radshooter said:
I have two Cooper rifles....a 17HMR and a .204...BOTH are tack drivers....You will NOT be disappointed ;D
BTW, how do you manage to own a rifle in the UK??
Hi radshooter, here in the UK anyone who can prove to the local police force area that he/she needs a rifle for competition/hunting and is either a member of a club or has the owners permission to shoot on his property, then you obtain a firearms certificate which lasts for 5 years, and is then renewed usually without any problem.
I think that the only exceptions are that anyone with certain serious court convictions is not allowed to own one, but you need to have 2 referees, one being a club official and also a personal referee who is not a family member. Plus you have to provide information on who is your Doctor as the Police can approach him/her to find out if you have any mental disorder that could preclude you owning a firearm.
On filling in your application form, you can just put down what calibre(s) you want but on the initial application the police will try and limit the amount of firearms you can possess, but over the years you can increase this quantity.
The local police then visit your home to check to see if your security is up to scratch, and then if your referees have been approached to find a bit more about you, your firearms certificate arrives in the post. You can then purchase whatever is on your certificate.
We are not allowed to possess semi automatic rifles or handguns apart from black powder types plus what is now called long barrelled revolvers/pistols which are over a certain length and have a wrist brace attachment to the hand grip to make them difficult to conceal.
Here in the UK there is pretty much standardisation of the application of the law for every police force area but maybe in the States each state has it's own set of rules which can be confusing.
Good shooting.
