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Introduction
Hi All
Just a few words by way of introduction to this site. I am based in the UK, main interest is deer management using either a T595 which started out in life as an all weather .243 but is now a .260, or a T695 which used to be a wood/blue 25-06 but is now a .275 Rigby with an McM stock.
I hardly dare mention that I also have a Sako 75 in 7-08, but it is my least favourite, the Tikkas are smoother actioned, feed better from the single stack magazines and….. heck …. just float my boat.
Interested to see what happens with the various options that might become available for Bottom Metal replacements, that would be a real upgrade.
Best to All
Peter
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2 Replies
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Welcome to the forum! I'm pretty new myself.
What sort of rules do you have to abide by to own rifles in the UK these days?
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Essentially it is required that an individual can demonstrate “good reason” for each and any firearm . There are all sorts of local variations on that, as unfortunately the law allows for local CPO to impose additional conditions on any whim of personal belief or interest. Of course this is always wrapped up in a shroud labelled Public Safety, but in fact adds very little in terms of public safety and it does have the effect of alienating the law abiding firearms owner. Firearms training is currently voluntary, but that may change in the years to come in order to obtain a Firearms licence.
There are rules about storage and prevention of unauthorised access, but that is pretty much good sense IMHO.
Expanding ammunition is complete legislative mess, but again it is available to those persons with good reason to use it. Ie game hunters.
Any way, it possible to own firearms, and I believe that we have considerably greater opportunities to hunt than in the USA, if that is your thing. For instance we have 6 species of deer and it is possible to hunt one or another of them every day of the year except Christmas Day.
So, all is not quite lost.
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