Magazines coming under scrutiny?

[SevenSixTwo]

My FAC was in the bag (or so I was told)...

My Firearms Branch are now questioning why I need six (6) magazines for my .308. They feel six is "excessive" and want me to justify (which I have done) such a "high" quantity.

FYI, the mags just happened to be listed on the sales invoice together with the firearms (or "weapons" as they refered to them) I was buying.

I would assume they do know that they're not restricted items - and that I could potentially buy a billion of them online. Weird. :roll:

I daren't tell them the rifle is 'black'...

[John25]

Some suggested headings for your letter

1. Expense of re-supply
2. Four needed for SR/Practical disciplines
3. There is no reason in law for them to object
4. Spares required as they are tempremental pieces of sporting equipment.


Don't let them bully you.

[SevenSixTwo]

Oh don't worry, my response was polite but firm. I just thought that I'd flag it up here in case this was becoming more prevalent.

[Sim G]

3. There is no reason in law for them to object

That is all you need to reiterate.

[murphwiz]

What???
Why the hell are they asking that, any bugger can buy 1 or 50,000 without question!
Thin end of the wedge??

[Mike357]

I'd have told them to bog off!

[ovenpaa]

What an odd thing to query, I must have a 15-20 magazines in the house, in fact I can see 3 from where I am sitting. Which region are you in?

[M1Charles1M]

My FAC was in the bag (or so I was told)...

My Firearms Branch are now questioning why I need six (6) magazines for my .308. They feel six is "excessive" and want me to justify (which I have done) such a "high" quantity.

FYI, the mags just happened to be listed on the sales invoice together with the firearms (or "weapons" as they refered to them) I was buying.

I would assume they do know that they're not restricted items - and that I could potentially buy a billion of them online. Weird. :roll:

I daren't tell them the rifle is 'black'...

BASC will be interested to hear this one, e-mail it to firearms@basc.org.uk Bill Harriman will be very interested!

Membership is not a pre-requisite as the link is freely available on the BASC website.

Stuff like this cannot go unchallenged!

[Chuck]

Police taking the law into their own hands again.....wasn't Strathclyde was it???

[Sim G]

I believe 762 in in NI....