Eurotunnel with sub 12ft/lbs air rifle

[Ron Burgundy]

Hi again!

Has anyone recently travelled on the tunnel to France, and if so - what are the procedures?
I believe you have to declare it when booking, so that your car receives a firearms sticker etc on arrival, but there doesn't seem to be the option when doing it online. Only vehicle type/size/trailer etc.

Going to pick up a car next week so would like to use the opportunity to collect my hw77 at long last!

Cheers, Matt

[lensman57]

I am sorry as I don't know the answer but I should imagine this sort of thing must a nightmare for UK people who take part in shooting comps over mainland EU and would have to travel with their rifles.

A.G

[aris]

Not tried it - but I've seen the signs at the Euro tunnel entrance. It did not look onerous at all - as you drive through there was a point where you declared them. This was several years ago though.

[Ron Burgundy]

Cheers anyway. I found a eurotunnel link on google stating they must be declared before arrival but when searching the site I find nothing... Tad frustrating!

Édit: ok have found the page and you just declare when you arrive (as you said aris! )
Hopefully they won't mind me wasting their time with an unlicensed 'firearm'

[aris]

Cheers anyway. I found a eurotunnel link on google stating they must be declared before arrival but when searching the site I find nothing... Tad frustrating!

Édit: ok have found the page and you just declare when you arrive (as you said aris! )
Hopefully they won't mind me wasting their time with an unlicensed 'firearm'

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that it looked to me like the "queue" for firearm holders was shorter - so you could well be quids in if going with a firearm!

[imorik]

Going myself soon with 2 air rifles. Declare on arrival that you have them but importantly keep them out of sight in boot and keep any ammo seperate, they suggest in glove box.

[RobF]

Let us know how it went.

Where are you going after that?

[Bonzo!]

i have travelled to France with air rifles , easy enough once you declare them , i have found that they seem to like to fact that i had trigger locks on them, and as said before keep covered and ammo in glove box.

[max headroom]

at customs you declare. then off you go. there is some paperwork.

[imorik]

Let us know how it went.

Where are you going after that?

If directed at me then it'll be a one way trip to France hopefully for good

[Ron Burgundy]

Thanks for the further info/reassurance folks, not dreading it now!

[Rich]

I suppose after Brexit we won't be able to have a European Firearms Permit, a document which was introduced a decade or so ago to solve most of these problems. Oh silly me I forgot, the Government won't let us have EFPs for sub 12 fpe air rifles, in case the entire nation decides to apply and the licensing authorities become swamped.

[RapidTM1000]

took my HW100 to France and back in our Merc Viano over Xmas.. didnt declare and they didnt check/search

[imorik]

took my HW100 to France and back in our Merc Viano over Xmas.. didnt declare and they didnt check/search

Bit risky

[Ron Burgundy]

All went very smoothly I have to say.

I declared it right at the start and got my blue sticker, then told passport control who notified security/customs.
They asked me to go into a certain search bay and came and had a chat! First guy who was a bit younger didn't realise it was a sub 12ft so asked his mate to help out. So he asked whether it was 'one of those high power ones' and when I said no, I just thought I should declare it to save a panic, he thanked me and then said he had no need to even look in the car!

Easy peasy