In public?

[SteveH]

Yes Common sense - cover it up and securely too.

Legally the requirement to keep it covered was for younger shooters 14yrs to 17 carrying their gun to a shoot. It was removed by the Antio Social Behaviour Act last year as was their right to carry the guns unsupervised.

Still - cover it up - preferably in something non gun shaped and make sure you have got a good sound legal reason to have it with you.

[AlecMac]

That’s great, thanks for the advice.

[roger 62]

Yep must be securely covered but no requirement for case/slip to be locked.

Rifle (and magazine) must not be loaded - we assume this means magazine attached to the gun but JIC it's best not to transport loaded mags)

On reason to posess in public, the police recently pulled a club member and checked with us which days we operate (obviously we didn't get full details but saying you're on your way to the club on a weekday when we shoot weekends only is very silly). Don't know the outcome and no members AFAIK have gone missing.
Another member (who had good reason) spent an afternoon in the copshop while the Police reminded themselves of the law!!

AlecMac - if you haven't found us yet then Lea Valley (Hertford) is (IMO )worth a visit.

Details on www.lvagc.com

Visitors welcome on the last Saturday of the month - please bring photo ID (driving licence, passport, scg or FAC only). First visit is free and we have club guns for hire (NB club guns being serviced so unlikely to be available 28/8)

If not LV then I'd recommend visiting any club to gain honest opinions on the guns available before splashing out - some of the airgun media is at best partisan and at worst paid-for advertising masquerading as independent publications too many new/returning shooters get misled / ripped off.


HTH

R

El Sec