FAC Questions

[dromia]

Must have been in the same lodge.

[Blackstuff]

I sent off my application beginning of Feb and had an FEO out last week (Hampshire). I have checked with the two referee's I put down and they have not had any calls. Do they always speak to them as part of the process? I will stop eagerly checking the post if I know they will get called first.

My referees have never been contacted and I've never been contacted as a referee

[Ash]

Thanks, hopefully any day now then.

[rakirun]

Hi all, I will be applying for my FAC in a couple of months once I am a full member at my club. I thought I would apply for my SGC at the same time as I believe it works out cheaper. I am looking forward to doing some practical shotgun as well as clay shooting so I would prefer to have one shotgun dedicated to practical. Ideally this would be either a pump or semi auto with a capacity of 8-10. My question is how would I word this on the application? Does it have to have its own slot on the FAC?

Thanks in advance.

[kennyc]

Hi all, I will be applying for my FAC in a couple of months once I am a full member at my club. I thought I would apply for my SGC at the same time as I believe it works out cheaper. I am looking forward to doing some practical shotgun as well as clay shooting so I would prefer to have one shotgun dedicated to practical. Ideally this would be either a pump or semi auto with a capacity of 8-10. My question is how would I word this on the application? Does it have to have its own slot on the FAC?

Thanks in advance.

co-terminus is the term you are looking for, a high capacity shotgun (more than 2+1 ) would require a slot on your FAC and good reason, vermin/bird control or target/practical shotgun etc.
are you a member of a club that shoots practical shotgun? that would be good reason.
low cap shotguns would be entered on your shotgun certificate, but don't require slots or good reason.

[rakirun]

With the FAC slot would I have to be specific with capacity and the type of shotgun I wanted ie pump/semi?

[kennyc]

With the FAC slot would I have to be specific with capacity and the type of shotgun I wanted ie pump/semi?

that i'm afraid I do not know, maybe one of the members who take part in these comps can answer, try raising a new thread with that queartion as a title

[safetyfirst]

It's just a 12g shotgun. The action you buy after that is up to you. Same for any calibre as far as I know.

As for all FAC questions your enquiry officer is your best port of call for a final check.

[Mattnall]

With the FAC slot would I have to be specific with capacity and the type of shotgun I wanted ie pump/semi?

No, it is just a multi (more than 2+1) shotgun.

If you are a member of a HO approved club you already have your 'good reason/good place' for S1 shotgun as courses and competitions are run at Bisley by NRA and others.

[ovenpaa]

I have just sent my FAC off for renewal and added a Section 1 Shotgun for vermin and target, no other information so it will be interesting to hear what they say about that.