Airgun Registration?

[bighit]

pretty difficult to buy an airgun in Scotland now, you go to a shop and have to select from their stock and pay what they demand. when the local police came to do my shotgun,firearms and new air weapon renewal they admitted they had not a clue on how to fill the air weapon application in as all they did was send it to Glasgow. When I buy a new airgun, I wait until I'm down in England now

Given your Area then they may not sell many airguns other than cheap ones . It would have been the same before the AWL came in .

An rfd in an area like yours may not sell many and having £500 and up priced airguns on the shelf may never sell so its a risk they take .

There is plenty of RFD's in other areas of Scotland in the same situation if they are outwith the central belt . They may sell more licensed firearms like Rimfire and Centerfire or shotguns than airguns given the area (rural, farming with syndicates) .

The one next to me had little to no airgun stuff when I first moved here other than a few SMK or older webley and bsa airguns and they are one of only a few RFD,s in Aberdeenshire . they and the other sell mostly shotguns and powder burners .


Transport costs is another issue in rural ares of scotland https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp...est-of-the-uk/

I can buy my bullets cheaper in Armadale (livelines) than I can from the RFD 5 mins from my door . The Rfd near me claimed transport costs bumped the prices up . Livelines confirmed it when i asked them if my RFD was at it and they said no . They get clobbered for transport costs too but not as bad as my local RFD.

Two tyres to Inverbervie £6.95 postage . Same two tyres to Inverurie £26.95 postage . Once you hit Aberdeen the prices goes way up .

Your RFD will be in the same situation he will be paying more transport cots than most in England will .

The AWL has not made it difficult for you , Transport costs and the shops risk on having pricey dead stock items on the shelf have .