Do you need a variation to add an antique to the FAC?

[tacfoley]

I've just obtained an early Canadian three-band Snider - a conversion MkI on a P53 rifle with a lock dated 1862. Eventually I intend to shoot it by first putting it on my FAC, but I live in one of those counties where a former CC decided to arbitrarily limit the number of Section 1 firearms, and 'insisting' on the installation of RFD-level home security and a monitored alarm system as and when that figure was reached, making it a condition of the FAC.

As we know to our cost, the ever-increasing use of single-shot black powder rifles of archaic design is rising dramatically all over the UK, and it is this burgeoning threat to public safety that must remain foremost in the minds of the licensing authorities at all times.

tac

[CapnBall]

I have applied for many slot permissions for muzzle-loader pistols, 3 in each of the main calibers, if only because the replica revolvers are often hard to sell quickly, and rarer ones you may be seeking have to be grabbed soon as you see them appear on the sales sites. I can't find £26 each time.

It struck me, that I could buy a hundred serviceable antique revolvers and not need any placed on a ticket. So I hope I get the permissions for what are the same thing...

All my antiques were readily permission'd for live firing, and 'no visible serial number' applied.