My wife collects designer handbags, purchases (gifts) seem to coincide with me purchasing a new gun!
It’s a running joke with my FLD!
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My wife collects designer handbags, purchases (gifts) seem to coincide with me purchasing a new gun!
It’s a running joke with my FLD!
alberta boy
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Well there is that, but strategically if we ever get divorced then her handbag collection being roughly the same value as my gun collection can't be a bad thing
Dhindes
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I was shocked when I moved to Switzerland - you just need to show you have no criminal record - for automatic weapons you need to request a permit from police but easy. No limit on numbers and not even tracked. First rifle I bought I was just handed it and walked off down the street in Zurich. Felt very odd. The I started to spot young people with Semi Automatic weapons with them. You have to do military service and keep your rifle at home, and do range days. Everyone just sees guns as normal !
Now it is actually a challenge for an Ex Brit because I keep finding things I must buy - would be better for my bank account if there were limits !
Now it is actually a challenge for an Ex Brit because I keep finding things I must buy - would be better for my bank account if there were limits !
Advice on security requirements change a bit as the numbers go up, but I don't know of a limit. Justifying them can be a challenge. I know when I asked for a 7th deer rifle, my FEO pointed out that I already had six and asked if I really needed another? Out of respect for him, I couldn't say yes. Of course I wanted it, but did I need it? No, not at the time.
Around here, the police seem to get a bit more picky at around 12. That suits me because if I had too much freedom I wouldn't have any money!
Around here, the police seem to get a bit more picky at around 12. That suits me because if I had too much freedom I wouldn't have any money!
One calibre for each species then? You've got the 6 deer covered, so add in boar and goats to justify another two rifles....Advice on security requirements change a bit as the numbers go up, but I don't know of a limit. Justifying them can be a challenge. I know when I asked for a 7th deer rifle, my FEO pointed out that I already had six and asked if I really needed another? Out of respect for him, I couldn't say yes. Of course I wanted it, but did I need it? No, not at the time.
Around here, the police seem to get a bit more picky at around 12. That suits me because if I had too much freedom I wouldn't have any money!
My late friend Clifford Owen when he went into Normandy in June 1944 as a Captain with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry told me he carried in its holster but worn in the small of the back (snipers looked for men wearing holsters, binoculars, map cases) his issue .38 Enfield, inside his battledress blouse a Colt .32 1903 Pocket Hammerless pistol and in a pocket sewn into inside waistband of his battledress trousers a Remington .41 Double Derringer. You can, within reason, never carry enough back up as the fastest reload (of an empty gun) is to use a second (or third) pistol.
More or less what my local FEO said.
With the arrival of night vision/thermal there is reason for some to have several rifles of the same calibre.
A backup rifle for when one is being repaired, especially for target usage.
Boar have brought in another reason for a duplicate calibre.
So, you could have a .308 for deer, a .308 for boar, a .308 set up for foxing at night, a .308 for daylight/driven boar, a .308 for FTR shooting(and a spare/backup), a .308 for TR shooting(and a spare/backup)...........
No mention of just plinking/gongs! The list goes on!
A backup rifle for when one is being repaired, especially for target usage.
Boar have brought in another reason for a duplicate calibre.
So, you could have a .308 for deer, a .308 for boar, a .308 set up for foxing at night, a .308 for daylight/driven boar, a .308 for FTR shooting(and a spare/backup), a .308 for TR shooting(and a spare/backup)...........
No mention of just plinking/gongs! The list goes on!
Funny how they only follow the guidance to the letter when it means they don't have to give you something. When the guidance says you can have it, they tend to glaze over and just say no anyway!
Mine don’t…..
Alright for some!
Yes I am rather lucky, that said I know of others in Wilts who have issues getting what they want. May be down to their willingness to argue and threaten BASC action thoughAlright for some!
Scotty99
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Yes it’s strange isn’t it. I worked in Zurich for a year and would often see youngsters (seemed like late teens early 20s) get on the bus or train in army fatigues with a semi automatic rifle slung over their shoulders, not cased or in a slip. Only precaution was no magazine inserted and presumably nothing in the chamber. It was very strange for the visitor to see but totally accepted by the locals.
Quite right too. I wonder how many shootings they have? It would take a brave (or stupid) person to try anything daft there. It just shows how with the right training and the right attitude in general society, the gun is no more dangerous than the bus the person is travelling in with it.
Oh yes, you have to stand your ground. I think no is the default answer my FEO gives to everyone. Whether saying it to me is deemed as sport in the office I don't know? It seems like they do it just so they can sit back and await the response!
Same in Tel Aviv where you see teenagers strolling with a Tavor over the shoulder.
Harry mac
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I like to think I'm still "working up" to my "minimum".
The pic shows my dietary requirements.
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