After some discussion with a friend of mine he was informed during his police interview that because he was a beginner to clay shooting and therefore lacked the knowledge of someone who had been doing it for a while his SCG application would be unsuccessful. Now am I a bit worried as too my application being successful. I am currently having clay shooting lessons and will continue to do so and I am a probationary member of my local target shooting club so do you think I will be ok with my application?
After some discussion with a friend of mine he was informed during his police interview that because he was a beginner to clay shooting and therefore lacked the knowledge of someone who had been doing it for a while his SCG application would be unsuccessful. Now am I a bit worried as too my application being successful. I am currently having clay shooting lessons and will continue to do so and I am a probationary member of my local target shooting club so do you think I will be ok with my application?
Answer the questions that they ask you honestly and to the best of your knowledge. Put yourself in their shoes and consider what you may be asked,
Why do you want a Shotgun?
How will you use it? (Clay grounds etc),
what security do you have? (Cabinets etc)
You'll be fine, just be yourself and don't forget to offer them a brew and biccies :lol: :lol:
Alan
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The law around shotguns currently requires you to be:
1) Safe
2) not barred from holding an SGC by virtue of criminal record
Your friend is likely to suffer from point 1 and an overly broad interpretation by the police.
You however should be fine - you've had lessons, so you have some idea of what you're doing - at least in terms of safety, your ability to hit things (just like mine) could be entirely questionable!!
Your friend if he had experience would be able to argue point 1 easily enough.
The choices are to either push the police for an official refusal, and see what happens (likely he'll get the ticket) or go and get lessons.
I'd suggest lessons, as you'll be safer and a better shot off the back of it.
Thanks both, and yes my ability to hit things is a bit questionable but i am getting better slowly!!!! :shakeshout:
Collected my gun safe last night from a local gun shop and I couldn't get my fiancee out of there, as she was just looking at all the different guns and gear. I have a feeling that this could turn out to be expensive!!!! And now she wants to come to my next clay shooting lesson to watch!!! But I think deep down she wants to give it a try too.
as for fixing your cabinet just a couple of tips, look a fitting it so it's in a corner so that its hard to get a pry bar into the door, also it needs to be flat to the wall so I stood mine on wooden block plinths so they cleared the skirting boards without the need to hack them off which is hard as I currently rent.
Alan
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Got my dad popping round this weekend to fit it for me and he has a great tool for cutting the skirting with so I can get it nice and flush.
"Dad'll do it" one of the best phrases in the English language :lol: :lol:
good luck mate, do keep us informed of how your application goes
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Got my dad popping round this weekend to fit it for me and he has a great tool for cutting the skirting with so I can get it nice and flush.
If you can work out where the joists are, get a piece of good quality, 20 or 25mm ply, the same width as the cabinet and if you want maybe 100mm deeper. Screw that to the joists in several places with wedges underneath to level it out, When you then put the cabinet on the floor it should be flush to the wall. Then screw through the base into the board too for additional security. The extra at the front allows you to rest the guns and other items on that rather than the carpet or floor.
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Also, think about where you can 'hide' your cabinet out of plain sight. One of the guys at my gun club was able to drag his into the loft and fixed it to the wall there. I have a large fitted wardrobe and mine is inside that, fixed to the wall with anchor bolts and through the base of it, into the floor using 12mm coach bolts. If you have enough space in any wardrobe, you can always remove the back panel and move the thing over your cabinet to hide it.
Brian838 wrote:Also, think about where you can 'hide' your cabinet out of plain sight. One of the guys at my gun club was able to drag his into the loft and fixed it to the wall there. I have a large fitted wardrobe and mine is inside that, fixed to the wall with anchor bolts and through the base of it, into the floor using 12mm coach bolts. If you have enough space in any wardrobe, you can always remove the back panel and move the thing over your cabinet to hide it.
I too had one of mine in the loft - until I built a room to house the cabinet and my wine collection.
The problem with a loft is often the size of joists and te ability to support the weight of a cabinet with minimal deflection and damage to the ceiling below. Floors will normally be constructed with 200/225 x 50 whereas a loft could be 100x50 and sometimes as little as 75x50
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Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them.
