Thank you for the first reply of worth that I read onto since being out earlier... arhh
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I think I've watched that 20 more times.... life is good

Its only me that posts under David BASC
But this has nothing at all to do with the OP, nor the other genuine questions asked of Ian yesterday.
David
Its only me that posts under David BASC
But this has nothing at all to do with the OP,
David
The same of course applies to all of us, we are free to ignore points or comments that others post, just as you chose to ignore the fact I had recognised my error just a couple of posts later…
Anyway, lets drag this back to the point, I wait with interest to read the answers from Ian to the genuine questions asked…
David
You may have to wait a while as SACS don't appear to have a lot of overpayed staff sitting about waiting to blow their own trumpets on forums,or so it appears from following this thread.
fully paid up BASC member.
what's your problem with my statement? Did i say training makes a person competent? Wind your neck in pal...
Well done BASC, I am yet to see any other organisation on the news or radio to anywhere near the degree of BASC. Besides it is probabaly up to the broadcasters who they want to invite onto their screens. I left BASC for a year for a cheaper insurance deal but quickly returned, I like to think I am helping to give our sport a stronger public voice.

So you seriously consider somebody who has never used a firearm before but passes the DSC1 (formal training) is competent to go out and shoot??? In your dreams pal!!!!!!

No direct contribution to this thread ( I heard that sigh of relief!)
Just thought I'd say - Happy Easter Weekend to all Stalkers.![]()
My point exactly! Folks think because they pass level 1 they're fit to go out on their own and shoot, I was asked to mentor a guy he took level 1 went out once with me and thought he knew it all. He asked me to take myself off his ticket as mentor which I did. Next thing the police were on the line asking how many times he'd been out, my honest reply was once with me and once with a stalker. Why? Simples he'd decided to get rid of the 243 he had and replace it with a 270 and insisted the police give him an open ticket because he has level 1. They refused so he came back at me asking me to mentor him again. I refused point blank because I knew he was spinning the feo a line. So now he's got open on his 22 rimfire and closed conditions on the 270 until the feo is satisfied.Personally I wouldn't trust him with a pop gun!!!I wouldn't say he suggested such a thing. Anyway Level 1 is a doddle, but some of the sites I saw on the shooting test made me cringe. So in some way I do agree that a training course is no substitute for experence, in my mind, theory and practice should complement one another.
So you seriously consider somebody who has never used a firearm before but passes the DSC1 (formal training) is competent to go out and shoot??? In your dreams pal!!!!!!