Any .50 cal shooters in UK ?

[bigduke6]

Talking to a mate at the weekend and asked if I had heard of a future UK ban of .50 cal and MARS type rifles...... anyone know anything ?

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[desperatedan]

Yes heard about it from my local club and the NRA. Sneakily buried in these proposals (page 17). Another attempt at stealth/backdoor methods to restrict legitimate firearms ownership.
There's an option to respond on line and time to write to our local MPs about it.
Offensive and dangerous weapons: new legislation - GOV.UK

[CINDERS]

Sounds like your getting the same treatment we are in our state the following are forbidden, semi autos (They are working towards no auto's at pistol clubs as well), folding stocks, front tubes that cover any of the barrel, heat shielded barrels, removable rear stocks (Like the Elisio type) your big cal's like the Chey Tac's 375's, Barrett 50's etc you may get after a very long protracted interaction with the licensing dept.
Lately allot of Ruger bolt guns have come up for sale over east do not know what that means either the Govt will outlaw them or they just don't shoot I will go with the former being legislative due to the Rugers look & design may be to Tactical.
In fact one friend got knocked back on his rifle as it looked too tactical borrowed a stock got it licensed then swapped it back just hope you never get pulled over and they ask whats in the bag!

[bigduke6]

Thanks for the link Kev, must admit I can never find FA on the Gov.Uk site except for taxing my car.

Certainly one to keep an eye on.......... I don't know why these two types of weapons are deemed more dangerous than any other if they fall in the wrong hands....... I was very close to a .50 cal many years ago, but common sense prevailed when I looked at the cost of ammo even if reloading.... Although still have a Boys .55 on the shopping list.

Considering there is only two clubs in the UK that cater for .50 cal and the fact you have to be a member before they will even look at your variation it seems a bit far fetched for a ban, Am certainly not aware of any crime being committed in the UK with a .50 cal ??

[mrclark303]

I think you have it worse than us Cinders, bloody politicians scoring cheap points with a generally ignorant population, its the same system here mate...

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Thanks for the link Kev, must admit I can never find FA on the Gov.Uk site except for taxing my car.

Certainly one to keep an eye on.......... I don't know why these two types of weapons are deemed more dangerous than any other if they fall in the wrong hands....... I was very close to a .50 cal many years ago, but common sense prevailed when I looked at the cost of ammo even if reloading.... Although still have a Boys .55 on the shopping list.

Considering there is only two clubs in the UK that cater for .50 cal and the fact you have to be a member before they will even look at your variation it seems a bit far fetched for a ban, Am certainly not aware of any crime being committed in the UK with a .50 cal ??

I think it's just the 10 year cut Geoff, they seem to like to ban something at least once a decade, let's see how they try to get round compensation.

I wouldn't mind betting they will try to side step compo by saying you can have it deactivated and keep it, or just hand it in...

As you say no crimes committed with .50 BMG or self un-loading firearms, so I await with interest what their justification is...

[CINDERS]

Oh dear Compensation mrclark303 - what a laugh that was after Port Arthur here no where near the real value of the firearm one chap said on the news the buy back compensation was such a joke he was sending his fire arm over seas to a relative as it was an extremely valuable Browning Auto Shotgun rather it be chopped and he given a 20th of what it was worth. I know politics & policies are not part of the curriculum here but of late I like others see the legitimate fire arm owners of the world suffer because a person obtains a fire arm either way and uses it rather than look at the perpetrator the gun wont work without the end user!
Therefore in the mind of the elected idiots they say "Goodness me the legal gun owners are unsafe & dangerous lets ban all of the fire arms" they along with the do gooders of the world both of whom would not know which end the pointy bit comes out of infact here is a snippet from a newspaper long ago to show the mentality of these tree huggers.

"Why don't all you hunters go to the Supermarket to buy your meat where no animals are hurt?"

In the wake of the L A shootings (my condolences to all affected) it will be interesting to see what the President does with the second amendment I hope it can stand the test for you guys as the USA is one of the last places on this planet where you can pretty much own what you want legally and gain great pleasure from shooting them and keeping the dream alive.

[mrclark303]

Hi Cinders, the last time compensation was paid here, was when (most) Handguns were moved to Sec5.

They did pay full current market value and it cost the Government of the day a lot of money.

One of the reasons attacking .50cal and lever/trigger release owners is attractive to the politicians, is the comparatively small number of owners, so minimum copo bill, with maximum political grandstanding benefits.

There has been renewed interest in England with registering and controlling air rifles, as Scotland has done.

The Police are horrified at the prospect, as they are stretched to the limit just trying to keep pace with current Firearms/shotgun certification.

Its all depressingly familiar to us UK shooters...

[rcathey]

There has been renewed interest in England with registering and controlling air rifles, as Scotland has done.

Wow. Just..wow.

[mrclark303]

Wow. Just..wow.

I know, you couldn't make it up ....

[30Three]

Off course the question they should be asking is how many illegal firearms there are; instead of worrying about the registered stuff.