the same applies to 22LR, i could say the same as you and it would be equally valid.
"I would think the ability to buy a LR on a ".22 rimfire" is extremely slack on behalf of the RFD and the issuing force"
If anything i would say that the .22LR is even more of a slack idea as nowhere in its title does it mention that it is a rimfire.
Both the .22LR and .22WMR have rimfire ignition and as such are categorised as .22 Rimfires, the same goes for CB shorts, CB longs, 22 Short, 22 long and .22 shotshell they are all .22 rimfires.
Ian.
If you are going to say all .22 "rimfires" are the same then on that basis in the eyes of the FLO a .338 Lap Mag would be the same a .338-08
a .50BMG the same as a .50-70 Government
Bewsh. The licence form actually asks for caliber. Not case, not chambering, not ignition method but caliber.
I know some areas that say that .22 rimfire will allow the purchase of any rimfire, others say it means only LR (despite argument to the contrary)
Again it's an example of the mess that is our licensing system.
My cert specifies .22 long rifle and .22 WMR (I have both) which kind of makes sense. The WMR runs at three times the energy of the LR. Of course, given the basics (safe to possess under any circumstances) they shouldn't be trying to restrict what we can hold anyway, but therein lies a whole other argument!
If you have 6mm down as a rifle and buy a .243 does that also mean that you can waltz in to your local RFD and buy some 6mm BR ammunition?