The firearm thread

[TheDemonLord]

Part of getting a firearms licence now is when the police "check your firearms security".

Does anyone know if they still do that if you simply don't own or possess an actual firearm?

(May seem a dumb question or a dumb scenario, but I can't be arsed typing all the details, sorry.)

Not Dumb at all.

So the short answer is 'Yes'.

Longer answer: When you apply for a Firearms Licence, you have to prove that before you are granted a licence, you have somewhere safe to store your Firearms.

Several tangents:

I believe this used to be a 'A lockable container of Stout and Sturdy construction' (which could include Victorian style Wooden Gun Cabinets made of Oak or similar hard woods).

Although I've heard that nowadays, the Police for new licence holders are essentially only certifying proper Gun Safes. I could quibble about this being the Police interpreting the Law, but on the flipside, I know someone whose 'gun safe' is one of those old-school steel work lockers, and the Firearms Officer was happy with it.

Anyways, back to the answer - Once you have a Licence, they are less strict, when I moved house (which, bearing in mind, was AFTER the Chch shooting) - I submitted my forms for change of address and got an email from the Arms Officer asking if I had a Safe.

Now - I want to be clear here - I have a safe, it's been bolted to the stud in a wall, and it's in a room where the door has 2 locks on it (one at bottom and one at the top where only an adult can reach) and security studs on the jamb so that it can't be pried off the hinges. It's also in a room that is not in any of the major access ways. In short - my setup is nice and secure.

I thought then (and still do now) that whilst they were busy going around 'buying back' all the scary rifles, they couldn't be bothered to get off their arses and do their job and actually check that I had a safe and it was properly installed.

And you can bet that if someone did move house, fail to install their safe properly and the Police didn't check, it wouldn't be the Police who the Media blamed...

TL;DR - yes it's a requirement.

[TheDemonLord]

Well, I have now ticked off one of my bucket list firearms.

Have a nice, full wood, un-sporterized SMLE.

[pzkpfw]

Thanks for the answers.

I suppose it's fair enough, as once someone gets a licence then they can go buy a firearm ... and it needs to be stored safely. The law can't rely on someone saying they don't plan to actually get a firearm.

Not too bad in my case, I can afford a safe and can stick non-firearm valuables in it so it's not wasted space.

Worse for my Son, he's flatting at Uni so the safe is a stickier issue in a couple of ways.

(I was living in a Uni hostel when I first got a licence ... wonder where the safe would have been expected?!)

[TheDemonLord]

Not too bad in my case, I can afford a safe and can stick non-firearm valuables in it so it's not wasted space.

All I'm going to say is that for my Wife's Expensive rings...

[TheDemonLord]

And there she is, 1945 I believe, bolt and reciever don't match, but luckily I'm not in it for that sort of collecting.

[scumdog]

And there she is, 1945 I believe, bolt and reciever don't match, but luckily I'm not in it for that sort of collecting.

Good score!

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Good stuff
Now you need to start reloading your own ammo 😁

I used the line that it’s cheaper, but then found I fired off twice as many rounds
Lucky I have a long suffering wife.

[pritch]

Good stuff
Now you need to start reloading your own ammo 😁

The bank account takes a serious hit when you are setting up to roll yer own.

[frogfeaturesFZR]

The bank account takes a serious hit when you are setting up to roll yer own.

Depends how deep ( and quickly ) you go down the rabbit hole
Lee loader, buy projectiles, primers and powder, and reload your fired cases.
I started out that way, and added bits and pieces for various calibres.

[TheDemonLord]

Good stuff
Now you need to start reloading your own ammo 😁

I used the line that it’s cheaper, but then found I fired off twice as many rounds
Lucky I have a long suffering wife.

I may or may not have been scoping out an RCBS kit....

[frogfeaturesFZR]

I may or may not have been scoping out an RCBS kit....

Be warned, it becomes addictive
Actually I think it adds to the firearms ‘experience’ shooting ammo you’ve loaded yourself.
Of course, I could be justifying the money I’ve spent !

[Swoop]

The bank account takes a serious hit when you are setting up to roll yer own.

Especially at this moment in time. Powder is difficult to find, as are projectiles.

[pritch]

I may or may not have been scoping out an RCBS kit....

No disrespect to anyone but I was told not to buy Lee. I bought RCBS.

Some fifteen years or so after I bought it I wanted to load a (very) light calibre. The ads said you could load charges of any size with the RCBS powder measure but that wasn't quite true. I wrote a letter to RCBS (this was pre Internet days) explaining my problem.

A couple of weeks later the thought occurred that I might get a reply soon. On checking the letter box there was a small but heavy package with US$15.00 worth of stamps and a Customs declaration, "Replacements under warranty, No charge." The package contained a new rotor and adjustment screw suitable for the smallest charges.

I was impressed at the time, I still am.

[pritch]

A good guy with a gun? Maybe not. The US being the US though, I suspect he's soon to be a broke guy with a gun

https://abc7.com/victorville-mall-sh...ters/11744517/

[TheDemonLord]

No disrespect to anyone but I was told not to buy Lee. I bought RCBS.

Some fifteen years or so after I bought it I wanted to load a (very) light calibre. The ads said you could load charges of any size with the RCBS powder measure but that wasn't quite true. I wrote a letter to RCBS (this was pre Internet days) explaining my problem.

A couple of weeks later the thought occurred that I might get a reply soon. On checking the letter box there was a small but heavy package with US$15.00 worth of stamps and a Customs declaration, "Replacements under warranty, No charge." The package contained a new rotor and adjustment screw suitable for the smallest charges.

I was impressed at the time, I still am.

Hmmmm that is the third strong recommendation for RCBS - so that pretty much seals the deal. It will be on my list of things to purchase in the near future.