Petrol Pete
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Blew the dust of this a few months ago .Please ignore the bottle of beer in the photo . absolutely NO IDEA how that got there.
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Blew the dust of this a few months ago .Please ignore the bottle of beer in the photo . absolutely NO IDEA how that got there.
Petrol Pete
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
Same with all this stuff . Shot them all until the sun went down . The Glock has no serial number and a printed grip. The 3rd long from the top of the image is a 9mm which accepts the totally illegal (even in California) extended magazines shown in the bottom right of the photo .
All this (and more) belongs to one bloke in the USA who also happens to have a concealed carry licence (as does his wife) . I like having a pop with all of this hardware but at the same time I am so glad we don't have this culture in the UK .
Apologies for the thread hijack ...back to air rifles ....
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Well here we go ,
Hi, I'm new here and only just, today, have been given access to this part of the forum.
As a longtime Shooter, of 50+ years, .270, .222 .22 Hornet, .22 long. 12 bore etc. etc. But now just Shotguns and Air Rifles.
I just wanted to say on my last Shotgun renewal, my Firearms Officer here, in West Yorkshire made no bones about the fact, that any photos going on to Social Media sites of weapons ( note, weapons, not Guns or Rifles), would be looked at extremely seriously and would have an enormous repercussions come the next renewal date.
Any of you UK guys feeling any heat from your F.O.s?
I've noticed it's becoming harder and harder on applications.
SCs now harder to obtain than FCs from 15 - 20 years ago!
As a longtime Shooter, of 50+ years, .270, .222 .22 Hornet, .22 long. 12 bore etc. etc. But now just Shotguns and Air Rifles.
I just wanted to say on my last Shotgun renewal, my Firearms Officer here, in West Yorkshire made no bones about the fact, that any photos going on to Social Media sites of weapons ( note, weapons, not Guns or Rifles), would be looked at extremely seriously and would have an enormous repercussions come the next renewal date.
Any of you UK guys feeling any heat from your F.O.s?
I've noticed it's becoming harder and harder on applications.
SCs now harder to obtain than FCs from 15 - 20 years ago!
Doodle
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Not that I've noticed. Maybe related to specific issues in West Yorks?
Unless you leave your social media profiles open to the public, there's nothing for them to see anyway without getting a valid warrant to access it.
Unless you leave your social media profiles open to the public, there's nothing for them to see anyway without getting a valid warrant to access it.
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Yes I'm guessing they are searching public area's looking for Rambo Photos with O/Us getting waved around !
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I have a Section 1 FAC and I am a member of several UK shooting forums (similar to this one) and have posted photos of my firearms, as did most of the other members. These are open forums and anyone can access the posts and photos (same as on this forum).
Not sure what the FET officer who visited your house meant, possibly talking about people 'bragging' on TikTok etc?
I am with the Met FET and I am thinking of applying for a one-to-one variation soon, so will ask them then.
I think it was to stop strangers seeing that you have Guns in your house.
It was when he was talking security and burglarys in the area.
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Gotcha. The shooting forums, like this one, are anonymous and at any rate the members know no better than to give out their home addresses online.